Friday, October 24, 2008

Lieberman campaigns for McCain

By Fan Zhang, The Dartmouth Staff

If Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain is elected to the White House in November, the United States would have a bipartisan administration, something unseen since Abraham Lincoln, Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., told more than 100 people attending his speech at the top of the Hopkins Center for the Arts Thursday. More »

Shaheen encourages youth voter turnout

By Neera Chatterjee

Young voters will play a critical role in this year's election because the central issues directly affect their future, Former New Hampshire Governor and Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Jeanne Shaheen said in a conference call with college media outlets on Thursday afternoon. More »

Google engineer explains pragmatic problem solving

By Nathan Swire, The Dartmouth Staff

Through a series of "war stories" from his years working in the computer science industry, Google engineering director Marc Donner illustrated pragmatic problem solving, the topic of his lecture at the Rockefeller Center Thursday. More »

Police Blotter

By Andrew Wells, courtesy of Hanover Police Chief Nicholas Giaccone, The Dartmouth Staff

October 20, 4:24 p.m. Rt. 25A Hanover Police arrested a 17-year-old female for filing a false police report, claiming she had been raped. After investigation, Hanover Police concluded that the story was implausible and therefore the report was falsified. More »

Daily Debriefing

By Caroline Duffy
  • The College Board announced the release of a new standardized test for eighth-graders, available next fall, according to The New York Times. More »
  • Community colleges in Michigan are retraining the state's workforce in green technology in an effort to reverse the effects of the economic downturn, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported. More »
  • The Teagle Foundation is assessing the overall satisfaction of economics majors with their chosen major, according to Inside Higher Ed. More »