Political Debriefing

Following the New Hampshire primary, Republican candidates headed to Michigan to campaign for the state's primary on Jan.

Police Blotter

Jan. 8, 2:25 p.m., Mulherrin Farm Road Hanover police responded to a reported altercation between two canines as they were being walked by their owners.

Google employees place bets, Zitzewitz analyzes data

Internet company Google Inc., already provides its employees with free, unlimited chef-prepared food, on-site car washes, lap pools, haircuts and free doctor check-ups, and now the company is encouraging its workers to gamble while at work with the help of Dartmouth economics professor Eric Zitzewitz. In the last two and a half years, 1,463 Google employees have participated in what the New York Times called "Google's Lunchtime Betting Game," placing bets on the future of the company and related markets in order to generate information for future company decisions. Google encourages employees to place bets online in prediction markets concerning the company's products and services.

Students struggle with limited campus parking

Along with tuition, room, food and books, many students who choose to have a vehicle on campus must add parking fines to the list of their college expenses.

Bill questions N.H.'s control over charter

CONCORD, N.H. -- A former governor, state senators and Dartmouth alumni governance converged in the Legislative Office Building to debate the extent to which the state should have control over the College on Thursday afternoon.

Last say on Beta

To the Editor: Erika Sogge ("Open Beta to Men and Women," Jan. 17) stated that Beta "has a unique opportunity to create a fellowship -- a social space that includes 'highly regarded' men and women." This is far from a "unique opportunity." Currently, three Greek organizations on campus -- Alpha Theta, Phi Tau, and The Tabard -- are coed. All of these houses run open programming throughout the term, often several times per week. If you're looking for more co-ed spaces on campus, I suggest that you check out coed Greek life before blaming "the Greek system as whole"

Final thoughts on Beta

To the Editor: I would like to add an unaffiliated perspective to the mix. The current controversy, like this summer's Theta Delta Chi"Kappa Kappa Gamma incident, reveals the widespread discrimination against Dartmouth women.

A Modest Bro-posal

In its 239-year history, the administration of Dartmouth College has proved woefully inadequate at addressing egregious gender inequality on its campus. From the misogynistic shadow cast by the obviously phallic Baker Tower to the unsung (except by male athletic teams) stanzas of our alma mater, women are marginalized and made to feel inferior at every possible juncture. The prospect of Alpha Xi Delta losing its house on Webster Avenue to the infamous Beta Theta Pi draws more attention to this issue.

Political Super-Saturation

I am a political junkie. I follow Senate races, House races and pretty much anything else I can get my hands on.

Verbum Ultimum: A Call For Transparency

The return of two sanctioned fraternities and the subsequent marginalization of one of the most centrally located sororities on campus has unsurprisingly renewed the fervor of the ever-present and usually tedious dialogue about gender relations at Dartmouth. That this announcement would cause heated debate seems obvious.

Daily Debriefing

Diane M. Harper, director of the Gynecologic Cancer Prevention Research Group at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, warned that negative consequences may arise from making the human papilloma virus vaccine mandatory, the American Chronicle reported yesterday.

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