Three academic teams make national comps.

The College's Mock Trial, Parliamentary Debate and College Bowl teams will spread out across the country for a shot at winning national titles this weekend. Mock Trial will compete in its third consecutive trip to nationals in Des Moines, Iowa.

Callies '99 stars in upcoming films

Like many Dartmouth students, Sarah Callies '99 read on the Green, fashioned rings at the jewelry workshop and took strolls along Occum pond.

SA turns toward election season

With school-wide elections just around the corner, discussion in the Student Assembly has turned to campaign season.

Kolbert speaks about the impact of global warming

Expert examines role of the press in scientific debate

Prof., MLK's daughter align to give speeches

In 1965, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rabbi Joshua Heschel, a Holocaust survivor and world-renowned Jewish theologian, marched for equality in Selma, Ala. That relationship forged over 40 years ago by Heschel and King, in a way symbolic of a bond between the Jewish-American and African-American communities, has continued even after their deaths with the friendship of their daughters.

Exchange terms offer altern. away experience

Many students study abroad in their time at Dartmouth, most on Foreign Study Programs or Language Study Abroad programs, but a smaller group takes advantage of exchange programs offered through the College that allows them to explore classes and social life at other institutions. Unlike Dartmouth FSPs and LSAs, which send students on structured programs often taught by Dartmouth professors, exchange programs give students the freedom to explore different schools on their own. "There is not a lot of hand-holding in an exchange, you pretty much know or should know what you're doing," said Joyce Kenison, Programs and Exchange Coordinator at the Off-Campus Programs Office. "You don't know what to appreciate about Dartmouth and don't know what could be different about Dartmouth until you go to another college," said Ashley Satterfield '07, who spent a term with several other Dartmouth students at Spelman College, an all-black female college in Atlanta. Currently there are approximately 20 "college exchanges" offered to Dartmouth students.

Rape inquiry roils Duke campus

Duke University's highly-ranked lacrosse team was recently suspended from play while many of the team's members face an ongoing rape investigation. The police inquiry stems from allegations made by an exotic dancer who says that she was raped, choked and beaten by three members of the lacrosse team during a private party held by team members.

Thayer profs develop efficient ethanol process

Recent movements urging consumers to reduce the country's dependence on oil by using an ethanol-gasoline combination to power their vehicles may be strengthened by a new process invented at Dartmouth.

Business frat offers connections

Delta Sigma Pi, a professional fraternity focused on business, held a meeting this past Saturday to evaluate interest in creating a Dartmouth chapter for students majoring in economics and planning to pursue a career in the field. "We're trying to get everything organized this term and get going fall term," Chelsea Jia '08 said. Currently, there are over 250 chapters of DSP throughout the country, notably at Berkeley, Georgetown, John Hopkins and the University of California at Los Angeles. "[DSP] is a good idea but I don't know if it will have a place at Dartmouth," Darya Fuks '07 said.

Alon speaks to campus on Munich terrorism

Last Friday, Dan Alon, one of five members of the Israeli Olympic team to survive the Palestinian terrorist attack during the 1972 Munich Olympics, spoke before a packed crowd in the Rockefeller Center in a speech entitled, "Reliving Munich '72: A Survivor's Tale." Alon only recently began speaking publicly about his experience because of emotional difficulties and overwhelming media attention following the attacks, he said. "For the first 33 years since Munich, I was silent," Alon said.

Quiznos food chain squeezes into Hanover

Quiznos, the national sub chain, will open its doors to hungry Hanover residents early this week in the Hanover Park Building on Lebanon Street. Brenda Kline, who owns the restaurant with her husband, Mike, said that they hope the restaurant will open for business Tuesday. The Quiznos in Hanover, which will be the first in the Upper Valley, will face competition from the town's many other restaurants.

Darfur Action Group to focus on aid and foreign intervention

Now that increasing numbers of colleges and universities are divesting from companies that do business with the Sudanese government, student activist groups working to end the genocide in Darfur are beginning to shift the focus of their mission. While the Darfur Action Group at Dartmouth will continue to track companies that could be complicit in the genocide for a divestment list, its members will also work to increase humanitarian aid and bring foreign intervention to the region. "The problem with Darfur now is basically an issue of political will," said Niral Shah '08, a member of the group's Advisory Committee for Investment Responsibility. Shah noted that the group will work with other student organizations such as Hillel, which will organize a trip to the Rally to Stop Genocide in Washington, D.C.

Bill aims to stop college students from voting

Professor develops machine to melt ice

Chris Takeuchi / The Dartmouth Staff Engineering professor Victor Petrenko, in conjunction with the Thayer School of Engineering, has successfully designed and patented an invention that melts ice off surfaces in the amount of time it takes to blink an eye. Christened as pulse electro-thermal de-icing, or PETD, the pioneering design will affect all applications dealing with very low temperatures, from airplane de-icing to winter skis.