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Admissions reveals who gets those 'likely letters'

By Jennifer Thomas | March 2, 2000

The Admissions Office recently sent more than 300 letters to "exceptional" applicants advising them that they are likely to be accepted to the College in April -- a standard practice for Dartmouth but one that has consistently been clouded in mystery for many students and a topic for controversy for some others. According to Dean of Admissions Karl Furstenberg, the letters are sent annually to "students who emerge as very strong candidates" in the admissions process. "Most of this has to do with academic accomplishments," Furstenberg said.

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Fall UGA party has not changed screening

By Rachel Osterman | March 2, 2000

In spite of the incident this fall in which a UGA provided alcohol for his freshmen floormates in violation of his contract, the Office of Residential Life is planning no changes in the screening process of prospective advisors as the deadline looms for applications to residential positions. "We haven't even talked about the fall incident in the application process.

Sports

Green head to N.Y. for two games

By Austin Zalkin | March 2, 2000

Coming off losses to the Ivy League's top two teams in Hanover, the Dartmouth men's basketball team (8-17, 4-8) will face the third- and last-place teams this weekend in New York State. Tomorrow night the Big Green will battle to stay out of the Ancient Eight cellar when they take on Cornell (10-15, 3-9). The Big Red, like the Green, were expected to finish near the top of the standings before the year began, but instead have struggled to win at all. Until winning twice at home last weekend, the Big Red had only garnered a single League victory.

Opinion

When Will It End?

By Joe LaBracio | March 2, 2000

On January 18, 1993 at Grayson High School in Grayson, Kentucky, a 17-year old shot and killed a teacher and a custodian.

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MIT gets biggest gift ever: $350M

By From staff and wire reports | March 2, 2000

Massachusetts Institute of Technology became the recipient of the largest single gift ever given to a college or university this week when an alumnus pledged $350 million to fund a new institute on brain research. MIT President Charles M.

Arts

Local news, sitcoms waste tiny bits of your time

By John Teti | March 2, 2000

What difference does five minutes make? Take the 11 o'clock news. Any reasonable person would expect that the local news people are happy to fall in line with the tidy half-hour blocks that dictate the rest of the TV schedule.

Opinion

The Thicker Bubble

By Dan Pollock | March 2, 2000

When it comes to improving race relations, America seems to be taking baby steps. The acquittal of four New York City police officers, accused of killing Amadou Diallo, a West-African immigrant, gives strength to arguments that 21st century police officers are only marginally different from their 20th century counterparts.

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High number may reflect TA help

By Andrew Marnell | March 2, 2000

Yesterday's shocking announcement that 78 students were turned in to the College as a result of the Computer Science 4 cheating scandal, and that at least 63 of them will have hearings before the Committee on Standards, left the campus stunned, as the numbers were nearly double the anticipated 40 students expected to be implicated in the incident. In a BlitzMail message to his class two weeks ago, professor Rex Dwyer assured students "that in the end slightly more than 40 names were (or will shortly be) forwarded to Parkhurst Hall." Both Senior Associate Dean of the College Dan Nelson and chair of the computer science department Scot Drysdale speculated yesterday about the reasons for the disparity between the estimated and actual numbers, though neither was able to provide a definitive answer as to why the number was significantly higher than anticipated. "My best explanation is that I presume that he did further review and assessment of the homework assignments," Nelson said, speculating that this led Dwyer to turn in more names than anticipated. Drysdale agreed with the statement, though he added he believed that some students who received the code from teaching assistants may have been turned in as well. In the earlier BlitzMail message, Dwyer assured students that this would not be the case -- writing that he did not believe any of the students he turned in were cases of TAs giving away the answers, and also that he would specifically exclude these students from his reports to the administration. Nelson told The Dartmouth that at this point it is unclear which of the students may have received the solutions from TAs and who more deliberately cheated by downloading answers directly off the website or from BlitzMail messages, though he said he is currently working to compile evidence to try to determine the various sources of the allegedly copied code. Nelson added that the 63 students who have been notified that they will have to come before the COS all appear to have potentially violated the honor code, though he stressed that the final determination will be made by the committee. Undergraduate Judicial Affairs Officer Marcia Kelly told The Dartmouth last night that all students who have been implicated in the scandal were notified over the last two days via BlitzMail messages as well as correspondence via Hinman Mail. Dwyer's home school's reaction In an e-mail transmission dated Feb.

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Koop criticizes managed care

By Mark Bubriski | March 2, 2000

Former Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop '37 shared his thoughts on healthcare in the United States and the future of the medical profession Tuesday evening at a fireside chat in the Hyphen to roughly 40 students and community members. Koop expressed his disdain for managed care insurance companies.

Sports

If the shoe fits...

