New dorms pose threat to the Greeks

Editor's note: This is the fifth in a multi-part series focusing on the future of residential life at Dartmouth. The luxurious new dormitories slated to open this fall will effectively alleviate the sophomore housing crunch, but they could leave empty beds in their wake, especially in Greek and affinity houses. Greek houses have had difficulties in the past finding enough boarders to fill their beds.

ICC discussion tackles diversity, campus issues

Asafu Suzuki / The Dartmouth Staff The Inter-Community Council, a fledgling student organization, introduced itself to the Dartmouth community on Wednesday evening at a dinner held in Collis Commonground. Currently in its second year, the ICC aims to raise awareness about diversity at Dartmouth.

Uncertainty expressed over global warming

Earth sciences professor Eric Posmentier explained the complexities and uncertainties surrounding global climate change on Wednesday in his lecture entitled "A Climatologist's View of Climate Change -- Facts and Fallacies." The speech was part of a series of lectures on climate change, and was co-sponsored by the Department of Earth Sciences and the Sierra Club, which supports the passage of legislation intended to slow climate change. Postmentier stressed that definitive answers on global warming and climate change in general, are "intrinsically impossible to generate." "The professor seemed a lot less confident in the occurrence of global warming than you usually hear about," James Preston '09 said.

After decades, Blitz remains College mainstay

Maxwell Copello / The Dartmouth Staff Editor's note: This is the first in a two-part series focusing on the use of BlitzMail on campus. Long before students could check their BlitzMail accounts virtually anywhere on-campus, many students trekked to their Hinman Boxes to retrieve printouts of their e-mail messages. Today, most students check their BlitzMail accounts several times a day, and the e-mail system has become a staple of Dartmouth life.

New dorms will be more eco-friendly

Bailey Massey / The Dartmouth Staff Editor's note: This is the fourth in a multi-part series focusing on the future of residential life at Dartmouth. Constant 70 degree temperatures, cone-shaped lights and common areas complete with bamboo dance floors will greet students living in Dartmouth's new eco-friendly residence halls. The College plans to use these along with many other materials and features such as spray foam insulation to help conserve energy in the Mclaughlin and Tuck Mall residence halls, which are scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2006, according to Dean of Residential Life Martin Redman. "We are using renewable resources wherever possible in the buildings," Redman said. To meet their eco-friendly goals, the College has tried to use recycled, renewable and durable materials for many parts of the buildings, leading to plans for bamboo floors, copper roofs and carpets made out of recycled materials. "Even little details like where the tiling is coming from, and is it made of recycled materials, even in the glazing, are all being considered to meet sustainability requirements," director of Residential Operations Woody Eckels said. The new buildings will also feature a sophisticated water-based radiant heating system.

Dartmouth students impress recruiters

Some companies, however, express concern about lack of skills

Harvard's President Summers resigns

Student Assembly slams proposed DDS changes

After approximately 90 minutes of debate, the Student Assembly passed a statement criticizing the proposed Dartmouth Dining Services changes Tuesday night. Statement sponsors Chris Bertrand '07, Corey Chu '08, Dave Hollenberg '09, Ryan Payne '06 and Zak Moore '09 presented the results of recent Assembly surveys in their call to College administrators to alter the proposed changes because they "do not reflect the preferences and interests of the Dartmouth student body." These surveys showed that 96 percent of students oppose a $100-per-term DBA spending cap at Topside and 72 percent of students oppose the removal of the $705 Mini Green DBA dining plan. The statement called for DDS to increase the Topside spending cap to $300 and to reduce the newly increased Mini Green plan.

Tempest Williams speaks on community

Asafu Suzuki / The Dartmouth Staff Montgomery Fellow Terry Tempest Williams spoke to a crowd in Filene Auditorium Tuesday on the meaning and importance of community at home and abroad.

Program brings inner-city kids to N.H.

