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Have you ever realized how small our prestigious graduate schools are? Total enrollments in 2909: Tuck, 532; Thayer, 234; Medical School, 411.

And another interesting figure: In 2009 there were 4,196 undergraduates. Total students studying here in 2009: 5,987 (which includes 614 graduate students getting M.A.s and Ph.D.s and not mentioned above). This includes 3,168 men and 2,819 women. Of these 1,657 were African American, Asian American, Hispanic or Native American; 3,051 were Caucasian; 817 were international students; and 462 did not specify race.

Dartmouth, lite lots of other colleges, is increasing its efforts to combat excessive and underage drinking. There has been an ongoing conflict with the Hanover police—the College feeling that arrests decrease the chances of students calling for medical help when it is seriously needed. President Kim says the goal is not to eradicate drinking on campus but to limit and monitor consumption and encourage intervention by bystanders when it's needed as a way to emphasize student safety above all else. Combined with this the College is adding staff to the existing sexual abuse awareness program to increase its efforts to combat sexual assaults.

Were any of you lucky enough to have attended a meeting at Dartmouth's Minary Center, used as an executive retreat and for strategy sessions, on beautiful Squam Lake? If not, it's now too late. The College has sold it for almost $6.8 million and plans to use part of the proceeds to modernize and expand the Hanover Inn.

Sorry to report the deaths of Albert Coons Jr., Gail Cornwell Smith and James MacKenzie Stewart. Our condolences to their families.

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