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Hanover unscathed by spring floods

By Dan Duray | May 18, 2006

As most of the severe flooding that has recently inundated New England is now receding, Dartmouth and the town of Hanover have both managed to remain relatively unaffected.

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Hill Winds group to unite students, alums

By Rebekah Rombom | May 18, 2006

As part of his search for 15 students with "an infectious Dartmouth spirit," Rex Morey '99, the Assistant Director of Young Alumni and Student Programs, gave an informal white-on-green PowerPoint presentation discussing the yet-to-be-formed Hill Winds Society to about 40 undergraduates in Blunt Alumni Center Wednesday evening. The Society, one of Morey's main projects since he joined the College staff a year ago, will consist of five students from each of the freshman, sophomore and junior classes. "The main goal is to increase interaction between students and alumni," Morey said. While some of the details are in place, Morey emphasized that he intends to allow students a strong role in determining the Society's activities.

Staff writer Christine Paquin '09 tries on a mask with Brenda Freeland.
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Dartmouth prepares for flu outbreak

By Christine Paquin | May 17, 2006

Larkin Elderon / The Dartmouth Staff As scientists worldwide foresee the dangers of a mutated form of the H5N1 strain of the avian flu, Dartmouth strives to raise awareness about the issue, protect students and prepare for a potential disaster. Today, the only cases of avian flu in humans have involved the transmission of the virus from birds to humans, which can occur through contact with infected birds via droppings or poorly cooked meat.

Columnist Bruce Bartlett delivers a lecture Tuesday at the Rockefeller Center.
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Prominent conservative critiques Bush

By Christine Huggins | May 17, 2006

Asafu Suzuki / The Dartmouth Staff Students, professors and community members gathered at the Rockefeller Center Tuesday afternoon to hear conservative economist and syndicated columnist Bruce Bartlett speak. His lecture, entitled "Impostor: How George W.

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College commemorates Freedman at Rollins

By Phil Salinger | May 16, 2006

The Dartmouth flag flew at half mast over the Green Monday afternoon as hundreds filed into Rollins Chapel to commemorate the life of James Oliver Freedman, the 15th president of the College, who died in March after battling cancer for more than a decade. The service of prayer, music, meditation and reflection featured addresses from College President James Wright, a former student, Hillel Rabbi Edward Boraz and a few professors and trustees.

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Few schools continue to require swim test

By Matthew Abbott | May 16, 2006

With commencement rapidly approaching, seniors who have yet to pass their swim test requirement are donning their bathing suits and heading to the pool in order to graduate on time. As the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill becomes the most recent school to do away with the requirement, Dartmouth is one of the few remaining institutions in the United States that requires students to pass a swimming test in order to receive an undergraduate degree.

The Centerra Park in Lebanon, N.H., -- where the recently-purchased GlycoFi headquarters are located -- underwent construction this winter.
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Merck purchases professors' company

By Alex Belser | May 16, 2006

Courtesy of the Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network In a $400 million deal, pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. purchased GlycoFi, Inc., the Lebanon, N.H.-based biotechnology firm Thayer School of Engineering professors Tillman Gerngross and Charles Hutchinson co-founded in 2000, the companies announced last week.

Native Americans from more than 50 different tribes danced together at Dartmouth's 34th Annual Pow-Wow this past Saturday and Sunday.
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Thousands celebrate yearly Pow-Wow

By Ashley Zuzek | May 15, 2006

Kawakahi Amina / The Dartmouth Staff Representatives from over 50 Native American tribes from across the country came to Dartmouth this weekend to celebrate and share various parts of their cultures, including traditional music and dance, at the 34th Annual Pow-Wow. "This particular Pow-Wow is a way to share a variety of cultures with the surrounding community, for Native Americans to participate and for people to visit," said Michael Hantichak, director of the Native American Program. Many different dance and song competitions took place during the two-day long Pow-Wow, in which men and women of many different tribes dressed in vibrantly colored regalia. The Native Americans at Dartmouth honored Dean of the College Jim Larimore as well as Samson Occom, a member of the Mohegan Nation who helped Eleazar Wheelock found the College.

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Filmmaker De Leo lectures on abuse

By Jilian Gundling | May 15, 2006

Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Maryann De Leo and Lifetime Television Vice President Meredith Wagner hosted various events on campus last week as part of the "Cries of Silence: Domestic Violence, Rape, and Mental Illness" program put on by the Nathan Smith Pre-medical Society. "When filmmaker De Leo came to visit our campus last spring to show [the Oscar-winning film] 'Chernobyl Heart,' the event was extremely popular," NSS member Elizabeth Schwartz '06 said.

Dartmouth graduate student Crystal Piffath won an annual $30,000 stipend from the National Science Foundation for her work in biology.
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NSF awards biology graduate student

By Tom Huzarsky | May 12, 2006

Chris Takeuchi / The Dartmouth Staff The National Science Foundation awarded Crystal Piffath, a Dartmouth graduate student in molecular and cell biology, a prestigious three-year fellowship funded by its Graduate Research Fellowship Program.

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Despite ORL waitlist, affinities have vacancies

By Astrid Bradley | May 12, 2006

Cutter-Shabazz and La Casa, among several other affinity houses, are continuing to deal with Fall term housing vacancies, despite the approximately 120 to 140 members of the sophomore class placed on the housing waitlist Wednesday after the final night of room draw. "I think in previous years, without the [housing] guarantee, getting secured in affinity housing was a way for sophomores not to have to go through room draw and in many cases get a single," Director of Housing Rachael Class-Giguere said. According to Dean of Residential Life Martin Redman, affinity houses have struggled in the past to fill their houses, but this year has been especially difficult.

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