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Greener to-go boxes debut at Food Court

By Kelsey Blodget | July 4, 2006

Lauren Wool / The Dartmouth Staff In an effort to reduce the garbage generated by Dartmouth students, currently 560 pounds per person per year, the Sustainable Dining Committee has introduced biodegradable cardboard take-out boxes at Food Court. Jim Merkel, the College's recently hired Sustainability Director and a member of the Sustainable Dining Committee formed in May, said the boxes are a trial measure that could become permanent this September, depending on student feedback. The boxes are receiving mixed reviews from students. "I'm all for sustainability, but it's harder for us," Meredith Druss '08 said.

Opinion

Our "Wet Hot American Summer"

By Daniel Belkin | July 4, 2006

The fact that Hanover, the town with the long six-month winter that students eagerly wish away for warmer temperatures, becomes unbearably hot during the summer months proves that God does in fact have a sense of humor.

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Daily Debriefing

By Julia Hecht | July 4, 2006

Dartmouth Medical School geneticists reported on June 29 in the online edition of Science that DNA damage resets the cellular circadian clock, suggesting a fundamental connection between circadian timing, cell cycle progress, and -- potentially -- the origins of some cancers.

News

Amputee alum starts non-profit org.

By Carolyn Kylstra | July 4, 2006

An improvised explosive device hidden in an olive oil can cost Jonathan Kuniholm '93 his right arm on New Year's Day of 2005 just south of Haditha, Iraq, but the Dartmouth alumnus has made the most of his misfortune by aiding other amputees with his non-profit organization Open Prosthetics Project. OPP is an organization that puts its research on prosthetic hardware designs on the internet and allows the public -- both individuals and companies -- to access the information free of charge.

Opinion

Starving Sophomore Summer

By Maxwell Bryer | June 29, 2006

It is easy to fall into the trap of treating sophomore summer -- a Dartmouth tradition since the mid-1970s -- as something of a less-than-equal cousin of the Fall, Winter and Spring sessions.

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Daily Debriefing

By Hannah Plotkin | June 29, 2006

David Blanchflower, the Bruce V. Rauner professor of economics at the College, will be making frequent trips across the pond to carry out his new role as an external member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee.

Opinion

De-Sanitizing the Police Blotter

By Rob Whitley | June 29, 2006

To the Editor: The police blotter entry for June 17 elided several key factors that need further elaboration ("Police Blotter," June 27). As those who read the entry will remember, it summarizes a case where a jogger returned to her "home" on a Sunday morning to find it being "burgled." Only it was not her "home" but my home, in which my girlfriend and I were quietly having breakfast.

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Alumni battle in national spotlight

By Benjamin Taylor | June 29, 2006

The College's internal disputes over the alumni governance task force's proposed constitution exploded onto the national stage last week, when both The New York Times and the Boston Globe published articles on the rancor surrounding the issue.

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Visa laws force some to forego summer term

By Stuart A. Reid | June 29, 2006

In the face of recently enforced immigration regulations that make it difficult to stay at Dartmouth legally during sophomore summer, only 38 percent of sophomore international students are on campus this term, according to the Dean of the College Office, often after rearranging their Dartmouth Plans and risking canceled visas. In 2005, the U.S.

Opinion

Sexual Abuse and Eating Disorders Affect Men, Too

By Nicolai Buhr | June 29, 2006

To the Editor: I must disagree with George McArdle '06's recent op-ed ("Every Man for Himself," June 22). He complains that the Sexual Abuse and Eating Disorders Peer Advisor programs are "designed to help women at Dartmouth," and do not confront male issues.

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Brother and sister tackle Darfur crisis

By Stuart A. Reid | June 27, 2006

Back from Sudan, brother and sister Brian Steidle and Gretchen Steidle Wallace Tu'01 reported on the crisis in the Darfur region and promoted volunteerism Friday as part of the Tucker Foundation's Sophomore Summer Opening Address.

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