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(04/10/07 9:00am)
Dr. Gary Randolph Davis Sr. DMS'77, who researched a new way to fight AIDS, died on April 3. He was 55. During one night in 1992, Davis dreamt of curing AIDS with specialized antibodies from goats. "Animals can make these specialized antibodies to kill the virus," he said in a 1999 interview with the Tulsa World newspaper. Though he experienced much difficulty in obtaining Food and Drug Administration approval, Davis was allowed to conduct trials in several African countries. According to Tulsa World, Tuskegee University conducted experiments in which goat antibodies blocked HIV cells from fusing with human cells. However, much controversy still surrounds this method. Davis is survived by his wife, two sons, daughter, mother, two sisters, three brothers and two grandchildren.
(04/03/07 9:00am)
Alice Mathias '07, a former columnist for The Dartmouth Mirror, has been named a contributor for the New York Times on an online blog called "The Graduates." The blog can be accessed on TimesSelect, recently made free for those with a college e-mail address. An editor for the New York Times e-mailed Mathias on March 13, asking her to write. "I almost deleted it because I thought it was spam," Mathias explained. The editor had scoured the web pages of college newspapers, looking for eight senior college students to write in a daily blog about the prospects of graduating from college today. Mathias said that this blog demonstrates how the media has evolved to empower many different voices, albeit for a temporary period of time. "People from all over the country are giving me input about my blog post on Facebook," Mathias said. "It shows how the world is so big, yet so connected."
(03/30/07 9:00am)
The national sorority Delta Zeta, accused of evicting 23 members of its DePauw University chapter on the basis of appearance and popularity, sued the university on March 28, after the school kicked the group off campus. The federal lawsuit seeks a public apology to the sorority, unspecified punitive and compensatory damages, a return to Greek life at DePauw and an acknowledgment of no wrongdoing by the sorority. According to the Chicago NBC web site, the sorority's attorney said that the organization hopes to reach an out-of-court settlement. DePauw's director of media relations told NBC, "We believe that this lawsuit completely lacks merit and have every confidence that the courts will determine that the university acted lawfully."
(02/26/07 11:00am)
Former Dartmouth Provost and professor John Walter Strohbehn died Feb. 22, at the age of 70. In honor of his 31-year commitment to Dartmouth, the Dartmouth Medical School annually awards a medical student the John W. Strohbehn Medal for Excellence in Biomedical Research. Strohbehn came to the College in 1963, teaching at the Thayer School of Engineering. In recognition of his radiophysics engineering research, the National Academy of Sciences selected him in 1967 for an exchange program with the Soviet Union. In 1991, he received the prestigious J. Eugene Robinson Award, which honors investigators who have made outstanding contributions to the field of hyperthermic oncology. Strohbehn authored more than 100 papers and held a position on the scientific and editorial boards for multiple scientific journals. In 1994, he left Dartmouth to serve as Duke University's provost until his retirement in 2003. He is survived by his wife, sister, three children, and five grandchildren.
(01/26/07 11:00am)
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill admissions office mistakenly sent 2,700 applicants e-mail notifications of admission on Wednesday. The generic e-mail, intended for accepted students only, asked students to submit their mid-year high school grades. An employee selected the wrong distribution list for the e-mail, an oversight aggravated by the fact that another employee had not modified the e-mail to say "Congratulations again on your admission to the university." UNC Chapel Hill director of admissions Stephen Farmer said most people were very understanding about the problem, according to an article posted on the web site of a local television network, WRAL-TV. The employees involved will not face any reprimand.
(01/04/07 11:00am)
Paul Bayer '84 was named the executive vice president of real estate giant National Retail Properties. After joining the company in 1999, Bayer served as director and, starting in June 2002, vice president of leasing. Since the company invests in high-quality retail properties such as shopping centers subject to long-term leases, Bayer's specialty proved valuable. According to statistics released in the fall of 2006, the company owns 691 investment properties with a leasable area of 9.3 million square feet.
(11/02/06 11:00am)
George Washington University reached a settlement on Wednesday with a former student who sued the school for barring him from campus on the basis of his unstable mental condition. In October 2004, Jordan Nott checked himself into GWU hospital due to depression and suicidal thoughts, according to the Washington Post. Hours later, the school notified Nott that he would not be allowed in his residence, leading to his withdrawal from the school. GWU spokeswoman Tracy Schario said that the university has been reviewing its policies and is expected to announce a revised policy soon, Insidehighered.com reported.
(10/09/06 9:00am)
Students played in Dartmouth's first barefoot charity soccer tournament on the Green Saturday afternoon. Aimed at raising money for the Grassroot Soccer organization's fight against AIDS in Africa, the event had raffles for students and prizes for the winning teams. "Winning" factors included tournament performance, fundraising success and overall team spirit. The Tucker Foundation encouraged each five-person team to obtain sponsorships from friends and relatives to contribute to the cause. Tommy Clark '92 and Methembe Ndlovu '97, who were both raised in Zimbabwe, founded the Grassroot Soccer organization, which educates children in Africa about HIV/AIDS.
(10/02/06 9:00am)
Nearly 200 people participated in the Dartmouth Outing Club's Fall Weekend, the DOC's largest fall event. Among the weekend's events were beginner trailwork, climbing, whitewater kayaking and organic farming trips. The weekend featured a 50-mile hike from Hanover to Mount Moosilauke Ravine Lodge. Thirty-one "psycho-hikers" departed Hanover on Friday afternoon and hiked through the night and into the next day. "The fifty went amazingly well this year," Scott Limbird '09, a member of the Lodge support team for the hikers, said. "The first group to the lodge finished in under 24 hours." The weekend culminated in a dinner Saturday night at Moosilauke Lodge that featured a band for entertainment.