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Tighter airport security fails to slow student travel

By Zachary Goldstein | January 6, 2003

While the snowstorms and slick roads have more then done their part to hinder students returning to campus for Winter term, the newly increased security measures at airports across the country seem to have proven little more than a minor inconvenience for most. Beginning Jan.

Opinion

An Alarming Trend

By Wally Morton | January 6, 2003

To the Editor: Collegiate swimming in the United States is under assault. When I started coaching at the collegiate level almost 30 years ago, there were over 350 Division I Men's Swimming programs.

Opinion

Whose School Is This?

By Janos Marton | January 6, 2003

I love Dartmouth as much as anyone, but I've always been bothered by the great disparity between how much the College fawns over us and praises us as high school seniors, only to patronize us for the duration of our experience here.

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As Dartmouth Book cuts back, students flood Wheelock

By Richard Lazarus | January 6, 2003

Students crowded Wheelock Books this weekend as the Dartmouth Bookstore scaled back the number of books it carried and announced it would end Dartmouth textbook sales next term instead of in the summer as it had previously planned. The Dartmouth Bookstore has already decreased the number of books it carried significantly in anticipation of dropping Dartmouth textbooks from its shelves, leading many students to go to Wheelock Books, sometimes for the first time, to find the missing texts. The atmosphere was social in Wheelock Books as students took advantage of the lines to chat with friends back from winter break or a term off. As lines lengthened at the store Sunday afternoon -- the longest will probably come on the first day of classes today, according to one employee -- students had different reactions to the switch from having two major Hanover area bookstores to one and a half. They also carried a set of loyalties to one bookstore or the other that ranged in intensity from vehement to indifferent. Cindy Torres '04 always went to Dartmouth Bookstore for her textbooks because of their shorter lines and larger spaces. She was disappointed by its decision to stop supplying Dartmouth textbooks (the store blamed Dartmouth's decision to allow professors not to release lists of required textbooks to all interested parties.) "It's really small and it's so cramped and it's always crowded," Torres said of Wheelock Books.

Sports

Rampaging Big Green dethrones No. 1 BC

By Dan Weinberg | November 27, 2002

Mike Oulette '06 one-timed a pass from classmate Hugh Jessiman '06 into the back of the net at 2:39 in an unexpected overtime period to give men's hockey a shocking come-from-behind win against top-ranked Boston College. Dartmouth (6-3, 4-2 ECAC) knocked off its second top-10 opponent in the midst of a five-game winning streak (Dartmouth beat No.

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Despite inexperience, SA shows strong will

By Kaitlin Bell | November 27, 2002

Despite a significant change in leadership that ousted many of its old guard and replaced them with a young and relatively inexperienced cadre of executives, Student Assembly has been characterized thus far by a strong commitment not only to continuing many of last year's programs but negotiating between students, administrators and faculty. The Assembly expressed this goal from the outset, when Administration/Faculty Committee Chair Andy Edwards '04 pledged constant contact with administrators and faculty rather than merely going to them when something went wrong. Yet several former Assembly members worried that this year's leadership -- which is mostly composed of sophomores and others with little prior Assembly leadership experience -- would not have the necessary clout needed to work effectively with administrators. While the final outcome of programs currently underway remains to be seen, the Assembly's work this term suggests that its will to negotiate is strong -- even in a time when major decisions about the future state of the College can seem to be handed down from above. After determining that students overwhelmingly support improvements to dormitory lounges, the Student Life Committee persuaded the Office of Residential Life to match the Assembly's $10,000 contribution to a dorm improvement fund, silencing critics who said that a pro-Greek Assembly administration would insist on prioritizing improvements to Greek houses. The Assembly has not shied away from expressing student dissatisfaction with the recently installed door-locking system.

Opinion

The Student Voice

By Miles Harrigan | November 27, 2002

I have to say that I am honestly appalled to see what our College administration has done now. Continuing its tradition of unilateral action with a lack of student input, the administration (mainly Dean of the College James Larimore, Director of Athletics and Recreation Joann Harper and her staff, with the tacit approval of Provost Barry Scherr, the chair of the College's budget committee and our President James Wright) has decided to cut the men's and women's varsity swimming and diving programs. A bit of background first.

