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New start with men's Ivy opener

By Brad Limpert | September 27, 2002

It is not often that a team gets a clean slate three weeks into its season, but that is exactly what the Dartmouth men's soccer team is looking forward to this weekend as it travels to Princeton University to open its Ivy League campaign. The Big Green (0-4 overall, 0-0 Ivy) is looking to get its first win of the year against a Tigers squad that's off to a similarly rough start (1-2-2, 0-0). Needless to say, the first three weeks of the 2002 season have not gone according to plan for the Dartmouth men.

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Registrar adopts new method to plan finals

By Anna Cates | September 27, 2002

Rather than wait until the middle of the term for their final exam schedule, students and faculty may now plan for the end of term far in advance using a new scheduling system based on the course timetables. Finals for most classes occurring during a given class period will now take place at the same time, with specials slots reserved for mathematics, economics and language finals.

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Door locks make dormitory debut

By Justin Altschuler | September 27, 2002

While some students found the College's new door locking system -- activated yesterday -- to be a minor hassle, others hoped that it would increase campus security. No one contacted by The Dartmouth strongly objected to the locks -- which were tested this summer in Massachusetts Row, The Gold Coast, Cutter North and Brewster Halls -- but many debated their effectiveness. Student Body President Janos Marton '04, who deemed the locks "an abomination" this summer, said he opposes the system because "it makes people feel like there is something to be worried about, when, in fact, Dartmouth is one of the safest places in the country." While many students gave a lukewarm response, two of those living off-campus who had not yet been issued identification cards encoded with the new technology said the locks made it inconvenient for them to visit friends in the dorms. Director of Residential Operations Woody Eckels said the system was installed partly in response to requests from students and parents, and noted that "the system worked fine this summer" when it was active with "very little complaint." Like many other students, Harry Johnson '03 felt that the locked doors are a sign of the times.

Opinion

The Local Gods

By John Stevenson | September 27, 2002

In ancient times, every nation and tribe had a local god that they worshipped. The local gods were to be appeased and feared within their limited domains.

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'Race in Academy' conf. aims at national debate

By Judith Phillips | September 27, 2002

Bringing nationally-known speakers like Cornel West to campus, a conference set to take place next week at Dartmouth entitled "Race Matters in the University of the 21st Century," seeks to explore the advantages that white skin confers. Dartmouth's Race in the Academy Committee will lead the conference that organizers hope will set off a national debate. According to its chair, biology professor George Langford, the committee was established last fall "to look at ways in which Dartmouth can increase diversity among its faculty." The conference is intended to "discuss the issue of white identity and whiteness because these are issues that continue to serve as barriers to the full participation of minority faculty," Langford said. There is an undesirable disparity between the percentages of non-white undergraduates and faculty, 30 percent and 10 percent respectively, he added. "The playing field is not level," English professor Ivy Schweitzer said.

Opinion

This Week

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | September 27, 2002

Full Disclosure The ongoing debate over war with Iraq has not been a debate at all. In the absence of such discussion, the country must halt its current path toward a military campaign against Saddam Hussein. Part of the problem is that the Bush administration refuses to release specific information that might shed light on why Iraq poses an immediate threat.

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Broz looks for tales of good in bad places

By Tim Mosso | September 27, 2002

Svetlana Broz -- a physician and the grand-daughter of former Yugoslav dictator Marshal Tito -- stressed yesterday the importance of remembering the heroes of "evil times" and insisted that the mass media scrambled to report atrocities and suffering to the exclusion of tales of survival, forgiveness and recovery. Broz delivered yesterday's lecture, entitled "Truth , Courage, and Reconciliation," in an effort to spread awareness about the persistence of altruism and understanding in the face of hatred and conflict.

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Stop web pop-ups before they start

By Terrence Irving | September 27, 2002

They're everywhere. Whether checking the weather, yesterday's sports scores or just visiting someone's personal webpage, Internet users are assailed by a shower of advertising windows, commonly known as "pop-ups." Although the majority of students who spoke with The Dartmouth, including Tami Peters '06, simply put up with the ubiquitous advertisements, others are taking advantage of new software that blocks the pop-ups. Calvin Richardson '06, who finds the ads "annoying as hell," uses a program known as PopUp Killer to block the windows. Another popular and free program is Panicware.com's PopUp Stopper.

Opinion

A Shaker of Salt

By Dan Galemba | September 26, 2002

The calendar may say autumn, but with wide-eyed '06s shmobbing their way around campus, full of excitement, wonder and anticipation, one could easily mistake it for spring: the same sense of rebirth and renewal that accompanies every new class is back and as strong as ever. The '06s (or, as I like to call them, fresh blood) have an aura of enthusiasm about them that appears to be invincible.

Sports

Getting To Know...

By Mark Sweeney | September 26, 2002

The Dartmouth: Sports are full of great nicknames, like former NBA star Chuck "The Rifleman" Person, 1982 Masters Champion Craig "The Walrus" Stadler and former hockey goalie Georges "The Chicoutimi Cucumber" Vezina.

Opinion

Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité?

By Paul Bozzello | September 26, 2002

To the Editor: I've always felt that France has had an unfairly bad rap among Americans. Every time I've traveled to France my friends say they've heard that the French smell or that women there don't shave their armpits -- both statements are false, by the way.

Opinion

Friendships and Fall

By Ryan Tan | September 26, 2002

That's how my first year was -- like a typical fall day. Foggy and overcast in the morning, the day would transform into a beauty, with individual rays of sunlight permeating the watery pallor hanging over the Green. It's probably fair to conclude that the people that go to school at Dartmouth love the place.

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College begins testing Internet phones at EKT

By Alison Schmauch | September 26, 2002

Residents of Epsilon Kappa Theta sorority have been the first students on campus to use phones employing a new technology called VoiceOver IP, which transmits phone calls across the College's Ethernet data networks. Bob Johnson, director of the College's Office of Telephone Services, said that his department is planning to install the new VoiceOver IP phones in all dorms and houses on campus. The phones plug directly into computers' ethernet cable port; another phone cord plugs into ethernet ports on the wall. Johnson said that the advantages of the new system include significantly reduced costs.

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DHMC receives $1M donation

By Vassilia Binensztok | September 26, 2002

The Avery family of Fairlee, Vt., announced Saturday their donation of $1 million to the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in honor of Dr. Stephen Plume's retirement. Allen Avery described this money as a donation "in recognition of Dr. Plume for taking care of my dad and adding another 20 years to his life." Plume formally retired July 1 after 25 years on the DHMC staff, where he served as chief of cardiothoracic surgery, president of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic, as well as professor of surgery and community and family medicine at Dartmouth Medical School. In the span of his career at the Center, Plume treated thousands of patients, including Borden Avery, a patient who underwent three open-heart surgeries and various other procedures starting in the early 1970s to his death in 1996, under the care of Plume and his colleagues. The money is to be donated in increments over a period of five to seven years, starting this year.

Opinion

Rebuilding the Foundation

By Brian Hyde | September 26, 2002

To the Editor: I am a parent of a Dartmouth senior who participated in a service trip to Trinidad for Dartmouth's chapter of Habitat for Humanity last spring break.

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