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Senior may become America's Next Top Model

By Brook Jackling | February 7, 2007

Unlike most Dartmouth students who travel abroad or work at lucrative internships during their off terms, Whitney Cunningham '07 spent her fall in Los Angeles as one of the 13 contestants on Cycle Eight of America's Next Top Model, Tyra Banks's hit reality television show that pits wannabe models against each other for a $100,000 CoverGirl contract. Cunningham first auditioned for the show last February hoping to be a contestant on Cycle Seven, but was called back this year for Cycle Eight. "I decided to audition on a total whim," Cunningham said.

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Underage, Hanover High partygoers hit up frat row

By William Schpero | February 6, 2007

Nate Mathis '10 was walking with his friend towards Webster Ave. one weekday around 5 p.m. when he was approached by two 16-year-olds who "asked if they could score some weed," he explained. "I laughed it off and said 'Sorry, no.'" Such frat row encounters with teenagers are rare, but a portion of Hanover High School students defy curfew, brave fraternity parties, and risk possible rejection from fraternity houses and punishment from their parents. And it's no wonder fraternities try to keep high school students outside; College and town officials stated that Dartmouth fraternities expose themselves to legal liabilities by admitting them. Several current high school students -- who did not want to be named because of the sensitive nature of this subject -- estimated that approximately one-third of Hanover High's current senior class has visited a fraternity.

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Ousted, Zeta Psi laments closure

By Amita Kulkarni | February 6, 2007

Although current members of Zeta Psi fraternity have remained relatively silent since their house was officially closed early this winter, as per a re-recognition plan, they are not necessarily pleased with the decision in which they had no say. During the six-year period of de-recognition, Zeta Psi remained on campus as a fraternity independent of the College.

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Order of Omega hosts leadership confere nce

By Xiaolin Zhao | February 5, 2007

The Order of Omega held its annual Emerging Leaders Institute, a program organizers hope will serve as a forum for building relationships and frankly discussing the fraternity and sorority experience at Dartmouth, on Saturday in 105 Dartmouth Hall. The event, organized by David Zubricki '07 and Meghan Feely '08, emphasized cultivating relationships with administrators and Greek houses.

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Water pong banned, risks of overhydrating cited

By Ben Nunnery | February 5, 2007

Community Director Kristin Deal has banned water pong in residence halls, arguing that the beer-pong substitute violates Office of Residential Life policies and poses a health danger. In an e-mail sent to residents, Deal, the community director for the Choates and North Hall, cited three residential policies that water pong violates, including a policy prohibiting endangering behavior. In the same e-mail, Deal also included a link to a CNN article titled, "Women drinks so much water she dies," which reported on a California women who died after participating in the "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" radio contest.

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The Facts Behind Work-Study

By Erin Clark | February 5, 2007

To the Editor: Bret Vallacher '10 suggested that his inability to find a job at Dartmouth was the result of "blatant classism" ("Work-Study Woes," Jan.

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The Life of a Student Nude Model

By Zeke Turner | February 5, 2007

Most people have nightmares about being naked in public. However, most people do not work as nude models in Dartmouth's drawing classrooms where baring it all is one of the best jobs on campus.

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Romanoff biographer discusses work

By Allyson Bennett | February 5, 2007

At 2:30 in the morning on July 17, 1918, the last czar of Russia, Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra, his children and several of his servants were taken down to the cellar of the house where they had been confined for months.

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Daily Debriefing

By Compiled by Victoria Boggiano | February 2, 2007

World-renowned tenor Ian Bostridge will not perform with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra at the Hopkins Center on Friday as was originally expected, due to an illness that prevents him from traveling to the United States from London.

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Romney talks healthcare at DHMC

By Andrew Lebovich | February 2, 2007

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, a likely candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, gave the inaugural "Health Policy Grand Rounds" lecture at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center yesterday.

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