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Columnist Bruce Bartlett delivers a lecture Tuesday at the Rockefeller Center.
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Prominent conservative critiques Bush

By Christine Huggins | May 17, 2006

Asafu Suzuki / The Dartmouth Staff Students, professors and community members gathered at the Rockefeller Center Tuesday afternoon to hear conservative economist and syndicated columnist Bruce Bartlett speak. His lecture, entitled "Impostor: How George W.

News

Few schools continue to require swim test

By Matthew Abbott | May 16, 2006

With commencement rapidly approaching, seniors who have yet to pass their swim test requirement are donning their bathing suits and heading to the pool in order to graduate on time. As the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill becomes the most recent school to do away with the requirement, Dartmouth is one of the few remaining institutions in the United States that requires students to pass a swimming test in order to receive an undergraduate degree.

Opinion

Dartmouth and diets

By Ying Cheng | May 16, 2006

To the Editor: Dartmouth is a decadent, carbohydrate-laden fantasy. I mean, is there really a wrong time here for Everything But Anchovies, Keystone and Ben and Jerry's New York Super Fudge Chunk?

The Centerra Park in Lebanon, N.H., -- where the recently-purchased GlycoFi headquarters are located -- underwent construction this winter.
News

Merck purchases professors' company

By Alex Belser | May 16, 2006

Courtesy of the Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network In a $400 million deal, pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. purchased GlycoFi, Inc., the Lebanon, N.H.-based biotechnology firm Thayer School of Engineering professors Tillman Gerngross and Charles Hutchinson co-founded in 2000, the companies announced last week.

Opinion

Refocusing the Immigration Debate

By Zak Moore | May 16, 2006

As some of the tensions abate, at least temporarily, on the issue of immigration, I have been struck by just how differently the immigration debate has played out on a national scale as compared to here at Dartmouth.

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College commemorates Freedman at Rollins

By Phil Salinger | May 16, 2006

The Dartmouth flag flew at half mast over the Green Monday afternoon as hundreds filed into Rollins Chapel to commemorate the life of James Oliver Freedman, the 15th president of the College, who died in March after battling cancer for more than a decade. The service of prayer, music, meditation and reflection featured addresses from College President James Wright, a former student, Hillel Rabbi Edward Boraz and a few professors and trustees.

Lindsay Lohan and Chris Pine swap fortunes in
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Audiences not entirely out of luck with latest Lohan flick

By Matt Hill | May 16, 2006

Courtesy of Dark Horizons On many counts, Hollywood party girl and former child star Lindsay Lohan is a controversial character: To mothers, she's a questionable role model; to men and boys, an ingenue whose beauty seems to be on the wane; and to breast enhancement manufacturers, a formerly prospective spokesperson whose natural assets are a decisive blow to silicone implant lovers everywhere. But, perhaps more importantly, among professional film critics and moviegoers alike, Lohan's acting abilities have, for a long time, been widely debated.

The men's heavyweight rowing team was swept by Syracuse Saturday in the annual Packard Cup the team hosted.
Sports

Women's rowers cruise to best Eastern Sprints finish since 1998

By Kyle Jazwa | May 16, 2006

Kawakahi Amina / The Dartmouth Staff In an up-and-down weekend for Dartmouth rowing teams, women's crew had its best performance at the Eastern Sprints since 1998, while the men's heavyweight squad suffered a tough defeat on its home waters to Syracuse in the Packard Cup. Against some of the nation's best teams in Camden, N.J., the women's rowing team qualified three boats for the grand finals of the Sprints. The women's team placed sixth in their first varsity race.

Opinion

A Truly Diverse Dartmouth?

By Daniel Chiu | May 15, 2006

Recent events on campus, including the rally to support immigrant rights, the uproar over a set of satirical, but racially insensitive posters and the election of Student Body President-Elect Tim Andreadis '07 on a platform that advocated greater inclusion of minorities, show that diversity and the place that minorities have on this campus are important issues that deserve continued discussion and visibility.

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Sports

Track teams finish second and third at New England Championship

By Matthew Mackey | May 15, 2006

Jennie Post / The Dartmouth Staff A week after matching up against its Ivy competition, Dartmouth track and field competed against regional competition in the New England Championship in Boston, Mass., with the men and women producing two New England champions. Both teams had success at the meet at MIT, as the men finished second in a 36-team field behind the University of Rhode Island's 124.5-point finish with 96.5 points.

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