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Cathcart seeks GLBT civil rights

By Kaitlin Bell | February 20, 2002

Stonewall Lecturer Kevin Cathcart spoke to an enthusiastic audience of about 70 students and faculty on the recent successes and continuing challenges faced by the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights movement. Cathcart has been the executive director of the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund since 1992.

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Redefining the AAS Debate

By Daniel Ng | February 20, 2002

In recent weeks, this paper and the campus have seen an exchange of opinion over the relevance and need for an Asian American Studies minor on campus.

Opinion

Can I See Some ID?

By Cal Newport | February 20, 2002

Security in this nation has never been tighter. Boarding an airplane requires passing through several armed checkpoints, military fighter jets circle over our major cities, and for their safety, the producers of the just-released Britney Spears movie "Crossroads" have been whisked away to an undisclosed location.

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New details reopen old wounds

By The Dartmouth Staff | February 20, 2002

Members of the increasing number of communities linked in the aftermath of the murders of Half and Susanne Zantop reacted to the newly-proposed motive yesterday with a mix of emotions, mainly sadness, fright and continued puzzlement. Dean of the College James Larimore said yesterday's revelations do not ease the pain of the "horrible actions" and encouraged members of the community to reach out to one another. "While we have all been hoping to better understand what happened on that fateful day last year, there is no comfort in knowing that we lost two wonderful people to such a senseless act of violence," Larimore wrote in an email. Before the announcement of the new charges, Howard Chesshire '74 of Vershire, Vt., said he felt a degree of empathy for the suspects, Robert Tulloch and James Parker, who attended tiny Chelsea High School with his daughter.

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Vatis calls for culture, structure change at FBI

By Nathaniel Ward | February 20, 2002

To protect civil liberties and better prevent terrorism, the United States' intelligence agencies must change their operational culture and do a better job of analyzing and disseminating the information they gather, former FBI and Justice Department counter-terrorism expert Michael Vatis said. Vatis, the director of Dartmouth's Institute for Security Technology Studies and former director of the National Infrastructure Protection Center, did not propose any specific reforms, but said that "structural and cultural changes" in the FBI and other agencies are important. "Our principal shortcomings lie not in our ability to collect the information" domestically, he said, but rather in the interpretation and timely distribution of relevant and accurate data. The analysis of collected data turns new information into knowledge, Vatis said, adding that most of the intelligence errors that failed to forewarn of the Sept.

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DOC elects Leneis '03 as next year's president

By Charles Gardner | February 19, 2002

Brad Leneis '03 and Eleanor Alexander '04 will lead the Dartmouth Outing Club as president and vice president, respectively, for the 2002-2003 year. The two were elected during a meeting last night attended by about 30 people. Leneis will be off-campus until next Fall term, but Alexander will begin her tenure as vice president this spring. Students elected to the two positions are expected to serve for four academic quarters, beginning with Spring term, though frequent disruptions caused by the D-Plan often necessitate the interim appointment of other DOC members to temporarily fill the posts. The outgoing president, Adam Sepulveda '02, was enthusiastic about the new executives. "I have a lot of confidence in these guys," he said, noting that pair's extensive prior experience with the organization will enable them to assume their responsibilities quickly and effectively. Leneis said one of his primary goals as president will be to work to bring people of widely varying backgrounds into the DOC. "The buzzword is increased diversity," he said.

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Early decision grows at Ivies

By N.F.S. Knight | February 19, 2002

Despite growing concerns about the fairness of early decision, its use continues to proliferate throughout the Ivy League, with some schools filling half of their incoming freshman slots with early applicants. The most dramatic increase came at the University of Pennsylvania, where 50 percent of its freshman class will be admitted early this year, up from 43 percent last year. Columbia, accepting 490 students, admitted 49 percent of its incoming class early.

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College can't touch Zeta Psi

By Rachel Osterman | February 19, 2002

Despite Zeta Psi fraternity's de facto existence, Dartmouth has lost its authority to regulate the derecognized house, legal experts say. Although Zeta Psi continues to throw parties where underage drinking takes place, elect officers and recruit new members, Dartmouth's breaking of all ties with the fraternity means that the privately owned house is legally just that -- a privately owned house. The Hanover Police Department and the New Hampshire state police are the only bodies with authority over the fraternity, located on 8 Webster Avenue.

Opinion

Sharpton's Sins

By Kevin Carmody | February 19, 2002

On Sunday evening, the Rev. Al Sharpton gave a lecture in Rollins Chapel as part of the Tucker Foundation's "Social Justice and Leadership" program.

Opinion

Poke a Nipple

By Abbye Meyer | February 19, 2002

I walked into my house the other day to find two friends sprawled on the couch. "Come sit down with us," they said.

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Sharpton social justice speech receives mixed reactions

By Meaghan Gragg | February 18, 2002

The Rev. Al Sharpton, a controversial activist and an expected presidential candidate in 2004, urged students to follow his lead and take action in support of their beliefs, regardless of public opinion, last night during a speech sponsored by the Tucker Foundation. Sharpton covered an array of issues ranging from his intentions to run for the presidency in the upcoming election in 2004 to the dangers he said big business poses to civil liberties. Speaking candidly, Sharpton elicited mixed reactions from the crowd, though laughter and applause often punctuated his speech. While the themes of public service and social justice -- were woven throughout Sharpton's speech, he spent the majority of his time addressing issues that will be important if he does indeed run a campaign. Addressing the expectations for his intentions to run for the presidency, Sharpton began his speech by emphasizing the importance he stakes in standing unwaveringly up to his beliefs and dismissing the need for public approval. Sharpton's speech in Rollins Chapel is part of his first visit to New Hampshire, a major political battleground since the state holds the first presidential primaries in the nation. Despite his political aspirations, Sharpton claimed that he is not interested in telling people what they want to hear. Sharpton criticized the Bush administration for suppressing "civil liberties and civil rights of American citizens" and supporting "some very reactionary regressive laws" in the wake of Sept.

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Faculty, staff lack parking

By Kaitlin Bell | February 18, 2002

Faculty and staff who park in the lot behind New Hampshire Hall are upset over the prospect of the College transferring the lot for exclusive use by the Hanover Inn, which already uses half of the approximately 36 spaces. The controversy is the latest symptom of Hanover's ongoing parking crunch that has resulted, in part, from recent College expansion and construction. The East Wheelock Residential Cluster, the Moore psychology building and Berry Library were all built on the sites of former parking lots. Handing over the New Hampshire lot to the Inn "would be a huge inconvenience" and "a major safety issue" for employees who work at the Hopkins Center, said Mara Sabinson, chair of the theater department, which has sent a letter to the administration protesting the proposed transfer. The lot, she said, is the safest and most accessible option for employees, many of whom do not leave work until after late-night rehearsals and performances. "A lot of employees, especially women, don't want to be traipsing around in the dark at 11:30 or 12:00 at night," Sabinson said. Parking officials at Dartmouth and at the Inn, however, maintain that the Inn's parking facilities are currently insufficient, and say the lot won't be designated for the Inn's exclusive use until the College is able to make alternate parking arrangements for its employees who use the lot. Allowing the Hanover Inn to have full use of the New Hampshire lot would ease the Inn's acute parking shortage, but not solve it, Hanover Inn Manager Matthew Marshall said. Town zoning laws require the Hanover Inn to provide 172 parking spaces.

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