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Seniors look to overhaul peer advising program

By Christine Paquin | September 25, 2006

Christina Luccio '07 and Severina Ostrovsky '07 took it upon themselves to simplify and streamline Dartmouth's Peer Academic Link program after students complained it was unwieldy. The modified system, which was officially launched last week, sports many new features including a website where students of all years can contact a major-specific, upperclassman PAL. The major differences between the new program and the one formerly employed are related to both the scale of the endeavor and the manner in which students can contact PALs. Luccio and Ostrovsky were peer advisors when Julia Hildreth '05 started the program.

The Lady Green bounced back from a heartbreaking loss to Harvard on Friday to down Maine the following day.
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Volleyball defeats University of Maine in straight games

By Kyle Jazwa | September 25, 2006

Jennie Post / The Dartmouth Staff In a show of resilience, the Dartmouth women's volleyball team (4-4, 0-1) downed the University of Maine (2-9) in three tough games on Saturday. On the heels of a four-game Friday night loss to Harvard, Dartmouth jumped out to an impressive start against the Black Bears and held on for the victory, sweeping Maine, 30-18, 30-25, 30-27. After a decidedly dominant performance by the Big Green in the first game, Maine bounced back in the second game to take an early lead that held for most of the game.

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1 on 1

By John Mitchell | September 25, 2006

Soccer standout standout and member of the New Zealand Under-20 team Craig Henderson '09 sits down with The D's resident Big Green sports enthusiast.

A fire started early Sunday morning evacuated residences of Bissell Hall.
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Bissell fire evacuates residents in early hours

By Jennifer Bandy | September 25, 2006

EMI ITO / The Dartmouth Staff Bissell Hall residents evacuated the building early Sunday morning after a trash can in a second floor men's bathroom caught ablaze, according to the Hanover Fire Department. Some Bissell residents reported that the fire was caused by an improperly disposed cigarette butt, but others have speculated that alcohol may have been involved in the incident or that the fire was a deliberate act. Hanover Police and Safety and Security were unavailable to comment on the official cause of the fire due to the fact that the fire occurred on a Sunday. The Fire Department dispatched 10 firefighters to the scene, but when they arrived at 5:27 a.m., six minutes after receiving the call, the fire had already been put out with a fire extinguisher, Acting Duty Officer David Hautaniemi said. "Unless someone was throwing a cigarette in a trash can at five in the morning, it kind of sounds like it was intentional," said Erik Douglas '10, a resident of Suite 201 where the fire occurred. After the fire was first discovered when a male attempted to use the second floor bathroom only to discover a partially melted, flaming trash can, most residents evacuated the building to find Hanover Police officers already arriving on the scene, Bissell residents said. The Fire Department cleared the building for reentry at 5:56 a.m., according to Hautaniemi. "One of the big trash cans was dragged out and had been melted down to about a foot," third floor Bissell undergraduate advisor Jeannie Valkevich '08 said. The students from the second and third floors were taken to the Bissell-Cohen Lounge where they met with Safety and Security officers, firefighters and Community Director Kristin Deal. Male residents living in the suite where the fire took place were questioned separately by the police, Michael Zirngibl '10 said.

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Kicking off the year: The D's mini-guide to Big Green athletics

By Evan J. Meyerson | September 25, 2006

Well hello, '10s! So you've survived three days of college classes, made it home unscathed after your first dance parties (at least those of you who did not get picked up after trying to convince Safety and Security that you've matriculated and it's now all right to urinate on the Blunt Alumni Center), and come out the other side of an absurdly long (and forced) freshman orientation.

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Survey suggests Sept. 11 affected college focuses

By Ashley Zuzek | September 22, 2006

Colleges have increased their focus on global coursework and students have become more interested in international affairs since 9/11, according to a recent study conducted by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities.

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Field hockey nets first victory

By Jordan Rose | September 22, 2006

Before Wednesday evening's game against the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, the Dartmouth field hockey team had struggled to generate much offense this season, scoring three goals in its first four games.

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Facebook changes spark controversy

By Joanna Patterson | September 22, 2006

When facebook.com added the features News Feed and Mini-Feed features earlier this month, members from across the country, including students at Dartmouth protested by forming groups on the website against the change. News Feed alerts users on their facebook.com homepage the minute a member of their "friends" network updates their relationship status, leaves a group or adds another user to their friends network.

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