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Endowment rises two percent in '03
By Thomas Sexton | October 10, 2003Following a dismal financial year in 2002, Dartmouth's $2.1 billion endowment is starting to show signs of recovery.
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S&S increases party patrols, hopes for safe weekend
By Thomas Sexton | May 16, 2003H-Po. doubles shifts at Bosstones concert
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Professors spar over consequences of globalization
By Thomas Sexton | May 14, 2003A large crowd of students and Upper Valley residents gathered last night to hear a debate on the question, "Is Globalization Improving Living Standards of Poor People and Poor Nations?" Economics department chair Douglas Irwin argued the affirmative position and was opposed by David Ranney '61, professor emeritus of the University of Illinois at Chicago. Speaking first, Irwin argued that "the only truly effective and time-proven way to reduce poverty is to raise income through economic growth," a process that Irwin believes can be facilitated by the expansion of world trade. Irwin based his argument on examples culled from three decades by looking at how various countries' economies have been affected by changes in foreign trade policy. Irwin looked primarily at India and China, two countries that opened their economies to international trade within the last 25 years. The result in China was a steep increase in GDP.
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In African AIDS crisis, desperation and lack of education
By Thomas Sexton | May 7, 2003Psychologist and AIDS activist Kylie Fauth related her experiences with the tragic consequences of the raging AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa in an informal talk yesterday entitled "Women, Gender and AIDS." According to Fauth, 34 percent of Zimbabweans are currently infected with HIV or AIDS, but the disease is still largely repressed.
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In South Pacific, students aid ailing education system
By Thomas Sexton | April 16, 2003For the past four years, Dartmouth College students with an interest in education have spent their winter off-terms teaching in the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific.
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As war continues, students prepare for military service
By Thomas Sexton | April 10, 2003College ROTC trainees take conflict in stride
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Wheelock expands, absorbs new demand
By Thomas Sexton | April 2, 2003Dartmouth students no longer have a choice when shopping for textbooks in Hanover. With the Dartmouth Bookstore forced to discontinue textbook sales to undergraduates, Wheelock Books has been expanding its staff to accommodate the resulting increase in business. Although many have expressed concern about the lack of shopping options, students have generally found Wheelock's accommodations to be adequate in handling the start-of-term textbook rush. The Dartmouth Bookstore had been considering scaling back its textbook department since last summer.