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Wright pledges to 'correct the record' in trustee race

By William Schpero | March 2, 2007

In a letter to the community on Wednesday that touched on a wide range of issues, College President James Wright pledged to "correct the record" trustee election campaign rhetoric impedes efforts to recruit faculty and students. Though Wright denies that the pledge was a specific reference to any one candidate, claims made on the campaign website of Stephen Smith '88 seem to directly contrast those made by Wright. "I have full regards for [Smith's] integrity," Wright said in an interview with The Dartmouth.

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Alpha Phi Alpha holds 'Alpha Week'

By Anna Lotko | March 1, 2007

In response to Kiri Davis's "A Girl Like Me," a documentary experiment that found that black children are culturally inclined to choose light skinned dolls over those with dark skin, Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity plans to host a discussion titled "Black Image and Self-Worth" on Thursday evening. The discussion, which will focus on the cultural portrayal of black self-image, particularly among children, is part of the annual week long event "Alpha Week." The video, which won the Diversity Award during the sixth-annual Media That Matters Film Festival, features the opinions of various black women about skin color and self-image.

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Daily Debriefing

By Compiled by Amita Kulkarni | March 1, 2007

Sandy Alderson '69, one of the four individuals running in the upcoming Board of Trustees election, spoke at a dinner at Alpha Delta fraternity on Wednesday evening.

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UGA's dean shoots for College job

By Allie Lowe | March 1, 2007

Michelle Garfield, the current Associate Dean of the University of Georgia's Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, visited Dartmouth last week to interview as one of four finalists for the Dean of the College position vacated by James Larimore last May. Garfield is currently in charge of academic affairs and oversees areas such as the Offices of Academic Advising and the Graduation Certificate Office at Franklin. Before becoming associate dean, Garfield worked for three years as the Residential Dean of the Franklin Residential College.

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Dartmouth weathers stock drop

By JR Santo | March 1, 2007

Starting in Shanghai, ripping through the United States and then touching down in Europe, Tuesday's stock market plummet made only a ripple in Hanover.

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Race, sexuality, class discussed at panel

By Andrew Lebovich | March 1, 2007

Mentors Against Violence held a discussion in McLane Commons last night as part of Sexual Assault Awareness week, a series of events sponsored by Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity and Student Assembly. The discussion, "Intersecting Identities: Conflict and Compromise," brought together five students from different racial backgrounds and sexual preferences to talk about how their identities shape their lives at Dartmouth and in general. Steve Spiess, a graduate student at Dartmouth and a graduate of Brown University, talked about the difficulty of being a straight man, an athlete and a feminist. "I didn't really fit in with the macho-masculine world, or my friends didn't want me to fit in," he said.

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Dean candidate visits Hanover for interview

By Laura Glickman | February 28, 2007

Tom Crady, the vice president of student services at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa, visits Dartmouth Wednesday to interview with the search committee for the Dean of the College position, vacated by James Larimore last May.

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Biden campaign sets sights on Iraq

By JR Santo | February 28, 2007

Speaking on foreign policy, presidential hopeful Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., told a crowd of 350 gathered in Alumni Hall Tuesday that presidential candidates must answer a two-word question after determining their Iraq policy: "What next?" Before delving into his Iraq plan, Biden set a casual tone for the Dartmouth town-hall meeting, sponsored by the Rockefeller Center and the College Democrats. "My name is Joe Biden and I used to be a Young Democrat," he said. After calling President Bush's plan of increasing troop levels ineffective, Biden said that his own five-point plan for Iraq can salvage the situation. Included in his plan were giving regional governments increased power and accountability as promised in the Iraqi constitution, making Iraq "the world's problem -- not just ours," and reducing troop levels to a 20,000-person residual force while funding reconstruction efforts to protect civil rights and provide jobs. "If we leave Iraq immediately, the Middle Eastern states will feel compelled to protect what they see as their interests," Biden said.

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Daily Debriefing

In a study published in the February issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine, researchers from the Dartmouth Medical School and the Veterans Affairs Outcomes Group in White River Junction, Vt., questioned the usefulness of a test that guides decisions about the use of cholesterol-lowering medication.

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Greeks talk sexual assault at Tri-Kap

By Allyson Bennett | February 27, 2007

Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity hosted a panel discussion on the Greek system and sexual assault featuring five members from Dartmouth's Greek houses Monday night as part of Sexual Assault Awareness Week.

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SA review group nets 12 applicants

By Allie Lowe | February 27, 2007

Though applications for the Student Government Review Task Force were available to the entire student body, only 12 students applied, six of whom are currently involved with Student Assembly. The application, due at midnight on Feb.

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Puget Sound leaders rate dean candidate

By William Schpero | February 27, 2007

Jean Kim, a former dean at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Wash., is one of at least four finalists in the search for Dartmouth's next Dean of the College, having visited campus last week for meetings.

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Kappa hosts sorority life discussion

By Amita Kulkarni | February 26, 2007

A group of about 30 women mingled over ice cream sundaes, Oreos and Teddy Grahams at Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority to discuss sorority life at Dartmouth on Saturday afternoon. The informal event was organized by the Panhellenic Council -- the governing body for the seven all-female houses on campus -- in order to introduce women to the sororities on campus and to have their questions answered by members of each house. Panhell hosts the discussion each term; this term the event was specifically intended for freshman girls.

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