Confidential research and security information can be transmitted by the click of a button or by the exchange of a simple CD. A professor at one of Dartmouth’s peer institutions learned this when one of her trusted post-doctorate students tampered with data on her computer and some of her valuable research-related CD’s were stolen. To counteract these security risks, the College is currently searching for a candidate to take on the role of chief information security officer.
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Richard Parsons, the chairman of the board and former chief executive officer of Time Warner, outlined the ways the internet has brought corporate innovation out of the boardroom and into the kitchens and garages of individual entrepreneurs, in a speech on Wednesday. He described Bebo, a social networking site developed in 2005 by Michael Birch out of his home. With only his wife as support staff, Birch developed a product that Time Warner recently purchased for $850 million, Parsons said.
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Students at Link Up’s designer discount jean sale on Tuesday experienced a shopping triumph — the joy of buying the perfect pair of designer jeans at a 40 to 60 percent discount while generating money to provide Somali women with the opportunity to study at the university level.
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A planned petition regarding the Federal Drug Administration’s policy of excluding men who have had sex with other men from donating blood was not completed in time for yesterday’s blood drive at the Top of the Hop, according to Jeremy Chan ‘10, one of the organizers of the blood drive. Members of Dartmouth’s Gender Sexuality XYZ and organizers of the blood drive had hoped to mail the petition to the FDA in protest of the policy.
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Students evaluated their alcohol use — and were rewarded with CamelBak water bottles — for the annual National Alcohol Screening Day, held in Collis Common Ground on Wednesday. The event, which encourages college students to review their alcohol drinking habits with a health professional and gathers information about campus-wide trends regarding alcohol use, is held at colleges around the country, though not necessarily on the same day.
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April 30, 1:23 a.m.
Rope Ferry Road
Safety and Security received a report of an intoxicated 20-year-old male student who wandered into either a female student’s room or a female bathroom. The student was brought to Dick’s House, where he was “uncooperative” with Safety and Security and the Dick’s House staff. The male was “creating a problem,” so the Health Services staff decided he could not remain at Dick’s House. Hanover Police arrived on the scene and arrested the student for unlawful possession and intoxication, informing him that an ambulance was on its way. The officer offered the student the options of being taken to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center or the county jail. When the ambulance arrived, the male continued to refuse to cooperate, and Hanover Police tied the subject to the stretcher for the ride to DHMC. At DHMC, the police officers notified the staff that once the student had been medically cleared, if he did not calm down, they would retake the student into custody. Hanover Police reported that when the student did not calm down, officers had to wrestle with him to get him secured in a set of handcuffs. At the station, the student continued to behave “belligerently” and repeatedly spat on the floor and the walls. The officers decided to transport the subject to the county jail. For about three-quarters of the ride, the male swore and yelled at the officers. He then proceeded to take off his seat belt and urinate all over the back of the cruiser. Hanover Police deposited the student at the county jail. The student will appear in court at an as-of-yet unlisted date. He is not eligible for the alcohol diversion program.
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