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Native Americans from more than 50 different tribes danced together at Dartmouth's 34th Annual Pow-Wow this past Saturday and Sunday.
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Thousands celebrate yearly Pow-Wow

By Ashley Zuzek | May 15, 2006

Kawakahi Amina / The Dartmouth Staff Representatives from over 50 Native American tribes from across the country came to Dartmouth this weekend to celebrate and share various parts of their cultures, including traditional music and dance, at the 34th Annual Pow-Wow. "This particular Pow-Wow is a way to share a variety of cultures with the surrounding community, for Native Americans to participate and for people to visit," said Michael Hantichak, director of the Native American Program. Many different dance and song competitions took place during the two-day long Pow-Wow, in which men and women of many different tribes dressed in vibrantly colored regalia. The Native Americans at Dartmouth honored Dean of the College Jim Larimore as well as Samson Occom, a member of the Mohegan Nation who helped Eleazar Wheelock found the College.

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Filmmaker De Leo lectures on abuse

By Jilian Gundling | May 15, 2006

Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Maryann De Leo and Lifetime Television Vice President Meredith Wagner hosted various events on campus last week as part of the "Cries of Silence: Domestic Violence, Rape, and Mental Illness" program put on by the Nathan Smith Pre-medical Society. "When filmmaker De Leo came to visit our campus last spring to show [the Oscar-winning film] 'Chernobyl Heart,' the event was extremely popular," NSS member Elizabeth Schwartz '06 said.

Dartmouth graduate student Crystal Piffath won an annual $30,000 stipend from the National Science Foundation for her work in biology.
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NSF awards biology graduate student

By Tom Huzarsky | May 12, 2006

Chris Takeuchi / The Dartmouth Staff The National Science Foundation awarded Crystal Piffath, a Dartmouth graduate student in molecular and cell biology, a prestigious three-year fellowship funded by its Graduate Research Fellowship Program.

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Despite ORL waitlist, affinities have vacancies

By Astrid Bradley | May 12, 2006

Cutter-Shabazz and La Casa, among several other affinity houses, are continuing to deal with Fall term housing vacancies, despite the approximately 120 to 140 members of the sophomore class placed on the housing waitlist Wednesday after the final night of room draw. "I think in previous years, without the [housing] guarantee, getting secured in affinity housing was a way for sophomores not to have to go through room draw and in many cases get a single," Director of Housing Rachael Class-Giguere said. According to Dean of Residential Life Martin Redman, affinity houses have struggled in the past to fill their houses, but this year has been especially difficult.

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Eating disorders can exist on seemingly healthy campus

By Linzi Sheldon | May 12, 2006

Editor's Note: This if the first of a two-part series examining eating disorders at Dartmouth. The first part discusses the problem as it pertains to the College and the second part will evaluate how students and administrators are working to alleviate the problem. As Dartmouth students trade fleeces for shorts, the rising temperatures can also reignite anxieties in image-conscious students and exacerbate their eating and weight-related issues.

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Daily Debriefing

A series of debates, interactive discussions and formal presentations entitled "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: A Series on the Alcohol Culture at Dartmouth," were held throughout the week to stimulate discussion about the positive and negative issues of drinking.

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Sennott describes fundamentalism

By Zach Swiss | May 12, 2006

Charles Sennott, a former bureau chief for Europe and the Middle East at the Boston Globe, mixed personal experiences with political insights to address religious fundamentalism, the war on terror and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in his speech Thursday night. Sennott remarked that fundamentalism is on the rise in all three of the world's major religions: Islam, Christianity and Judaism.

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'Women in Business' sends undergraduates to golf course

By Christine Huggins | May 12, 2006

Women in Business will host its second annual golf outing this Saturday to introduce women to the game of golf, considered to be an excellent networking tool in the business world. Meghan Feely '08, one of the main organizers of "Golf & Business: Learning the Links," played golf in high school and soon realized that she not only loved the game but that it would be a useful skill to have later in life. "My interest in golf benefited out of my love of the game, but I soon realized there were other benefits.

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Montgomery Fellows named for coming terms

By Marina Agapakis | May 11, 2006

Writer Githa Hariharan and historian Romila Thapar will join the Dartmouth community as Montgomery Fellows during the 2006 Summer and Fall terms, respectively. The two new Montgomery Fellows, announced Wednesday by Executive Director of the Montgomery Endowment Susan Wright, will take part in the two-term series entitled "Reimagining India." "I think they're going to introduce their unique writings and scholarship and views into our Hanover Community," Wright said.

At room draw on Wednesday, freshmen Yoko Matsumoto, Virginia Deaton, Anna Dev and Courtney Valentine strategize to get their preferred rooms.
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Housing guaranteed despite waitlist

By Astrid Bradley | May 11, 2006

Jeewon Kim / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Although 120 to 140 sophomores have yet to receive housing assignments after the final night of room draw, the Office of Residential Life continues to stand by its guarantee that all sophomores will receive housing next fall. "We did our best homework and fully thought we wouldn't have a wait list.

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IFC policies face possible revisions

By Kelsey Blodget | May 11, 2006

After denying Jewish-affiliated fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi colony status for the second time last Thursday, the Interfraternity Council will meet to discuss possible fraternity expansion policy revisions next Thursday with Dean of Residential Life Martin Redman, Coed, Fraternity and Sorority System Director Deb Carney and Assistant CFS Director Megan Johnson. "I certainly think that there will be amendments to the current expansion policy as it exists," Alex Lentz '07 said.

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Daniell highlights Native American history at College

By Harshil Shah | May 10, 2006

While many students are unaware that part of their jogging route is named for a member of the Mohegan tribe who lived during the 18th century, the lecture that College historian and former history professor Jere Daniell '55 gave Tuesday in Dartmouth Hall aimed to elucidate that and other contributions that Native Americans have made to Dartmouth. Occom Pond, a well-known campus spot, was named for Samson Occom, a student of Eleazar Wheelock and a major solicitor of the funds that helped found the College. Daniell's lecture was the first event in a week-long series devoted to Native Americans at Dartmouth that will end with the Pow-Wow this weekend.

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Panel addresses Greek system and minorities

By Jennifer Bandy | May 10, 2006

A panel of minority students and an audience of about 40 discussed issues surrounding racial and ethnic minorities in the Greek system at Chi Gamma Epsilon fraternity on Tuesday. At a school where the administration focuses its efforts to make the campus more diverse, some questioned whether the Greek system represents the overall diversity of the student body. Older fraternities have historically dealt with discrimination toward minorities, but as the campus continually changes, many came to the program wondering whether the Greek system is changing as well. Chi Gam member Adam Shpeen '07 initiated the program with the help of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority member Lauren Edgar '07 to open a dialogue about minorities in the Greek system.

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Daily Debriefing

By Compiled by Jennifer Bandy | May 10, 2006

While the Tim Andreadis '07, the newly elected student body president, did not make his sexual orientation a topic of his campaign, it is now earning him attention from outside Dartmouth. A recent article in the Boston Globe described Andreadis' victory as a defining moment in the move towards tolerance and acceptance at the College.

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