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Students frustrated by afternoon BlitzMail crash

By Allyson Bennett | October 6, 2006

The BlitzMail server Comet collapsed Thursday afternoon, leaving many students without access to BlitzMail for approximately 40 minutes, according to Director for Technical Services David Bucciero. When students attempted to sign into BlitzMail, they received an error message stating that the computer could not connect to the mail server due to either a network problem or a server that was down. "It was really annoying because it was only [BlitzMail]," Vanessa Szalapski '10 said.

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Saturday signals beginning of frat rush

By Matt Beale | October 6, 2006

Fraternity rush begins 7 p.m. Saturday night and continues through Sunday and Monday evenings, in contrast to sorority rush's more-involved weeklong process that started on Tuesday. Rush lasts two hours each of the three nights, and prospective fraternity members can visit as many houses as they want during this period.

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Daily Debriefing

By Compiled by Grace Wyler | October 6, 2006

Michael Sullivan, author of the new children's book Escapade Johnson and Mayhem at Mount Moosilauke, was in Portsmouth on Wednesday as a part of a promotional book-signing tour.

Sophomore girls gather at The Hanover Inn to meet sisters of the newly-created Alpha Phi sorority at rush Wednesday night.
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Alpha Phi holds inaugural rush events

By Matt Beale | October 5, 2006

Teresa Lattanzio / The Dartmouth Staff Introduced on campus after 2006 Winter sorority rush, Alpha Phi sorority is holding its first ever rush events this fall, drawing generally positive responses from other sororities. Alpha Phi's rush process principally differs from that of other sororities in that it lacks a physical plant -- most members currently live on the ground floor of Smith dormitory -- and consequently is holding rush parties in the Hanover Inn, FUEL dance floor and the Top of the Hop. Alpha Phi President Lauren Orr '08 said that the lack of a physical plant is not a problem.

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Tucker Foundation funds seven Katrina Relief trips

By Amita Kulkarni | October 5, 2006

In recognition of the continued need for aid work in the Gulf Coast region, seven student-led trips will head south this December to continue the Hurricane Katrina Relief project. Last year, only two groups were sent down to New Orleans and Mississippi through the Tucker Foundation. The number was raised to 17 this year -- the other 10 of which will occur during spring break and Summer term, depending on funding -- once the need for continued relief work became apparent. Sherry Zhao '07 and Diana Jih '09, two of the student coordinators of the Katrina Relief Trips, explained that the difficulty in sending more than two trips down last year stemmed primarily from the pressure to organize relief efforts quickly in the immediate wake of Katrina. "This year, we get to build upon those trips from last year and the research they did but also now the need is very different.

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Department reading lists affect local bookstores

By JR Santo | October 4, 2006

When students look to purchase books for their courses, they often go to one place -- Wheelock Books. This trend may be affected by the fact that some departments only distribute reading lists to this local bookstore. "Almost half of all departments choose to give their reading lists only to Wheelock Books," Dartmouth Bookstore Manager John Cusick said. When Cusick tried to get the course reading lists from the missing departments, he was told "no" to his face by some, he said. "Why don't we allow the students to have a choice of where they buy their books?" Cusick said.

Economics journalists Serwer, Porter and Liesman spoke as part of a panel in Filene Auditorium on Tuesday.
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Journalist panel discusses economics

By Naomi Sosner | October 4, 2006

Kawakahi Amina / The Dartmouth Staff Prominent financial journalists explored the evolving world of economic reporting in a panel on Tuesday entitled "Beyond The Headlines: Media Coverage of Economic Issues." The speakers addressed subjects ranging from their personal experiences and achievements as journalists to the ways technology is radically changing how they report news. The panel was composed of Peter Coy, the economics editor of BusinessWeek; Gregory Ip, a senior special writer at The Wall Street Journal; Steve Liesman, a senior economics reporter at CNBC; Eduardo Porter, an economics reporter for The New York Times; and Andrew Serwer, the senior editor-at-large at Fortune.

Dr. Fatima Sadiqi spoke on gender barriers in Moroccan society on Tuesday.
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Sadiqi discusses language, gender barriers

By Frances Vernon | October 4, 2006

MICHELLE REYF / The Dartmouth Language can create social and political hierarchies in multilingual countries like Morocco, Dr. Fatima Sadiqi, a professor of women's studies in religion at the Divinity School at Harvard University, said in a speech on Monday.

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Discipline statistics rise in Sept. for freshmen

By William Schpero | October 4, 2006

More freshmen have been brought before the Office of Undergraduate Judicial Affairs this year than students from the Class of 2009 during the same time period last year, according to April Thompson, the director of UJA. In September, UJA cited 20 freshmen for disciplinary infractions.

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Admit numbers show sharp divides

By Marina Agapakis | October 3, 2006

The debate over early admissions has reached a fever pitch in recent weeks, in light of the decision by Harvard University, Princeton University and most recently the University of Virginia to end their respective programs. After requesting numerical breakdowns for differences in the early and regular decision pools last week, the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid released specific statistics to The Dartmouth on Friday. These statistics for the members of Dartmouth's Class of 2010 reflect strong numerical disparities between the early and regular decision pools. The most drastic difference in representation between the two pools is in minority matriculants; 19 percent of matriculants from the early decision pool are racial minorities, whereas 40 percent of those accepted in the regular pool are considered minorities. Thirty-eight percent of matriculants admitted to the Class of 2010 through early decision are receiving need-based financial aid, compared to 57 percent of regular decision matriculants. Nine percent of students accepted early are the first in their families to attend college.

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