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By Compiled by Jennifer Bandy | November 9, 2006

Students gathered to eat Nicaraguan food and listen to Latin music Wednesday night to raise money for the Tucker Foundation's Cross Culture Education and Service Program.

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MCAT to accommodate more students

By Victoria Boggiano | November 8, 2006

A California Superior Court judge recently ruled that the Association of American Medical Colleges has 60 days to make its administration of the Medical College Admissions Test more accommodating to students with learning disabilities. This lawsuit was filed after four college graduates with learning disabilities including dyslexia did not receive extra time to take their MCATs in California.

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DMS film study connects violent, mature film content to poor school performance

By Ashley Zuzek | November 8, 2006

There is a strong relationship between exposure to violent, adult-content films and poor school performance in adolescent students, according to a recently published study conducted by Dr. James Sargent, a Dartmouth Medical School pediatrician. Sargent, who has studied the impact of many different aspects of adult movies on adolescent behavior, said that the material in R-rated films can cause a multitude of undesirable effects in children. He found that the odds of poor school performance increased as weekday television time increased and that children who watched R-rated movies, even occasionally, demonstrated significantly poorer performance than those who never watched R-rated films. "There is a lot in adult media that kids are not developmentally ready to process," Sargent said.

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Nelson to postpone action on COS reform

By Allie Lowe | November 8, 2006

Acting Dean of the College Dan Nelson recently informed the Committee on Standards Task Force that he will not take action on their recommendations because of his status as an acting dean. "The dean of the College [has] been identified by the president and trustees as the person who has overall responsibility for Dartmouth's undergraduate judicial system.

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By Compiled by Victoria Boggiano | November 8, 2006

Short, silent video clips of debate footage between political candidates are better indicators of election winners than reports of economic conditions, according to a study conducted by Dartmouth, the University of Chicago, Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research. "We found that snap decisions based on charisma are a good predictor of election outcomes," Dartmouth economics professor and study co-author Daniel Benjamin said.

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Residents debate construction plans

By Astrid Bradley | November 7, 2006

In order to build structures such as the recently-completed McLaughlin Cluster or the proposed North of Maynard Dining Hall, the College must obtain a "special exception" permit from the Hanover Zoning Board of Adjustment in a lengthy process that includes an abundance of input from the Town of Hanover and its residents. When a new project is proposed, pre-developmental meetings are first held with Town of Hanover residents who abut, or live adjacent to the proposed project location, and then with those residents and representatives of the College. Two community meetings about the Dining Hall project, led by Director of Community Relations Sandra Hoeh, have been met with substantial resident feedback. Dartmouth's Director of Planning and Design Stephen Campbell said he believes that the process works well because it allows input from all parties throughout the process. "Community members who abut a particular project have the ability to review it in detail and provide responses [to the proposal] which in fact very often changes the nature of our project for the better," Campbell said. North Maynard Dining Hall, also known as the Class of 1953 Commons Dining Hall, has also begun to raise issues amongst Hanover residents, Campbell said.

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Alumni constitution vote has record turnout

By Katy O'Donnell | November 7, 2006

A record 38.5 percent of all living alumni turned out to vote on the much-hyped and highly controversial proposed alumni constitution over the past six weeks, resulting in its eventual rejection by 51 percent of voters last Thursday. Director of Communications for Alumni Relations Diana Lawrence said she could not speculate about the almost perfect split down the middle among alumni or whether people voted on "party lines," which means whether or not they rejected the amendments simply because they were pro-constitution and vice-versa.

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Groups seek to clear up questions on voter rights

By Christine Paquin | November 7, 2006

A number of College organizations are working to encourage students to cast their votes this Election Day, whether it be with an absentee ballot or at the polls, using their controversial domicile status. Although the New Hampshire legislature introduced a bill last year that would bar college students from claiming domicile, the governor, partially in response to a student backlash, vetoed it. In addition to traditional election year activities this year, the College Democrats, College Republicans, Student Assembly, Rockefeller Center and the New Hampshire Secretary of State's office will help students sort through the confusion over their voting rights today.

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By Compiled by Sarah Badami | November 6, 2006

Lawyer and Democratic activist Joseph Millimet '36 died Friday at the Pearl Manor nursing home. He co-founded the Manchester firm Devine & Millimet in 1947, oversaw the New Hampshire Bar in 1962-63, chaired the state constitutional commission through the 1960s, '70s and '80s, and also counseled Former Gov.

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Crew selection for Big Green Bus announced

By Amanda Cohen | November 6, 2006

The 13 crew members selected from 34 applications for this summer's Big Green Bus trip were announced after a two-week selection process. The group will travel across the country on the bus this summer to raise awareness about alternative fuels and sustainability. The individuals selected for the group bring a diverse background of skills and personal qualities to ensure the bus's continued success, said Andrew Zabel '09, who was one of the selection committee's four members.

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Trustees review mission statement

By Hillary Wool | November 6, 2006

The Board of Trustees reviewed the College's mission statement, discussed several campus facilities projects and dedicated Kemeny Hall and the Haldeman Center at their Fall term meeting this weekend.

Students and town residents march on East Wheelock Street to raise awareness about global warming.
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Students rally for global warming awareness

By Danny Gobaud | November 6, 2006

Asafu Suzuki / The Dartmouth Staff Students and local residents marched from Dartmouth to the Vermont-New Hampshire border and back, and then rallied on the Green on Saturday to raise awareness about global warming as part of the International Day of Action on Climate Change. The event aimed to educate and encourage people to use energy more efficiently and to involve Dartmouth in the Campus Climate Challenge, according to Marissa Knodel '09, the rally's organizer and co-leader of the event's sponsor, Sustainable Dartmouth. "Global warming is a very serious issue and if we don't act now, the consequence are going to be very serious," Knodel said. Although the rally's 30-person turnout disappointed many participants, some said they found it encouraging that people from the surrounding community attended. "It's really nice to know that there are adults and people in the community and also high school students who are concerned about Dartmouth's policy as well," rally participant Yiron Gu '09 said. The CCC is a project sponsored by the Energy Action Coalition, which consists of 30 youth organizations from the United States and Canada. It aims to bring students together on college campuses and high schools to achieve clean energy policies at schools throughout North America. Participating schools in the CCC hope to reduce all campus carbon emissions by 80 percent by 2050.

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Cox emphasizes need for Darfur action

By Victoria Boggiano | November 3, 2006

Baroness Caroline Cox, Deputy Speaker of the English House of Lords and founder of Christian Solidarity Worldwide, discussed oppression in the developing world and the need to address this problem in a lecture on Thursday. Entitled "Giving a Voice to the Voiceless," her talk focused on areas in Africa, Armenia and Burma where she said groups of people live in constant oppression. Cox said that there are roughly 250 million persecuted people across the globe who Christians have a responsibility to assist.

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