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Blum wins $500,000 grant

By Melissa Marroncelli | October 13, 1993

President Bill Clinton recently named Earth Sciences Professor Joel Blum as a 1993 Presidential Faculty Fellow for his research in geochemistry. Blum will receive a five-year, $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.

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Thayer names Lynch endowed prof

By Jennifer Chen | October 13, 1993

The Board of Trustees rewarded Daniel Lynch's commitment and contributions to the Thayer School of Engineering with an endowed professorship last July. Carol Muller, assistant dean for administration at the Thayer School, said an appointment to an endowed professorship or chair is the highest honor a professor can receive. "They select a senior faculty member whose work is exceptionally done," she said. A 15-year veteran of the Thayer School, Lynch said his new appointment to the MacLean Professorship has given him more confidence to pursue new research at his discretion. "It's a great honor to be named to an endowed chair," he said. His future research may explore global management of industrialization, Lynch said. Lynch, who teaches undergraduate and graduate-level courses in environmental engineering, is currently working to simulate ocean movement with computers. Dean of the Thayer School Charles Hutchinson said he was pleased with Lynch's appointment and praised Lynch for his contributions to the school. "He has been involved in developing a lot of new opportunities for students in the area of environmental engineering," Hutchinson said. Christopher Naimie, who is in the fourth year of his doctorate studies in environmental engineering, has been a research assistant for Lynch for nearly two years. "Being an extremely intelligent person, [Lynch] has a tendency to speak about the important concepts of his research and not the day-to-day details that you don't learn very much from," Naimie said.

Opinion

NAD celebration embraces all

By Ethan Ostrow | October 13, 1993

In a time when cultural rifts plunge more people daily into abysmal depths of ignorance and hate, the College should be exceedingly grateful for the Native Americans at Dartmouth.

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Mid-east peace plan explained

By Jean Lee | October 13, 1993

Moshe Arad, director general of Israel's Ministry of Communications, said in a discussion panel yesterday that the new Middle East peace agreement is ambitious but still leaves many social and economic problems to be solved. Arad spoke in a discussion about the search for peace in the Middle East, called "Opportunities and Obstacles," in 105 Dartmouth Hall. International Politics Professor James Piscatori of the University College of Wales' joined Arad for the discussion.

Sports

Paths diverge for tennis

By Kenneth Y. Lee | October 13, 1993

The men's and women's tennis teams took divergent paths this weekend. At the Eastern College Athletic Championship tournament at Princeton, the men's squad suffered a rare lack of form and lost, while the women's squad showed promise at the Brown Invitational. The Brown Invitational was an individual tournament with various flights of competition.

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DHMC team finds antibodies

By Amy Henry And Marissa Piropato | October 13, 1993

A team of researchers at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center recently developed an antibody that stops body's immune system from attacking itself. The antibody, a molecule that prevents diseases, could help patients with rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis, according Microbiology Professor Randolph Noelle, who led the research team. The antibody that Noelle's team produced deactivates a specific molecule called "gp39." He said overproduction of this molecule causes it to attack the body's tissue while it attacks diseases. Noelle said the team was aware of the link between the molecule and the immune system because individuals who have mutated forms of the molecule usually die before they are three years old. The team was originally interested in lymphocytes which led them to investigate the actions of gp39. "Lymphocytes are white blood cells which fight diseases.

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Russian unrest touches Dartmouth

By Timothy Fitzgibbons | October 13, 1993

Sergei Bassine '94 said when he returned home to St. Petersburg this summer it "was like a different planet" compared to the world he had known only a year ago. The political turmoil in Russia has hit home for College students who hail from the former Soviet Union and for students and professors currently in Moscow on a foreign study program. Two weeks ago, Russian President Boris Yeltsin dissolved the Russian Parliament, because he said it was interfering with reforms he was trying to implement. The legislature then revolted and barricaded itself inside the Parliament building.

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Wright will visit Japan

By Fiona Koper | October 12, 1993

Dean of Faculty James Wright and Director of Foundation and Corporate Relations Ken Spritz will travel to Japan next week on a trip designed to raise money for the College and develop ties between Dartmouth and Japanese corporations. The two administrators arrive Oct.

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Epilepsy center toasts success

By Michelle Mooradian | October 12, 1993

Patients and staff of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center are celebrating the second anniversary of the highly successful unit this fall. Over the past two years, the epilepsy program at the DHMC has grown into one of the top epilepsy centers in the country, treating nearly 250 patients, some of whom have been referred by other renowned epilepsy centers. Originally set up to serve the northern New England region, the Epilepsy Center has attracted patients from across the nation and abroad because of the remarkable success of the center's team of surgeons. Sixteen-year-old Michael Stephenson from LaPaz, Bolivia, is one of the program's recent success stories.

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Big Green water polo wins two of four

By J. J. Schaum | October 12, 1993

The Dartmouth water polo team competed in its second tournament this weekend at Williams College. The Big Green finished with a 2-2 record to secure a third place finish in the Eastern Division of the Eastern Water Polo Association rankings and received a bid to the EWPA championships.

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Mouth as mirror; President of dental association speaks

By David Hemmer | October 12, 1993

The director of the National Institute of Dental Health told a Rockefeller Center audience last night that oral health is a crucial indicator of people's overall health in a speech titled "The Mouth as a Mirror." "Without good oral health, we are not healthy," said Dr. Harald Loe.

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Group works to save Webster estate

By Ryan Boyle | October 12, 1993

A citizens group in Marshfield, Mass., has spent the last three years fighting to save the 18-acre estate of distinguished Dartmouth alumnus Daniel Webster, Class of 1801. The group, known as the Daniel Webster Preservation Trust, founded in 1990, hopes to raise $800,000 to buy the plot from developer William Last, who purchased the land in 1986, according to local newspapers. Jim Cantwell, an aide to Massachusetts State Senator Brian McDonald, has spearheaded the movement, which has strong community support. Cantwell and the group plan to convert the estate to a combined bed and breakfast and a museum dedicated to Webster, a 19th century statesman and lawyer. They also hope to protect the 350-year-old English Linden Tree, which residents believe English colonists planted to remind them of home, the Boston, Mass., Patriot Ledger reported. According to the Ledger, Last originally planned to build a housing project for elderly citizens, but the 1990 recession delayed the construction for three years. In early April, the town zoning board refused to extend the building permit.

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