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'Leaf peepers' begin to invade Upper Valley

By John Agbaje | October 11, 2007

They fill our hotels. They crowd our restaurants. They jam our roads with the slow, deliberate paces of their coach buses. It's fall in the Upper Valley and the "leaf peepers" are back. According to The New York Times, every year New England foliage attracts over 4 million leaf peepers.

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Daily Debriefing

By Vera Bergengruen | October 10, 2007

The Rockefeller Center extended its gratitude to student volunteers for their hard work in the Democratic presidential candidates debate during a dinner held in their honor Tuesday night in Hinman Forum.

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Armed with a cell phone, visitors can tour library

By Mat Grudzien | October 10, 2007

Those who missed the Baker-Berry Library open house held on Oct. 4 -- and possess a cell phone -- need not worry, now that library users can take a tour of the library using their cell phones, thanks to a recently introduced program. The technology allows students to take a tour of the library by dialing a number on their cell phones and listening to a series of pre-recorded descriptions of different library locations and resources. With the introduction of this system, Baker library joins institutions such as Library of Congress and the Folger Shakespeare Library, both of which already offer similar audio tours. The initial idea to institute the program at Dartmouth was proposed by Ridie Ghezzi, the head of research and instructional services at the Baker Library, and the tour was organized by reference librarian Andrea Bartelstein. "She read an article on the Guide Cell company that organizes audio tours such as ours," Bartelstein said.

Student Body President Travis Green '08 keeps watch during Tuesday night's meeting of the General Assembly.
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Green: Assembly should stay out of alumni battle

By Sam Buntz | October 10, 2007

Sophie Novack / The Dartmouth Staff Student Assembly refused to take a position on the Association of Alumni's ongoing lawsuit against the College Tuesday night, with the Assembly President Travis Green '08 saying, "I don't want to get involved." The Assembly went on to allocate one-third of its total budget for the Collegiate Readership Program, which provides students with free copies of The New York Times, The Boston Globe, USA Today and The Financial Times. "Are we going to make a statement about what's going on with the Alumni Association?" Laura Little '08 said.

Former President of Ireland and Montgomery Fellow Mary Robinson stressed a societal recommitment to human rights in Moore Auditorium Tuesday.
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Former Irish president talks rights

October 10, 2007

Kate Coster / The Dartmouth Staff The global definition of human rights must be broadened and humanity's practical commitment to such ideals must be renewed, Mary Robinson, the former president of Ireland and a current Montgomery Fellow, told a packed audience in Moore Auditorium on Tuesday. Robinson, in her Montgomery Fellow lecture, spoke on issues including women's rights and the use of torture as a matter of global security.

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Class of 1978 sets new donation record

By Emily Goodell | October 10, 2007

With a goal to raise $43 million in time for its 30th reunion, the Class of 1978 will set a new record in alumni giving and provide for the construction of a new life sciences building, which will be named in honor of the class.

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Nelson sponsors men's discussion

By Nathan Swire | October 9, 2007

The Men's Discussion Group, a monthly forum organized to discuss issues of masculinity at Dartmouth, met for the first time on Monday in what organizers hope will become a popular event. The group, which consisted of about 30 people, was organized by Dr. Mark Reed, director of counseling and human development, and Acting Dean of the College Dan Nelson.

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First round of sorority rush begins

By Nick Swanson | October 9, 2007

Sorority rush, a time-consuming week-long process, begins Tuesday for 307 pledge hopefuls. This year marks the second time that Alpha Phi sorority, founded in winter 2006, will partake in fall rush. Though the sorority is the smallest on campus, the number of '09s that pledged Alpha Phi was on par with the number who pledged at other campus sororities according to Kate Robb '08, president of the Panhellenic Council. "Alpha Phi is building their numbers" Robb said.

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Wright: Summer term needs boost

By Rebecca Cress | October 9, 2007

College President James Wright proposed changes to sophomore summer to make the term "a showcase of what Dartmouth can do" at the Fall term general faculty meeting in Alumni Hall on Monday. Wright suggested four changes that he said would increase depth and breadth of study: scheduling classes in intensive blocks of three weeks rather than nine or 10, making courses worth three credits rather than one, having professional school professors teach some undergraduate classes and better integrating the Hopkins Center, Tucker Foundation and other campus centers in thematic learning programs. "For 30 years it has evolved but it has not been strategically and intellectually managed by the faculty and the administration," Wright said of the sophomore summer experience. Wright went on to call the state of the College "excellent" and to laud class sizes, noting that 65 percent of classes have 20 or fewer students.

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Daily Debriefing

By Erin Jaeger | October 8, 2007

Local presidential candidate Robert Haines, 60, was arraigned Thursday in Manchester District Court on a charge of disorderly conduct, according to the New Hampshire Union Leader.

John Byrne '81, pictured with his two daughters, chose to purchase the Alyeska ski resort partially because he wanted to make it family-friendly.
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Byrne: 'Most of my job is buying other people's mistakes'

By Kashay Sanders | October 8, 2007

Courtesy of John Byrne When he noticed that Alyeska ski resort in Girdwood, Alaska wasn't very family-friendly, life-long skier and real estate entrepreneur John Byrne '81 had an odd solution. He bought it. While Byrne said he initially purchased the resort in 2006 to turn a profit out of his love of skiing, making it more family-oriented was high on his list of priorities.

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Alum pens Starbucks business strategy book

By Turia Lahlou | October 8, 2007

In his new book, "Starbucked: A Double Tall Tale of Caffeine, Commerce, and Culture," Taylor Clark '02 describes the growth of Starbucks from a relative unknown to a cultural icon. Clark, a first-time author, said that companies like Starbucks, that come to dominate the American marketplace have always fascinated him. "Starbucks and coffeehouses as a cultural phenomenon, and how quickly they became part of our lifestyle, drove me to write this book," he said.

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