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Morales '03 creates 'Napster 2'

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Countless suitors have tried and failed to fill the void left after recording industry lawsuits killed popular file-sharing program Napster, but a new entry on the Dartmouth campus may be the best substitute yet. Billed by some as "Napster 2," a program called Direct Connect is facilitating a boom in peer-to-peer file sharing on campus. Direct Connect is a file-sharing program that operates very similarly to Napster.


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Kyle '04 to lead The Dartmouth

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Tara Kyle '04, from Juneau, Alaska, will be the next president of The Dartmouth, succeeding current president John Teti '03, current editors announced at The Dartmouth's annual changeover ceremony Friday evening at Casque and Gauntlet senior society. The 2004 directorate, led by the 20-year-old Kyle, will assume full control of The Dartmouth's news and business operations at the beginning of Winter term. As president of The Dartmouth and chairman of its Board of Proprietors, Kyle will manage the approximately 100-person staff and the $350,000 annual budget of The Dartmouth, Inc., the student-run business that owns The Dartmouth and The Dartmouth Online. Kyle, who is currently in Edinburgh, Scotland, on the religion department's Foreign Study Program, called newspaper work "a challenging, wonderful and occasionally heartbreaking service." She referred to The Dartmouth staff as "some of the most talented, dedicated and caring students at Dartmouth." Teti, visibly moved during his farewell speech, said afterward that he was proud of The Dartmouth staff's service to the Dartmouth community. Teti also expressed his confidence that the 2004 directorate will provide strong leadership, adding that Kyle "knows the paper backward and forward, and I know that she's going to do an excellent job." Among the other announcements made at the Changeover ceremony, Charles Gardner '04 will succeed Ithan Peltan '03 as The Dartmouth's executive editor and vice chairman of the Board of Proprietors.


Opinion

"The Why" Behind the Slogan

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There has been some concern and confusion expressed to us over the past week regarding the signs we have posted throughout much of campus questioning Dartmouth spending habits.


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United Way fundraising effort hits halfway mark

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After kicking off its annual fundraising campaign earlier this fall, the Upper Valley United Way is looking to the Dartmouth community to raise 20 percent of its expected contributions. The Dartmouth campaign aims to raise $232,650 by the end of the drive on Feb.


Sports

Apps collects hat-trick in UVM season sweep

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Behind a stellar performance by Gillian Apps '06, the Big Green women's hockey team finished its season sweep of the Catamounts with an 8-0 blow-out on Wednesday night at Gutterson Fieldhouse. In two shutouts, Dartmouth out-shot Vermont 124-11 and registered a total of 15 goals.


Opinion

The Week

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Disappointing Delays This week, the House of Representatives voted to postpone the completion of the federal budget until next year, extending current funding levels until mid-January.


Sports

Women ballers open season

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The waiting is over. After consecutive losing seasons-- Dartmouth's first back-to-back campaigns under .500 in its 17 seasons with head coach Chris Wielgus -- the Big Green women's basketball team is ready to attempt a return to their tradition of excellence. The Big Green, which won 13 Ivy League championships between 1980 and 2000, spent the last two seasons in mediocrity while rebuilding its roster.


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Event commemorates coeducation

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College President James Wright reiterated the theme of his convocation speech -- campus diversity -- as faculty, administrators, alumni and students gathered in the Top of the Hop yesterday at a reception to celebrate the 30th anniversary of coeducation at Dartmouth. Event host Giavanna Munafo of the Center for Women and Gender, previously the Women's Resource Center, said it was intended to celebrate the accomplishments of the last 30 years and the vision that will shape the next 30 years in a way that includes everyone at Dartmouth. Wright said coeducation at Dartmouth fundamentally altered the College. "Coeducation is about more than adjusting admissions and admissions criteria," Wright said.


Sports

Revved-up Big Green hosts Eli, Tigers this weekend

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This weekend, the Dartmouth men's hockey team will look to continue its dominance at Thompson Arena against Yale and Princeton. Last weekend, the Big Green (3-3-0, 2-2-0 ECAC, 1-2-0 Ivy) slapped around Colgate for some much-needed confidence heading into the evenutal upset of Cornell. Dartmouth put out as much of a veteran line-up as it could muster against the Big Red, and the older guys produced.


Opinion

Repeatedly Targeted

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To the Editor: I am not going to write a long defense of the Greek system, both because I acknowledge it has some flaws and because, personally, I am getting sick of being called upon to do so on such a regular basis.




Opinion

Dinner with the Dean

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Over the past two years there have been myriad constants at Dartmouth. For instance: DOC Trips will determine your first-year friendships, girl's fro-yo addiction will spread faster than most STDs, complaints will be made by various op-ed writers and dinners will be held every Tuesday night at Dean of the Tucker Foundation Stuart Lord's house.


News

Students: STD testing discouraged

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Although Dick's House offers all enrolled Dartmouth students testing for sexually-transmitted diseases and HIV, many who have requested to be tested this year allege that administrators at the health-care facility have encouraged them not to undergo some tests. Several students, who wished to remain anonymous for privacy reasons, told The Dartmouth that when they asked to be tested, the staff at Dick's House tried to talk them out of it.


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National groups question Sununu's education stance

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A much-debated topic in the recent election, N.H. Senator-elect John E. Sununu's commitment to education continues to be questioned by Democrats and watchdog groups. A pamphlet that was distributed on campus by Dartmouth's Young Democrats prior to the election asserted that Sununu voted five times against Pell Grant increases while serving in the U.S.



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MCAT to end score withholding

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The Association of American Medical Colleges, sponsor of the Medical College Admission Test, has decided to implement a new policy of "full disclosure" -- starting in April 2003, applicants will no longer have the option to withhold test scores from their applications to medical schools. The MCAT -- a dreaded eight-hour test that is required of all pre-med students -- forms one facet of a student's application.


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At Aquinas, statistics defy reality

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Fewer Catholic '04s, '05s and '06s submitted optional religious affiliation forms than did students from previous classes, but campus religious leaders said that Catholic activity on campus is still strong. Religious affiliation forms are mailed to students after their admission to the College, and a student may use these forms to indicate interest in a campus religious organization. When a student returns the form, his or her name is sent to the religious groups on campus.