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Black Panther defends group's history

By Carolyn Kylstra | February 19, 2007

Paul Park / The Dartmouth Staff Wearing a black beret evocative of his former position, Black Panther Party co-founder Bobby Seale drew approximately 100 students to Filene Auditorium Friday, primarily arguing that his organization was more moderate than history considers. Seale discussed a wide range of topics, from the history of the Black Panther Party, to his family history, to his educational background, to his opinions on the current Bush administration and Hurricane Katrina.

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Heschel heads immigration conference

By Andrew Lebovich | February 19, 2007

A conference organized by religion professor Susannah Heschel examining movements of Jews and Muslims in the modern world, "Transnational Migrations of Identity: Jews, Muslims, and the Modernity Debate," was held Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Heschel said this conference was a chance to look at similarities between the struggles Jews and Muslims have endured in migrating to the west.

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Daily Debriefing

By Carolyn Kylstra | February 16, 2007

Boston College professor of political science Robert S. Ross gave a lecture titled "The Fading of Taiwan's Independence Movement and the Prospects for Cross-Strait Relations" on Thursday evening to a crowd of students, faculty and community members.

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Activists discuss humanitarian work

By Allie Lowe | February 16, 2007

Three speakers addressed the issue of balance in international humanitarian work during a panel discussion entitled "International Activism: Dartmouth in the World." The panel, held Thursday night in Filene Auditorium, was the third event in a series of programs held to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding. The panelists included two Dartmouth alumni and one current Master of Arts and Liberal Studies student, all of whom have committed their professional lives to activist efforts throughout the world.

McNutt Hall will no longer be the frightening home to interviews for up-and-coming high school seniors who visit the College.
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On-campus interviews discontinued

By Marina Agapakis | February 16, 2007

The Dartmouth In an effort to expand on-campus programs for admissions visitors and provide greater equity in the admissions process, the admissions office announced last week that on-campus interviews for prospective students by seniors at the College will be discontinued this spring. The shift away from on-campus interviewing has occurred at all Ivy League schools save Yale University.

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College revamps mission statement

By Christine Paquin | February 16, 2007

After months of meetings and discussion with faculty, students and staff, College President James Wright introduced a new mission statement for the College, one which he said is clearer and more ambitious than its predecessor. Wright will present the recently drafted statement to the Board of Trustees in March, after the Dartmouth community has had a chance to give suggestions via a feedback mechanism on the College's website. He said that the idea for a new statement began to circulate last year among faculty and staff, who were searching for a clearer sense of the College's overall values and mission. "Last year, after doing some of the assessments of staff and hearing from them, there was a sense that they wanted to have a crisper sense of a mission statement -- one that they could all buy into," Wright said. He added that although originally reluctant to tackle what promised to be a lengthy task, he found the process to be a valuable and rewarding experience. Wright said that throughout the past summer and fall he met with many groups of people to gather their input on the statement, including students, faculty, staff, senior administrators, alumni, union members and the Board of Trustees. While noting that the former mission statement did reflect the positive aspects of Dartmouth, he said the revamped version offers a shorter, clearer representation of the College's values. "The current mission statement that is up on the web page is a fine and wonderful statement," he said.

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Oberg '82 vows to preserve teaching-research balance

By Katy O'Donnell | February 16, 2007

As Dartmouth's Women in Business Organization is currently working to encourage current undergraduate women to enter the field, one of the current trustee candidates, Sherri Oberg '82 Tu'86, embodies those goals. Oberg, a finalist for the 2006 Ernst & Young New England Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2006, lists the main issues of her campaign, and of the Board's priorities in general, as maintaining a distinguished but teaching-oriented faculty, attracting and admitting "well-rounded" students and preserving the "special community" of Dartmouth. "I think you can be great at both teaching and research, and I think that's where Dartmouth's niche is," she said.

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Profs see laptops as distraction, useful tool

By Astrid Bradley | February 16, 2007

Editor's note: This article is the second in a two-part series examining the use of laptop computers in classrooms. While some professors discourage the use of laptop computers in the classroom, others think they allow students to quickly look up supplemental information during lectures.

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Spreading the word of the Ivies, Riner '06 launches website

By Ben Nunnery | February 15, 2007

Former Student Body President Noah Riner '06 has launched a website that allows high school students to post questions about the eight Ivy League schools, and for current and former students to answer them. The website, CodeIvy.org, addresses topics ranging from eating clubs to financial aid and include questions regarding all eight Ivy League institutions. "Despite the colossal cultural shadow they cast," the site explains, "the eight ancient schools of the Ivy League remain a mystery to thousands of interested high school students.

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For off-campus corporate recruits, an uphill process

By Grace Wyler | February 15, 2007

As the steady stream of formally dressed Dartmouth students heading down Main Street for job interviews slows to a trickle, many students who aren't on campus this term are left wondering whether it is more beneficial to be at Dartmouth during the process of corporate recruitment. Students who are currently going through corporate recruitment, the vast majority of whom are juniors, are interviewing for summer jobs from a variety of employers, most commonly from the financial and marketing sectors. On campus, the corporate recruitment program is run through the Career Services.

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Profs weigh in-class use of laptop computers

By Astrid Bradley | February 15, 2007

Editor's note: This article is the first in a two-part series examining the use of laptop computers in classrooms. With wireless network access available to 100 percent of Dartmouth's campus, the technology has become an integral part of the teaching and learning experience.

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Daily Debriefing

By Compiled by Victoria Boggiano | February 15, 2007

While many local ski areas are thankful for the recent snowstorm, the excess snow forced high school alpine and Nordic ski teams in the Upper Valley to cancel their championship ski races scheduled for Wednesday, according to an article in the Valley News.

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After 23 years, College replaces finance software

By JR Santo | February 15, 2007

In a move that will affect nearly every Dartmouth organization and department, the finance and administrative computing departments will replace the College's 23-year-old accounting software between now and July 1 as part of the Optimum Accounting Strategy and Information Systems project. The computer program that recorded and processed accounting and budget information for the last two decades -- the software Financial Accounting System General Ledger -- will be phased out by a new Oracle program. "The new system will give us better reports of data for decision making," OASIS project sponsor and College Chief Financial Officer Adam Keller said.

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