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Northwestern e-mails acceptance notices

By Alice Gomstyn | April 26, 2000

Some students admitted to Northwestern University this spring first learned of their acceptances to the school from an unconventional source -- their computers. According to Rebecca Dixon, associate provost for enrollment at Northwestern, approximately 90 percent of the 4,000 admitted regular decision applicants received e-mails congratulating them on being accepted to the university. The remaining 10 percent accounts for students who did not provide the school with e-mail addresses. The e-mails, stressed Dixon, were not intended to serve as primary notification for students of their acceptance to the university.

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Vice Presidential Student Assembly Candidates

By Omer Ismail | April 26, 2000

Chance Hill '01 Age: 21 Hometown: Los Angeles, Calif. Major: Government Minor: Spanish Chance Hill '01 said he would like to work with Dean of the College James Larimore and the administration to include effectively all student input in the Initiative decisions that will be made next year. Pointing out that the administration will be deciding important details next year in implementing the Trustees' Initiative guidelines, Hill stressed the need for student input in decisions that will be "changing our lives." As vice president, Hill would also like to "moderately reform" the Assembly to attract more students and actively recruit different types of students.

Opinion

Enough Joking Already

By Alex Wilson | April 26, 2000

If you ask the average Dartmouth student what they think of the Student Assembly, you would probably hear something like: "Who cares?" "They don't do anything." And most often: "It's a joke." In the time I've worked on SA over the past two years I've learned two things: first, those feelings are somewhat justified.

Opinion

It's Not So Simple

By Melissa Heaton | April 26, 2000

I received an e-mail last Wednesday proposing a "serious demonstration" outside Parkhurst Hall with the intention of "showing support for the continuation and freedom of the Greek system." Instantly, the image of a Wednesday-night-rally flashed through my mind.

Opinion

A Lack of Leadership

By Rob Valet | April 26, 2000

I am sure you have seen the picture by now--the Immigration Naturalization Service officer, wearing body armor and armed with a machine gun, has burst into the Gonzlez home and finds himself face to face with a terrified, crying Elian, who is hiding in the closet with the fisherman who plucked him out of the ocean a few months ago.

Opinion

Down the Toilet

By Dan Galemba | April 26, 2000

I was sitting in my high school calculus class in Englewood, Colorado, a suburb of Denver, when, halfway through, one of my classmates shows up, declaring with a laugh that there was some sort of "hostage situation" at Columbine and all the classes were watching it.

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Hanover HS receives phoned death threat

By Mark Bubriski | April 25, 2000

A disturbing Columbine-esque threat was phoned into Hanover High School's main office yesterday morning leading to a "lock-down" of the school's premises until the situation was deemed safe. An anonymous male called the school at 11:45 a.m.

Sports

Baseball KOs Yalies for sweep

By Jonathan Riccio | April 25, 2000

It was a struggle, especially in the second game of a double-header against Yale, but the Dartmouth baseball team reeled off its tenth and eleventh consecutive victories on Monday at home to match a school record.

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Student Assembly Elections Feature

By The Dartmouth Staff | April 25, 2000

As the application process for spring elections draws to a close, a number of students have signified their intent to run for the Student Assembly presidency -- setting up one of the most crowded fields in some time. Read all about the candidates in our Student Assembly Elections feature.

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Sailors qualify for ICYRA championships

By Michael P. Hamilton | April 25, 2000

This weekend the women's lacrosse team was not the only team laying claim to the label "dynasty." The Big Green women's sailing team won the New England Women's Championship Reed Trophy on Sunday for the second consecutive year, qualifying for the ICYRA National Dinghy Championship in the process. Dartmouth overcame inclement weather on the Charles River in Boston to finish first in the field of 17 schools with 123 points.

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Lawsuit increases Napster worries

By Amit Anand | April 25, 2000

Responding to a lawsuit by the heavy metal musical band Metallica, the University of Southern California plans to continue to allow access to Napster -- a popular program that lets users exchange MP3s over the Internet -- as long as users demonstrate that they are using it for legal purposes, the university announced on Friday. The University's response to Metallica's lawsuit comes days after Yale University and Indiana University, who were also defendants in the lawsuit, decided to block all access to Napster.

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The D's peek into Dartmouth's very own White House

By Jennifer Thomas | April 25, 2000

While husband James Wright, president of the College, wrestles with the issues of community raised by the Initiative, Susan Wright promotes her own sense of community by regularly opening the presidential residence to students and faculty. "Jim and I really want to be able to open the house to various groups," she said.

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Republican youth group in search for moderates

By Louisa Sadler | April 25, 2000

Hoping to capitalize on recent College students' involvement in the 2000 Presidential campaigns, the Republican Youth Majority -- a nationwide, moderate Republican activism group -- was at Dartmouth this month seeking new members with the hopes of establishing a chapter on campus. The group would not be an alternative to the long-standing College Republicans, formerly known as the Conservative Union at Dartmouth, but merely an additional option for Republican activism, regional organizer Rob Singer said. He said he is seeking to expand the group's membership throughout the Northeast, which prompted his trip to the Dartmouth campus. The Republican Youth Majority is built on a "fiscally conservative and socially moderate" platform, which includes a pro-choice plans, according to their fliers on campus -- an item that conflict with traditional Republican party ideology. "People don't know this message exists within the Republican party.

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DDS does not consider genetic modification

By Brian Potter | April 25, 2000

Are the tomatoes you eat in Food Court as natural as they look, or have they been genetically modified through a controversial alteration? Even though the idea of genetically modified food is currently being widely debated, Dartmouth Dining Services has no official policy on whether it buys the souped-up vegetables and meat or their more traditional cousins. The College does not check first before purchasing items to see whether they were genetically modified -- or infused with a gene from another organism. DDS Purchasing Manager Beth Jones told The Dartmouth it is very difficult to tell what has been modified and what has not because food companies do not place labels on products that identify which ingredients are modified. For example, a salad dressing company will not label its products for genetically enhanced soybeans or other natural ingredients. This lack of labeling has been a particular subject of debate among legislators nationally, with some calling for mandates requiring producers and manufacturers to identify modified foods. Although there is little scientific information currently available about the effects of genetically modified food on humans, members of the College community already have a wide variety of opinions. Jones says she would not have a problem eating genetically modified food, while Collis Assistant Manager Steve Edes said he would steer away from such food if he had a choice.

Opinion

Why the Protests Failed

By Chris Hummel | April 25, 2000

Representing wide-ranging interests, thousands of protestors gathered in Washington, DC, last weekend in an effort to disrupt the meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

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