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Town resident challenges College Main St. expansion

By Anna Parachkevova | January 20, 2004

Months after Hanover approved Dartmouth's proposal to rebuild the block behind Ramunto's and Caf Buon Gustaio, a town resident has filed two separate appeals against the decision. Hanover local Winifred Stearns claims that the proposed plan, which includes the building of an underground garage for more than 95 cars, will increase the traffic around her house and cause more pollution. "The garage is to be ventilated only by fans placed on the two side entrances," Stearns said.

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N.H. names Dartmouth prof. poet laureate

By Megan Spillane | January 20, 2004

The state of New Hampshire has named Dartmouth creative writing professor Cynthia Huntington the state's new poet laureate. The honorary position will enable Huntington to promote an appreciation of contemporary poetry both in-state and around the country, the professor hopes. Huntington was selected last week by the Poetry Society of New Hampshire and Gov.

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Frat rush, sink numbers down

By Kevin Garland | January 20, 2004

Fraternity rush has ended, and initial estimates show overall sink numbers down significantly from last year despite gains in select houses. The Interfraternity Council believes the lower numbers are due to a smaller class of 2006 and rush being held during Winter term for the third year, IFC president Jonathan Lazarow said. "There's some disappointing rush numbers, to be honest, but we're positive about the spring term," Lazarow said. Based on initial estimates, Psi Upsilon fraternity had one of the better turnouts.

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Lieberman courts N.H. voters in Main St. walk

By Dax Tejera Dax Tejera | January 20, 2004

Light crowds thronged South Main Street yesterday, as presidential hopeful Joe Lieberman visited local eateries to gain an edge on the undecided vote crucial to the upcoming New Hampshire primary. The Connecticut senator, flanked by local and national media, attempted to casually converse with New Hampshire voters as he strolled down South Main Street and visited local business establishments.

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Doctor: Out, General: In

By Amanda Dobbins | January 19, 2004

I'm not sure how many of you drive down Route 10 on a regular basis -- I myself am only lucky enough to make a Wal-Mart run on the occasions when I can successfully bribe a car owner to drive me there and back, so my familiarity with the sights in between here and West Lebanon is limited, at best.

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One Small Step for Bush

By Robert Butts | January 19, 2004

When President Bush unveiled his major space initiative last week -- including plans for NASA to return to the moon by 2020 and construct a lunar base that could function as a launchpad for future manned exploration of Mars and the solar system -- he invoked the words of astronaut Eugene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon: "We leave as we came and, God willing, as we shall return." In addition to proposing a literal return to the moon, Bush no doubt hopes for a more political return to the success of the Apollo program and the political dividends that the United States' first lunar landings paid for NASA and the presidency. But Bush's new vision also bears an uncanny resemblance to other, less glorious chapters of the space program's history.

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Amid Democratic wave, GOP leader arrives

By Jenn Buck | January 19, 2004

As the New Hampshire Democratic primary race heats up, Republicans are out trying to make themselves heard above the din. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., went on the stump for President Bush last Friday, speaking to a group at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.

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Left-wing filmmaker touts Clark

By Alex Morrison | January 19, 2004

Even documentary filmmaker Michael Moore finds his endorsement of presidential candidate Gen. Wesley Clark a bit perplexing. Moore asked his audience in Collis Commonground Saturday how many of them wanted to know what he was doing there.

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Star prof. Edsforth not rehired by dept.

By Mark Herman | January 19, 2004

Leaving Dartmouth after 11 years as a visiting history professor, Ronald Edsforth simply tells people he has been made "redundant." Although he was not fired, Edsforth will not return to Dartmouth next year, because there are no classes left for him to teach. Many of Edsforth's students and colleagues, meanwhile, lament his being forced to leave Dartmouth. The history department renewed Edsforth's one-year visiting contract annually, relying on him to teach courses made available by full-time faculty who were away or on sabbatical. "For all these years, history has always had courses to keep me employed," Edsforth said. But new hires in the history department and more faculty present on campus leave no room for Edsforth next year, given College policies about courses full-time faculty must teach and the number of courses allotted to the history department. Edsforth was also responsible for making the war and peace studies program more visible and popular.

Opinion

Reveal and Remove

By Vassilia Binensztok | January 19, 2004

Let us not be ignorant. This is a statement, not meant to discriminate against any religious group, but a statement calling for a logical assessment of the issue at hand. Many recent debates over the uncovering of religious stained-glass windows in Rollins Chapel have led to calls for the boards to be taken off these windows so that they be restored for all to see. While no one is completely sure what these windows depict, we do know that they are religious images.

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Shanta Driver to give MLK Jr. Day address

By Megan Spillane | January 19, 2004

Martin Luther King Jr. Day programming comes to a climax Monday, with a candlelight vigil and a keynote address from Shanta Driver. Driver's speech is themed "Integration and Equality in American Society: Realizing the Dream on the 50th Anniversary of Brown v.

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Space Race

By Julia Bernstein | January 16, 2004

Move over Mr. Skywalker, there's a new hero in town. In the wake of the success of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, it seems as if the defining trilogy du jour is not George Lucas's tale of galactic rebellion, but Peter Jackson's careful recreation of a beloved fantasy world.

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Doc: Global warming threatens health

By AnnMary Mathew | January 16, 2004

Increased levels of carbon dioxide along with increased global temperatures have deleterious effects on global health, Dr. Kent Bradford said yesterday in a speech in Carson Hall. Bradford, who spoke on behalf of Physicians for Social Responsibility, also emphasized the importance of new fuel sources and using fossil fuels more efficiently. Bradford pointed out that global carbon dioxide and temperature levels remained steady until a sharp increase in the 1800s, presumably because of the Industrial Revolution and the expanding use of fossil fuels that resulted. Higher temperature and increased carbon dioxide levels means more extreme weather around the world, according to Bradford. Bradford said that because of the higher global temperatures, the air would be able to hold more moisture, which results in more precipitation and causes greater flooding and more frequent storm systems.

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20 picked for Senior Executive Committee

By Mark Henle | January 16, 2004

The College released the names on Thursday of the 20 students selected to serve on the class of 2004 Senior Executive Committee, which is responsible for organizing all class events for the next five years. The group will meet frequently throughout the Winter and Spring terms to organize class events, including Commencement, for which they will select the class marshals and flag bearers.

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