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NLRB union decision unlikely to affect Dartmouth

By Timothy Connor | January 8, 2015

The National Labor Relations Board asserted the right of non-tenured faculty members at private colleges to collectively bargain and unionize in a December ruling, rejecting claims by Pacific Lutheran University that its faculty occupies managerial positions. The ruling is unlikely to affect proceedings at Dartmouth, dean of the faculty of arts and sciences Michael Mastanduno said.

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Stamps Scholars' research projects are underway

By Parker Richards | January 8, 2015

With the support of $10,000 each from the Stamps Family Charitable Foundation, the projects of the six inaugural Stamps Scholars are underway, from studying ancient canals in Mexico to analyzing the environmental impacts of Dartmouth’s fuel source.

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Grieving for Suicide

By Zak Meghrouni-Brown | January 8, 2015

Community members who have grappled with the suicides of loved ones said that grieving for suicide is a complex process. For some, the loss affects many facets of their life, including their interactions with their communities, their close ones and their schools.

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There's No Place Like Om

By Mary Liza Hartong | January 8, 2015

Notice your posture. This is the first thing the voice on my computer told me when I searched for guided meditations, found a website and purposefully picked the shortest one — a three-minute mediation called “Body and Sound.”

Stigmatizing Mental Illness
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It's Time to Talk

By Caroline Berens | January 8, 2015

In her Apr. 19, 2013 article exploring the stigma surrounding depression, “Depression: What Everyone’s Not Talking About,” Reese Ramponi ’13 says the “discussion of the issue remains scarce on campus.” \nYet the past year has seen a significant growth in discussions of mental health on campus — Dick’s House has tripled its counseling staff and Student Assembly launched its yearlong campaign, “I’m Here for You,” aimed at breaking the silence around mental illness. Is discussion of depression at Dartmouth still “scarce”?

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Fridays with Marian

By Marian Lurio | January 8, 2015

According to the Gregorian calendar, 2015 is underway. I must admit I have mixed feelings about what this year will bring for the human race. It may be a new year, but the human race is none the wiser.

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Boots and Rallies

By Aaron Pellowski | January 8, 2015

Another thing I don’t understand at all is cheating. The recent coverage of the so-called “Clickergate” has piqued my befuddlement in a few ways.

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Q&A: Interim Dean of College Inge-Lise Ameer

By Charlie Rafkin | January 8, 2015

Interim Dean of the College Inge-Lise Ameer is responsible for overseeing all aspects of student life — including mental health. In an interview in her Parkhurst Office, she discussed the D-plan, Dick’s House and medical leave.

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Q&A: Computer science professor Andrew Campbell

By Charlie Rafkin | January 8, 2015

Computer science professor Andrew Campbell developed the StudentLife app, which tracks students’ mental health, academic performance and behavioral trends. In the spring of 2013, Campbell used the app to measure the ups and downs of 48 of his computer science students’ terms.

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Any Given Thursday

By Rich Shen and Austin Lim | January 8, 2015

With the college football playoffs coming to an end, we decided that we would write this article about which National Basketball Association player we would build a team around. With the emergence of several new superstars in the NBA this year, including Stephen Curry and Anthony Davis, we began dreaming of scenarios to play general manager.

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Swim and Dive head into home meet

By Gayne Kalustian | January 8, 2015

With two meets under their belts, the Dartmouth men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams head into their first home meet of the season against Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania this Saturday, led at the helm by backstroker James Verhagen ’16.

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Kim’s Dartmouth Center absorbed by Dartmouth Institute

By Katie Rafter | January 7, 2015

While the Dartmouth Center was originally founded by former College President Jim Yong Kim as a separate entity from the Dartmouth Institute — so it could focus on separate opportunities for health research — Institute director Elliott Fisher said in an email that the integration of the two programs was expected from the outset.

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My Brigadeiro brings more chocolate to Main Street

By Erin Lee | January 7, 2015

Store owner Ana Paula Alexandrescu began her online business two years ago from home, and although she has sold her chocolate in local stores — such as Dan and Whit’s General Store in Norwich and the Hanover and Lebanon Co-Op Food Stores — opening a store is something she always had in mind.

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