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Dartmouth researchers join energy crisis team

By Ambika Singh | August 23, 2005

Dartmouth researchers from the Institute for Security Technology Studies will work on a project dedicated to protecting the nation's vulnerable power grid from attack or accidental failure for the next five years, the National Science Foundation announced August 15. The National Science Foundation has pledged $7.5 million for the Trustworthy Cyber Infrastructure for the Power Grid Center project, to be led by teams from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Cornell University, Washington State University and Dartmouth. Computer science professor Sean Smith, a researcher with ISTS's Cyber Security and Trust Research Center, will head up a research team investigating possible improvements to the hardware and cyber infrastructure of the computing base supporting the power grid. "The power grid is the infrastructure that enables all other infrastructures, like banking and finance and oil and gas," Smith said in a press release.

Opinion

Hypocrisy on the Gaza Strip

By David Day | August 23, 2005

Several weeks ago, Iraqi Prime Minster Ibrahim al-Jaafari called for the United States to begin withdrawing American forces from Iraq by as early as 2006.

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Alumnus carves out N.H. trails

By Katie Butler and Dane Schlossberg | August 23, 2005

A Dartmouth alumnus and his colleagues recently completed a six-week, 550-mile backpacking trip along the Appalachian Trail, successfully linking existing trails to create a continuous route through the Granite State. Rick Ouimet '98 and his wife, Allison Coviello, both high school teachers from the Bronx, recently joined their colleagues to create a trail connecting all peaks above 4,000 feet in New Hampshire and additional sites of interest. "Our route took us over such celebrated southern peaks as Monadnock, Kearsarge, Cardigan and Smarts -- over all 48 4,000s in the Whites -- and through Coos County via the Cohos Trail," Ouimet said. The new route allowed the hikers to see infrequently visited parts of the state that stand apart from main attractions, such as portions of the White Mountains far from the beaten trail. Hikers on the Appalachian Trail often slow down upon arrival in New Hampshire because the paths are less clear than most spots along the route.

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Deaths punctuate Summer term

By Kimberly Sheu | August 23, 2005

As students prepare for final exams and the term dwindles to an end, so too ends the unique sophomore summer experience for the Class of 2007. The season ends on a somber note, following the latter of two tragedies that sent ripples throughout the Dartmouth community. The recent Connecticut River drowning of Valentin Valkov, a Tuck Bridge program participant from Trinity College, is still fresh in campus memory.

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College ranks ninth for six years running

By Linzi Sheldon | August 23, 2005

Despite Dartmouth's increasingly competitive applicants and expanding campus, U.S. News and World Report remains firm -- for the sixth year in a row, Dartmouth ranked ninth in its "America's Best Colleges" guide. In a rankings list that varies very little from last year's, Dartmouth is tied for ninth with Columbia University. Harvard and Princeton Universities remain tied for first, with Yale University ranked third, the University of Pennsylvania ranked fourth, Duke and Stanford Universities tied for fifth and the California Institute of Technology tied with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at seventh.

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Conference pays tribute to Portsmouth Treaty of 1905

By Michelle Shortsleeve | August 23, 2005

From Sept. 8 to 10, historians, diplomats and doctors from Japan, Russia and the United States will meet at Dartmouth to discuss the legacy of the Portsmouth Peace Treaty that ended the Russo-Japanese War 100 years ago and pledge to carry Portsmouth's spirit into the 21st century. History professor Steven Ericson and art history professor Allen Hockley, along with John Sloan Dickey Center Director Kenneth Yalowitz, are the main organizers of the Portsmouth Treaty Centennial Conference event. According to Ericson, the conference's academic goal is to give a "profound historical understanding" of the Peace of Portsmouth and its legacies.

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Expert warns of decrease in oil production

By Dane Schlossberg | August 23, 2005

In a lecture last week at Wilder Hall, oil industry expert Paul Nadeau '80 presented research that suggests that 2005 will come to be seen as the global peak in oil production. Citing annual reports of major oil companies, Earth Sciences Professor James Aronson said he agrees with the assessment. "Chevron Texaco has had a decline in their rate of production for the last five years," he said.

