By Mitch Davis, The Dartmouth Staff
The College's various departments are in the process of responding to a November directive by College President James Wright to cut institution-wide expenditures by five percent in light of the ongoing national financial crisis, according to several administration officials involved in fiscal planning. With reductions in discretionary spending across the board, annual charitable programs, departmental coffee gatherings and other non-essential initiatives have been discontinued.
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By Drew Joseph, The Dartmouth Staff
A year after microbiology and immunology professor William Green began a non-renewable term as Dartmouth Medical School dean following the abrupt resignation of Stephen Spielberg last January, the College has yet to begin a search for a new dean. The search will not begin until the Bard Group, a private consulting company, finishes its review of the medical school's organizational and operational structure, according to Dartmouth Provost Barry Scherr. Green will return to his post as chair of microbiology and immunology after the review is complete and a new dean is named.
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By Neera Chatterjee, The Dartmouth Staff
Dartmouth's three professional schools will attempt to limit the effect of the economic downturn on students by focusing on reducing discretionary spending, rather than cutting major programs, the schools' deans said. The College's hiring freeze will apply to the schools, but many of their budget decisions will be made independently, according to Adam Keller, executive vice president for finance and administration.
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By Rebecca Cress, The Dartmouth Staff
The Dartmouth chapter of Zeta Psi fraternity will have to apply to the Office of Residential Life for official re-recognition in addition to fulfilling the conditions of a separate agreement with the College, according to T. Clark Weymouth '79, president of Zete's alumni association. Zete alumni association members -- up until a few days ago -- had thought the fraternity could resume operations as soon as renovation of its physical plant had been completed, a final condition for the organization's required "dark" period of inactivity to end.
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By Nathan Swire, The Dartmouth Staff
Franklin Rea '08 expected to get a job as the intern director for the Columbia University Institute for Tele-Information, where he had previously worked as a research assistant, after he graduated from Dartmouth. When the person who planned to leave the position was himself unable to find a new job in the weakening economy, Rea was soon without employment. Seven months after graduating, Rea is still sending out cover letters in an attempt to find a full-time job.
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