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U.S. House hopefuls visit College

By Matthew Abbott | February 15, 2006

Courtesy of Les Roberts for Congress Hoping for both campaign funds and enthusiastic Dartmouth campaign volunteers, two Democratic Congressional hopefuls paid visits to Hanover last Thursday in an attempt to gain support for their campaigns. Les Roberts, running in New York's 24th district, located in upstate New York, delivered a speech on his humanitarian work in Iraq early in the afternoon and lectured at Dartmouth Medical School afterwards.

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Local boy hurt after fall from Skiway lift

By A. J. Fox | February 15, 2006

Last Wednesday while taking snowboarding lessons at the Dartmouth Skiway, a 12-year-old boy suffered two broken wrists, a fractured thigh bone and a collapsed lung after falling 30 feet from a chair lift. The boy, Harry Voelkel of Norwich, Vt., spent last week in Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center recovering from surgery before being discharged on Tuesday. After the fall, Dartmouth ski patrollers rushed to carry the boy on an emergency sled to the foot of the trail where he was evacuated to DHMC by a hospital helicopter. Voelkel was riding the chair lift at about 4 p.m.

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Brison to take over as E. Wheelock adviser

By Haoxiang Cai | February 14, 2006

Courtesy of the Department of Philosophy This August, philosophy professor Susan Brison will move from her rural home in Thetford, Vt., to the East Wheelock Residential Cluster with her husband and 11 year-old son.

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Campus icon Food Court Larry to retire in June '06

By Phil Salinger | February 14, 2006

Bailey Massey / The Dartmouth Staff Not many Dartmouth Dining Services employees greet each student by name before ringing up a double burger deal, but Food Court manager Larry James, who will retire this June, has rarely turned down an opportunity to get to know students in his seven years at the College. "I like to thank everybody when I work at the register.

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LALACS program finalized at meeting

By Alex Belser | February 14, 2006

Asafu Suzuki / The Dartmouth Staff Dartmouth's only temporary academic program, the Latin American, Latino and Caribbean Studies program, became permanent Monday after a vote during a quarterly faculty meeting.

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Biology, government departments revamp major requirements

By Ashley Zuzek | February 14, 2006

Students planning to major in biology and government can expect changes in their course selections as these departments revamp their majors to fit the diverse interests of students. The biology department began formulating a new system late last summer and held two information sessions last week to explain the changes that will take effect beginning Fall term. The biggest difference in the new system will be the greater flexibility offered to students majoring in biology.

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Lecturer questions future of Iraq

By Elliot Mattingly | February 13, 2006

Critical of the United States' role in Iraq's transition to democracy, University of Michigan history professor Juan Cole delivered a lecture Thursday on the future of Iraq and its newly elected government to a crowd of primarily Hanover residents and a few students. Cole focused on the Shi'ite aspect of the new Iraqi government in relation to Shi'ites in the Middle East at large.

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Yale University magazine to debut at Dartmouth

By Marina Agapakis | February 13, 2006

Courtesy of sexweekatyale.com This week at Yale University, Valentine's Day will be far from the ordinary as students dedicate an entire week to sex education in the provocative student-run "Sex Week at Yale." Accompanying the lectures, debates, seminars, fashion shows, concerts, discussions and sweepstakes that are taking place from Feb.

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Safety and Security amps patrols for Carnival holiday weekend

By Phil Salinger | February 10, 2006

Teresa Lattanzio / The Dartmouth Staff Four nights of partying over Winter Carnival weekend means something different to law enforcement officials than it does to students and alumni. Last year's Carnival saw 11 students arrested by Hanover Police in party-related incidents, a small number compared to the previous year's 18.

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Hanover businesses stock shelves, prepare for Carnival

By Hillary Wool | February 10, 2006

Hanover businesses are stocking shelves and rounding up employees in anticipation of the alumni and visitors who pour into town over Winter Carnival weekend. As in past years, the Hanover Inn is completely booked, and it has been for 18 months, according to front office manager Kris Browne, who noted that alumni clubs accounted for many of the rooms. "We're not sold out because of Winter Carnival, we're sold out because of a club officers event," Browne said. Browne added that she also expects the Inn's restaurants to do well. Molly's Restaurant and Bar should also see a high turnout this weekend, said general manager Thomas Curtis. "We're just always packed, but Winter Carnival is a significant contribution," Curtis said.

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