Prof. discusses partisanship, treaty

DOUGLAS GONZALEZ / The Dartmouth Staff Government and Latin American, Latino and Caribbean studies professor Lisa Baldez pointed to partisan divisions to help explain why the United States remains one of only eight countries that have not ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women in a lecture, "The Cold War and Women's Rights," held in Alumni Hall on Saturday. While most Americans are well informed about the construction of the Berlin Wall and the 1980 Olympic hockey victory over the Soviet Union, few know about CEDAW, a Cold War-era United Nations treaty designed to grant women equal rights worldwide, Baldez said When Baldez asked the audience, which consisted predominantly of Dartmouth alumni, how many had heard of CEDAW, only three people raised their hands. "The people of the United States are at a distinct informational disadvantage because we've never even heard about CEDAW," Baldez said. She attributed the United Nation's adoption of the treaty in 1979 to the work of a diverse coalition of well-known American female icons, Soviet women's rights activists, governments of non-aligned countries and "enlightened monarchs of Afghanistan and Iraq." "It's a nonbinding treaty, but nonetheless it's been incredibly important around the world in ensuring women's rights," Baldez said.

Scholars offer differing opinions on patriotism

ZACH INGBRETSEN / The Dartmouth Staff Patriotism feeds on enmity and death, according to Steven Johnston, a University of South Florida government professor.

DMS students call for reform at vigil

SARAH IRVING / The Dartmouth Staff As a public school teacher, Deb Nelson said she has never had to worry about health insurance coverage and that the new health care legislation being debated in Washington is unlikely to affect her family.

Kim announces changes to admin. structure

Keller to step down as executive vice president, Kadish to assume additional responsibilities

Kim announces administrative consolidation

Kadish assumes larger responsibilities

College one of few Ivies with ROTC

SAM PURCELL / The Dartmouth Staff Correction appended As the nation waits to see whether President Barack Obama will follow through on his campaign promise to eliminate the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, Dartmouth remains one of four Ivy League institutions to permit the Reserve Officers' Training Corps to train students on campus.

Alum. captains NYPD fifth precinct

Karsten Moran/The Riverdale Press Five days after Brandon Del Pozo '96 arrived in Aman, Jordan, to gather information for the New York Police Department's overseas intelligence program, the two hotels across the street from where he was staying were blown up by suicide bombers.

Samwick named N.H. prof. of year

Andy Mai / The Dartmouth Staff Economics professor Andrew Samwick, director of the Rockefeller Center, will be recognized as the 2009 New Hampshire Professor of the Year by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and The Council for Advancement and Support of Education on Thursday in Washington.

Former visiting prof. sentenced to more than one year in jail