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Safety and Security officers, professors reminisce on Green Key's wild past

By Rebekah Rombom | May 19, 2006

Students may be looking forward to cutting loose and enjoying some springtime revelry this weekend, but the Green Key weekends of the past were even more prone to "Animal House"-esque behaviors, according to some College faculty and staff. In the years before coeducation, Dartmouth men drank and smoked freely but did not often have the opportunity to leave campus or entertain female guests, classics professor Edward Bradley said.

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Outing Club, other organizations offer alternatives to Greek weekend scene

By Katy O'Donnell | May 19, 2006

Hundreds of students will no doubt flock to the block party on Webster Avenue or the lawn party at Alpha Delta fraternity this weekend, but if sipping beers and listening to sweet music on a (most likely wet) lawn is not really your thing, there are plenty of non-Greek events planned for this year's Green Key. The Dartmouth Outing Club kicked off the weekend Thursday afternoon with its All-DOC Day on Massachusetts Row.

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Students start project to aid Iraqi children

By Lense Gebre-Mariam | May 18, 2006

The Iraqi Kids Project has begun its campus wide collection to lessen the plight of children in war-torn Iraq by sending clothes, shoes, toys, school supplies and new toiletries collected from Dartmouth students. Meredith Wilson '07 and Marlene Labastida '07 co-founded the Iraqi Kids Project last spring after coming up with the idea during their freshman year. "[Iraq] is probably the worst place for children and I'm a government major so I'm definitely aware of it," Wilson said.

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Three seniors to accept ROTC Army commission

By Jennifer Bandy | May 18, 2006

"I will always place the mission first. I will never accept defeat. I will never quit. I will never leave a fallen comrade," reads the poster that hangs in the Dartmouth ROTC office. With these words in the back of their minds, Jason Hartwig '06, Brad Wolcott '06 and Jonathan Vaccaro '06 will each accept commissions into the United States Army as Second Lieutenants on June 10 at Robinson Hall. They are ranked among the top five percent of 4,500 Cadets on the National Order of Merit List, a ranking based on performance in ROTC, grades, physical fitness, extracurricular activities and at the Warrior Forge training exercises held at Ft.

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Hanover unscathed by spring floods

By Dan Duray | May 18, 2006

As most of the severe flooding that has recently inundated New England is now receding, Dartmouth and the town of Hanover have both managed to remain relatively unaffected.

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Hill Winds group to unite students, alums

By Rebekah Rombom | May 18, 2006

As part of his search for 15 students with "an infectious Dartmouth spirit," Rex Morey '99, the Assistant Director of Young Alumni and Student Programs, gave an informal white-on-green PowerPoint presentation discussing the yet-to-be-formed Hill Winds Society to about 40 undergraduates in Blunt Alumni Center Wednesday evening. The Society, one of Morey's main projects since he joined the College staff a year ago, will consist of five students from each of the freshman, sophomore and junior classes. "The main goal is to increase interaction between students and alumni," Morey said. While some of the details are in place, Morey emphasized that he intends to allow students a strong role in determining the Society's activities.

Staff writer Christine Paquin '09 tries on a mask with Brenda Freeland.
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Dartmouth prepares for flu outbreak

By Christine Paquin | May 17, 2006

Larkin Elderon / The Dartmouth Staff As scientists worldwide foresee the dangers of a mutated form of the H5N1 strain of the avian flu, Dartmouth strives to raise awareness about the issue, protect students and prepare for a potential disaster. Today, the only cases of avian flu in humans have involved the transmission of the virus from birds to humans, which can occur through contact with infected birds via droppings or poorly cooked meat.

Columnist Bruce Bartlett delivers a lecture Tuesday at the Rockefeller Center.
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Prominent conservative critiques Bush

By Christine Huggins | May 17, 2006

Asafu Suzuki / The Dartmouth Staff Students, professors and community members gathered at the Rockefeller Center Tuesday afternoon to hear conservative economist and syndicated columnist Bruce Bartlett speak. His lecture, entitled "Impostor: How George W.

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College commemorates Freedman at Rollins

By Phil Salinger | May 16, 2006

The Dartmouth flag flew at half mast over the Green Monday afternoon as hundreds filed into Rollins Chapel to commemorate the life of James Oliver Freedman, the 15th president of the College, who died in March after battling cancer for more than a decade. The service of prayer, music, meditation and reflection featured addresses from College President James Wright, a former student, Hillel Rabbi Edward Boraz and a few professors and trustees.

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Few schools continue to require swim test

By Matthew Abbott | May 16, 2006

With commencement rapidly approaching, seniors who have yet to pass their swim test requirement are donning their bathing suits and heading to the pool in order to graduate on time. As the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill becomes the most recent school to do away with the requirement, Dartmouth is one of the few remaining institutions in the United States that requires students to pass a swimming test in order to receive an undergraduate degree.

The Centerra Park in Lebanon, N.H., -- where the recently-purchased GlycoFi headquarters are located -- underwent construction this winter.
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Merck purchases professors' company

By Alex Belser | May 16, 2006

Courtesy of the Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network In a $400 million deal, pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. purchased GlycoFi, Inc., the Lebanon, N.H.-based biotechnology firm Thayer School of Engineering professors Tillman Gerngross and Charles Hutchinson co-founded in 2000, the companies announced last week.

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