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Williams is Truman Scholar

By Tracy Landers | April 1, 2002

A small-town girl from North Dakota and a published mathematician, Heidi Williams '03 was recently named a 2002 Truman Scholar for her work on improving young women's access to math and science education. The $30,000 award, offered to 64 out of 590 undergraduate candidates, will pay for part of Williams' graduate school program in mathematics. The Truman Scholarship is designed for students who want to pursue careers in government and nonprofit, and Williams fits the bill with her interest in education. As part of her current Presidential Scholarship independent-study program, Williams single-handedly organized a Sister-to-Sister Conference, which brought 110 middle school-age girls from eight local schools to the Rockefeller Center on March 8 to discuss educational inequality. "I feel like teaching will always be a big part of what I do.

Opinion

Valuing Life

By Mark Yohalem | April 1, 2002

In his March 29 editorial, "The Miracle of Birth," Dan Rothfarb has finally succeeded in crossing the line from the inane to the offensive.

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A Just Peace

By Jeffrey Murphy | April 1, 2002

This past week witnessed an unprecedented escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Three Palestinian suicide bombers killed 39 Israelis in the course of four days.

Opinion

Childhood Lessons

By Nathaniel Paull | April 1, 2002

When I was younger, my older brother and I used to get into fights. We'd bicker about who got to play with which toys, who could sit in the front seat on car rides and which of us was just generally better.

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ORL readies door locks for fall

By Carl Burnett | March 29, 2002

Dean of Residential Life Martin Redman says he is "100 percent sure" the College's new electronic door-locking system will be on-line for this Fall term, although testing of the system may begin this summer. Implementation of the new system, which was originally scheduled for last fall, has been delayed several times and for a number of reasons. "Technically, we could've turned it on for Winter term, but we would've needed to work day and night to train people," Redman said.

Opinion

The Miracle of Birth

By Dan Rothfarb | March 29, 2002

My birthday is a week from today, but I can already say that 21st birthdays are overrated. In fact, all birthdays are overrated, especially the actual days when each of us came gushing out of his or her respective mother.

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Sept. 11 memorial in works

By Nathaniel Ward | March 29, 2002

College administrators and students have begun planning a memorial to the 11 members of the Dartmouth community -- including eight College alumni -- killed in the Sept.

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ORL, Greeks create action plans

By Charles Gardner | March 29, 2002

After a term of planning and preparation, Greek leaders will soon meet with members of the Office of Residential Life to begin shaping their Student Life Initiative-inspired "action plans." The house-specific, student-created regulations will replace the existing system of Minimum Standards beginning next year. The action plans -- first described in a report of the Greek Life Steering Committee in June 2001 -- will be based on the Greek community's six guiding principles and will incorporate a number of recommendations outlined in January by Dean of Residential Life Martin Redman. After a term spent creating a basic template to assist groups in drafting their plans, representatives from coed, fraternity and sorority organizations will confer with ORL to review the past year's priorities and to establish future goals to be incorporated into the action plans. "It's a total learning process," Assistant Dean of Residential Life Cassie Barnhardt said.

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Greeks expect strong second-round rush class

By Lauren Gee | March 29, 2002

Coed, fraternity and sorority organizations are once again gearing up to recruit new additions to their houses as the Spring rush process makes its Dartmouth debut. Fraternity leaders anticipate 100 male rushees this Spring term, but Interfraternity Council President Sunil Bhagavath '03 admitted, "I don't know exactly what to expect and I'm sure some of the houses don't know exactly either." Panhellenic Council President Ann Chang '03, projected a much larger second-round recruitment class than in 2001.

Opinion

The Week

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | March 29, 2002

Detaining Peace Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon shattered any doubts this week that he is willing to adopt a long-term peace plan when he put unfairly harsh conditions on Yasser Arafat's ability to attend an Arab summit meeting.

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The Pavilion can't get kosher for Passover

By Carl Burnett | March 28, 2002

Due to the difficulty of following the strict rules needed to prepare kosher food for Passover, Dartmouth Dining Services has decided to close the kosher dining facility in The Pavilion throughout the week-long Jewish holiday. While The Pavilion will continue to provide halal meals during the next week, the three kosher kitchens closed yesterday and will remain closed until dinner on Sunday, April 7, since Passover ends Thursday evening and The Pavilion is closed on Fridays and Saturdays. The difficulty of serving food that is kosher for Passover is that each kitchen being used must be kashered, or made kosher, specifically for Passover -- a process that would involve purchasing new utensils and cookware, kosher kitchen manager Robert Lester said. Lester said that a salt shaker that had been used before Passover would have to be thrown away and a new one opened for Passover, and so on with the entire kitchen. Most facilities that serve kosher-for-Passover food maintain a separate kitchen specifically for that purpose, he added. Lester emphasized the importance of making absolutely sure that the kitchen complies in every way with Jewish law. "We don't want to 'oops,'" Lester said.

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