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By Nova Robinson | September 22, 2006

The campus is different. I can't quite put my finger on it. Actually, yes I can. Sophomore summer is no longer; the air is colder, leaves are falling and the Class of 2008 is gallivanting around the globe.

Opinion

Remembering Steve

By Zeke Turner | September 21, 2006

On Sept. 4, while shooting footage for his eight-year-old daughter's television show, Steve Irwin, "The Crocodile Hunter," was killed by a stingray, one of the ocean's most docile and harmless creatures.

Natalie Spaccarelli '07 contributes to the Home Plate no-waste initiative by scraping her plate clean and following the composting guidelines.
News

Home Plate aims to be waste free

By Christine Huggins | September 21, 2006

Kawakahi Amina / The Dartmouth Staff Home Plate debuted this Fall term with a new waste sorting method, compostable cardboard to-go boxes, and brown, bleach-free napkins -- all in an attempt to make Dartmouth's dining facilities more sustainable. The no-waste project is the first of its kind at any university, according to Sustainability Director Jim Merkel, who was the driving force behind the changes.

News

New website to better reflect needs of College

By Zach Swiss | September 21, 2006

After nearly eight months of construction, Dartmouth launched its new homepage in August. The website, which features a photo display that changes every time the page is reloaded, was designed to make it more accessible to prospective and current students, parents, faculty and alumni. "What we ended up doing was looking for the commonalities in all of these different audience groups and then we built a design to accommodate all of them," said Sarah Horton, one of the site's creators. The new site was created by group of staff members known as "The HomeTeam" -- Horton from curricular computing and Rick Adams and Martin Grant from public affairs. "Overwhelmingly, the comments have been good and we've implemented a number of the suggestions that we've gotten," Adams said. Adams and Grant continue to make improvements to the site based on suggestions they receive from users.

Tom Lobben '08 will attempt to help the men's soccer team score a win over Brown on Saturday.
Sports

Men's soccer ready for title defense

By Nedko Kyuchukov | September 21, 2006

Samantha Ceppos / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Fresh off an encouraging victory over Pac-10 power Stanford and just a few days away from kicking off its Ivy season, the Dartmouth men's soccer team hopes to improve upon a 2-2-2 start, one that has not quite lived up to the lofty expectations the team holds. "We feel confident about our record so far but not satisfied," goalkeeper Rowan Anders '07 said.

News

Amped campaign draws varied Alumni voices

By Katy O'Donnell | September 21, 2006

As the debate heats up and voting, which opened last Friday, continues on the Association of Alumni's proposed constitutional changes, many alumni have been barraged by a stream of letters, e-mails and phone calls supporting or opposing the new constitution. The Dartmouth Alumni Magazine recently ran a paid advertisement that extolled the new constitution's "better representation for classes, clubs, and affiliated groups -- and you," among other proposed benefits. Thirteen trustees urged alumni to vote for the legislation in a full-page advertisement in Wednesday's edition of The Dartmouth.

Jack Groetzinger '07 and Russell D'Souza '07 see their new company, Evolving Vox, as an attractive alternative to using an
News

Evolving Vox makes move in easier

By Julia Hecht | September 21, 2006

Lauren Wool / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Students who wish to avoid the hassle of buying, moving and storing their belongings when they move in and out of dorms can now turn to Evolving Vox LLC, a temporary ownership business started by Jack Groetzinger '07 and Russell D'Souza '07 that rents furniture and electronics. D'Souza and Groetzinger developed the business after they realized the impracticality of investing in quality furniture that would only be used for their senior year. "Fundamentally, we think the market for furniture and electronics at Dartmouth is inefficient -- at the end of the school year, students are often unable to find anyone willing to buy their used furniture for a decent price," Groetzinger said. Students can furnish their dorm rooms by selecting items such as futons, lamps, telephones, televisions and refrigerators on the company's website. Evolving Vox will then deliver all items at the beginning of the term and pick them up at the end of the term when students move out. Those renting from Vox list the condition of the rentals and the low cost as their primary reasons for renting. "Their prices were great," Azi Tzfadya '07 said.

News

AGTF panel addresses student, alumni qualms

By Katy O'Donnell | September 21, 2006

Three representatives of the Alumni Governance Task Force attended an information session hosted by the Student Assembly Wednesday night to answer questions about the controversial proposed alumni constitution. Jim Adler '60, Martha Hennessey '76 and Joe Stevenson '57 first briefly outlined the new constitution before opening up the session for questions.

News

Daily Debriefing

By Compiled by Jennifer Bandy | September 21, 2006

Police recently apprehended two university professors, L. Scott Ward and David Watt, for sex-related crimes. Ward, a former marketing professor at University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business, was arrested for importing child pornography, his third charge in 11 years for child sex-related crimes.

Opinion

An Ill-Legal Philosophy

By Ben Selznick | September 21, 2006

When our country's fundamental laws were written based on the ideals of fairness and democracy, our founders could not have envisioned that there would one day be a president, the guarantor of these legal protections, who understood himself and his administration to be above and thus exempt from the very laws their elected and appointed positions require them to protect.

News

Interest groups arise for constitution

By Hillary Wool | September 20, 2006

In the ongoing turmoil over the passage of the proposed Association of Alumni constitution, two major conflicting groups with vastly different structures and campaign tactics have emerged -- Supporters for a Democratic Dartmouth, which opposes the constitution and Dartmouth Alumni for Common Sense, which supports it. DACS, which formed last month and is registered as a volunteer corporation in the state of New Hampshire, has been conducting a telephone survey to gauge whether alumni believe that Dartmouth is headed in the right direction and ask if and how they plan to vote.

Opinion

Considering the Amendments

By David Gale | September 20, 2006

Voting has begun on the proposed new constitution from the Alumni Governance Task Force, as well as on the four amendments to the current constitution that were proposed by petition (requiring 1 percent of the alumni body to sign for each). The Executive Committee of the Association has issued a recommendation of how to vote to all alumni.

Ralph Lauren shows layered evening glamour.
Arts

Fashion week wraps up amidst weight controversy

By Caitlin Kelly | September 20, 2006

Courtesy of Style.com Although the newest fashion trends may oftentimes seem painfully irrelevant here in our little town of Hanover, the fashion industry is marching on relentlessly in the real world. For the Spring 2007 Olympus Fashion Week, both the glitterati and the paparazzi descended onto Manhattan from September 8 to 15, as designers sent models down the runway in a variety of looks that ranged from beautifully wearable to painfully out-there.

News

Unexpected housing delays displace freshmen during Trips

By Mary Katherine Flanigan | September 20, 2006

All freshmen have now moved into their residence halls after a five-day delay in obtaining occupancy permits for three of the six buildings in the McLaughlin residence hall cluster forced many students returning from their Dartmouth Outing Club Trips to temporarily move into other residence halls. "Our first concern is that we don't want to put students in a building that isn't safe," Dean of Residential Life Martin Redman said of the delay, which was for safety inspections. Students on trip sections H and I who were assigned to Thomas, Goldstein and Byrne residence halls -- a total of 16 students -- were moved into the Lodge for one or two nights while their dorms were inspected according to Director of Undergraduate Housing Rachael Class-Giguere.

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