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Patrick Pichette, Google's chief financial officer, applauds at an announcement in Kansas City, Kansas, in March 2011. (Associated Press - Orlin Wagner)

Google CFO Speaks at Dartmouth

Friday, May 24, 2013

Hanover — A high-ranking Google executive energized an auditorium of graduate students with a public discussion on the possibilities of technology and business. Yesterday afternoon, Patrick Pichette, Google’s chief financial officer and senior vice president, encouraged about 150 students at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth to never fear unconventional ideas in the expanding digital economy. His speech, Tipping The Scale: Google & The Future of Big Data, was part of the Britt Technology Impact Series, which is put on by the Center for Digital Strategies at Tuck and provides students with insights into how the changes in technology affect enterprise and industries. “Why …

In this 1983 family photo released by Constance Clery, Jeanne Clery is shown. In the nearly 20 years since their daughter Jeanne was raped and killed in her dorm room at Lehigh University, Howard and Constance Clery have fought to make sure that colleges report campus crimes. (AP Photo/Clery Family)

Dartmouth Students To File Complaint

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Hanover — A group of Dartmouth College students say they plan to file a federal complaint against the college alleging that administrators underreport and downplay sexual assault, racism and homophobia on campus. Six Dartmouth students joined others from Swarthmore College, University of California at Berkeley, University of Southern California and the University of …

A screen grab shows a scene from the winning entry in the Math-O-Vision contest at Dartmouth College.

Math = Film Project

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Hanover — Some kids see math as a maze of pointless numbers, a subject banished to chalkboards and ivory towers. Austin Eng, 17, of Freehold, N.J., sees it differently — and as a result, he and his film partner, Katherine Lin, also of Freehold, have $4,000 in prize money to show for it. …

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Jim Rubens, chairman of the Granite State Coalition Against Expanded Gambling, lobbies legislators in Concord prior to debate on legislation that would establish a casino in the state. After more than two hours of debate, lawmakers voted to reject the proposal. (Valley News - James M. Patterson)

N.H. House Rejects Casino

Mia, a Jack Russell Terrier, howls at her owner, Henrey Ilsley, to keep mowing the lawn at his home in Bradford, Vt., after he stopped momentarily on Tuesday. Mia always mows the lawn with Ilsley, and according to her owner, is a taskmistress. “She’s definitely the boss,” Illsley said. “If I stop she’ll keep barking until I start mowing again.” (Valley News - Sarah Priestap)

Bradford’s Barking Boss

Hanover’s Camille Hankel, right, runs to return a point while playing with partner Zoe Yu against Coe-Brown yesterday. (Valley News - Libby March)

Cougars Corral Cardinals

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Dartmouth Holds 41st Pow-Wow

Monday, May 13, 2013

Shianne Sebastian, a Dartmouth '13, helps dress her brother, Ashbow Sebastian, a student at the University of Maine in a buckskin dress while preparing for the "Switch Dance," a competition in which the men and women switch roles …

Willy and Alana St. George, of Lyndonville, Vt., look through a handmade scrapbook at the Memory Cafe held in Lebanon yesterday. “(W)hen I came into the room, it was like, OK, this is like home — big kisses and hugs,” said Willy St. George, whose Alzheimer’s disease was diagnosed three years ago. (Leah Berry photograph)

At the Memory Cafe: Don’t Forget to Laugh

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Lebanon — Alana St. George poked fun at the balding head of her husband, Willy, who wore a hat in a recent photograph to cover up some “light spots.” Several people got up and tried their best South …

The Hawks’ Bo Harron sprints to the finish line to win the 200-meter dash to the cheers of onlookers. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap)

Good Day for a Run

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Above: The Upper Valley Hawks’ Walter Mosenthal, 16, left, shakes hands with Benjamin Phillips (809) of the Laconia Lakers prior to the Upper Valley Summer Special Olympics 1,500-meter run at Dartmouth College’s Leverone Field House yesterday. The event, …

Killer of Dartmouth Professors to Get Resentencing Hearing

Saturday, May 11, 2013

Concord — A man convicted in the stabbing deaths of two Dartmouth College professors when he was 17 will not be in court next week when his lawyer argues for a resentencing hearing based on a U.S. Supreme Court ruling from last year. Robert Tulloch was one of …

Dartmouth Announces Commencement Speaker

Friday, May 10, 2013

Hanover — Geoffrey Canada, the president of an educational nonprofit in New York City, will deliver Dartmouth College’s commencement address next month. Canada is the president and CEO of Harlem Children’s Zone, Inc., which provides educational opportunities to underprivileged children living in Harlem. The nonprofit follows children from …

Big Swings in Twin States

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Lebanon — There are sometimes stark differences among what Twin State hospitals charge for the identical medical procedure, and no consistent variation, with one hospital charging less on one procedure than its peers and more on another. The …

Letter: A Failed Strategy at Dartmouth

Friday, May 17, 2013

To the Editor: Dartmouth College’s recent actions on sexual assaults, gender discrimination and homophobia follow a longstanding strategy: See evil, hear evil, speak evil, but don’t actually do anything about it. It is doomed again to failure. We have long read about the usual suspects gathering, speaking out, …

Science, and a Pint

Monday, May 6, 2013

For centuries, these have been the eternal questions: Why is the sky blue? What is the nature of time and the universe? Is there life after death? How did the universe begin? But there’s yet another great puzzle, …

Dartmouth’s Liz Calby, right, reaches around Penn goalkeeper Lucy Ferguson (99) for a late goal during the Big Green’s 10-7 loss to the Quakers in the Ivy League women’s lacrosse championship game at Franklin Field in Philadelphia yesterday. Calby led Dartmouth with four goals and one assist. (Valley News - Greg Fennell)

Penn Defeats Dartmouth in Women's Lacrosse Championship

Monday, May 6, 2013

By Greg Fennell Valley News Staff Writer Philadelphia — Want to know something about good looks? Talk to Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn. Want to know what to do with good looks? The Penn women’s lacrosse team made …

Dartmouth freshman Katie McEachern takes some cuts as she awaits a seventh-inning at-bat in the Big Green’s 3-2 loss to Penn yesterday at Philadephia’s Penn Park. The Quakers took their first Ivy League title since 1981 with the win, along with the league’s automatic NCAA bid. (Valley News - Greg Fennell)

Penn Has the Stopper to Keep Dartmouth from Softball Title

Monday, May 6, 2013

By Greg Fennell Valley News Staff Writer Philadelphia — Dartmouth College softball coach Rachel Hanson can’t say the opportunities weren’t there. Stifled by Penn pitcher Alexis Borden in Saturday’s opening Ivy Championship Series game, the Big Green had …

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