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Bush steps up anti-Iraq rhetoric

By Karla Kingsley | October 8, 2002

President George W. Bush addressed the nation from Cinnicinati yesterday, calling for support of a possible war against Iraq and opening a week of debate in Congress over resolutions that would give the president power to call for military action in Iraq. Bush dubbed Saddam Hussein a "murderous tyrant" but presented no significant new evidence of Iraqi transgression during his speech.

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Bo Jackson and Democracy

By Brian Nick | October 8, 2002

Tecmo Bowl" may have been the defining video game of our generation. It was the first sports video game to feature real-life players, paving the way for the amazing games we see today.

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Benson campaigns for gov. in Hanover

By Griffin Gordon | October 8, 2002

Republican Craig Benson, the current front-runner in the New Hampshire gubernatorial race, focused on taxes and the state economy during a lunchtime campaign event in Hanover yesterday. Though publicized as a meeting between Benson and the College Republicans, the lunchtime event saw a very low turn out of Dartmouth students, with most of the crowd made up of local supporters and campaign contributors. Enjoying a solid lead over Democratic rival Mark Fernald, Benson's talk paid major attention to taxes, a key point of debate between the two candidates.

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'03s brace themselves for corporate recruiting

By Richard Lazarus | October 7, 2002

Editor's Note: This is the first article in a term-long series profiling three seniors as they work through the corporate recruiting process. It's the process that everyone loves to hate, that annual ritual that inspires seniors to don their best suits and tote their most professional-looking portfolios: corporate recruiting. Every year, a little less than half the senior class enlists for that grueling process of resume and cover-letter writing, high-stakes interviews and uncertain futures. Some of the roughly 450 students who have signed up with Career Services this year know what they want.

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Assault rumors cause stir

By Alison Schmauch | October 7, 2002

Widespread rumors of a spike in on-campus sexual assaults have put Dartmouth administrators on alert, although few facts have been established amid a flurry of allegations. Several Dartmouth administrators expressed concern about the assault rumors, but they also said that they were not aware of any specific cases of sexual assault at this point. Although some of the email messages forwarded about the sexual assault cases have forged a link with members of a specific social organization at Dartmouth, no administrator interviewed by The Dartmouth said that any evidence for these allegations currently exists. Abby Tassel, coordinator of Dartmouth's sexual abuse awareness program, was away at the end of the last week and said she was surprised to return home to an inbox full of BlitzMail messages about possible sexual assault cases. Tassel said in a BlitzMail message to The Dartmouth that it seemed that there has been "a tremendous amount of misinformation flying about in my absence." Tassel said that she was not aware of any specific cases of sexual assault over the past two weeks. Sergeant Rebel Roberts of the Department of Safety and Security also said that no cases of sexual assault have been reported to Safety and Security either in the past two weeks, although one student did call to ask for information about sexual abuse. Roberts said, however, that due to the way systems for reporting sexual abuse at Dartmouth work, Safety and Security might well be unaware of any recent sexual assaults. While some students who are sexually assaulted might choose to report the incident to Safety and Security or to the Hanover Police, others might choose to report the incident only to Tassel or only to their Undergraduate Advisors, she said. No complaints of sexual assault have been filed with the Hanover Police either, according to Hanover Police Department Chief Nick Giaccone. Elizabeth Hirsh, director of women's health at Dick's House, said that Dick's House has not treated any women for sexual assault.

Opinion

In Theory

By Ana Bonnheim | October 7, 2002

The modern university plays an enormous role in civil society. The existence of an institution devoted to intellectual pursuits is an inspiring testament to the power of humanity.

Opinion

Look Out Behind You!

By James Huggins | October 7, 2002

Ah, good. I've caught your attention. It's hard to find an original introduction. Just as difficult is finding the perfect subject, especially when the writer has no actual knowledge of campus politics, campus policies, campus geography, campus activities or baking.

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Pro-Israel website blacklists college profs.

By Jessica Spradling | October 7, 2002

The Middle East Forum, a Philadelphia-based think tank, has recently been the center of a controversy surrounding their website, Campuswatch.org, which encourages students to monitor anti-Israel bias and pro-Palestinian campus activism. Campuswatch.org invites students to submit web reports on campus activity involving "Middle East-related scholarship, lectures, classes, demonstrations and other activities relevant to our work." Although the site previously published "dossiers" regarding specific professors with allegedly anti-Israeli views, a recent site reorganization downplayed the specificity of accusations. Although no Dartmouth students have participated thus far, students at several peer institutions -- including Columbia, Georgetown, Harvard and Stanford Universities, as well as University of California at Berkley -- have accused their professors of pro-Palestinian bias. Much of the controversy surrounding Campuswatch.org has come from the negative response in the academic community, with over 100 professors asking to be added to Campuswatch.org to indicate their solidarity with their peers. Despite public outcry however, the site, a non-profit organization maintained by private donations, claims that it supports "the views of most Americans." In response to protest in the academic community and public attention from the national press, Campuswatch.org changed its format on Sept.

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West rails agains 'new McCarthyism'

Controversial Princeton African-American Studies professor Cornel West argued that the "corporatization" of the American university is obstructing freedom of thought last Friday in a conference which addressed concerns that too many colleges are giving mere lip service to issues of diversity. Peppering his speech with humor and speaking in forceful oratory style, the animated West chronicled the public debacle between himself and Harvard President Larry Summers to a crowd spilling out of Collis Commonground.

Opinion

Great Expectations

By Ana Catalano | October 4, 2002

Here I am, Dartmouth. I am your future; an '06, a 'shmen. I don't know where I'm going half the time -- unless I follow the ever-present 'shmob.

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