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College hosts weekend for urban high school

By Julia Hecht | October 30, 2006

Fifteen sophomores from Charlestown High School in Boston participated in Dartmouth's North Country Weekend, a program that exposes urban youth to the outdoors and a rural environment this weekend. This year, 11 Dartmouth student volunteers and four teachers from Charlestown were involved in the program, which is designed to target sophomores in high school who show academic potential. "The main mission of the program is to inspire and encourage the students to look into higher education, even though Dartmouth is not necessarily a reality for them," Kyle Polite, community programs adviser for the Tucker Foundation, said.

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Event raises awareness of improved Org. Farm

By JOHN FINE | October 30, 2006

Over 50 students flocked to the Dartmouth Organic Farm on Friday to try their hand at cider pressing, pumpkin decoration and even worm composting as part of the farm's fall event, Pumpkin Pie In the Sky. The event also featured live music, a potluck, pumpkin pie contest and bonfire in addition to various farm-related activities and workshops. Event organizers Elizabeth Goldstein '06 and Jennifer Tate '08 hoped that Friday's event would not only raise campus awareness about the farm, but also give students a chance to see the Organic Farm's new farmhouse. "We have some kind of event out at the farm every term," Goldstein said.

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Daily Debriefing

By Naomi Sosner | October 30, 2006

Professor James Weinstein, chairman of orthopedics at Dartmouth, co-authored a study examining the number of spine surgeries performed on Medicare patients.

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DEH connects world hunger, fair trade

By HANNAH SIMON | October 30, 2006

Approximately 100 Dartmouth students showed up to sample and view a variety of free fair trade products at the first Fair Trade Halloween in Collis Cafe on Saturday. The event, sponsored by Dartmouth Ends Hunger, displayed products ranging from bananas to Ecuadorian chocolate to homemade jewelry, in an initiative to encourage Dartmouth Dining Services to supply more fair trade products. Despite rainy weather and minimal advertising, the turnout was "pleasantly surprising," Jonathan Merten '09, organizer of the event, said. The non-profit organization also recruited several speakers from the Ecuadorian fair trade cooperative Kaillaire to discuss the importance of localized farming on the economic welfare of developing countries. "We're trying get people excited about fair trade coffee and chocolate," Merten said.

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Scam artists take aim at students

By JOHN FINE | October 27, 2006

Two males in a silver Audi with New Hampshire plates were allegedly driving around campus trying to sell Elite Audio speakers to Dartmouth students on Tuesday.

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Lecture discusses rising Asian powers

By Naomi Sosner | October 27, 2006

"India, Pakistan and China: Asia's Rising Powers," a presentation Thursday about American diplomatic perspectives on the changing relationships between the United States and the three Asian countries amidst emerging economic growth, featured lectures from Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of South and Central Asian Affairs Steve Mann and Cyrus R.

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Kappa to be charged with College violations

By Dan Duray | October 26, 2006

The Office of Undergraduate Judicial Affairs notified Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority Wednesday that the organization, and several of its individual members, will be charged with violations of various College standards of conduct. The charges brought against the sorority will include causing or threatening to cause harm to new members of the organization, hazing, alcohol policy infractions and violation of the sorority's terms of probation, according to a statement issued by Acting Associate Dean of the College Mary Liscinsky. The alleged offenses committed by the individual members, the number of members charged, and other personal information have been held by the College in accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. The charges are the result of an investigation following the Oct.

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Skunks make presence known around campus

By Christine Paquin | October 26, 2006

While children may enjoy the cartoon antics of the famous smelly critter Pep Le Pew, students at the College are reporting their own, not so laughable, encounters with Pep look-alikes all over campus. As anecdotal evidence suggests that the skunk population in Hanover has increased, the skunks have reportedly been hitting all the campus hot-spots, including the entrance of Thayer dining hall, the steps of Baker-Berry library, the bushes behind La Casa, the dumpster by the Gap, the McLaughin Residence Cluster and even the occasional School Street apartment. Despite the numerous informal reports of skunk activity and skunk sightings, Director of Operations and Facilities, Operations and Management Frank Roberts said that there have been no formal complaints concerning the animals. Roberts said the likely reason that students are spotting skunks is because they are more aware of the animals' presence than in previous years. "I would think people are noticing them more this year," Roberts said.

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Daily Debriefing

By Compiled by Naomi Sosner | October 26, 2006

Dr. Samuel R.G. Finlayson from Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical School published an editorial Wednesday to accompany a study that found that nonwhite, Medicaid-eligible and uninsured patients in California are more likely to undergo high-risk surgeries at less-experienced hospitals.

Members of the dean of the College search committee answered student and faculty questions about potential candidates on Wednesday evening.
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Comm. fields questions about dean search

By Christine Huggins | October 26, 2006

Asafu Suzuki / The Dartmouth Staff The dean of the College search committee held an open meeting on Wednesday evening in order to discuss the qualities that students and faculty members wish to see in Acting Dean of the College Dan Nelson's eventual successor. The spot is vacant due to the departure of former Dean of the College James Larimore, who resigned last year to assume the post of Dean of Students at Swarthmore College. The search committee for a new dean of College consists of several faculty members representing different departments and offices, as well as three student representatives.

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Math students prepare for Putnam competition

By JR Santo | October 26, 2006

Although the Putnam Mathematics Competition exam is extremely difficult -- the median grade is usually zero out of 120 -- the Dartmouth Classes of 2009 and 2010 have experienced a surge in interest and mathematical ability, according to Vedant Mehra '07, a Dartmouth Math Society member. The College continued preparing students for the six-hour exam on Wednesday during one of several training sessions usually held in Carson 60. The exam is intended to stimulate a healthy rivalry among colleges' mathematics programs by testing students' originality and technical competence.

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