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Dartmouth Eliminating Loans For Undergraduate Students, Replacing With Scholarships
Dartmouth is joining several of its Ivy League peers in adopting a no-loan policy.
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Lawsuit Claims 16 Top Colleges Overcharged Over 170,000 Students by ‘Hundreds of Millions of Dollars'
Some of the country’s most exclusive universities have been accused.
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NH Professor's Video Game Joystick, 9 Feet Tall, Sets Record as Largest
A 9-foot-tall video game joystick made of wood, rubber and steel has made it into the Guinness World Records 2022 as the largest. Dartmouth College professor Mary Flanagan created the giant controller — nearly 14 times the size of an original classic Atari controller — in 2006 to celebrate her childhood experience of “maniacally” playing Atari 2600 video games. She…
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Biden: Imagine What Would Have Happened If Obama Were Assassinated
Former Vice President Joe Biden posed a stark hypothetical to voters in New Hampshire Friday as he discussed today’s volatile political climate: What if Barack Obama had been assassinated? The comment came toward the end of a town hall meeting on the campus of Dartmouth College ostensibly about healthcare issues, NBC News reports. It was not part of Biden’s standard...
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What Are Trump's Tariffs on China and How Do They Work?
President Donald Trump has heightened tensions with China by escalating his tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods from 10% to 25%. As a tool of national policy, tariffs had long been fading into history, a relic of the 19th and early 20th centuries that most experts came to see as harmful to all nations involved. Yet more than any...
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Dartmouth College Sued Following Professor Misconduct Allegations
A class-action lawsuit filed by a group of former and current Dartmouth College students described the climate three neuroscience professors allegedly created as a “21st-century Animal House.” The Boston Globe reports the lawsuit accuses Paul Whalen, Bill Kelley and Todd Heatherton of sexual misconduct and creating a disruptive party atmosphere.
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Shelter in Place Lifted at Dartmouth College After 19-Year-Old Is Shot
A shelter in place has been ordered at Dartmouth College after one person was shot near campus. According to Hanover police, at 9:50 p.m. Friday a non-Dartmouth student was shot at the Christian Science Reading Room at 1 School Street.
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Some McDonald's Workers Vote to Strike Over Sex Harassment
Emboldened by the #MeToo movement, McDonald’s workers have voted to stage a one-day strike next week at restaurants in 10 cities in hopes of pressuring management to take stronger steps against on-the-job sexual harassment. Organizers say it will be the first multistate strike in the U.S. specifically targeting sexual harassment. Plans for the walkout — to start at lunchtime on...
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These Are the 10 Best Value Liberal Arts Colleges in America for 2019: U.S. News
One tri-state school has made the top ten list of America’s best value liberal arts colleges.
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These Are the 10 Best Bang-for-Your-Buck National Colleges in America for 2019: U.S. News
Three tri-state schools have landed on a new list of America’s top bang-for-your-buck colleges and universities.
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3rd Dartmouth Professor Leaves Over Misconduct Allegations
A third Dartmouth College professor facing sexual misconduct allegations has left the school following an internal investigation and recommendation that the school fire him. Dartmouth College President Phil Hanlon on Tuesday announced Professor William Kelley’s resignation, effective immediately. Another professor, Paul Whalen, resigned under similar circumstances last month, and a third, Todd Heatherton, chose to retire.
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Can't Believe Your Ears? The High-Tech Deception of ‘Deepfake' Videos
New technology on the internet lets anyone make videos of real people appearing to say things they’ve never said. Republicans and Democrats predict this high-tech way of putting words in someone’s mouth will become the latest weapon in disinformation wars against the United States and other Western democracies....
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Mindy Kaling Jokes About Trump, Toilet Plungers at Dartmouth
Mindy Kaling took on President Donald Trump in her Sunday commencement address to Dartmouth College graduates, suggesting he may have “tweeted us into war” with Wakanda, the fictional country from “Black Panther.” The 38-year-old actor, writer and comedian graduated from the Ivy League school in 2001. She received an honorary degree during the ceremony.
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Mindy Kaling Jokes About Trump, Toilet Plungers at Dartmouth
Mindy Kaling took on President Donald Trump in her Sunday commencement address to Dartmouth College graduates, suggesting he may have “tweeted us into war” with Wakanda, the fictional country from “Black Panther.” The 38-year-old actor, writer and comedian graduated from the Ivy League school in 2001. She received an honorary degree during the ceremony.
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Trump's Tariffs: What They Are and How They Would Work
As a tool of national trade policy, tariffs had long been fading into history, a relic of 19th and early 20th centuries that most experts regarded as mutually harmful to all nations involved. But President Donald Trump has dusted them off in recent months and restored tariffs to a prominent place in his America First approach to the rest of...
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Trump's Tariffs: What They Are and How They Would Work
As a tool of national trade policy, tariffs had long been fading into history, a relic of 19th and early 20th centuries that most experts regarded as mutually harmful to all nations involved. But President Donald Trump has dusted them off in recent months and restored tariffs to a prominent place in his America First approach to the rest of...
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DC Landlord Ordered to Pay Families $15M After Dupont Circle Apartment Fire Killed 2
The men who owned and managed D.C. apartments where two young people were killed in a fire nearly three years ago are legally responsible for their deaths.
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Mayor Fires Back After Trump Blames Lawrence for NH Opioid Problem
President Donald Trump singled out the city of Lawrence, Massachusetts, as a significant source of the drugs pouring into New Hampshire during a speech Monday.
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Mimicking Trump, ‘Fake News' Smear Takes Hold Among Politicians at All Levels
An Idaho state lawmaker urges her constituents to submit entries for her “fake news awards.” The Kentucky governor tweets #FAKENEWS to dismiss questions about his purchase of a home from a supporter. An aide to the Texas land commissioner uses the phrase to downplay the significance of his boss receiving donations from employees of a company that landed a multimillion-dollar...
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Judge Recommends Trump Mute, Not Block His Twitter Critics
A judge is recommending that President Donald Trump mute rather than block some Twitter followers to resolve a First Amendment lawsuit.