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Dartmouth Students Lower Stands, Consider Internships in Ailing Job Market

Dartmouth Students Lower Stands, Consider Internships in Ailing Job Market

Post-graduation internships—especially unpaid ones—are generally considered taboo.

 

After all, that’s what summer vacations are for: working at internships in which one brownnoses incessantly in order to easily secure a job post graduation.

 

However, with the economy in a state of disarray, graduating Dartmouth seniors are readying themselves ...

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Dartmouth Professor Leaves Facebook Profile Open, Calls Herself a Fraud, Jokes That Colleagues Are Blowhards

Dartmouth Professor Leaves Facebook Profile Open, Calls Herself a Fraud, Jokes That Colleagues Are Blowhards

Facebook and MySpace ruin lives—well, at least the lives of those who foolishly post incriminating pictures and/or objectionable information on their own profiles.

 

Case and point: Reiko Ohnuma, an associate professor at Dartmouth specializing—and I use that term loosely—in the Buddhist tradition of South Asia, until recently had an open Facebo...

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Alumni Sue Dartmouth College (Again) Over Violation of a 1891 Agreement

Alumni Sue Dartmouth College (Again) Over Violation of a 1891 Agreement

There’s no better way to pay respects to one’s alma mater than by filing a lawsuit against it – that is, if you're a graduate of Dartmouth College.

 

In the last 14 months, Dartmouth has been sued by its alumni not once, but twice.

 

The most recent suit, which was filed two weeks ago, states that the College “violated an 1891 agreement to maint...

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Fire Started in Dartmouth Fraternity House Most Likely Arson

Fire Started in Dartmouth Fraternity House Most Likely Arson

On Saturday morning, a small fire broke out in the basement of the Chi Gamma Epsilon fraternity house, and according to the Hanover Police Chief, it was not accidental.

 

According to the police report, the blaze erupted sometime around 6:00 a.m., but it was extinguished before any major damage could occur. While no one was injured, police disco...

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Obama to Tap Dartmouth Alumnus For Treasury Secretary Position

Obama to Tap Dartmouth Alumnus For Treasury Secretary Position

Yesterday, the ever-smug Princetonians patted themselves on the back after President-elect Barack Obama announced that two of their own would be joining his administration, and soon, Dartmouth is hoping to do the same.

 

According to several reports, Timothy Geithner ’83 has appeared at the top of Obama’s short list of Treasury secretary candida...

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Hanover Hotels Still Willing to Host Dartmouth Events In Spite of Police Raids, Underage Drinkers

Hanover Hotels Still Willing to Host Dartmouth Events In Spite of Police Raids, Underage Drinkers

Two years ago, the Hotel Coolidge hosted a Greek formal that ended with a female attendee vomiting on a police officer and the establishment temporarily losing its liquor license. Last fall, the Alpha Xi Delta formal, hosted at the same venue, ended with a police raid that led to 35 citations being issued.

 

However, despite all these legal woes...

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Dartmouth and Penn Tie In Voter Turnout Competition

Dartmouth and Penn Tie In Voter Turnout Competition

At the tail end of October, Molly Bode, Dartmouth’s Student Assembly president, issued a challenge to Wilson Tong, Penn’s Undergraduate Assembly chairman:

 

If more Penn students voted on Election Day than Dartmouth students, Bode would wear tacky Penn apparel for a week – and vice versa.

 

Naturally, Tong accepted the friendly challenge, and bo...

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Former Psychiatrist Warns Dartmouth Women Against Casual Sex

Former Psychiatrist Warns Dartmouth Women Against Casual Sex

During the third annual Dr. Tzvi Yehuda Sakes Memorial Lecture on Monday, Miriam Grossman, senior fellow at the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute, warned community members and students at Dartmouth against “experimenting and exploring [their] sexuality.”

 

In short, Grossman argued that the media downplays the potential negative side effects of...

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Dartmouth Endowment Plunges As Students Revel In Obama Mania

Dartmouth Endowment Plunges As Students Revel In Obama Mania

The first quarter of fiscal year 2008-2009 closed on September 30th, and the global economic downturn has already taken a hefty toll on Dartmouth’s endowment.

 

Over the span of three months, Dartmouth’s endowment fell by a whopping 6 percent, or $220 million, bringing one of the Ivy League’s poorer universities one step closer to the nexus of e...

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Dartmouth Alumna Rachel Dratch Talks Up Obama at Her Alma Mater

Dartmouth Alumna Rachel Dratch Talks Up Obama at Her Alma Mater

Thanks to its prominent location within a swing state, Dartmouth has attracted several pro-Obama celebrities, including Justin Long, Kal Penn and Olivia Widle, over the past two months. On Sunday, it was Rachel Dratch ’88, a former cast member of Saturday Night Live.

 

Speaking to an audience of Dartmouth College Democrats, Dratch emphasized the...

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