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College drinking is safer than perceived, study says

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A study by the National Social Norms Resource Center published late last month found that college students are drinking more safely than public perceptions would lead many to believe. In a study that surveyed over 28,000 students at 44 colleges, researchers found that while up to 80 percent of students drink, fewer than 13 percent have injured property or themselves after drinking. The study also found that 73 percent of student drinkers take some kind of preventative measure to ensure that they do not become too intoxicated. Pat Delgado '08, Dartmouth's Drug and Alcohol Peer Advisors program intern, said he believes the study's results are reflected at Dartmouth. "I do believe Dartmouth students use preventative measures, such as making sure they eat before going out, switching off drinks with water and drinking under four drinks a night, as tactics for smart drinking," Delgado said. "For many studies, the trends we see nationally often fall in line with what's happening at Dartmouth," Dartmouth alcohol counselor Bryant Ford said. "I don't think Dartmouth's too far off from what we see nationally." Ford added, however, that he generally interacts only with those students who have had issues with alcohol and therefore might not have a complete sense of the Dartmouth drinking culture. Michael Haines, director of the National Social Norms Resource Center, said that the study is significant because it reverses the previously existing sense that student drinking is out of control. "Even though studies reveal that a clear majority of college students regularly consume alcohol, serious harm is not a frequent occurrence for the majority," Haines said in a press release.


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Organic farm bustles with summer action

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While some Dartmouth students spend their summer days basking in the air-conditioned comfort of the library, others travel a few miles down the road each week to work outdoors at the Dartmouth Organic Farm.


An Arabic language immersion program became all too real when Edward Kim '09 found himself in the middle of the Israeli-Lebanese conflict.
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Kim '09 evacuated from Mid. Eastern war zone

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Courtesy of Edward Kim When Edward Kim '09 decided to participate in an Arabic language immersion program through Lebanon American University this summer, he thought he was headed to one of the few safe countries in the Middle East. In Beirut the women wore western clothing and "there was a Starbucks every few blocks," Kim said. On July 12, several weeks after his June 23 arrival, Kim found himself immersed in a volatile conflict after the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah killed and kidnapped several Israeli soldiers and Israel retaliated by bombing Lebanon. "At first I didn't really worry too much I guess, because people told me not to," Kim said.When Israel bombed the airports Kim realized he might be in serious danger. "I remember I was really tired and I was about to go to bed, and we could hear the bombs going off near the airport, hitting the airport," Kim said. "Sometimes we could see flashes in the sky." Although the students were not in a "Hezbollah part of the city," according to Kim, it was "unnerving to hear and see these things for the first time in your life." With the airports inaccessible, most of the highways bombed and exits blockaded, Kim realized it was time to leave -- if he could. "They said we wouldn't have a chance to get out for a while unless we were evacuated," Kim said.



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Daily Debriefing

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A new record electrical power peak demand was likely to be set in New England on Wednesday according to John Gratiot, associate vice president for Facilities Operations and Management.


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Rollins renovations reveal stained glass

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Five stained glass windows depicting Christian imagery, at least three of which date back to 1885, will see the light of day for the first time in 41 years as part of a $1.4 million renovation project for Rollins Chapel that began July 1. Also underway are a re-stabilization of the exterior stonework, which suffers from water damage, and the installation of a sprinkler system.


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Daily Debriefing

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A team of Dartmouth researchers has been selected to share in $2.3 million of NASA funds. The researchers will conduct studies that will facilitate auxiliary missions on a larger mission that will launch in 2012.


