Youth involvement soars in Iowa, N.H.

Young people lead the voter increase at the Iowa caucuses on Jan. 3, breaking voter turnout records and launching Senator Barack Obama, D-Ill., to a first-place finish.

Candidates shift N.H. campaigns post-Iowa

With only four days between the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary -- compared to a seven-day margin in 2004 -- candidates split their focus between the two states in the month leading up to the votes.

Student campaigners encourage youth vote

Enthused by the power of the youth vote that was proven in the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses, political interest groups at the College are encouraging fellow students to get involved and vote in today's primary. "People have written young people off as political force for a long time, but now that's changing," Owen Roberts '09, a supporter of Democratic candidate Sen.

Daily Debriefing

Digital mammography holds few comparative advantages over traditional film screening methods of breast cancer detection, according to a study led by Anna N.A.

Kritzman's book on French thought awarded competitive MLA prize

Lawrence Kritzman, professor of French and comparative literature, won the Jeanne Scaglione Prize for French and Francophone Literary Studies from the Modern Language Association of America last month for his book, The Columbia History of Twentieth Century French Thought. The compilation, which was chosen from 600 admissions, has won two other awards. The book is a collection of more than 200 articles written by leading Anglo-Saxon and French scholars.

Chabad bears toys for Israeli children

Three years ago, Jordana Beeber '08 decided she wanted to provide politically neutral aid to Israeli children left injured by terrorist attacks.

Packer condemns Iraq war apathy

Journalist George Packer delivered his lecture, "Iraq: The Remote War," to a standing-room only crowd at Filene Auditorium on Monday evening.

David supports Obama, discusses Seinfeld

Seinfeld co-creator and star of HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm Larry David stumped for Democratic presidential candidate Sen.

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Zero Tolerance on Drugs, Too

And you thought nothing could be more wrongheaded than Dartmouth's policy on alcohol? During the 2004-2006 period, the Dartmouth administration had 75 students charged with drug infractions.

The Threat of a Message

Osama bin Laden is at it again. A month ago Al-Qaeda released another new bin Laden tape, following a flurry of Osama videotape releases about two months ago.

Swimmers train in Ireland, compete in Vegas over break

The Dartmouth men's and women's swim teams spent their winter break training, globe-trotting and competing as they traveled to Las Vegas, Nev., and across the pond to Dublin, Ireland. The University of Nevada, Las Vegas Invitational gave the Big Green a chance to test themselves against a group of athletes that are seldom available for competition on the East Coast. "It was good to compete against West Coast teams," women's co-captain Liz Mancuso '08 said.

Daily Debriefing

Columbia University won approval for a seven billion dollar expansion of its campus into West Harlem last month, according to The New York Times.

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