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Brokaw to discuss career, concerns for graduates

By Dax Tejera | June 12, 2005

Six months after relinquishing his anchor seat, veteran television journalist Tom Brokaw will travel to Dartmouth to receive an honorary degree from the College and deliver the principal address at this year's commencement ceremonies. Brokaw was anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News for 21 years before stepping down last December.

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Clubs link alumni across the U.S., world

By Samantha Ackah | June 12, 2005

Dartmouth's most recent graduates will soon leave Hanover in favor of a number of cities and countries, but the College's network of alumni clubs is likely to keep them closely tied to Dartmouth. There are over 60 clubs spread throughout the country, the largest of which include the club of Boston, the club of New York, and several clubs abroad.

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Sept. 11, Iraq war, Pope's death create national news

By Ben Taylor | June 12, 2005

This year's graduating seniors have lived through terrorism, unrest at home and overseas, a war that resulted in a toppled dictator and an American occupation and a tense presidential campaign. 2001: The year opened with the terror and tragedy accompanying the terrorist attacks of September 11.

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From the start, Sept. 11 influenced College experience

By Kelsey Blodget | June 12, 2005

National news stories sometimes go unnoticed by students sheltered under the Dartmouth bubble, but the tragic events of September 11 sent shock waves into every nook and cranny of the nation -- even the wilderness of New Hampshire. However, many members of the Class of 2005 learned of the events on that day in an unusual manner.

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Palaeopitus inducts 20 rising seniors into ranks

By Stuart A. Reid | June 1, 2005

Twenty rising seniors might want to practice their spelling after their induction into Palaeopitus, the easily misspelled senior society charged with representing the student body to administrators and fostering discussion among campus groups. Each year, the group's 20 current members select a heterogeneous group of interested juniors.

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Dartmouth wins grant for environmental research

By John Mitchell | June 1, 2005

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences has renewed a $9 million grant to Dartmouth researchers for the next three years, bringing the total amount of Environmental Health Sciences project funding that the College will receive to $36 million. This is the second time the grant has been renewed since it was first awarded to College researchers in 1995.

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Tuck professor aids 'Trump University'

By Kevin Garland | June 1, 2005

Tuck Business School professor John Vogel recently teamed up with Donald Trump and Tuck graduate Michael Sexton Tu '04 to create an online course for the new Trump University. A nationally renowned businessman, Trump has received even more public attention lately for his hit television series, "The Apprentice." This new online university hopes to capitalize on the well-known Trump brand name by attracting a wide audience, Sexton said. "'The Apprentice' is an education show," Vogel said in reference to the viciously competitive NBC reality program. "There was an opportunity to expand that educational mission by creating online courses.

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Opening address will begin 2007 Sophomore summer

By Jennifer Garfinkel | June 1, 2005

The Class of 2007's Sophomore summer will be unlike any other in the history of Dartmouth, beginning with a new tradition -- the so-called Sophomore Summer Opening Address. The College is introducing a formal opening of the summer term, featuring College speakers and a keynote speech by an alumnus. The Opening Address, which is to become an annual tradition, will be held on Friday, June 24, the second day of Summer term classes.

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Christian group boasts 120 in general membership

By Dan Duray | May 31, 2005

With approximately a quarter of Americans identifying themselves as evangelical Christians, references to the Book of Revelations appearing on NBC and best-seller lists and a self-professed born-again Christian in the White House, the growing power of evangelical Christianity has been a well-documented phenomenon. Here at the College, the evangelical group Navigators maintains a lower profile, but thrives nonetheless.

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Black alumni reunite, honor professor

By Matt Beale | May 31, 2005

In a three-day event that brought together over five decades of black alumni and students, the Black Alumni of Dartmouth Association met this past weekend for their biannual reunion.

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