By Lou Scerra | March 2, 2000

In the era of Who Wants to Marry a Multimillionaire? and other shameless and fruitless attempts at true love, the Cinderella mythos has gently fallen by the wayside. But in some places, drama and romance remain.

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College weighs action on MP3s

By Mark Bubriski | March 2, 2000

Many universities across the nation have recently blocked on-campus use of Napster, Macster, iMesh and other MP3 file indexing and retrieval programs in response to large volumes of usage, which slows down their networks -- and Dartmouth is actively monitoring the situation here. The University of Texas at Austin, Boston University, the University of Chicago, Northwestern University, Oregon State University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are among approximately 70 schools preventing network access to Napster and other similar programs. Dartmouth Computing Services is currently monitoring the volume of Napster use but has no immediate plans for a ban on its use as of yet, though the possibility looms. "It's kind of contrary to our attitude toward network use," Director of Computing Larry Levine said of the potential ban, though he made it clear that he has not ruled anything out yet. "What we've seen is disturbing," he said of the increasing volume of use by Dartmouth students. Napster and similar programs allow users to quickly search large numbers of servers for MP3s, which are often in violation of copyright laws, and download them onto their PCs. The problem, Levine said, is that the users also become servers themselves and create large volumes of network traffic both downloading and retrieving.

Sports

Sekela '01 stars on hockey team

By Kevin Allen | March 2, 2000

Although there are many stories behind the Dartmouth women's ice hockey team and their successful run this season, perhaps one of the quieter ones has been that of junior co-captain Carrie Sekela.

Sports

Harvard, Penn remain in second

By Christopher J. Smith | March 1, 2000

Last weekend, Harvard and Penn received a golden opportunity to reclaim first place in the Ivy League -- which Dartmouth took over two weeks ago -- after the Big Green lost at Princeton on Saturday. But Penn lost its Friday match-up with Dartmouth and then on Saturday defeated the Crimson, who had earlier beaten Princeton, giving all three of the League's top teams a 1-1 weekend and maintaining the standings with the Big Green still leading by a game. Harvard 47, Princeton 43 The Harvard women's basketball team (15-8, 8-3 Ivy) narrowly avoided a significant upset Friday to retain second place in the Ivy League with a victory at Princeton (7-18, 4-7). The two teams played closely throughout, with six ties and six lead changes.

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SA to provide discounted bus fares

By Mike A. Hamilton | March 1, 2000

The Student Assembly passed a resolution last night that will provide discounted bus fares for Dartmouth students to and from Boston and New York City for spring break. By allocating 410 dollars of the Assembly's budget for the service, round trip ticket prices will be subsidized to and from Boston and New York City both at the beginning and end of vacation.

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Outing Club elects new pres., vice pres.

By Rebecca Holub | March 1, 2000

A general assembly of Dartmouth Outing Club members last night elected Eli Diament '02 and Flora Krivak-Tetley '02 president and vice president of the DOC, respectively. Before the vote, short speeches were presented by candidates Diament, Krivak-Tetley, Kenny Gillingham '02, Rachel Goldwasser '01 and Al Lee '01, which addressed current problems within the DOC and offered solutions and ideas to combat those issues. All of the candidates discussed the DOC's lack of diversity and its image as an exclusive organization, while several people also mentioned the important role the DOC will play on campus after the Student Life Initiative goes into effect.

Opinion

A Message to the Dartmouth Community

By James Larimore | March 1, 2000

To the Editor: As you may know, a faculty member in Computer Science has raised concerns about possible violations of the Academic Honor Principle with respect to an assignment in one of his classes. The Academic Honor Principle states that: "Fundamental to the principle of independent learning are the requirements of honesty and integrity in the performance of academic assignments." Because we know that the Dartmouth Community cares deeply about this principle, we wanted to provide as much information as we can at this time about these issues, consistent with our obligations to protect student confidentiality and conduct a fair process of investigation and, where appropriate, hearing. As of the present time, the Undergraduate Judicial Affairs Officer has received allegations concerning possible violations by a total of 78 students in this class.

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Phi Delt awaits final JC decision

By Jeffrey Tanenhaus | March 1, 2000

Although Dean of Residential Life Martin Redman projected the final verdict in the hearing against Phi Delta Alpha fraternity would be reached by early this week, the College's decision is still pending. Redman said the issue will be resolved "soon," although he has not made a decision yet and could release no further details because of the case's confidentiality. Redman sits on the Judicial Committee -- the Coed Fraternity Sorority Council's judiciary body -- and as the hearing officer, he said he can make the ultimate decision and determine any potential sanctions if the fraternity is found to be in violation of College policy. "This is not a hearing about derecognition, but a hearing about if in fact the allegations are true and in violation of College policy," Redman said.

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