By Fan Zhang, The Dartmouth Staff
The New Hampshire state Senate and House of Representatives approved a bill on Wednesday that would legalize marijuana use for critically and terminally ill patients. If Gov. John Lynch, D-N.H., approves the measure or allows it to become law without his signature, the state will become the 14th in the nation to allow marijuana to be used for medicinal purposes.
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By Anya Perret, The Dartmouth Staff
The Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital and the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic will form a collaborative health care system, known as “Dartmouth Hitchcock Health,” to help health care providers share resources, improve the efficiency of patient care in New Hampshire and Vermont and increase access to the academic medical center, according to DHMC’s Media Relations Manager Jason Aldous.
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By Katie Paxton, The Dartmouth Staff
The construction of the planned Visual Arts Center, facilitated by an anonymous $50-million donation announced June 12, may take a step forward next week when the Hanover planning board considers the project at its next meeting on July 7. An unresolved dispute over the status of utilities at the site, however, could delay the decision.
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By Fan Zhang, The Dartmouth Staff
Kappa Delta sorority, which accepted the College’s invitation in late May to become the eighth Panhellenic sorority on campus, will begin recruiting members and holding events with other Greek organizations this summer, according to Jen Ochsner, one of the national organization’s chapter development consultants.
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By Emily Goodell, The Dartmouth Staff
- Harvard University will lay off 275 employees and alter the work hours of approximately 40 others, according to The Harvard Crimson. More »
- In a study published in The American Economic Review, Dartmouth professor of economics Jonathan Zinman and Victor Stango, an associate professor at the University of California Davis, found the average American household pays hundreds of dollars per year in credit card late charges and other fees that could be avoided, the Daily Democrat reported. More »
- Renowned health care administrator Robert Derzon ’53 Tu’54 died on June 17, according to the Marin Independent Journal. More »