Former Congressional representatives Barbara Kennelly, D-Conn., and William Goodling, R-Penn., visited Dartmouth for a town-hall meeting with members of the Upper Valley community and a handful of students on Tuesday afternoon. The event, which was titled “The New Congress: Implications for Public Policy and the 2008 Presidential Election” and was sponsored by the Rockefeller Center and the government department, focused on educational policy and the recent change of the Congressional majority.
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The Student Government Review Task Force, formed in the wake of this winter’s controversy over the efficacy of student government at Dartmouth, presented its preliminary findings to Student Assembly at Tuesday night’s meeting.
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After watching a two-and-a-half-hour documentary about multiple interpretations of terrorism, opinionated students debated issues raised by the film with its assistant director Tuesday evening in Dartmouth Hall.
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At first glance, chemistry professor Fredrick Kull’s office looks just like any other professor’s: technical books line bookcases, family pictures adorn the desk and a doctoral degree is mounted on the wall. A closer inspection of the room, however, finds a peculiar wooden fish on the wall. No ordinary knickknack, it is an antique folk art depiction of a codfish, once an economic staple of New England.
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After hearing back from graduate schools, Shannon Roger ‘04 found herself deciding between the environmental science programs of Yale University and the University of New Hampshire. Despite Yale’s prestige, Rogers ultimately chose UNH because of non-academic factors, which have played a role in many students’ decisions in choosing a graduate school.
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