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Union opposes changes to employee health plan
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Allie Lowe
| January 17, 2008
Proposed reductions to healthcare benefits for retiring College faculty and staff members have drawn criticism from members of the Dartmouth division of the Service Employees' International Union, inciting a dispute that could lead to contentious contract renegotiations in the coming months. The plan, which has come under censure since it was announced this fall, is currently being altered after a period of staff and faculty review and will likely be finalized in February, Adam Keller, executive vice president for finance and administration at the College said. Earl Sweet, president of the College's division of the SEIU, the Local 560, said that Dartmouth would likely have trouble securing new contracts with the union if the finalized proposal is not deemed adequate by union members. The SEIU currently holds three contracts with the College -- one covering Safety and Security, one for staff at the Hanover Inn and one which covers other Dartmouth employees, including staff from Facilities, Operations & Management, the Dartmouth Dining Association, the Office of Residential Life, the Dartmouth Skiway and the Athletic Department, among others. The SEIU's current contracts with the College, set in 2004, expire on July 1, 2008. "[The College] may not be able to get a contract if they don't do something here," Sweet said.
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Crady and Redman discuss Beta
By
Kate Farley
| January 17, 2008
Jennifer Argote / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Dean of the College Thomas Crady and Dean of Residential Life Martin Redman held an open meeting to discuss the College's recent decision to allow the Dartmouth chapter of Beta Theta Pi fraternity to return to campus in Collis Center room 101 on Wednesday afternoon.
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Daily Debriefing
By
Emily Goodell
| January 16, 2008
Brian McMahon Tu'79 will assume his new position of chief executive officer of Thornburg Investment Management Inc., a Sante Fe-based investment company with that manages $50 billion this month.
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New library exhibit celebrates International Polar Year
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Erin Jaeger
| January 16, 2008
In honor of the International Polar Year, a year-long push for research and exploration of the earth's poles, Baker-Berry Library has installed a two-part exhibit that explores the history of Dartmouth research in the Arctic.
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All-male group discusses media's masculine stereotypes
By
Julie Kim
| January 16, 2008
Eleven Dartmouth men talked about the media's portrayal of pickup lines and fatherhood at the Men's Group discussion, "No School like the Old School: Dating Represented by the Media," in Dartmouth Hall on Tuesday.
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SA suggests changes to SEMP policies
January 16, 2008
Phil Woram / The Dartmouth Staff Student Assembly opted not to discuss the controversy surrounding the potential re-recognition of Beta Theta Pi fraternity at its second meeting of the term Tuesday evening. When prompted by The Dartmouth after the meeting, Assembly members described a variety of gender relations and Greek life initiatives they plan to use to address the recent events.
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Winter rush introduces new ranking process
By
Brook Jackling
| January 16, 2008
Winter term sorority rush, altered by a new ranking system and a shortened four day process, began Tuesday evening.
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Crash in Vt. sends 9 to hospital
By
Nick Swanson
| January 16, 2008
Stuyvesant High track team and coach crash on way to Dartmouth meet Saturday
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Daily Debriefing
By
Julie Kim and William Schpero
| January 15, 2008
College President James Wright and Susan Wright have begun a tour of ten Dartmouth alumni clubs throughout the country.
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Games provide insight into society, culture, Flanagan says
By
Conor Galligan
| January 15, 2008
Most mainstream video games do not involve shooting memories with "coping mechanisms" such as beer bottles and romance novels.
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Safety and Security use student ID card tracking
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Luke Mann-O'Halloran
| January 15, 2008
Safety and Security are able to track students' movement through the use of their Dartmouth identification cards, according to Harry Kinne, College proctor and director of Safety and Security.
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Jensen says porn reflects 'worst of human beings'
By
Andrew Wells
| January 15, 2008
Andy Foust / The Dartmouth Attendees at Robert Jensen's lecture, "Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Intimacy" responded enthusiastically to his request for the crowd to complete the sentence, "Pornography is blank." Jenson was met with cries of "awesome," "degrading," "complicated" and "prostitution," as audience members shouted in reply.
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Buckey meets with College Dems
By
Susan Matthews
| January 15, 2008
Erin Jaeger / The Dartmouth Staff As part of a grassroots approach to his campaign for Senate, Dartmouth Medical School professor Jay Buckey joined the Dartmouth College Democrats for a dinner discussion on Monday.
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Yale increases aid for middle class families
By
Mat Grudzien
| January 15, 2008
Yale University President Richard Levin announced on Monday that the cost of undergraduate education at the university would now be reduced by an average of 50 percent for each student currently receiving financial aid.
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Daily Debriefing
By
Andrew Wells
| January 14, 2008
A lack of regulations governing home-schooling in 10 states and the District of Columbia may have facilitated the deaths of Banita M.
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Fire displaces DREAM children
By
Brook Jackling
| January 14, 2008
After a fire at the Armory Square Apartments in Windsor, Vt.,on the morning of Dec. 30, 17 residents were forced from their homes.