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August 8, 2026
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Professor James Weinstein, chairman of orthopedics at Dartmouth, co-authored a study examining the number of spine surgeries performed on Medicare patients.


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DEH connects world hunger, fair trade

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Approximately 100 Dartmouth students showed up to sample and view a variety of free fair trade products at the first Fair Trade Halloween in Collis Cafe on Saturday. The event, sponsored by Dartmouth Ends Hunger, displayed products ranging from bananas to Ecuadorian chocolate to homemade jewelry, in an initiative to encourage Dartmouth Dining Services to supply more fair trade products. Despite rainy weather and minimal advertising, the turnout was "pleasantly surprising," Jonathan Merten '09, organizer of the event, said. The non-profit organization also recruited several speakers from the Ecuadorian fair trade cooperative Kaillaire to discuss the importance of localized farming on the economic welfare of developing countries. "We're trying get people excited about fair trade coffee and chocolate," Merten said.


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Scam artists take aim at students

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Two males in a silver Audi with New Hampshire plates were allegedly driving around campus trying to sell Elite Audio speakers to Dartmouth students on Tuesday.





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Lecture discusses rising Asian powers

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"India, Pakistan and China: Asia's Rising Powers," a presentation Thursday about American diplomatic perspectives on the changing relationships between the United States and the three Asian countries amidst emerging economic growth, featured lectures from Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of South and Central Asian Affairs Steve Mann and Cyrus R.



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Kappa to be charged with College violations

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The Office of Undergraduate Judicial Affairs notified Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority Wednesday that the organization, and several of its individual members, will be charged with violations of various College standards of conduct. The charges brought against the sorority will include causing or threatening to cause harm to new members of the organization, hazing, alcohol policy infractions and violation of the sorority's terms of probation, according to a statement issued by Acting Associate Dean of the College Mary Liscinsky. The alleged offenses committed by the individual members, the number of members charged, and other personal information have been held by the College in accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. The charges are the result of an investigation following the Oct.


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Skunks make presence known around campus

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While children may enjoy the cartoon antics of the famous smelly critter Pep Le Pew, students at the College are reporting their own, not so laughable, encounters with Pep look-alikes all over campus. As anecdotal evidence suggests that the skunk population in Hanover has increased, the skunks have reportedly been hitting all the campus hot-spots, including the entrance of Thayer dining hall, the steps of Baker-Berry library, the bushes behind La Casa, the dumpster by the Gap, the McLaughin Residence Cluster and even the occasional School Street apartment. Despite the numerous informal reports of skunk activity and skunk sightings, Director of Operations and Facilities, Operations and Management Frank Roberts said that there have been no formal complaints concerning the animals. Roberts said the likely reason that students are spotting skunks is because they are more aware of the animals' presence than in previous years. "I would think people are noticing them more this year," Roberts said.


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Dr. Samuel R.G. Finlayson from Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical School published an editorial Wednesday to accompany a study that found that nonwhite, Medicaid-eligible and uninsured patients in California are more likely to undergo high-risk surgeries at less-experienced hospitals.


Members of the dean of the College search committee answered student and faculty questions about potential candidates on Wednesday evening.
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Comm. fields questions about dean search

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Asafu Suzuki / The Dartmouth Staff The dean of the College search committee held an open meeting on Wednesday evening in order to discuss the qualities that students and faculty members wish to see in Acting Dean of the College Dan Nelson's eventual successor. The spot is vacant due to the departure of former Dean of the College James Larimore, who resigned last year to assume the post of Dean of Students at Swarthmore College. The search committee for a new dean of College consists of several faculty members representing different departments and offices, as well as three student representatives.



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Math students prepare for Putnam competition

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Although the Putnam Mathematics Competition exam is extremely difficult -- the median grade is usually zero out of 120 -- the Dartmouth Classes of 2009 and 2010 have experienced a surge in interest and mathematical ability, according to Vedant Mehra '07, a Dartmouth Math Society member. The College continued preparing students for the six-hour exam on Wednesday during one of several training sessions usually held in Carson 60. The exam is intended to stimulate a healthy rivalry among colleges' mathematics programs by testing students' originality and technical competence.


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Lynmar Brock, Jr. '55 Tu'56 recently published "Must Thee Fight," a novel for young adults. According to BookSurge LLC, Brock's publisher, the novel centers around the protagonist, Thomas Pratt, in the 1700s as he attempts to reconcile his pacifist Quaker upbringing with the call to arms during the Revolutionary Era.