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Many seniors prefer off-campus life
By LIOR BASSELL | October 11, 2007Phil Woram / The Dartmouth Staff When invited to live off-campus this year, Ty Moddelmog '08 immediately jumped at the chance.
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Open-Vote.com grows with debate
By LIOR BASSELL | September 28, 2007Students who watched Wednesday night's Democratic presidential candidates debate gained a new venue in which to express their reactions: Open-Vote.com, a new Dartmouth-specific polling website launched Monday by Jason Freedman Tu'08 and Colin Van Ostern Tu'09. The duo developed the idea for the website last year after working with undergraduates from Dartmouth and other schools. Freedman said he started the site in the hopes of promoting dialogue among students. "I always felt that college students have incredibly strong opinions on how this world should be, but that they had no way to communicate their opinions to the rest of campus," Freedman said.
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Senior Week marked by galas, celebrations and parties
By LIOR BASSELL | June 9, 2007For Dartmouth seniors, Senior Week is a time both to reminisce over Dartmouth experiences and to try everything they haven't had the chance to in the past four years.
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'Let's Get Ready' searches for funds
By LIOR BASSELL | May 10, 2007Alicia Modeen / The Dartmouth Staff Each year at Dartmouth, several student organizations go through the grueling process of obtaining College funding.
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Canceled D.C. study program revived
By LIOR BASSELL | April 27, 2007The Washington, D.C., Foreign Study Program, cancelled last January by the Committee on Off-Campus Activities, has been revamped and re-instated for Spring term 2008. COCA cancelled the Washington FSP last year, citing an inconsistency between the program's focus on an internship component and the College's policy against awarding academic credit for internships. "They thought there wasn't enough in-class experience," government professor Joseph Bafumi, who will lead the trip, said.
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Daily Debriefing
By LIOR BASSELL | April 26, 2007A memorial service to celebrate the life and work of former Dartmouth provost, dean and professor John W.
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Toting folders, 'prospies' swarm campus
By LIOR BASSELL | April 19, 2007Ryan Yuk / The Dartmouth Staff The campus population began to swell Wednesday afternoon when 502 prospective students of the Class of 2011 trickled into Hanover for Dartmouth's annual Dimensions program. Dimensions, which lasts until Saturday morning, is a series of events intended to give prospective members of the Class of 2011 a taste of Dartmouth life. Prospective students - affectionately nicknamed "prospies" by the Dartmouth community - will stay with current Dartmouth students for the next three nights.
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Palaeopitus pushes students to be well
By LIOR BASSELL | April 12, 2007Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Staff Walking into Collis Monday afternoon, Dartmouth students were greeted with an unusual sight -- members of Palaeopitus senior society offering free hugs.
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Energy drinks pose risks
By LIOR BASSELL | April 2, 2007Writing a paper with no end in sight at the end of last Winter term, Allen Odeniyi '10 turned for aid to a popular campus study buddy: an energy drink.
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College teams argue way to top grades at nationals
By LIOR BASSELL | March 27, 2007Correction appended Dartmouth's Mock Trial and Policy Debate teams have argued their way to the top this year, both performing well enough during their seasons to qualify for their respective national competitions this March. Mock Trial started the year during Fall term at an invitational tournament at the University of Pennsylvania, which served as a pre-season to train new members.