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Rollins renovations reveal stained glass

By Matt Beale | August 3, 2006

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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By Compiled by Rebekah Rombom | August 1, 2006

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

By Carolyn Kylstra | August 1, 2006

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.

By Julia Hecht | August 1, 2006

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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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

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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