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CE-Yo extols virtues of green biz
By
Emily Goodell
| October 17, 2007
Erin Jaeger / The Dartmouth Gary Hirshberg, Stonyfield Farms president and CE-Yo (as in yogurt), spoke about the importance of running environmentally responsible businesses on Tuesday afternoon in the Rockefeller Center. "The question we asked ourselves when we were starting the company was, 'is it possible to have enterprise that was part of the solution, and not part of the problem?'" Hirshberg said in his lecture.
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Women's rush week closes with 251 bids
By
Vera Bergengruen
| October 17, 2007
The week-long fall sorority rush process drew to a close on Monday night with a higher number of participants than usual, making it more competitive than in previous years.
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Daily Debriefing
By
Julie Kim
| October 17, 2007
The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics hosted over 130 representatives from colleges all over the country to discuss the balance between intercollegiate sports and academics, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported Tuesday.
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DDS pushes to hire more students
By
Andrew Wells
| October 17, 2007
With 13 locations on campus and only 111 student workers employed this fall, Dartmouth Dining Services is struggling to hire students in its efforts to keep operations running smoothly.
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Daily Debriefing
By
Turia Lahlou
| October 16, 2007
Two Dartmouth students, along with three University of California-Irvine students, won first place in IBM's Cell Broadband Engine Professor University Challenge for using three Playstation 3 video-game systems to replicate human brain functions, according to a university press release.
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Police Blotter
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Andrew Lebovich, courtesy of Hanover Police Chief
| October 16, 2007
October 3, 2:41 p.m., River Road A Hanover Police officer behind a school bus observed a red pickup truck pass the bus, ignoring the flashing lights and the extended swing arm indicating that the bus was dropping off children.
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In the name of synergy, women's groups join forces
By
Lia Grigg
| October 16, 2007
On a campus with over two dozen women-related organizations, gathering the members of these groups in one location is no easy task.
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Reverend calls for new political movement
By
Kathryn Arffa
| October 16, 2007
Evangelical Reverend Jim Wallis spoke of the nation's need for activism and called for a spiritual and faith-based movement concerning global poverty, climate change and the Iraq war in Rollins Chapel on Monday night. "Kicked out" of his church at age 14 because of his rejection of racial divides within the faith, Wallis preached the importance both of questioning and of spirituality in approaching the world's most significant challenges. "The great revivals and great movements throughout history have been rooted in people of faith and spirituality," he said.
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Fraternities see rise in size of pledge classes
By
Julie Kim
| October 16, 2007
Lauren Wool / The Dartmouth Senior Staff As men's rush wrapped up Monday, most fraternities on campus saw larger pledge classes than they did last fall.
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Daily Debriefing
By
Sam Buntz
| October 15, 2007
Five Hanover High School students lost their sports captaincies last month after allegedly stealing exams in June, according to the Valley News.
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South Block to host local businesses
By
Ahra Cho
| October 15, 2007
ADRIAN MUNTEANU / The Dartmouth Staff With three properties already completed and two more remaining, the construction on Hanover's South Block is nearly finished.
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Sig Eps channel Ghostbusters for derby
By
Kashay Sanders
| October 15, 2007
Kawakahi Amina / The Dartmouth Staff Andrew Argeski '06, Craig Breslawski '08, Devin Fallon '08, Joe Hanley '08 and Trey Roy '09 aren't exactly Bill Murray, Dan Akroyd, Sigourney Weaver or Rick Moranis.
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Off-campus housing prices hold steady despite demand
By
Drew Joseph
| October 15, 2007
For many students, senior year is a time to get away from dorm life and transition into something more closely resembling the real world by living in one's own house, dealing with utilities and having a kitchen and private bathrooms.
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Thayer hosts two-day energy symposium
By
Conor Galligan
| October 15, 2007
Scientists, CEOs, politicians and interested citizens gathered in Hanover for the Dartmouth Energy Symposium, hosted by the Thayer School of Engineering last Thursday and Friday, to discuss the future of energy and explore the relationships between energy and the broader environment.
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Daily Debriefing
By
Kate Farley
| October 12, 2007
Tagg Romney, the eldest son of Republican presidential candidate Mitt, visited the College Thursday to stump for his father.
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AD teams up with Home Depot to build local park
October 12, 2007
ADRIAN MUNTEANU / The Dartmouth Staff For children in West Lebanon, playtime just moved a whole lot closer to home.
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Wright: U.S. needs new GI bill for vets
By
Turia Lahlou
| October 12, 2007
"[I]n the midst of the debate over troop levels, exit strategies, and assessment of the war's progress, we have lost sight of the men and women who are fighting this war," College President James Wright wrote in an op-ed column published in the Boston Globe Saturday.