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Students take measures to vote absentee next fall

By Mark Herman | August 24, 2004

Many Dartmouth students going abroad this fall still plan on taking part in the political process here at home by registering to cast absentee ballots in what promises to be a very close race for the presidency. Students may obtain absentee ballots from the Hanover town clerk 30 days prior to the election.

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Summer Olympics is not just for athletes this year

By Rebecca Houck | August 19, 2004

On the second Saturday of Olympic action in Athens, Dartmouth will play host to its own Summer Olympics, an event that will benefit the United Way. This Saturday from noon to 6 p.m., registered teams will compete in a slew of events for the glory of a first-place victory, a potential prize and the satisfaction of knowing they have contributed to a worthy cause. The competitions will take place on Webster Ave., which will be shut down for traffic at 3 p.m.

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All That Jazz

By Chamblee H. Rainey | August 19, 2004

To the Editor: I was shocked and appalled at the inaccuracies of Stephen Macekura's "No -- Loss of 'Big Aristotle' will spell tragedy in L.A." (The Dartmouth, July 22). This attempt at sports commentary and analysis named the Utah Jazz and Phoenix Suns as "other playoff teams" who upgraded their rosters, despite the fact neither made the playoffs.

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Lost patents found in Rauner library

By Megan Peck | August 19, 2004

In the process of searching for historic U.S. patents, two New Hampshire attorneys -- Dartmouth alumnus Andrew Cernota '99 and colleague Scott Asmus -- found their way to a set of 14 missing patents in Rauner Special Collections Library that date back to the very early years of American history. The 14 patents discovered were issued before 1836, when a fire destroyed all of the original copies of the first 10,000 patents recorded by the U.S.

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Legacy Favoritism: Undermining Merit-Based Admission

By PATRICK MATTIMORE | August 19, 2004

At the Democratic National Convention in 1988, political commentator Jim Hightower remarked that the elder George Bush was "born on third base and thinks he hit a triple." Nice coattails for our current president! The current President Bush has enjoyed legacy breaks beginning with his admission to Yale clear through to his appointment as commander-in-chief by the Supreme Court in 2000. Some people have gone further to suggest the president has benefited from affirmative action of a divine design. Joe Conason, a columnist for the New York Observer asked mockingly in an article on Aug.

Opinion

A Little Suspect

By Nicholas Giaccone | August 19, 2004

To the Editor: In response to Mr. Ostrow's letter to the editor (The Dartmouth, Aug. 12), there are several items which should be pointed out and clarified.

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Arad to speak at Convocation

By Kristen Kelley | August 17, 2004

Co-architect and designer of the World Trade Center memorial Michael Arad '91 will deliver the Convocation address to officially open the College's 235th academic year on Tuesday, Sept.

Opinion

Safe and Appropriate

By Cynthia Pawlek | August 17, 2004

To the Editor: While it is important to state that the library unequivocally protects the academic freedom of its users by not monitoring or in any way controlling their Internet viewing, it is equally important to stress the library's responsibility to provide a safe and appropriate environment for all faculty, students and staff in which to work. The activities described in an article in The Dartmouth two weeks ago about the pornographic viewing on the Berry main floor by a library user were certainly not in keeping with maintaining a positive environment for users and staff (The Dartmouth, Aug.

Opinion

Filtering Would Be Foolish

By Jedidiah Sorokin-Altmann | August 17, 2004

To the Editor: Dan Kleinman of the Plan2Succeed Citizens Group advocates installing "constitutionally approved Internet filters" in a letter to the editor titled "Masturbation Redux" (The Dartmouth, Aug.

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