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Joe Asch ’79, a petition candidate for the Board of Trustees, was affiliated with the French company Arand Ltd. through 2004.

Zach Ingbretsen / The Dartmouth Senior Staff

Asch ’79 withheld business past

By Greg Berger, The Dartmouth Staff

Mar 9 | 12:00 am

While Board of Trustees petition candidate Joe Asch ’79 has contended that the professional background of his opponent — the Alumni Council-nominated John Replogle ’88 — would not benefit the Board, Asch has been repeatedly reticent to fully disclose his own professional experience.

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Town votes on budget, police funding slashed

By Molly Turner

Mar 9 | 12:00 am

The Hanover Select Board conducted a final review of the proposed town budget during the Select Board’s meeting on Monday night. At the meeting, Select Board members voted to impose funding cuts on the Hanover Police Department, including reductions in overtime pay for patrol officers, as one of several measures approved for the 2010-2011 fiscal year.

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Bill would set up care rate oversight

By Tatiana Cooke, The Dartmouth Staff

Mar 9 | 12:00 am

The state Senate Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection Committee approved a bill on Thursday that would create a three-member commission to oversee hospital rates in the state, a move that hospitals including Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center have said they oppose. The commission, if established, would recommend how much New Hampshire hospitals should charge for medical services, state Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-Exeter, said in an interview with The Dartmouth.

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Monday | March 8, 2010

Student input guides policies, officials say

By Paulina Karpis

Mar 8 | 12:00 am

College officials have had to navigate the highly varied interests presented by alumni, students and federal authorities as they developed various iterations of College alcohol policy, according to several administrators. Over a 25-year period, the policy has shifted away from a punishment-based model to one focused on harm reduction, they said.

Friday | March 5, 2010

Stevenson ‘10 wins Minn. primary battle

By The Dartmouth Staff

Mar 5 | 4:38 pm

Tay Stevenson ’10, College Democrat and former Student Body vice presidential candidate, has been nominated by the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party to run for the state Senate district 12 seat, according to reports in the Brainerd Dispatch.

Thursday | March 4, 2010

Trustee hopefuls seek faculty, alum. support

By Greg Berger, The Dartmouth Staff

Mar 4 | 12:00 am

With the voting period for the upcoming alumni-elected Board of Trustees election beginning next Wednesday, March 10, both Alumni Council-nominated candidates — Morton Kondracke ’60 and John Replogle ’88 — will continue to visit Dartmouth Alumni Clubs nationwide, while petition candidate Joe Asch ’79 has spent roughly $28,000 to send a mailing to thousands of College alumni. Several College faculty members have also released public statements on their opinions of Replogle and Asch, who are competing for one seat as candidates for the Board.

Wednesday | March 3, 2010

Flights to N.Y. to start from Leb. this month

By Christy O'keefe, The Dartmouth Staff

Mar 3 | 12:00 am

A new Cape Air flight from Lebanon Municipal Airport in West Lebanon to White Plains, N.Y., will make New York City more accessible to potential travelers at Dartmouth, according to Michelle Haynes, director of communications for Cape Air. The service, scheduled to begin March 15, will offer two daily round-trip flights and complimentary ground transportation from White Plains Westchester County Airport to midtown Manhattan at a cost of $160 each way, according to Haynes.

Tuesday | March 2, 2010

Despite budget cuts, depts. hire new profs.

By Nathan Yeo

Mar 2 | 12:00 am

Despite the College’s current fiscal challenges, several academic departments are hiring new professors to replace departing faculty, according to several professors interviewed by The Dartmouth. The decisions to fill the vacant positions were approved before the current round of budget cuts was announced last month, the professors said.

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