The University of New Hampshire received a bomb threat via e-mail last Friday morning, the Union Leader reported on Saturday. The message, which turned out to be a hoax, claimed that there were four pipe bombs on the campus. UNH Police traced the message, which was routed through Canada and Germany to hide its origin, to a dorm room on campus, and questioned and later released the two freshmen living there. Police noted that someone might have hacked into the students' wireless network to send the e-mail. Classes continued as usual, and the threat was found to be a hoax by 4 p.m.
A Harvard University Institute of Politics poll ranked Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a Republican, as the 2008 presidential candidates that appeal most to those between the ages of 18 and 24. Poll participants included 1,440 citizens enrolled in four-year colleges and universities and 1,483 non college-educated citizens. The poll also found that 13 percent of those surveyed believe the country is on the right track, while 59 percent do not like the direction it is headed in. In addition, it reported that less than one third of young adults approve of George Bush's presidency and 50 percent listed the Iraq war as the country's most pressing problem.
Molly Bode '09 dropped out of the race for Student Body President Monday night, leaving five candidates in the ring: Travis Green '08, Raj Koganti '08, Carlos Mejia '08, Nova Robinson '08 and Jaromy Siporen '08. Bode had submitted a petition last week to the elections committee but was unsure about her plans for her junior year. "My plans are up in the air," she said Monday, but she intends in the fall to either go on the French Foreign Study Program to Paris or travel to India for film or volunteer work. "I've been really dedicated to [Student Assembly] this year," she said. "I just haven't had the true Dartmouth experience [yet]." Bode said she plans to run next year.
