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UC Irvine's Granger appointed Neukom Institute director

By Taylor Hedrick | May 30, 2006

Dr. Richard H. Granger Jr., a professor at the University of California, Irvine, was appointed as the first director of the Neukom Institute for Computational Science at Dartmouth last week. Granger currently teaches in the computer science and cognitive science departments and directs the Brain Engineering Laboratory at UC Irvine.

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Defending Scientific Research

By D. Bradley Bate | May 30, 2006

To the Editor: I have many issues with Joseph Asch's "Dartmouth by Numbers" (May 26), but as a former Dartmouth undergraduate and now graduate student in the earth sciences department, one point in particular stands out as being especially misinformed. Based on his arguments, it is obvious that Asch's perspective on Dartmouth is skewed toward the humanities (and if we're going to talk about numbers, how about a discussion of bias?). Therefore, it is understandable that he might not understand how things work in the sciences. Asch suggests that professors in the sciences should teach more classes, presumably at the expense of their research.

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Association of Alumni halts imminent elections

By Rebekah Rombom | May 30, 2006

In the latest twist of the ongoing discussion over the Alumni Governance Task Force's newly proposed alumni constitution, the executive committee of the Association of Alumni has announced that it will postpone its annual fall meetings as well as the accompanying elections. According to a statement issued by Merle Adelman '80, first vice president of the Association, the meeting and elections have been postponed "because the results of the vote on the proposed constitution will not be available until after Oct.

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Daily Debriefing

By Compiled by Cathy Wu | May 30, 2006

Edward Van Dyk threw his two sons, aged four and eight, and himself off a 15-story balcony of the Loews Miami Beach Hotel Sunday morning.

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DDS is not green

By Vicki Allen | May 30, 2006

To the Editor: One point that I have not seen made regarding the new Dartmouth Dining Services plans is how "un-green" they are ("DDS announces final meal plan changes," May 24). It's as if DDS/Dartmouth is saying "Hi, instead of allowing students to purchase larger milk containers that can be reduced and reused, we will instead encourage students to buy 80 million of those little paper milk cartons from the dining halls (since they'll have to spend more of their money in the dining halls) -- oh, and by the way, we've made it really hard for students to compost those cartons in the past few years." To me, this is just another example of how Dartmouth is struggling to commit (in all aspects of college life) to a true vision of environmentally friendly/sustainable/good practices (whatever current environmental "buzz" word you want to use). Well, perhaps now that DDS realizes that students will just buy smaller-packaged quantities of things they get at Topside (but buy it elsewhere), they'll finally get those Cows (the milk-dispensers) in the dining hall that student environmental groups have been requesting for years.

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Folt ends first term as permanent dean

By Phil Salinger | May 30, 2006

Carol Folt's first term as permanent dean of the faculty is coming to a close, and many of the same initiatives she set out to accomplish two years ago when Folt assumed the position as interim dean are still underway.

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UFC awards $825,000 to student groups

By Katy O'Donnell | May 30, 2006

The Undergraduate Finance Committee finalized its allocation decisions for student organizations in the fiscal year 2006-2007 last Thursday after deliberating for three weeks. Of the seven organizations receiving money from the UFC's $825,000 budget, three are getting more money than last year and four, including Student Life Leadership, are getting less.

Opinion

Hamas' Critical Choice

By Zak Moore | May 30, 2006

In the wake of the recent elections that installed Hamas, an internationally recognized terrorist group, at the head of the Palestinian legislature, there is a power struggle emerging.

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Women's lacrosse destroys Notre Dame, advances to NCAA championship

By David Schmidt | May 27, 2006

WEB UPDATE, May 27, 7:38 p.m. Dartmouth's women's lacrosse team earned a spot in the NCAA Division I national championship after pummeling Notre Dame 14-8 in Friday's semifinal at Boston University's Nickerson Field. The Big Green will play the defending champion Northwestern Wildcats on Sunday at noon in this year's final, which will also be held at Nickerson Field. Dartmouth broke out to an early lead against Norte Dame and never looked back.

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