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Dartmouth Student Faces Stolen Property Charge

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Hanover — A 22-year-old Dartmouth senior was arrested early Friday morning and faces charges of receiving stolen property, Hanover police said. Maurice L. Johnson, of Gatesville, N.C., allegedly entered a room where an alumnus was sleeping around 2 a.m. Friday and took cash and valuables from the man, Hanover police said yesterday. Police did not identify the alleged victim. Johnson is being held in the Grafton County Correctional Facility, Dartmouth …

From left, Heather Hardy, Alicia Titzmann and Misty Blanchette Porter are part of a surgery demonstration about cutting waste from the tools and steps used in the operating room at DHMC. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck)

Surgeons Take Critical Look at Their Process

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Lebanon — Anyone who has done a bit of hiking understands the importance of packing light. Take only what you need. If you add a new piece of equipment to your pack, take out whatever it is meant to replace. There’s no reason to burn precious energy carrying unnecessary stuff. The same rule …

Luke Neilsen, an inmate, is led into his past by “ghost” Jacqueline Williams, a Dartmouth student, during a skit in which he sees how the consequences of stealing could be much worse than his present reality during the first of two recent performances of Telling My Story at the Sullivan County House of Corrections in Unity. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap)

Breaking Down Social Barriers

Saturday, May 18, 2013

They spoke of privilege and of anger. About bad choices, demons and false assumptions. Of freedom, family and hope. They were contractors, fathers, sisters, brothers, athletes and musicians. When inmates at the Sullivan County House of Corrections and Dartmouth College students came together recently for a pair of performances — the final piece …

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Surgeons Take Critical Look at Their Process

The 19 students of Lebanon College’s 2013 graduating class cross Court Street on their way to commencement at the Lebanon Opera House yesterday. (Valley News - James M. Patterson)

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Loss Seals Third for Dartmouth Women

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Hanover — The Dartmouth College women’s lacrosse team played a lengthy and unfulfilling game yesterday, falling to Princeton, 15-13, at Scully-Fahey Field. The Ivy League contest, seemingly delayed every few minutes by Fox College Sports commercial breaks, saw …

Dartmouth sophomore Diana Salsbury grabbed a red “social cup” before sitting down with classmates Nicole Hedley, left, and Adam Tong in the Class of 53 Commons earlier this week. The dining hall is offering the cups as a way for students to signal their willingness to meet new people. “It’s just to say I’m a personable gal,” said Salsbury who was trying out the red cup for the first time. (Valley News - James M. Patterson)

At Dartmouth, Eat and Meet

Friday, April 19, 2013

Hanover — A Dartmouth College dining hall this month began offering red plastic cups to students who want to send a green-light signal of sociability. Chris McMillan , a Dartmouth senior, came up with the idea of the …

Professors Awarded Grants

Friday, April 19, 2013

Hanover — When Susannah Heschel saw an email from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation appear in her inbox several weeks ago, she hesitated. “I didn’t want to open it, because I knew it wasn’t going to be good news,” said Heschel, a Dartmouth professor of Jewish studies. …

Dartmouth College football player Jvonte Brooks prepares to catch a pass during yesterday’s spring practice session on Memorial Field. Brooks, a former Big Green basketball captain, has left that program and is attempting to make a switch to the gridiron. (Valley News - Tris Wykes)

Change In Game Plan

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Hanover — During the next two weeks, Dartmouth College sophomore Jvonte Brooks will learn about running routes and releases off the line of scrimmage as a newly-minted tight end on the football team. He will refine his receiving …

TCE Levels At Richmond Deemed Safe

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Hanover — Even though test results for trichloroethylene inside the Richmond Middle School have shown safe levels of the chemical compound, school officials are adamant that more testing will be done. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers received results yesterday of testing it did April 1 to determine …

An unidentified Boston Marathon runner, center, is reunited with loved ones near Copley Square following an explosion in Boston yesterday. (Associated Press - Winslow Townson)

Upper Valley Reacts to Marathon Explosions: ‘Too Close' to Home

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

A world that has grown increasingly dangerous and frightening came close to home yesterday, as hundreds of Upper Valley residents worried about friends and loved ones running or attending the Boston Marathon, including some who wound up near …

Dartmouth’s Bo Patterson slides safely into second base with a steal as the throw hits Brown infielder Tim McKeithan in the chin. (Valley News - Tris Wykes)

Big Green Batters Brown

Monday, April 15, 2013

Hanover — The Dartmouth baseball team appears to be hitting its stride just in time for the Ivy League season’s stretch run. Yesterday, the Big Green walloped visiting Brown 7-0 and 7-2, pinning a pair of defeats on …

Rogan Brown paddles hard with the current as he competes in yesterday’s Mascoma Slalom kayak races in Lebanon. Brown, a Durango, Colo., native and a student at the University of Vermont, won the event, which was contested on a stretch of rapids in the vicinity of the Packard Hill Covered Bridge. The oldest consecutively run race of its type in the country, the Mascoma Slalom capped the 50th edition of Riverfest, which is overseen by Dartmouth College’s Ledyard Canoe Club. (Valley News - Libby March)

Paddle Power

Monday, April 15, 2013

Rogan Brown paddles hard with the current as he competes in yesterday’s Mascoma Slalom kayak races in Lebanon. Brown, a Durango, Colo., native and a student at the University of Vermont, won the event, which was contested on …

Mentor Liz Sunde and student Lilly Ma talk at Umpleby’s Bakery in Hanover earlier this month. “It’s a great program,” Ma said. “(Working) is a whole new world for me, and she really helped me see what I’m getting in to.” (Valley News - Sarah Priestap)

Mentoring Program Aims to Prepare Women for Workplace Challenges

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Hanover — College graduates entering the workforce for the first time can find the experience to be daunting and confusing, and some new employees might find that they’ve made a wrong job choice or that they’ve locked themselves …

Dartmouth Establishes Entrepreneurship Office

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Hanover — Dartmouth College has selected biotechnology entrepreneur and Thayer School bioengineering professor Tillman Gerngross to be associate provost of the newly created Office of Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer. Trip Davis, a technology entrepreneur and administrator at the University of Virginia who graduated from Dartmouth in 1990, will …

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