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Nev. race to play down College debates

By Stuart A. Reid | July 27, 2006

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

By Dan Duray | July 27, 2006

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.

By Julia Hecht | July 27, 2006

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

By Carolyn Kylstra | July 25, 2006

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

By CJ Ryan | July 25, 2006

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.

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System-wide failures spur week of blackouts

By Matt Beale | July 25, 2006

Four widespread campus power outages that started last Tuesday have plunged the campus in and out of darkness, causing disruptions such as a loss of power to the Engineering 3 classroom and fire alarms going off in Baker-Berry Library.

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Daily Debriefing

By Compiled by Matt Beale | July 20, 2006

A July 14 press release by the College draws attention to a recent report by Dartmouth astronomy professor Robert Fesen proposing the use of high-altitude airships for the purpose of astronomical observance.

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Magazine scam artist infiltrates campus

By Stuart A. Reid | July 20, 2006

Following several suspicious encounters, Safety and Security warned students to beware of door-to-door salesmen who offer false stories in order to sell potentially fake magazine subscriptions in campus residence halls. Jeannie Valkevich '08 had just entered her room on the fourth floor of Streeter Hall on July 10 when a man wearing a grey Dartmouth football T-shirt knocked on her door.

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One year later, friends remember tragic loss

By Elise Waxenberg | July 18, 2006

Just under 20 students gathered at Cutter Shabazz, the African-American house, Monday night to remember Meleia Willis-Starbuck '07, the Dartmouth junior who was shot and killed exactly one year earlier in her hometown of Berkeley, Calif. In addition to hosting the event, held in the same residence hall where Willis-Starbuck lived during her sophomore year, the Afro-American Society also distributed ribbons in Willis-Starbuck's favorite color, purple, for students to wear throughout the day in Willis-Starbuck's memory. Willis-Starbuck was shot in July 2005 by close friend Christopher Hollis, who is currently awaiting a homicide trial set to start in September. Simon Trabelsi '08, who attended high school with Willis-Starbuck, said at the memorial that many of Willis-Starbuck's Dartmouth friends are not following the trial. "The details are real painful, so it's not really something that one might want to follow," he said. Willis-Starbuck left behind a legacy of social change, Trabelsi said. "She inspired everyone to move and do something," he said, citing the social justice award given to her posthumously by the College's Martin Luther King Celebration Committee in January. At the memorial, guests were near silent, sitting among candles, either reflecting or dropping handwritten messages to Willis-Starbuck in a box. "We thought of many people who don't want to speak but may want to write something privately," said memorial organizer Ashley Henry '08. For Zainep Mahmoud '08, who also set up the memorial, Monday evening was about closure.

Pioneers of artificial intelligence reconvened at Dartmouth for the
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AI conference returns to College after 50 yrs.

By Alex Belser | July 18, 2006

Lauren Wool / The Dartmouth Staff Fifty years after a group of about 10 young scientists first met to start the nascent field of artificial intelligence, some of them returned for a fiftieth anniversary conference this weekend entitled AI@50, the Dartmouth Artificial Intelligence Conference: The Next Fifty Years. The three-day program, which lasted from Thursday through Saturday, consisted of over 40 presentations including a few retrospective lectures about the history of the field, but primarily focused on the future, with sessions entitled "The Future of AI" and "The Future of the Future." The future of artificial intelligence has attracted the interest of many organizations, including military bodies.

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