By William Schpero, The Dartmouth Staff
_Correction appended._
Petition candidate Stephen Smith '88 was elected to the Dartmouth Board of Trustees after one and a half months of voting. Smith, who won with over 54 percent of the vote, marks the fourth consecutive petition candidate to be appointed as a trustee. About 28 percent of alumni voted in the election.
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By Allie Lowe, The Dartmouth Staff
Newly elected Student Body President Travis Green '08 laid plans for a new Student Assembly constitution and efforts to create institutional memory within the Assembly during his first meeting as president, which was attended by about 15 people.
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By Sarah Badami, The Dartmouth Staff
Spanish professor Elizabeth Polli, the director of Dartmouth's Spanish Language Program, premiered her educational video series "Entre Amigos" Thursday evening in Dartmouth Hall. Those in the audience included members of the Spanish department and student actors in the series. The 14 Spanish videos that make up the series are to be used in Dartmouth's Spanish 1 and 2 courses.
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By Jesse Silberberg, The Dartmouth Staff
A sometimes tearful audience sat eyes agaze at the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Anja Niedringhaus at "Iraq Through a Camera Lens: a Photojournalist's Story," a lecture presented by the Rockefeller Center Thursday evening.
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By Kate Farley and Victoria Boggiano
- Sallie Mae, the country's largest provider of student loans, has found itself on the receiving end of political attacks regarding its domination of the student loans market, according to an article in Wednesday's issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education. More »
- Seventy-six-year-old media tycoon Rupert Murdoch may purchase Facebook.com, according to a report issued Tuesday by The Chronicle of Higher Education. More »
- In an article published in the Early Edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, research by Chelsea Wood '06 concluded that parasitic organisms can have a negative effect on a host's environment. More »