If Hanover installs a public fiber-optic cable network, students like Jeannie Valkevich '08 could potentially surf the internet freely from off campus.
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Town mulls public internet service

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Sarah Shaw / The Dartmouth Staff Hanover has joined seven other New Hampshire towns to discuss the possibility of implementing a publicly-owned fiber-optic cable network that will allow residents access to high-speed Internet, cable television, phone service, and other technological services currently unavailable to many rural New Hampshire residents. According to David Bucciero, director of technological services at the College, fiber-optic cable networks function at much higher speeds than DSL, and when privately installed, fiber can be implemented as a wireless home network. Hanover Town Manager Julia Griffin reported that roughly 30 percent of Hanover residents have access to high-speed Internet in the form of either cable Internet through Adelphia or DSL through Verizon. "Once you get outside of the urban downtown area [of Hanover]," Griffin said, "many residents don't even have cable television." Griffin said that residents in all eight towns have expressed a desire for better access to high-speed Internet, if not the other services. "None of the communities involved have even the beginning of predominately high-speed Internet access, and some have no high-speed Internet access at all," Griffin said. The West Central New Hampshire Regional Health and Security Communications Consortium is composed of town representatives from Newbury, New London, Hanover, Sunapee, Springfield, Orford, Lyme and Enfield.



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Fla. schools consult the College on year-long ed.

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Mark Rosenberg, chancellor for the Florida public university system, is encouraging the state's public universities to offer a full curriculum throughout the entire calendar year, arguing that the switch to year-round education would enable students to graduate faster, increase graduation and retention rates and more efficiently utilize state facilities. Rosenberg has looked to Dartmouth as well as at other schools that have attempted year-round operation in planning the logistics of a year-round curriculum model, but notes that Florida is not looking to adopt a quarter system like Dartmouth's academic calendar. By 2011, Florida's public universities are expected to enroll an additional 65,000 students each year.



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Daily Debriefing

Jerry Goldstein Adv'00, who received a doctorate in physics from the College, will receive the Macelwane Medal from the American Geophysical Union in December for his research on the structure and dynamics of the Earth's plasmasphere.


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Nev. race to play down College debates

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New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation presidential primary may lose importance following a recommendation of the Democrats' rules and bylaws committee that changes the schedule of state presidential contests.



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DMS clinic awarded $8,000 grant

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The Mascoma Valley Free Health Clinic, run through Dartmouth Medical School, was awarded a grant of $8,000 on July 13 by the Association of American Medical Schools as part of its Caring for Community grant program.


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Waite-Franzen appointed Dartmouth IT vice pres.

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Ellen J. Waite-Franzen, currently vice president for computing and information services at Brown University, has been named vice president for information technology at Dartmouth. As the College's senior officer for information technology, Waite-Franzen will oversee Computing Services, one of the College's largest administrative departments, which encompasses all computing infrastructure and architecture, applications development and instructional and research support.




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Alums author contentious College guide

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During the spring and summer of 2003, Scott Glabe '06 and Janos Marton '04 created a College Prowler guidebook to Dartmouth College, with Glabe as author and Marton as editor of the content. The book was initially published in 2005, but aside from demographic statistics the content has not been updated since Glabe and Marton's first evaluation, leaving questions about the relevancy and timely nature of some content. Glabe, a freshman and College tour guide at the time, provided brief descriptions of everyday life, assembled quotes from other students and ultimately assigned letter grades to every aspect of Dartmouth culture.


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N. Mass hall on alert for bathroom intruder

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An unidentified, college-aged male entered North Massachusetts Hall on July 20 and wandered into several rooms, including a women's bathroom. Students in North Massachusetts Hall reported to Safety and Security that the intruder had entered two different bathrooms as well as several individual rooms before leaving North Mass, prompting a BlitzMail message from North Mass Undergraduate Advisor Nora Ward '08 the next day to the entire residence hall. "There was a strange, probably drunk, guy in the basement bathroom while a girl was taking a shower, and let's just say he wasn't respectful of privacy," Ward wrote. Ward said that many of her residents were awake when the incident occurred, "and therefore would not [normally] think to lock their door[s], but Mass Row sees a good deal of traffic at night." Ward speculated that the locks on women's bathrooms on other floors prevented him from entering other bathrooms. College Proctor Harry Kinne reiterated the importance of residents locking their doors and reporting any strange incidents to Safety and Security. "There is a high probability the individual is affiliated with the College, though the situation is still under investigation," Kinne said. Tom Manzo '07, a resident of North Mass, saw the intruder enter the dormitory accompanied by a small group of college-aged people shortly after he had entered the building. "I asked him if I could help him with something," Manzo said.