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Dartmouth College News Archives for October 2009

Oct 31, 2009 | Boston Globe

Harvard a leader in ed, but not sex ed

Harvard may reign supreme when it comes to academics, but the Ivy League university is apparently regressing when it comes to sex.

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Related Topix: Boston College, University of South Carolina, Stanford University, Florida Atlantic University, Columbia University

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Joe's Dartblog

Compassion for Whom?

Following a brisk search, the Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College has hired Dr.

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Thu Oct 29, 2009

Denton Publications

Irene Kacandes To Speak At Brooks Memorial Library

Dartmouth College professor, Irene Kacandes, will consider war's generational effect on families in a talk at Brooks Memorial Library in Brattleboro on November 4. Her talk, "Daddy's War," is part of the Vermont Humanities Council's First Wednesdays lecture series and takes place at 7 p.m. Using her family's own story as a starting point, Kacandes ...

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Wed Oct 28, 2009

Richmond County Daily Journal

Fourth surgeon joins FirstHealth Center

" A fourth cardiothoracic surgeon has joined the Cardiovascular and Thoracic Center at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Surgery, Hanover, NH, University of Pennsylvania, University of Virginia, University of Florida

Tue Oct 27, 2009

EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA

More layoffs could occur at Dartmouth

The president of Dartmouth College said more layoffs are possible to address a significant drop in the school's endowment.

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Sun Oct 25, 2009

Joe's Dartblog

More on Singing

Following a brisk search, the Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College has hired Dr.

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Sat Oct 24, 2009

UnionLeader.com

So far, an uncertain diagnosis on swine flu

Almost one quarter of Bow's public-school students were absent Thursday, with most of the 378 absentees reporting flu-like illnesses in what the state's public health director called the largest outbreak in a New Hampshire school district this year.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Education Etc., New Hampshire, Medicine, Influenza

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Dermatology Times

Sources Find Different Numbers of Active Physicians

Estimates from U.S. Census Bureau surveys find fewer older physicians remaining active compared with the American Medical Association Physician Masterfile data, according to research published in the Oct.

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Related Topix: Hanover, NH, 9

Thu Oct 22, 2009

Welcome to the Forecaster

Cape Elizabeth Town Council election lures 7 candidates for 4 seats

CAPE ELIZABETHA a ' Voters will elect four town councilors on Nov. 3 and have seven candidates to choose from.

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Related Topix: Cape Elizabeth, ME, New York University, South Portland, ME

Wed Oct 21, 2009

MadisonCountyCourier.com

Supports Riley for Sheriff

Madison County voters have the opportunity to elect a new sheriff for the first time in almost twenty years.A With the recent retirement of Ron Cary, we are very lucky to have such a quality candidate in Allen Riley.A His hard work, accountability, integrity, and professionalism make him the right man for this opening.

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Related Topix: Madison County, NY, Sherburne, NY

Tue Oct 20, 2009

TheDartmouth.com

State to consider Good Sam law

In an effort to encourage students to seek help for their intoxicated peers, Dartmouth College Democrats are working with local state representatives to implement a state-wide "Good Samaritan" law.

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Related Topix: US News, Saint Anselm College, Hampshire College

Mon Oct 19, 2009

KGAN

Iowa gubernatorial hopeful has NH connection

Christian Fong, a 32-year-old businessman who wants to be Iowa's governor, has a New Hampshire connection.

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Related Topix: Creighton University

Sat Oct 17, 2009

The Collegian

Pilobolus entertains at Richmond despite changes

During the nearly forty years since the production of Pilobolus began at Dartmouth College, it has been questioned whether "new" Pilobolus" is as good as "old" Pilobolus.

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Fri Oct 16, 2009

StartupJournal

M.B.A.s Seek Social Change

During his M.B.A. studies at University of California at Berkeley, Jeff Denby told everyone his ultimate career goal: to start an underwear company.

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Related Topix: Arts, Industrial Design (Product Design), Cornell University, CPU, Science / Technology

Thu Oct 15, 2009

ScienceBlogs

Do Republican Presidential Candidates Have to Pass a Creationist Litmus Test? [EvolutionBlog]

Jason Rosenhouse received his PhD in mathematics from Dartmouth College in 2000.

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Related Topix: US News, Kansas State University, James Madison University, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, John McCain

WBZ TV

NH Rep.: Credit Card Rules Must Take Effect Sooner

Share + Oct 15, 2009 12:47 pm US/Eastern HOLLY RAMER, Associated Press Writer CONCORD, N.H. Rules aimed at protecting people from sudden hikes in interest rates on credit cards should take effect ahead of schedule, New Hampshire Rep.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Representative Paul Hodes, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Concord, NH, Carolyn Maloney

New Hampshire's guide to restaurants,...

