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Tri-Delt, TDX both face police inquiry

By Kate Lyon | November 12, 2004

Both Delta Delta Delta sorority and Theta Delta Chi fraternity are being investigated by the Hanover Police for allegations that they violated the New Hampshire hazing statute during a Tri-Delt pledge event at Theta Delt. Police have been investigating the case since the College uncovered information in the course of its own investigation a few weeks ago and turned over the case to town authorities, as required by New Hampshire law. With the College investigation on hold, police are pursuing all leads, said Hanover Police Chief Nicholas Giaccone. The investigation has yet to reveal who is at fault for the incident, and the police are currently examining both Tri-Delt and Theta Delt's roles in the event. "We're looking into to it to determine the culpability and have not eliminated one house or the other," said Giaccone. Tri-Delt National's General Counsel, Vincent Slusher, said he was not aware that the chapter was under investigation by the police. "We have not been contacted by the Hanover police," he said.

Opinion

At What Cost, Rank?

By Jill Baskin | November 12, 2004

To the Editor: I agree with Richard Wright's response to John Appleton's concern over the recent rankings put out by the Times Higher Educational Supplement, which placed Dartmouth 138th out of 200 universities ("Reading the Rankings," The Dartmouth, November 11). I would never argue that Dartmouth is a perfect institution or that we shouldn't strive for further academic improvement.

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Pavilion offers world of menu options

By Bridget Alex | November 12, 2004

Pavilion manager Robert Lester had to point to a menu with Thursday's lunch item, which he could not pronounce but was very excited to taste. Lester's enthusiasm for Qaubili Pilau carried over to the server, who gave students a free sample and urged them to eat it. Already specializing in kosher and halal cuisine, the Pavilion dedicated this week's menus to specialized meals from around the globe in celebration of International Week. Dartmouth's second annual International Week is an offshoot of the national initiative to prepare Americans for the global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study in the United States, according to College officials. Each lunch this week featured a different ethnic meal, including African American, Asian American, Latin American, Middle Eastern and European cuisine. After assigning an ethnicity to each day based on a guide the International Office provided, the Pavilion staff gathered student input about which specific food items to make. There was a big demand for Brazilian beef stew, a favorite from last year, Lester said. Though the lunch crowds were not bigger than usual, Lester said he saw some new faces. Meredith Russo '08 was pleased with the Szechuan Beef served on Asian-American Day and said, "it tasted more authentic than most of the Chinese food around here." Last year, for International Week, each dining hall was assigned a day to cook for the theme, but this year the Pavilion did each day, since it is accustomed to creating different items regularly. However the regularity of interesting dishes at the Pavilion made International Week less evident to students. Russo, a regular at the Pavilion, realized the meals were special after buying her food, when she saw a sign advertising International Week. She said she would have known if the meal was served in Food Court. The low amount of publicity International Week received may also be to blame for this. Students in the River, for instance, were not sent a BlitzMail message about the week's activities until Wednesday evening. No outside chefs were used this week.

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'04 finds own way to Dartmouth

By Kelsey Blodget | November 12, 2004

Sasha Earnheart-Gold '04 came to Dartmouth with no course credits, no grades and no diploma. Other Dartmouth students spent much of their high school careers yawning through their high-school biology and history classes, but Earnheart-Gold spent those four years founding an international apple tree planting organization and monitoring the feeding habits of great white sharks. After a short stint in private school, Earnheart-Gold decided he could create a better learning environment himself. Earnheart-Gold's small coastal hometown of Bolinas, Calif., an eclectic place full of old hippies and young surfers, provided him with all the resources he needed to plan his own education.

Opinion

Getting Out the Truth

By Michael Liroff | November 11, 2004

To the Editor: Daniel Linsalata rails at the Young Democrats in his confused critique of Get Out The Vote efforts here at Dartmouth ("Student Voting At Dartmouth," The Dartmouth, November 9). The main thrust of his argument is that the students the Young Dems turned out were uneducated voters, a claim he substantiates by pointing out that while the incumbent Sen.

Opinion

Be a Good Sport

By James G. Laatsch | November 11, 2004

To the Editor: Peter DeMaria ("Controlling Assault Weapons Hyperbole," The Dartmouth, November 10) is the individual who needs to do his homework and also evaluate his rhetoric.

