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Proposed changes to COS denied support

By Elliot Mattingly | May 26, 2006

April Thompson, director of Undergraduate Judicial Affairs, recently denied support to a draft of proposed Committee on Standards procedural changes issued by the COS Task Force. The drastic rise in the number of COS cases since 2001, coupled with a Student Assembly survey indicating student dissatisfaction and confusion with the COS process, prompted the creation of the task force by Student Assembly.

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Forum promotes open debate of issues

By Alex Belser | May 26, 2006

Lauren Wool / The Dartmouth A Free Speech Forum held Thursday night to talk about controversial minority issues drew 32 students to Alumni Hall, but those in attendance said they wished there had been a bigger and more ideologically diverse turnout. Topics of discussion included "marginalized people" at Dartmouth, the immigration debate and two Facebook.com groups established by Dartmouth students to express support for the Duke lacrosse players accused of rape. Students and a few administrators sat around tables talking over snacks about the issues on the meeting agenda, with students trained as moderators overseeing the discussion. "The problem is it's pretty self-selected about who comes, but there were people who disagreed so it was legitimate and helpful," Owen Zidar '08. Organizer Shamara Baidoobonso '06 said the goal was to get students to speak openly and really force them to think about their beliefs. "I find that the campus is polarized and there are really some issues that need to be addressed," she said. Baidoobonso, who is black, said the Facebook groups about the Duke Lacrosse players upset some black students.

Dar tmouth Medical School student Deogratias Niyizonkiza speaks to students about his experience working with global health issues.
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DMS student speaks on global health

By Zach Swiss | May 26, 2006

Jennie Post / The Dartmouth Staff Drawing on his own experiences in Burundi and Rwanda, a student at Dartmouth Medical School described the obstacles of providing healthcare to some of the world's poorest and most disease-ridden areas in a speech Thursday evening.

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DDS will not cut hours or employees to cut costs

By Joanna Patterson | May 25, 2006

Editor's Note: This is the first in a three-part series examining the Dartmouth Dining Services' cost and management structure, and employee experience at DDS. As costs continue to rise for Dartmouth Dining Services, the committee evaluating DDS has been forced to find ways to lower these costs in order to break even without reducing the hours that dining facilities stay open.

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Senior gift gets a boost from alums

By Christine Paquin | May 25, 2006

As seniors prepare for their last few weeks at Dartmouth, two alumni gave future graduates an added incentive to contribute to the legacy of the Class of 2006. For over 25 years, the College's graduating class has given a senior gift to future students by donating money to the Dartmouth College Fund.

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Sharma '08 awarded Goldman scholarship

By Amanda Cohen | May 25, 2006

Faced with a week packed with papers and exams, Mita Sharma '08, a nominee for the Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Scholarship, dealt with a major setback when her computer crashed, and she lost her entire nearly-completed scholarship application four days before it was due. "I had so much stuff to study for; I didn't have time to worry about this scholarship that [I figured] I'm not going to get anyway," Sharma said. When the scholarship program e-mailed the nominees to remind them about the application deadline, Sharma responded that she was no longer applying due to the stressful circumstances.

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Phi Delt, Admissions settle on Dimensions weekend incident

By Matthew Abbott | May 25, 2006

At a May 11 hearing with a College dean, Phi Delta Alpha fraternity was found responsible for providing alcohol to persons under the legal drinking age and given one week of social probation which ended at midnight last Thursday. The charges stem from an incident over Dimensions weekend late on the night of April 19 when prospective students, who were in the presence of two admissions officers, were able to gain entry to the house and obtain alcohol.

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SA considers COS reforms

By Dane Schlossberg | May 24, 2006

The outgoing leadership of the Student Assembly convened Tuesday night for its final meeting of the academic year to discuss the preliminary findings of the Committee on Standards Task Force and debate several other important resolutions and proposals. Michael Herman '07, a member of the COS Task Force, said that other elite undergraduate institutions' judicial systems, including Harvard University, Princeton University and Stanford University, currently employ more onerous burdens of proof than that of Dartmouth's, which depends on "the preponderance of evidence" argument. "We think it would be a horrible travesty for someone innocent to be found guilty, and we need to weigh this social cost of erroneous decisions in determining the appropriate burden," Herman said. Other members of the task force advocated examining additional ways to increase the transparency of the COS process.

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Gov. Lynch vetoes HB 1566; status uncertain

By Hillary Wool | May 24, 2006

New Hampshire College Democrats President Adam Patinkin '07, outgoing Student Body President Noah Riner '06 and other political and campus leaders from Dartmouth met with New Hampshire Governor John Lynch last week in effort to persuade him to veto House Bill 1566.

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Daily Debriefing

By Compiled by Taylor Hedrick | May 24, 2006

The student-led environmental coalition Sustainable Dartmouth is organizing "Sustainable Move-Out," a campaign to reduce the amount of waste generated by the College at the end of the term.

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Kaling '01 embarks on acting, writing career for 'The Office'

By Zach Swiss | May 23, 2006

When Mindy Kaling '01 says that she won't be able to attend her upcoming college reunion because of work, she isn't talking about investment banking or consulting. Instead, Kaling may be busy writing and appearing in episodes of NBC's hit comedy "The Office," or she may be on the set of the movie she is currently filming in Los Angeles. Only a few years ago, Kaling was most recognizable for portraying, of all people, Ben Affleck, in a play entitled "Matt and Ben" that she co-wrote with Brenda Withers '00.

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New associate deans of the faculty announced

By Ashley Zuzek | May 23, 2006

Associate professor Lindsay Whaley of the classics and linguistics departments and Kate Conley, professor of French and Italian, were appointed last week as new associate deans of the faculty. Whaley, who joined the Dartmouth faculty in 1993, will serve in the new position of Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences.

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Folt outlines goals at final faculty meeting

By Phil Salinger | May 23, 2006

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences assembled in the Hopkins Center Monday afternoon for their last meeting of the academic year, where they heard reports from Dean of the Faculty Carol Folt, Dean of Admissions Karl Furstenberg and a handful of faculty committee chairs. In her address, Folt outlined her goals for the faculty and the College over the coming years in three main areas.

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