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Good Samaritan calls up for fourth year in a row

By William Schpero | October 1, 2007

Lauren Wool / The Dartmouth Senior Staff The number of disciplinary cases resulting in "Good Samaritan" findings increased for the fourth year in a row, while the number of minor alcohol or drug policy violations decreased for the third straight year, according to the Annual Report to the Community of the Dartmouth Undergraduate Disciplinary System.

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DMS, DHMC receive record $20 million gift

By Andrew Lebovich | October 1, 2007

Ranking as the largest donation in the history of Dartmouth Medical School and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Peter Williamson '58 and his wife Susan pledged $20 million to DMS and to DHMC, Dartmouth announced Friday. Williamson is a professor of neurology at the Medical School and the director of DHMC's Epilepsy program, which he founded in 1991.

Friends remembered Patrick McGill '10 of Modesto, Calif., as an enthusiastic freshman and a promising pre-medicine student.
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McGill '10 loses fight with cancer

By Allie Lowe | October 1, 2007

Courtesy of the Modesto Bee After battling a rare form of stomach cancer for more than two years, and having spent only one term enrolled at Dartmouth, Patrick McGill '10, a native of Modesto, Calif., died on Sept.

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Open-Vote.com grows with debate

By LIOR BASSELL | September 28, 2007

Students who watched Wednesday night's Democratic presidential candidates debate gained a new venue in which to express their reactions: Open-Vote.com, a new Dartmouth-specific polling website launched Monday by Jason Freedman Tu'08 and Colin Van Ostern Tu'09. The duo developed the idea for the website last year after working with undergraduates from Dartmouth and other schools. Freedman said he started the site in the hopes of promoting dialogue among students. "I always felt that college students have incredibly strong opinions on how this world should be, but that they had no way to communicate their opinions to the rest of campus," Freedman said.

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No consensus found on infertility benefits

By Luke Mann-O'Halloran | September 28, 2007

A College benefits committee failed to reach a consensus on infertility benefits for Dartmouth employees at Thursday afternoon's annual meeting of the Steering Committee of the General Faculty. In an effort to bring Dartmouth's health benefits in line with those of peer institutions, the Council on Benefits has been trying for two years to agree on a recommendation for infertility coverage.

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College to release new Blitz for Macs

By Kate Farley | September 28, 2007

Computing Services plans to roll out a new version of BlitzMail for Mac computers, an update that will feature encrypted messaging for the first time, but most students won't notice the behind-the-scenes changes.

Former sustainability coordinator Jim Merkel instituted initiatives such as the Green Greek innovative, but left this summer to pursue other interests.
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Merkel resigns as sustainability head

By Ben Nunnery | September 28, 2007

Larkin Elderon / The Dartmouth Staff Many upperclassmen attending the sustainable cookout following convocation Tuesday may have noticed the absence of the man who has been the face of Dartmouth sustainability for the past two years: Jim Merkel.

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Daily Debriefing

By Nick Swanson and Ben Nunnery | September 27, 2007

The enrollment of minority students at American universities and colleges increased by 49 percent from 1994 to 2004, an American Council on Education report finds.

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Dining hall smoothie bar expands into the cereal business

By Lauren Alpeyrie | September 27, 2007

Breakfast just got easier for Dartmouth students frustrated by the trials and tribulations of cereal making: Thayer Dining Hall's the Blend morphed into the Remix Wednesday, adding a cereal menu alongside its original smoothie offerings. "Cereal's always been popular," said Dartmouth Dining Services Director Tucker Rossiter.

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Protesters flock to Hanover with elaborate demonstrations

By William Schpero | September 27, 2007

With pink and yellow cars circling the Green and amidst the throngs of political supporters, a group that claims a Dartmouth alumnus and Ben Cohen of Ben and Jerry's as co-founders touted its platform of redirecting federal funds away from the Pentagon Wednesday afternoon. The move, executed by Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities and arguably the most high-profile lobbying effort at the debate, drew stares from students and members of the media alike. "Our group was started by Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben and Jerry's, who with a bunch of other business people was trying to figure out why America, the richest country in the history of the planet, did not provide health care for its kids and was addicted to oil," Duane Peterson '78, executive director and co-founder of Priorities, said.

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Capital campaign recovers from dip

By Brook Jackling | September 27, 2007

Dartmouth's capital campaign is back on track, according to Vice President for Development Carolyn Pelzel. Despite a dip in donations last spring, the College's capital campaign recently reported that it was back on track with $890 million so far in gifts and pledges, . The current total figure for what is called the "Campaign for the Dartmouth Experience," which began in 2002, dates to the end of August.

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Daily Debriefing

By Amita Kulkarni and William Schpero | September 26, 2007

Ronald G. Shaiko, associate director of the Rockefeller Center, gave a lecture entitled "Electing the President in 2008: A Constitutional Perspective" on Monday, in honor of Constitution Day.

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