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Rodgers calls for tenured teaching

By Michael Reeves | June 24, 2004

Newly-elected trustee T.J. Rodgers '70 stressed the need for more classes taught by permanent Dartmouth faculty members and for increased transparency at a recent press conference with reporters. After meeting with professors from six departments at the College, Rodgers said he was dismayed to learn that in some departments the proportion of courses taught by visiting faculty ranged from 33 to 40 percent. "When you have a good faculty like Dartmouth has, that faculty does sabbaticals.

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1979s come back for 25th

By Michael Reeves | June 13, 2004

Ivy League champions in football and hockey, accomplished doctors, politicians and business leaders, members of the Class of 1979 have returned to campus to celebrate their 25th reunion.

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Class of '54 returns to celebrate

By Michael Reeves | June 13, 2004

The Class of 1954 returned to Hanover this week to celebrate its 50th reunion, beginning Thursday evening with a cocktail party and culminating Sunday morning with the commencement exercises for the Class of 2004. Reunion activities include a hike up Mt.

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Buffett group invests in local firm

By Michael Reeves | June 2, 2004

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. will acquire a 16 percent stake in the outstanding common shares of White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd., a Bermuda-based insurance holding company that has its principal executive office in Hanover. White Mountains announced last week that Berkshire Hathaway, a Nebraska-based conglomerate headed by the billionaire financier Buffett, will execute all of its warrants to purchase 1,724,000 common shares of White Mountains stock for approximately $294 million in cash. Berkshire Hathaway obtained the warrants when it financed White Mountains' acquisition of OneBeacon Insurance Group LLC, a group of independent insurance agents in the Northeast, in June 2001. Because Berkshire Hathaway exercised its warrants before they were callable by White Mountains on May 31, 2005, the two companies agreed to discount the exercise price by about two percent.

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College's endowment jumps by 16 percent

By Michael Reeves | May 20, 2004

A 16 percent increase in Dartmouth's endowment and other financial successes have led to a projected operating budget surplus of over $5 million for fiscal year 2004, Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration Adam Keller said. Keller, the College's chief financial officer, said Dartmouth plans for a balanced budget every year and that the projected surplus resulted from the strong investment performance, unexpected increases in alumni giving and success in controlling expenses. College Provost Barry Scherr noted that it was not yet determined how the surplus funds will be used. "We would decide how to allocate any surplus after the current fiscal year closes.

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Journalist Reeves speaks on presidency

By Michael Reeves | May 5, 2004

The job of U.S. president "is essentially reactive," author and syndicated columnist Richard Reeves told a standing-room-only crowd Tuesday in Filene Auditorium. In a lecture titled "Presidential Leadership: John F.

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College commemorates poet alum's 100th birthday

By Michael Reeves | April 19, 2004

Dartmouth is marking the 100th birthday of eminent poet Richard Eberhart '26 with a host of festivities, including a celebration renaming Sanborn Library's poetry reading room in his honor. English professor Alan Gaylord spoke at a recent commemorative event, which also included readings of Eberhart's poetry by faculty and students. Gaylord said after the event that Eberhart produced "a body of work that will last," and that his poetry included "striking examples of the white-hot fusion of passion and intellect." Eberhart was born on April 5, 1904, in Austin, Minn.

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Dean opens to standing ovation

By Michael Reeves | April 15, 2004

Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean opened to a standing ovation at a speech delivered Wednesday at the Dartmouth Medical School. The speech, titled "The Long Term Implications of the 2004 Presidential Election," identified the credibility of President George W.

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