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Police rethink Tubestock presence

By Ben Zimmerman | August 18, 2005

Questioning the wisdom of swimming in the Connecticut River while intoxicated, local law enforcement officials are taking a hard look at the rules and regulations surrounding the annual Tubestock weekend. "The New Hampshire Marine Patrol believes it's a tragedy waiting to happen," Hanover Police Chief Nicholas Giaccone said. This year's Tubestock was without major incident, but of the estimated 800 people that participated, not all returned to campus unscathed. "There were injuries, and some people were brought to the hospital, but nothing too serious," Norwich Police Chief Doug Robinson told The Dartmouth. If police were to strengthen their presence at the annual event, Giaccone said that they would consider plans to curb alcohol consumption and require organizers to obtain a permit. "If a permit was not granted and students decided to hold the event anyway, we would have to consider means of punishment," Giaccone added. However, Robinson emphasized that no major decisions would be made in the immediate future, citing an annual pre-Tubestock planning meeting between Dartmouth students, local police and state agencies as the likely source of any significant changes. "At least a month before Tubestock, we have a planning meeting," Robinson said.

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Class-Giguere aims for housing harmony

By Rosie Hughes | August 18, 2005

Editor's Note: This is the fifth of a multi-part series profiling essential members of the College community who make Dartmouth operate smoothly every day. Although few students know her, Rachael Class-Giguere leads one of the few College efforts that every student encounters -- residential housing.

Opinion

Robinson Hall

This year's Tubestock weekend, though free of any serious problems, prompted many local law enforcement officials to inquire about a means to step up enforcement on the Connecticut River, especially with regard to blatant public drinking by underage students. Valentin Valkov's drowning last Friday only exacerbated that issue, as Hanover Police confirmed the involvement of alcohol in the incident. Instead of Valkov heading to Oxford University as he had originally planned, the Bridge students' alcohol-influenced decision-making led to the unfortunate loss of Valkov's life. The connection between alcohol use and Dartmouth tradition has the potential to destroy the tenuous relationship between Hanover Police, College officials and the Dartmouth student body. To date, the College and local law enforcement officials should be commended for their conscious restraint from a knee-jerk reaction against Tubestock and other summer traditions, despite the inherent safety risks involved.

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Langford leaves for UMass Amherst post

By Kimberly Sheu | August 18, 2005

Appointed dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics for the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, George Langford will be leaving Dartmouth to assume his new post in September. Langford, the Ernest Everett Just Professor of Natural Sciences, served as a professor of biological sciences at Dartmouth since 1991, as well as adjunct professor of physiology at the Dartmouth Medical Center. Professor Langford's departure brings into question the future of his wife, Upperclass Dean Sylvia Langford.

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'Raid' offers only tired formula

By Caroline Maxwell | August 18, 2005

Taking place in the Philippines in 1945, "The Great Raid" claims to be a dramatic reenactment of the 6th Ranger Battalion's attempt to free 500 men from the Cabanatuan Japanese POW camp.

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College taps Spalding '76 for Alum Relations

By Jacques P. Hebert | August 18, 2005

Ending an extensive nationwide search which included close consultation with many Dartmouth alumni, the College announced Tuesday that David Spalding '76 will succeed Stanley Colla '66, Tu'86 as Dartmouth's Vice President for Alumni Relations. Spalding's post will require him to sustain strong ties among Dartmouth's nearly 60,000 alumni upon assuming his office in October.

Opinion

Enough Already

By Michael Kreicher | August 18, 2005

Let me be the first to say that enough is enough. Cindy Sheehan has now been camped outside of President Bush's Crawford, Texas ranch for nearly two weeks.

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Street fest livens local community

By Katherine Butler | August 16, 2005

The 26th annual Hanover Street Fest temporarily transformed Main Street into an outdoor bazaar, featuring live music, international foods, horse-drawn carriage rides and outdoor booths stocked with a wide range of items for sale by local merchants. Extending from 10 a.m.

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Drowning unlikely to affect river security

By Dax Tejera and Kevin Garland | August 16, 2005

Despite the shock and dismay expressed by many College officials, the drowning of Tuck Bridge program participant Valentin Valkov last Friday is likely to have little impact on the activities of determined Connecticut River-goers. In an interview with The Dartmouth, Dean of the College James Larimore said that administrators may consider policy changes that would affect river access and student safety, though he questioned the extent to which those policies can limit the risks taken by students. "We have a number of procedures in place," Larimore said.

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