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AAS plans Kwanzaa celebration

By Cordelia Zukerman | November 27, 2002

The holiday season is drawing near, and one student group is taking advantage of the holiday spirit to share its culture with people of other ethnic and religious backgrounds. An upcoming celebration of Kwanzaa organized by the Afro-American Society will include student performances, a discussion and dinner.

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Study: Kids gain when Mom's busy

By Timothy J. Cao | November 27, 2002

A study co-authored by Dartmouth economics Professor Patricia Anderson found that the more hours a child's mother works outside the home, the more likely it is that the child will become overweight. Working with Kristin Butcher of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and economics Professor Phillip Levine of Wellesley College, Anderson's study -- entitled "Maternal Employment and Overweight Children"-- discovered that a mother's time constraint increases the probability of her children becoming overweight. Levine said that maternal employment is only "one factor in the increase of childhood overweight" and "does not explain most of the trend" in overweight children. Their research found that increasing levels of maternal employment between 1975 and 1999 can explain 6 to 11 percent of the growth in childhood overweight. Levine explained that their research was motivated by recent media attention alluding to a link between working mothers and overweight children. From 1975 to 1999, the average hours worked by mothers increased by 7.5 hours per week while levels of overweight among children ages six and older rose from roughly 5 percent to over 13 percent.

Opinion

Losing Faith

By Brad Crispin | November 27, 2002

To the Editor: An open letter to President Wright: The only reason that I did not go to Harvard is I felt Dartmouth had something better to offer.

Sports

Men's soccer Ivy co-champs meet a bittersweet end

By Brad Limpert | November 27, 2002

There was no Dick Vitale talking about who would be cutting down the nets at the Final Four, and no one was likely scrambling to set up an office pool as the teams were announced, but last Monday's NCAA tournament selection show had all the excitement of March Madness for the Dartmouth men's soccer team. Unfortunately, the Big Green's name never came up, as the squad was snubbed for a bid in the field of 48.

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Students rally to save swim team

By Elliot Olshansky and Jennifer Thomas | November 27, 2002

Nearly 150 students gathered outside Parkhurst Hall at noon yesterday to protest Monday's announcement that the College plans to cut the men's and women's varsity swimming and diving programs in March 2003. Both Dean of the College James Larimore and Athletic Director Joann Harper listened to student concerns while stressing the necessity and finality of the decision. Their emphasis that the subject was closed has left some community members looking toward the future of swimming and diving at Dartmouth. Some have raised the possibility of funding the teams through alumni donations. "If there's anything that Dartmouth alumni have proven, it's that they're generous with their wallets," former swim team member Chris Whalen '97 said in an interview. Whalen said that he was frustrated that the administration did not seek out alumni donations before deciding to discontinue the team, and that, if asked, he would "absolutely" contribute to the cause. Richard Petty '97, another former team member, said that team loyalty inspired by swim coach Jim Wilson would provide added incentive for giving. Harper, however, did not see the option as viable in the long term.

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Bookstore to end textbook sales

By Richard Lazarus | November 27, 2002

The Dartmouth Bookstore announced it may stop selling textbooks entirely by Summer term due to the College's decision to continue allowing departments to decide when to give book lists to bookstores, as well as a declining textbook business. Bookstore Manager Dave Cioffi sent letters Monday to students who are store members announcing that in the winter, the bookstore will greatly decrease the number of textbooks it carries for each course, by 40 to 60 percent. By the end of Spring term or the beginning of Summer term, the bookstore will stop ordering books for Dartmouth classes entirely, Cioffi said. The Dartmouth Bookstore has traditionally had a close relationship with the College and has been selling textbooks since its founding in 1872. Wheelock Books Manager Whit Spaulding '89 said in an email that he is "capable of meeting the needs of the entire campus if it were necessary." Cioffi cited a number of factors for the decision, among them low profit margins, a recent proliferation of alternate textbook sources, an increase in transportation costs, the size of the space needed to sell textbooks and a high rate of books that are never bought by the end of a term and need to be returned. The factor that appeared to annoy Cioffi most, however, was Dartmouth's decision to continue to allow departments and faculty to decide whether to release the lists of course books.

Opinion

Marketing Saddam Hussein

By Matt Soriano | November 26, 2002

Mr. Hussein! I just found out that you had an email account. Like all other Americans who fulfill our patriotic duty to shape foreign policy in terms of John Wayne movies, I had just assumed that that leather holster you wear holds some sort of large-caliber handgun.

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