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OAC gives Bones Gate three weeks' probation

By Richard Lazarus | January 31, 2002

Bones Gate fraternity was slapped with three weeks of "full social restrictions" at an Organizational Adjudication Committee hearing last Thursday after the house was found to have hosted an unregistered social event early this month. The ruling was the fourth the term-old OAC has made.

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Students talk inter-group dating

By Jenn Coffey | January 31, 2002

The tendency to put people into categories based on their race or religion and the segregation that results from such distinctions were the main topics of concern at last night's informal discussion on inter-group dating and marriage. "If you really want to be open minded you have to stop categorizing people," Michael Sevi '02 said. The purpose of the discussion was "to examine an area that is still unfortunately a taboo in the year 2002, despite how far we've come," according to Sevi, who organized the event along with Aquilla Raiford '03 and Myesha Jackson '02. Sevi began the discussion -- attended by about 50 people of widely-divergent ethnicity-- by talking about his own experience growing up Jewish and being expected to marry a Jewish woman. He expressed an attitude that he believes a lot of people share about inter-group dating: "It's okay for other people to do it, but it's not okay for me to do it." Speaking from her own experience, Diamond Hicks '03 responded by saying, "I don't think people really understand because they never even consider it." Several students mentioned that the problems associated with inter-group dating are made worse at a small campus like Dartmouth. "The biggest difficulty on this campus is honestly interacting with other cultures.

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Bosnian youth go home motivated

By Megh Duwadi | January 31, 2002

A Dartmouth program designed to teach Bosnian youths about democratic values is in its final week, but the lessons learned will not soon be forgotten. Twenty-two high school students and teachers traveled from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Hanover to participate in the Youth Leadership Program, intended to encourage community involvement in a nation torn by a decade of war and polarized by religious and ethnic differences. National identity and other civic issues were discussed at length during lectures conducted by Dartmouth professors. "Before I came here, I was not as open to participate in community organizations," program participant Jasmin Omaragic said.

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Woolsey argued his way into CIA

By Tara Kyle | January 30, 2002

Former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency James Woolsey broke into the national security business by picking fights, and things haven't changed much since. While attending the 1968 wedding of a college friend and the daughter of then-Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Nitze, Woolsey found himself at odds with the father of the bride. The one-time head of Yale Citizens for Eugene McCarthy didn't see eye to eye with the Johnson administration's Vietnam policy. "It was Lieutenant Woolsey versus Deputy Secretary of Defense Nitze," Woolsey said yesterday in an interview with The Dartmouth. Yet Nitze clearly saw something he liked in the Tulsa-born Army Captain, because when Nitze headed up the U.S.

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SA nixes Ivy Council secession plan

By Matt Lewis | January 30, 2002

Student Assembly demonstrated strong support last night for the Ivy Council, almost unanimously rejecting a resolution to sever ties with the organization composed of student representatives from Ivy League schools. Members backing the Ivy Council hoped that the Assembly's full support would ensure stability and tangible results from the flagging organization, which recently suffered the resignation of two-fifths of its executive board. Despite having sponsored the motion to dissolve the Assembly's relationship with the Ivy Council, Student Body Vice President Michael Newton '04 said he was pleased with the outcome. "I think its important that the Dartmouth Student Assembly made a commitment to Ivy Council," Newton said.

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Experts: Symptom length indicates depression

By Katie Van Syckle | January 30, 2002

You find no motivation to open a textbook, interact with friends or get out of bed. Are you depressed? According to mental health experts, the answer is maybe -- depending on the duration and intensity of such symptoms. While it is sometimes hard to determine what behavior is normal and what behavior should prompt concern, counselors say there is an important, although sometimes complicated, distinction between going through a rut and being depressed. "Depression is an illness, having a bad day isn't," said Dr. Michael Hertzberg Ph.D., a psychiatrist based in Alexandria, Virginia.

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Tips for some of the most prevalent illnesses at Dartmouth

By David Schnur | January 30, 2002

Stress and Anxiety Be realistic in what you can and cannot do. Get adequate sleep. Try to establish a regular hour for bedtime. Control your emotions. Learn to love people more than things. Don't rely on alcohol or drugs to cope with a problem. Don't keep feelings to yourself. Make decisions even though they may turn out to be wrong. Try to follow routines.

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MIT combats campus' unusually high suicide rate

By Jen Tutak | January 30, 2002

Criticized for having one of the highest collegiate suicide rates in the country, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has forged ahead with an aggressive campaign to review its mental health policy and cope with the growing national trend of young adult suicide. At MIT, 11 students have committed suicide since 1990, 10 of them undergraduates.

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System Failure

By Katie Greenwood | January 30, 2002

Late Wednesday night, I was talking with a friend in her room; she and three friends had just been through the rush process together.

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Signs of Clinical Depression

By David Schnur | January 30, 2002

Concentration is often impaired Inability to experience pleasure Increase in self-critical thoughts with a voice in the back of one's mind providing a constant barrage of harsh, negative statements Sleep disturbance or inability to fall back to sleep Change in personality Increased isolation Decrease in appetite or food loses its taste Feelings of guilt, helplessness and/or hopelessness Thoughts of suicide Feelilng fatigued after 12 hours of sleep Missing deadlines or a drop in standards Increased sexual promiscuity Increased alchohol/drug use Information from the Dartmouth College Health Service

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New research dulls Prozac's glossy image

By Sabrina Peric | January 30, 2002

Glossy, trendy and a household name, Prozac has become the first prescription drug of our time to transgress the obscure world of medical textbooks and enter the glamorized sphere of popular culture. And yet the drug's success may not be quite so straightforward. With growing controversy surrounding Prozac and the emergence of similar anti-depressants, the first quarter of this year -- 15 years after Prozac first hit the market -- has seen the pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Co., manufacturer of Prozac, report an astounding 25-percent drop in earnings. While some are blaming this drop on Lilly's loss of its patent and the corresponding emergence of less expensive generic versions, others identify another phenomenon: the end of the "happy pill" era. Once considered a wonder drug, Prozac was believed to be a much more viable, efficient and inexpensive alternative to psychotherapy. But after 15 years on the market, scientists are now beginning to understand the long-term effects of the drug and why therapy may, many say, be much more beneficial than a prescription. Approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1987 as an anti-depressant with "fewer than usual" side effects, Prozac (or fluoxetine) became widely used for treating depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and bulimia nervosa. Within two years, pharmacies were filling out 65,000 Prozac prescriptions a month in the United States alone.

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Dick's House offers a variety of services

By Michelle Hogan | January 30, 2002

Dartmouth's mental health services, centered around the Counseling and Human Development Department in Dick's House, provide students with a variety of therapeutic options, from topic-specific support groups to individual counseling. Dartmouth's basic health care plan, included in each student's tuition, covers these services. The mental healthcare staff at Dick's House -- which consists of psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and fourth-year psychiatry residents -- counsels students in need of short-term care.

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