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One Parent's Perspective

By Kate Stith-Cabranes | March 9, 2005

A column appeared in The Dartmouth by Joseph Asch '79 ("Dear Old Dartmouth?" Feb. 28) that shocked me as the parent of an '08 and as a long-time close observer of the Dartmouth community. Citing anonymous sources, Asch claimed that Dartmouth students can't write, Dartmouth teachers don't teach and Dartmouth's academic leaders are indifferent to both.

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Police Blotter

March 9, 2005

March 1, Tuck Mall, 12:04 p.m. A Tuck student reported that his gold 1997 Saab had been victim to a hit-and-run accident while parked and unattended in the River parking lot.

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Annual fall room crunch drives a few to housing 'black market'

By Alix Cody | March 9, 2005

Two freshman females, who had planned to live together next year, are scrambling to avoid the dreaded housing waitlist after receiving priority numbers within the last 50 assigned. One option they are considering is to pay a student with a better number to get them a room and drop out before the start of next year. "We are thinking about doing something with a person who is not planning on using their number and paying the fee," one girl said.

Opinion

Continuing to Bring in the Best

By Barry Scherr, | March 9, 2005

Once again, Joseph Asch has shown a casual disregard for factual accuracy in describing what is happening at Dartmouth ("Be Specific, Please," March 8). To the extent that he has misrepresented important issues, I feel the need to respond. Asch asks for specifics on course enrollments.

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Winter term SA continues centralization, expansion

By Elise Waxenberg | March 8, 2005

Winter term saw the Student Assembly absorb two previously independent student organizations, make significant moves to assume responsibility for alumni-student relations and set up over 30 new BlitzMail computers on campus. The Assembly, however, struggled throughout the term with bureaucratic and procedural woes, including the dramatic removal of an Assembly executive for allegedly leaking word of the secret Blitz-terminal rollout. Centralization has been a key theme this term for the Assembly, which adopted the Dartmouth Chapter of the Ivy Council, the organization that attends and coordinates conferences with student-government leaders from the other schools in the Ancient Eight, and the Election Planning and Advisory Committee, which regulates and oversees spring elections for various campus-wide student offices. While Ivy Council returned to the Assembly after only a short stint as an independent group recognized by the Committee on Student Organizations, EPAC was created four years ago and administered by members of the Palaeopitus senior society.

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Tuck applicants hack website for results

By Dan Duray | March 8, 2005

Having gone through the college application process, most Dartmouth students understand the agony of having to sit and wait for institutions to make their admission decisions. But some impatient business-school applicants decided to find out their fates early this year by hacking into admissions information at several prominent institutions, including Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business and the business schools of Duke, Harvard, Stanford and Carnegie Mellon Universities. A hacker going by the name "brookbond" posted instructions on a Business Week online forum describing how applicants could check their admissions status before they were officially notified. "I know everyone is getting more and more anxious to check [the] status of their apps to [Harvard Business School]," the hacker wrote in a message which remained on the website for over nine hours before being removed by site administrators.

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ORL announces plan to cut smoking dorms

By AnnMary Mathew | March 8, 2005

Dartmouth smokers will soon be forced to stop lighting up in their dorm rooms as the College's last smoking residence halls -- Lord, Richardson, Wheeler and South Massachusetts -- will all become smoke-free by fall 2006, according to Dean of Residential Life Martin Redman. The decision was primarily the result of public-health concerns and Dartmouth's small population of smokers relative to the large percentage of students who want smoke-free housing, Redman said in an interview with The Dartmouth. Less than 10 students in the Class of 2008 claimed they were smokers in an ORL poll, Redman said.

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Pool renovations cause swim-test concerns

By Samantha Ackah | March 8, 2005

With the renovation of Karl Michael Pool scheduled for Spring term, some seniors are scrambling to fulfil the swimming requirement before graduation in June. The College requires all students to pass a 50-yard swim test to be eligible for graduation, but seniors who have put off the test until their final year may face difficulties as the swimming facility is remodelled throughout Spring term. The renovation of the pool will involve the installation of a dehumidifier system, which is necessary to prevent structural damage to Alumni Gym, according to Roger Demment, associate director of athletics for physical education and recreational sports. "The humidity is beginning to eat away at the infrastructure," Demment said. The renovation, which was "needed to maintain the integrity of the building," is part of a wider plan to improve the College's athletic facilities, Demment said. Plans include refurbishing the upper level of the gym, creating two new multipurpose rooms and improving the current fitness center.

Sports

Ultimate Frisbee leaves its mark on the Golden State

By Sam Routhier | March 7, 2005

Last weekend, the men's ultimate Frisbee team traveled with the women's squad to San Diego, Cal., to compete with some of the best college teams in the country. The tournament featured 30 teams organized into six pools, meaning that the first tournament day would include four games for each team, beginning at 9:00 a.m.

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Students spend off-terms in exotic locales around world

By Samantha Ackah | March 7, 2005

While many Dartmouth students who spend a term away from Hanover jockey for New York City investment banking internships, some juniors have shunned the conventional in favor of more unusual off-term experiences. For these students, being away from Dartmouth and experiencing new cultures has made for exciting adventures. Raina Milne '06 spent six days climbing Mount Kilimanjaro during her time volunteering at an orphanage in Tanzania.

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'Good Company' comments on corporate America

By Chetan Mehta | March 7, 2005

Last year's documentary "The Corporation" drew rave reviews from across the spectrum. Through a series of interviews, historical analysis and interspersed factoids, the makers of the film diagnosed the modern day corporation as a destructive psychopath.

Sports

Women's hockey rolls through ECACHL quarters

By Tony Hao | March 7, 2005

With some clutch performances, Dartmouth women's hockey team swept Colgate in the opening round of the ECAC playoffs and moves on to the semifinals of the tournament. On Friday night, it was Tiffany Hagge '06 who provided the scoring.

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