Sonia Landy Sheridan: Art's Passionate Pilgrim

Hanover, NH - The Hood Museum of Art announces The Art of Sonia Landy Sheridan, an exhibition of over eighty works by the pioneering artist best known for her experiments with the emerging forms of imaging technology that would spark the late-twentieth-century communications revolution.

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Related Topix: Hanover, NH, Science / Technology, Inventions

Wed Oct 14, 2009

TheDartmouth.com

the Mirror: Different Strokes for Different Folks

While slower than most colleges in the movement towards gender equality, Dartmouth finally began admitting female students in 1972.

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Mon Oct 12, 2009

Denver Daily News

Ace of ACT

You wouldn't know it by talking to her, but Hannah McGehee is one of only eight students in Colorado this year to earn a perfect score on the ACT college entrance exam.

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Related Topix: Standardized Testing, Education, Colorado, Colorado Government, Berklee College of Music

Sun Oct 11, 2009

The Age

Nobel Economics Prize wraps up awards season

The 2009 Nobel season wraps up Monday with the announcement of the winner of the Nobel Economics Prize, expected to attract special attention in the wake of the global economic crisis.

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Burlington Free Press

Man faces speeding charges

Vermont State Police charged a man with speeding at 112 mph, southbound on Interstate 91 in Springfield.

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Related Topix: Vermont

Sat Oct 10, 2009

UnionLeader.com

Experts struggle to explain cruelty

They attack as a pack, their weapons of choice knives, their crimes brutal and senseless.

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Related Topix: Mont Vernon, NH, Family, Teenagers, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Kids

WCAX-TV Burlington

Dartmouth students, alums to hike the A.T.

More than 200 Dartmouth College alumni and students are spreading out across the Appalachian Trail on Saturday in hopes of together hiking the entire 2,175 miles in one day.

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Fri Oct 09, 2009

Joe's Dartblog

WCAX-TV Reports 'Swine Flu Outbreak at Dartmouth

Following a brisk search, the Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College has hired Dr.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Hanover, NH, Medicine, Influenza

Thu Oct 08, 2009

Boston Globe

N.H. thrill killing echoes 2001 Dartmouth murders

James Parker and Robert Tulloch, convicted in the murders of two Dartmouth professors who welcomed the teens into their home.

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Related Topix: Family, Teenagers, Mont Vernon, NH, Education Etc., Psychology, Science

Wed Oct 07, 2009

WCAX-TV Burlington

Swine Flu Outbreak at Dartmouth

There is a suspected major outbreak of Swine Flu at Dartmouth College. 175 students have reported flu-like symptoms in the last two weeks, but not all of those cases have been confirmed as H1N1.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Influenza

UnionLeader.com

Experts try to make sense of senseless crime

The story is all too familiar: An isolated home, an unknown motivation and a ferocious killing.

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Related Topix: Mont Vernon, NH, Boston Metro

Tue Oct 06, 2009

WPTZ.com

H1N1 Hits Dartmouth College Campus

Dartmouth College officials told WPTZ.com the H1N1 virus has arrived on campus with 175 students showing symptoms and several testing positive for the virus.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health

Mon Oct 05, 2009

Construction News

Updating tradition: Everett contractor puts history behind it in revamped branding effort

Public perception of the former Bond Brothers was that the Everett contractor was old school and not equipped to handle big construction projects.

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Sat Oct 03, 2009

Boston Globe

Unidentified woman, 55, dies of swine flu

A 55-year-old Middlesex County woman with underlying health problems died of swine flu Thursday, the 12th person in the state to succumb to the viral illness, state health authorities reported yesterday.

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Related Topix: Springfield Metro, Springfield, MA, Ludlow, MA, Yale University

WCAX-TV Burlington

Lebanon School Superintendent Retiring

The superintendent of the Lebanon School District is stepping down. Mike Harris has been in charge of the district for the past 11 years.

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Related Topix: Education Etc.

Fri Oct 02, 2009

Forbes Autos

He Heard The Call And Followed The Footsteps

When I sat down a couple of hours ago to write about William Safire, who died last week, I knew I wanted to produce an item that approached his own standard of craftsmanship.

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Related Topix: US News, Opinion, Autos

Thu Oct 01, 2009

ScienceBlogs

Why Isn't Alan Grayson the Speaker of the House? [EvolutionBlog]

Jason Rosenhouse received his PhD in mathematics from Dartmouth College in 2000.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Representative Alan Grayson, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Kansas State University, James Madison University, Ginny Brown-Waite, Republican

New Statesman

Osborne's figures don't add up

I returned to New Hampshire this week to find that the leaves have started to turn.

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Related Topix: Conservatives (UK)

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