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DDS introduces locally grown produce

By Julia Hecht | July 6, 2006

After working with Valley Food & Farm for two years, Dartmouth Dining Services recently announced plans to provide fresh, regional produce to students by purchasing directly from farms in the Upper Valley. As part of the Farm-to-Dartmouth program, DDS formed agreements to purchase eleven varieties of produce from local farms: strawberries, green beans, beets, summer squash, green and red peppers, cucumbers, corn, carrots, watermelons and red onions, with lettuce to be added next week.

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Scherr to head search for new College dean

By Gus Lûbin | July 6, 2006

College Provost Berry Scherr will chair the 11-person search committee charged with finding a replacement for James Larimore, College President James Wright announced Wednesday. The committee will include Student Body President Tim Andreadis '07 as well as two additional students that have yet to be appointed. The committee will begin its search later this month and plans to make its recommendation to the president by late fall or early winter, Scherr said. "We don't want to rush, so if it takes a bit long to put everything together, we'll take that time," he said, adding that the new dean would probably not start his tenure at Dartmouth until next summer. Acting Dean of the College Dan Nelson will continue to hold the office in the meantime.

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Daily Debriefing

By Julia Hecht | July 4, 2006

Dartmouth Medical School geneticists reported on June 29 in the online edition of Science that DNA damage resets the cellular circadian clock, suggesting a fundamental connection between circadian timing, cell cycle progress, and -- potentially -- the origins of some cancers.

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Amputee alum starts non-profit org.

By Carolyn Kylstra | July 4, 2006

An improvised explosive device hidden in an olive oil can cost Jonathan Kuniholm '93 his right arm on New Year's Day of 2005 just south of Haditha, Iraq, but the Dartmouth alumnus has made the most of his misfortune by aiding other amputees with his non-profit organization Open Prosthetics Project. OPP is an organization that puts its research on prosthetic hardware designs on the internet and allows the public -- both individuals and companies -- to access the information free of charge.

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Greener to-go boxes debut at Food Court

By Kelsey Blodget | July 4, 2006

Lauren Wool / The Dartmouth Staff In an effort to reduce the garbage generated by Dartmouth students, currently 560 pounds per person per year, the Sustainable Dining Committee has introduced biodegradable cardboard take-out boxes at Food Court. Jim Merkel, the College's recently hired Sustainability Director and a member of the Sustainable Dining Committee formed in May, said the boxes are a trial measure that could become permanent this September, depending on student feedback. The boxes are receiving mixed reviews from students. "I'm all for sustainability, but it's harder for us," Meredith Druss '08 said.

From left, Kate Labrum '08, house dog Sam, Haley Morris '08, and Alyson Guillet '08 relax on the porch of their off-campus house at 8 School Street.
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Social life shifts off-campus for summer

By Dan Duray | July 4, 2006

Nova Robinson / The Dartmouth Senior Staff It's no surprise that off-campus housing, with its potential for barbecues with close friends and the occasional pool party, is traditionally more popular over the summer than during the normal school year.

SEAD mentees listen to brothers of Phi Delta Alpha fraternity ruminate on college life at a barbecue sponsored by the fraternity on Monday.
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SEAD program kicks off sixth year

By Elise Waxenberg | July 4, 2006

Nova Robinson / The Dartmouth Senior Staff When Mark Wilson '09 first came to Hanover for a summer enrichment program after his freshman year of high school, he didn't even know what the Ivy League was. Wilson's south Philadelphia high school was in turmoil when he was recruited for Summer Enrichment at Dartmouth, a program that brings 30 students from under-resourced high schools to Hanover for two to three weeks of summer classes, mentoring and a taste of residential college life. At Wilson's 1400-student public school, only 45 percent of his class graduated and about 30 students went on to any kind of college.

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Visa laws force some to forego summer term

By Stuart A. Reid | June 29, 2006

In the face of recently enforced immigration regulations that make it difficult to stay at Dartmouth legally during sophomore summer, only 38 percent of sophomore international students are on campus this term, according to the Dean of the College Office, often after rearranging their Dartmouth Plans and risking canceled visas. In 2005, the U.S.

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Alumni battle in national spotlight

By Benjamin Taylor | June 29, 2006

The College's internal disputes over the alumni governance task force's proposed constitution exploded onto the national stage last week, when both The New York Times and the Boston Globe published articles on the rancor surrounding the issue.

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Daily Debriefing

By Hannah Plotkin | June 29, 2006

David Blanchflower, the Bruce V. Rauner professor of economics at the College, will be making frequent trips across the pond to carry out his new role as an external member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee.

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Brother and sister tackle Darfur crisis

By Stuart A. Reid | June 27, 2006

Back from Sudan, brother and sister Brian Steidle and Gretchen Steidle Wallace Tu'01 reported on the crisis in the Darfur region and promoted volunteerism Friday as part of the Tucker Foundation's Sophomore Summer Opening Address.

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Daily Debriefing

By Compiled by Benjamin Taylor | June 27, 2006

As if watching one's team make a quick exit from the World Cup isn't depressing enough, it may be investors, rather than fans, who bear the brunt of the damage, according to a study by Professors Diego Garcia of the Tuck School of Business, Alex Edmans of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Oyvind Norli of the Norwegian School of Management.

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Engineering course enrolls over 300

By AJ Fox | June 27, 2006

The first time engineering professor Ronald Lasky taught the Engineering 3 course "Materials: The Substance of Civilization," he struggled to find more than 20 students willing to enroll.

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Woon resigns as head of pluralism office

By Gus Lûbin | June 27, 2006

Courtesy of Tommy Lee Woon Tommy Lee Woon, the first associate dean of the Office of Pluralism and Leadership, announced Monday that he will leave his current position to become Dean of Multicultural Affairs at Macalester College in Minnesota, citing family considerations. Woon told The Dartmouth that his decision centered on his wife's difficulties in finding a job in the Hanover area, saying that it would be easier for her to find work in an urban setting. College administrators expressed their commitment to replacing Woon, who will depart in mid-August, and to maintaining the once-controversial office, which "aims to universalize diversity and leadership development," according to the OPAL website. "We might not launch the search [for a replacement] right now but there should be absolutely no concern on anyone's part that this work will not continue," Dean of Student Life Holly Sateia said. The creation of OPAL and Woon's deanship during a financial crunch in 2003 was criticized by some alumni and The Dartmouth Review as a waste of resources.

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