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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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A Political Microcosm

By Sara del Nido | June 27, 2006

Last Wednesday, Dartmouth made national news when The New York Times published an article covering the ongoing battle over the proposed alumni constitution.

Dean Tommy Lee Woon
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Woon resigns as head of pluralism office

By Gus Lûbin | June 27, 2006

Courtesy of Tommy Lee Woon Tommy Lee Woon, the first associate dean of the Office of Pluralism and Leadership, announced Monday that he will leave his current position to become Dean of Multicultural Affairs at Macalester College in Minnesota, citing family considerations. Woon told The Dartmouth that his decision centered on his wife's difficulties in finding a job in the Hanover area, saying that it would be easier for her to find work in an urban setting. College administrators expressed their commitment to replacing Woon, who will depart in mid-August, and to maintaining the once-controversial office, which "aims to universalize diversity and leadership development," according to the OPAL website. "We might not launch the search [for a replacement] right now but there should be absolutely no concern on anyone's part that this work will not continue," Dean of Student Life Holly Sateia said. The creation of OPAL and Woon's deanship during a financial crunch in 2003 was criticized by some alumni and The Dartmouth Review as a waste of resources.

Dr. Dean Richardson feeds Barbaro a carrot as his horse begins recovery.
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Richardson '74 saves Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro

By Jennifer Yu | June 27, 2006

Courtesy of Penn Veterinary Medicine Dean Richardson '74 recently found himself in the center of a media circus after successfully performing a challenging surgery on Kentucky Derby winning horse Barbaro, whose fortune took a turn for the worse only two weeks after his Derby win. The three-year-old colt, who earned $2.3 million since he started racing last October, suffered life-threatening injuries to his right hind ankle in Baltimore, Md., about five weeks ago at the Pimlico Race Course. On May 20, in front of a record Preakness Stakes crowd, the horse fractured three bones in his right hind ankle only 130 meters into his seventh race.

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Engineering course enrolls over 300

By AJ Fox | June 27, 2006

The first time engineering professor Ronald Lasky taught the Engineering 3 course "Materials: The Substance of Civilization," he struggled to find more than 20 students willing to enroll.

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Daily Debriefing

By Compiled by Benjamin Taylor | June 27, 2006

As if watching one's team make a quick exit from the World Cup isn't depressing enough, it may be investors, rather than fans, who bear the brunt of the damage, according to a study by Professors Diego Garcia of the Tuck School of Business, Alex Edmans of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Oyvind Norli of the Norwegian School of Management.

Opinion

A Daughter of Dartmouth

By Severina Ostrovsky | June 27, 2006

To the Editor: In responding to "The Hill Winds Call Fifty Years Later," (June 10) I will not stoop so low as to explain why Dartmouth continues to be an amazing school or attempt to even begin to explain why the addition of women to Dartmouth has been one of its greatest accomplishments.

New legislation strengthens open container laws and requires permits for events on the Connecticut River such as Tubestock, a summer celebration.
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Town takes aim at Tubestock

By Elise Waxenberg | June 22, 2006

The Dartmouth The Hanover Board of Selectmen approved changes to two town ordinances Monday night to "double the punch" for students who violate state and town law by holding a Tubestock-like event without a permit. At a public meeting held before most students returned to Hanover for Summer term, the five-member board unanimously tightened open container and outdoor activities ordinances two business days after New Hampshire Governor John Lynch signed a law on June 15 that also takes aim at the sophomore summer river party.

Opinion

Defending a Coeducational Dartmouth

By Claire Johnston | June 22, 2006

To the Editor: In response to Larry Morse '56's guest column, written for the occasion of his class' 50th reunion ("The Hill Winds Call Fifty Years Later," June 10), I would like to point out that Dartmouth is a member institution in the Ivy League, a league that was officially formed in 1954 (while he was enrolled as an undergraduate, I might add). For the sake of parity for women, and for the reason of following the example of other Ivy League institutions, I think Dartmouth made the right decision to go coed in the early 1970s. As a young woman growing up in the same decade, I was interested in going to a college with high standards where I could also be a part of a relatively small community. Today, I am a professional educator (13 years in librarianship and counting), and I cherish the fact that I was able to study at Dartmouth and to have had the opportunity to study at an institution with such a rich cultural history. Secondly, I take offense to his comment that his four years at Dartmouth were four years in the sun, four years without the insistent pressure of meeting women's demands and manipulations.

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Trustees approve $385 million budget

By Phil Salinger | June 22, 2006

The Board of Trustees finalized the College's budget for fiscal year 2007, broadened Dartmouth's nondiscrimination policy and re-elected three of its members at its meeting in Hanover June 8-11, held before the Trustees participated in Commencement exercises on June 12. The Board approved the College's 2007 operating budget of $384.9 million, a figure that does not include the budgets for Dartmouth's professional schools. According to a press release, the priorities set forth in the College budget include expanding the faculty to reduce class size, maintaining competitive faculty compensation, supporting the financial aid program and the various construction projects around campus and expanding information technology resources. Within the budget, the Board allocates hiring funds, but has no say over how those funds are to be split between departments. "It's certainly not the Board's decision to decide where the positions are to be allocated," College President James Wright said.

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