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Dining hall plans prolong zoning saga

By Mark Henle | April 12, 2004

The Hanover Zoning Board of Adjustments has voted to approve proposals by both town residents and Dartmouth to re-hear the College's request for a special exception to its educational zoning status. The board's original decision granted Dartmouth an exception to build two residence halls on North Maynard Street contingent on the College satisfying nine stipulations. The College has asked that the first condition, which stipulates that the College must commission a traffic study, be stricken.

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Pair of profs wins prestigious grants

By Steven Orbuch | April 12, 2004

Two Dartmouth faculty members -- Susan Jane Walp, lecturer in studio art and Larry Polansky, associate professor of music -- have been awarded fellowships from the prestigious John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. The 2004 fellowship winners include 185 artists, scholars and scientists selected from more than 3,200 applicants for grants that averaged to more than $37,000 per recipient. Walp specializes in still life paintings.

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Stempniak picks up All-American rank

By Alex Talel | April 12, 2004

Joining the most elite ranks of collegiate ice hockey, Dartmouth winger and assistant team captain Lee Stempniak '05 has been chosen as a NCAA Division I First Team All-American player.

Opinion

Verbum Ultimum

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | April 9, 2004

At first glance, Dean of the College James Larimore's recent decision to consider allowing the movement of fraternity, sorority and coed rush to sophomore fall seemed a welcome and overdue departure from the policies the administration has pursued since the 1999 announcement of the Student Life Initiative.

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Crew boats fend off otter attack

By Marta Darby | April 9, 2004

In a scene perhaps more typical of a Fox "When Animals Attack" special than Dartmouth crew practice, a river otter attacked crew coaches April 2 during the varsity heavyweight afternoon practice. No one was injured, but the incident, which occurred seven miles upstream from the crew boathouse, rattled the nerves of all involved. The otter, running along the shoreline ice before the attack, jumped into the river to play in the wake of the coach's launch, according to varsity coach Scott Armstrong, who was directing two eight-man boats at the time of the encounter.

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Study: Medicare may lead to low-quality health care

By Kevin Garland | April 9, 2004

Higher Medicare spending may surprisingly lead to lower quality health care services, according to a recent study by Dartmouth economics professors Katherine Baicker and Amitabh Chandra. "This negative relationship may be driven by the use of intensive, costly care that crowds out the use of more effective care," the report states. The study focused on the federal Medicare program, which serves the elderly.

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Horowitz clamors for more conservatives

By Kristen Kelley | April 9, 2004

Conservative activist David Horowitz wants to introduce more conservatism to college campuses supposedly so dominated by leftist faculty members that the liberal professor has almost become a clich. In a proposal he calls the "academic bill of rights," Horowitz wants college administrations to include both conservative and liberal viewpoints in their selection of campus speakers and syllabuses for courses and to choose faculty members with a view toward fostering a plurality of methodologies and perspectives, The New York Times reported April 3. The Georgia and Colorado legislatures, however, already passed bills along the lines of Horowitz's proposal in mid-March, and more states are considering similar legislation.

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College, SA split on gym expansion plan

By Zana Bugaighis | April 9, 2004

The frequently overcrowded and overbooked Kresge fitness center looks to undergo major renovations within the next five years, Athletics department officials said, but student leaders are seeking a temporary solution by the end of the term. The Student Assembly's goal seems at odds with the recreation department, which hopes to conserve funds in order to allow for a larger expansion of the 4,000-square-foot fitness center in the future.

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Big Green lightweight crew sweeps Holy Cross and BC

By Nedko Kyuchukov | April 8, 2004

The Dartmouth lightweight rowers swept Sunday's regatta on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass., in a race featuring Holy Cross and Boston College. The tightest race of the day came in the varsity lightweight eight competition where all three boats were within a few feet of each other for the 2,000 meters.

Opinion

Usurping the Porn King

By Noah Cook-Dubin | April 8, 2004

To the Editor: I was disappointed to read your article on the porn king (The Dartmouth, April 2). I found it especially ironic that this article was printed beside an article on the Panhellenic Council, a group which is, at least in theory, concerned with the promotion of women.

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Dartmouth to take over composting management

By Megan Peck | April 8, 2004

In a move that will allow the College and the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center to continue their now partially-stalled composting practices, Dartmouth will take over management of the Dartmouth/Hanover Composting Facility from New England Organics, a Maine-based waste management firm, starting mid-June. "With a maximum capacity of only 800 tons per year, the small scale of the facility made it economically infeasible for a private company to manage," said vice president of New England Organics James Ecker. Since New England Organics can no longer manage the compost facility, Facilities, Operations and Management has decided to take over operation of the facility after discussing the issue for the past six months.

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