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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.

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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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Nelson '75 aims for continuity as dean

By Matt Beale | July 18, 2006

Acting Dean of the College Dan Nelson '75 plans to carry on business as usual in the Office of the Dean of the College as a search committee looks for James Larimore's replacement. It's not the first time Nelson, who has worked in the dean's office since 1987, has served in this role.

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College amps up patrol at Ledyard

By Phil Salinger | July 13, 2006

As students enjoy lazy summer days in kayaks and canoes floating on the Connecticut River, the nearby Ledyard Canoe Club dock remains empty of the usual swimmers known to frequent the popular area during the summer. Although technically not permitted by College regulation, on any sunny day before this Summer term, it was often crowded with students swimming around the Ledyard dock, sunbathing on it or enjoying the Club facilities. During the interim between Spring and Summer terms, Safety and Security began rigorously enforcing the regulations preventing students from using the Ledyard dock for purposes other than canoeing, kayaking or other sponsored water sports, members of Ledyard said. Ledyard's Senior Summer Director Mike Holliday '07, who has lived at the organization's riverside house during two previous summers, said that Safety and Security officers appear to have made a concerted effort to increase their vigilance at the dock this summer. "Before they would come down occasionally, maybe once a week or so, but it seems like this year they've definitely amped it up a bit," he said, adding that officers tend to come to the dock a few times a day this summer, and even more often on weekends. College Proctor Harry Kinne confirmed that Safety and Security has made a point to keep closer tabs on unauthorized swimmers, saying it was the result of last summer's nighttime drowning of a non-College student in the Tuck Bridge program.

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Daily Debriefing

By Compiled by Matt Beale | July 13, 2006

President George W. Bush has announced the nomination of Secretary of the Treasury Henry M. Paulson '68 for six different government positions: U.S.

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