News

Fund allows for world of outdoor options

By John Mitchell | November 11, 2004

The Wolfgang Schlitz Adventure Fund took some of the pressure off sophomore Adam Patinkin's parents and his poker game -- two of his fundraising mainstays -- when it decided to help defray the costs of his expedition to climb the tallest peak in the Americas this fall. Patinkin's expedition to scale Aconcagua, in the Andes, is certainly ambitious, but it's nothing out of the ordinary for the Dartmouth Outing Club's Wolfgang Schlitz fund, which distributed $4,400 overall to subsidize students' adventures abroad this year.

Opinion

Reading the Rankings

By Richard Wright | November 11, 2004

In a recent letter to the editor, my good friend and colleague Jon Appleton draws attention to the fact that Dartmouth did not do so well in a recent ranking exercise in The Times Higher Educational Supplement and then uses this result to condemn the academic leadership at the College ("Dean of Faculty Gets an F," The Dartmouth, November 10). Although the overall results place Dartmouth 138th out of 200 universities world wide, this should not be a cause for concern or a basis for criticism. I've never been one to pay much attention to university sweepstakes about who is No.

Sports

Women's novice crew speeds by competition

By Taylor Duvall | November 11, 2004

The Dartmouth women's novice crew team cleaned up at its first race of the season this weekend. Fighting windy and rough conditions on their home Connecticut River and rowing on a course shortened to 1.5 miles from its original three miles, the A boat came in first place at the Dartmouth Novice Invitational with a time of 9:40.

Arts

'Together' displays irony of reality

By Jennifer Garfinkel | November 11, 2004

By now, we all know what happens when seven strangers are picked to live in one house for six months, but what happens when these seven strangers are animated? The concept of animation might seem completely opposed to the idea of reality, but no challenge is apparently too great for Comedy Central, which recently launched a new animated series called "Drawn Together." The show marks a first attempt at combining cartoons with reality TV, but hopefully this first attempt at animated reality will also be the last. The series, which is the story of eight animated characters picked to live in one animated house, most closely resembles MTV's "The Real World." The dialogue can be witty at times and certainly achieves its purpose of exaggeratedly mimicking the behavior of real-life contestants on reality programs.

News

Despite economic upturn, finance VP stays cautious

By Dax Tejera | November 11, 2004

Editor's Note: This is the sixth in a multi-part series on the College's senior administration and the issues facing Dartmouth today and in the future. While it often goes unnoticed, the business of Dartmouth College is a complex and enormous undertaking.

Sports

Sailors master the waters despite unpredictable winds

By Jon Kling | November 11, 2004

Three freshmen sailed away with a key victory in Maryland over the weekend, as Ben Sampson '08 and his crewmates Betsy Bryant '08 and Andrew Geffken '08 competed in 16 races against the 16 best freshman teams on the Atlantic Coast and won A-division by over 10 points. The second half of the freshman team included Luke Hathaway '08, Adele Wilhelm '08 and Aisha Stewart '08, who finished seventh in B-division, bringing the Big Green to an overall second-place finish for the regatta. The wind at the U.S.

News

Network error suspends Internet access

By Kelsey Noonan | November 10, 2004

An error in the Dartmouth computer network early Sunday morning left hundreds of students without Internet access in their residence halls for almost 24 hours. The problem occurred when one of Dartmouth's two backup systems fell out of synch for unknown reasons, said Bob Johnson of Network Services.

Opinion

Dean of Faculty Gets an F

By Jon Appleton | November 10, 2004

To the Editor: It is not surprising that "a new ranking from an influential British publication placed Dartmouth 138th among the world's top 200 universities and last among Ivy League schools by 110 spots" (The Dartmouth, "Dartmouth buried in new rankings of top universities," November 9). In the last few years those who have tried to provide intellectual leadership have departed.

News

Theta Delt faces hazing charges

By Kate Lyon | November 10, 2004

Hanover Police Department officials are currently investigating allegations that members of Theta Delta Chi fraternity hazed new members of Delta Delta Delta sorority as part of a pledge activity gone awry. The College received allegations of misconduct involving Tri-Delt pledges at Theta Delt a few weeks ago, said Senior Associate Dean of the College Dan Nelson.

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