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Government professor advises Sudanese on democracy

By Mark Henle | July 5, 2005

While most professors were spending the first week of May in their classrooms, government professor John Carey embarked on a different kind of teaching mission, instructing members of the recently victorious Sudan People's Liberation Movement how to establish an autonomous democratic legislature. After 20 years of fighting, the Sudanese government has ceded roughly one-third of Africa's largest country to the SPLM, leaving the guerilla army with the arduous task of converting its leadership council into the viable regional government stipulated under the peace agreement. Carey joined two other political scientists, one from South Africa and another from Nigeria, to put on the five-day workshop organized by the International Republican Institute, a group dedicated to "advancing democracy, freedom, self-government and the rule of law worldwide." According to Carey, the workshop had the same tenor as a Dartmouth classroom. "It was kind of like a classroom except these guys were even more attentive than Dartmouth students because they have a lot more at stake," Carey said. While Carey said he believes that the members of the SPLM are committed to developing some form of representative government, he is not overly optimistic about their chances of doing so in the near term. "The challenges that these guys face are so overwhelming," Carey said.

Opinion

A Feminist Walks into a Bar...

By Julia Bernstein | July 5, 2005

Memo to the 2007 Class Council: The sophomore summer opening address was actually a great idea, and Gina Barreca '79 was an entertaining speaker, but you have got to do something about the design of those t-shirts that were handed out to attendees.

Opinion

Deserving of More Nuanced Debate

By Kathryn Gilbert | June 30, 2005

To the Editor: Brett Thiesen '05's letter to the editor, "Another Example of Liberal Bias in Academia," (June 23) should be considered an embarrassment to its author and to those concerned about intellectual freedom at Dartmouth.

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Students adopt five children, remain abroad

By Jacques P. Hebert | June 30, 2005

When she decided to participate in a service trip to Central America during her junior summer, Annabel Raebeck '04 could never have imagined she would become the parent of five foster children. It was while working at a family care center in Honduras that she and fellow Dartmouth student Katie Harrison '04 took it upon themselves to adopt five neglected Honduran children, whom they cared for until May 2005 after graduating from the College. According to Raebeck, Harrison learned of the opportunity through the Dartmouth chapter of the Navigators Christian group, which sends Dartmouth students to serve at a family care center in Flor del Campo, a slum on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

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ROTC garners student support; admin. split

By Mark Henle | June 30, 2005

While most Dartmouth students disagree with the United States Army's "don't ask don't tell" policy, they still overwhelmingly support the Reserve Officer Training Corps at Dartmouth, according to a recently published Student Assembly poll.

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Students explore alternative housing

By Alix Cody | June 28, 2005

For members of the Class of 2007 accustomed to strolling down Webster Avenue only to face a tedious walk back to their guarded dormitory halls, the summer has introduced a more comfortable alternative. Among the more prominent characteristics of the Summer term is the increased number of sophomore living in coed, fraternity, sorority or off-campus housing for the first time, since upperclassmen have vacated their seasonal homes. These new residential options often include larger living spaces, wider beds and fully-furbished rooms.

Sports

Birdie Kim sinks 30-footer to capture Women's U.S. Open

By Ben Zimmerman | June 28, 2005

History was in the making at last week's U.S. Open. Everyone knew it. Annika Sorenstam, who had already collected the first two majors of the year, would most likely dominate the field in similar fashion, coming one step closer to the ever-elusive Grand Slam. If that didn't work out, golf enthusiasts could always fall back on the army of ultra-talented teenage amateurs, each looking to become the youngest champion in the Open's 52-year existence. Either way, the little town of Cherry Hills, Colo., was guaranteed a Sunday afternoon to remember. And then, in truly spectacular fashion, a golfer named Birdie Kim ruined it all. Manufacturing a little history of her own, Kim lived up to her name and holed an improbable 30-foot bunker shot on the 18th hole to win the 2005 U.S.

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