Fresh Air Fund sends 10,000 children on host visits each year

College professors help NASA 'Stardust' project

Courtesy of Dartmouth News Two Dartmouth professors will soon have the honor of participating in NASA's ground-breaking $168.4 million Stardust project to analyze interstellar dust particles collected from the Wild 2 comet. Susan Taylor, professor of Earth Sciences and scientist at the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory facility, will work with Charles Daghlian, director of Dartmouth's Electron Microscope Facility to examine the particles gathered from the comet. The Stardust project began with the 1999 launch of the Delta II spacecraft, which made two solar orbits and flew past the comet's nucleus.

Cassell, Miss Liberia International, travels to aid country

Miss Liberia International, Telena Cassell '06, traveled to Liberia from California Monday and will spend the next two weeks helping Liberian women and children, at which time she will distribute $3,000 worth of school supplies and personal items that she has collected from donors. Cassell will hand out clothing, first aid supplies and personal care products in small villages and will deliver school supplies to grade schools and the University of Liberia.

Coed dormitory plans postponed

Editor's note: This is the third in a multi-part series focusing on the future of residential life at Dartmouth. Despite the opening of new residential buildings this fall as older buildings close for renovations, the Department of Residential Life has postponed its plans for coed housing until the fall of 2007. ORL was not only hesitant to throw too many variables into the updated housing system, but it also wanted to first gauge the success of its 500 new beds. "It is really important for us in ORL to understand how students will respond to this new environment, to having beds.

More apply to law school in 2005

Despite a nationwide decrease in the number of law school applicants, Dartmouth experienced a 5 percent increase in the number of seniors who applied to law school for the 2005 academic year.

Dick's House notes fewer influenza cases

The Dartmouth As this temperamental New Hampshire winter progresses with its fluctuating temperatures, unseasonably warm days and lack of snow, College Health Services and Dick's House have seen fewer students with influenza and upper respiratory infections than they have in past winters.

Dunne seeks Lieutenant Governship of Vermont

As both the Rockefeller Center's Associate Director of Training and Education and a Vermont state senator, Matt Dunne is used to balancing state politics and his career at Dartmouth.

DAO performs to packed crowd

Chris Takeuchi / The Dartmouth "It's 'cause we're Asian, isn't it?" the character Will said to his group of Asian friends labeled the "Asian Mafia," in the Dartmouth Asian Organization's student play "Double Take" on Saturday evening.

'Frat Free Friday' sparks discussion among Greeks

Sororities joined forces on Friday night in an effort to get the women of Dartmouth to take a stand and enjoy a "Frat Free Friday." Hoping to make a statement about the importance and influence of females on the social scene on campus, the Panhellenic Council sent out messages via BlitzMail encouraging women to participate in alternative sorority-sponsored events, including a sorority pong tournament at Epsilon Kappa Theta sorority, dinner at Delta Delta Delta sorority and a party at Sigma Delta sorority. An event in the making since Fall term, "Frat Free Friday" was publicized to sorority members, but the Council chose to refrain from more widespread advertising about the event to minimize any potential reactions, Christina Jimenez '06, one of the event organizers, said. "We decided early on that we would not publicize it to the entire campus because we knew it would incite some retaliation from the fraternities," Jimenez said. The night away from fraternities was aimed to encourage women to explore other social options that they may not be aware of, as well as to promote female bonding, Jimenez explained.

'Big Green Bus' on display in NYC

Courtesy Craig Rubens As part of her search for a summer internship in Oakland, Ca.

Taylor '77 denied FDIC post

Courtesy of abetterchance.org For weeks rumor had it that the White House would soon name Diana Taylor '77 as the next chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, but early this month, inside sources in Washington revealed that her supposed nomination would not take place. Although no official statements were made about her nomination or why it was abandoned, many have speculated that Taylor's romantic ties to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has recently taken strong anti-gun and anti-smoking stances, may have contributed to the fizzling of her nomination. "You know as much as I do," Taylor said about the situation, "whether you think it was the N.R.A.