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Breaking Down the Rumor Mill

By Matt Nicholson | April 1, 2005

In light of the series of incidents surrounding Theta Delta Chi fraternity and its members, I would like to finally speak out on behalf of the brotherhood and address the issues at hand. We feel that our names have been misrepresented and dragged through the mud long enough and it is our hope that this editorial dispels some of the rumors that have started to spiral out of control over the past three terms. First, I'd like to address the allegations and incidents concerning three of our brothers and their individual drug use.

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Verbum Ultimum

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | April 1, 2005

As corporate scandals in the national news increasingly call to mind the business ethics of the Gilded Age, the recent furor over a security breach in admissions at the nation's top business schools is warranted ("Tuck considers apps from accused hackers," March 29). Applicants to the Tuck School of Business who took advantage of a flaw in the programming of an external admissions website to view admissions decisions early clearly violated ethical standards and deserve to face consequences, even if their actions may have been legal. However, the Harvard Business School's choice to deem the offense worthy of automatic rejection is a knee-jerk reaction predicated in image-based politics.

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New state bill would permit casino gambling in N.H.

By Stuart A. Reid | April 1, 2005

While there are no plans to open a Mohegan Sun casino on Maynard Street, risk-taking students may soon be able to legally quench their desires for gambling just over an hour away from campus. The New Hampshire legislature is contemplating Senate Bill 225, which would allow for over 6,000 computer gambling machines across the state and gambling in three hotels located in northern New Hampshire. The bill's sponsor, Senator Lou D'Allesandro, D-Manchester, said the bill is aimed at fixing the state's projected budget deficit of nearly $250 billion. But critics of the bill believe it will lead to an increase in gambling addictions while fueling embezzlement, child abuse, alcoholism and crime. Jim Rubens, who heads the Granite State Coalition Against Expanded Gambling, opposes the bill because he thinks it conjures an image of government supported gambling addictions. "This is the same reason we don't legalize crack cocaine parlors," he said, adding that the bill would create an additional 3,000 pathological gamblers. In an e-mail to supporters, he wrote, "Casinos are the only budget fix that would damage our state's reputation as a healthy, family-friendly place to live, work and visit." Bill proponents dismissed Rubens' concerns. "It's not true," D'Allesandro said in reference to social problems from gambling.

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Where's Carmen Sandiego?

By Daniel Belkin | March 31, 2005

After her first day as an elementary school teacher, Marge Simpson complains that "it took the children 40 minutes to locate Canada on the map," to which Homer responds, "Marge, anyone could miss Canada, all tucked away down there." Unfortunately, this anecdote from "The Simpsons" offers insight into an alarming trend that has developed in the American educational system.

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Dueling textbook outlets compete for student buyers

By Kelsey Blodget | March 31, 2005

The Dartmouth Bookstore lured students inside during this week's book rush with free coffee and cookies, and rocketing sales may mean that its market-share war with locally-owned Wheelock Books could intensify. Dartmouth Bookstore manager John Cusick said store sales and traffic have both doubled since January, and as academic departments that previously dealt exclusively with Wheelock Books are beginning to release lists of assigned texts to both stores, Wheelock Books is in danger of losing its textbook monopoly. "Wheelock is a great store," Cusick said.

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Pool renovation threatens team practices

By Samantha Ackah | March 31, 2005

With construction scheduled to begin next month on Dartmouth's Karl Michael pool, the men's and women's swim and water polo teams are set to face major disruptions to their seasons. The renovation of the pool, which is part of a planned restructuring of Alumni Gym, involves the installation of a dehumidifier and a replacement to the roof.

Opinion

Blame the NHL, not Canada

By Robert Butts | March 31, 2005

Back at the beginning of last month, I wrote that the NHL's owners and players seemed committed to a murder-suicide that meant the death of hockey in America.

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