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Dartmouth researchers join energy crisis team

By Ambika Singh | August 23, 2005

Dartmouth researchers from the Institute for Security Technology Studies will work on a project dedicated to protecting the nation's vulnerable power grid from attack or accidental failure for the next five years, the National Science Foundation announced August 15. The National Science Foundation has pledged $7.5 million for the Trustworthy Cyber Infrastructure for the Power Grid Center project, to be led by teams from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Cornell University, Washington State University and Dartmouth. Computer science professor Sean Smith, a researcher with ISTS's Cyber Security and Trust Research Center, will head up a research team investigating possible improvements to the hardware and cyber infrastructure of the computing base supporting the power grid. "The power grid is the infrastructure that enables all other infrastructures, like banking and finance and oil and gas," Smith said in a press release.

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Alumnus carves out N.H. trails

By Katie Butler and Dane Schlossberg | August 23, 2005

A Dartmouth alumnus and his colleagues recently completed a six-week, 550-mile backpacking trip along the Appalachian Trail, successfully linking existing trails to create a continuous route through the Granite State. Rick Ouimet '98 and his wife, Allison Coviello, both high school teachers from the Bronx, recently joined their colleagues to create a trail connecting all peaks above 4,000 feet in New Hampshire and additional sites of interest. "Our route took us over such celebrated southern peaks as Monadnock, Kearsarge, Cardigan and Smarts -- over all 48 4,000s in the Whites -- and through Coos County via the Cohos Trail," Ouimet said. The new route allowed the hikers to see infrequently visited parts of the state that stand apart from main attractions, such as portions of the White Mountains far from the beaten trail. Hikers on the Appalachian Trail often slow down upon arrival in New Hampshire because the paths are less clear than most spots along the route.

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Deaths punctuate Summer term

By Kimberly Sheu | August 23, 2005

As students prepare for final exams and the term dwindles to an end, so too ends the unique sophomore summer experience for the Class of 2007. The season ends on a somber note, following the latter of two tragedies that sent ripples throughout the Dartmouth community. The recent Connecticut River drowning of Valentin Valkov, a Tuck Bridge program participant from Trinity College, is still fresh in campus memory.

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College ranks ninth for six years running

By Linzi Sheldon | August 23, 2005

Despite Dartmouth's increasingly competitive applicants and expanding campus, U.S. News and World Report remains firm -- for the sixth year in a row, Dartmouth ranked ninth in its "America's Best Colleges" guide. In a rankings list that varies very little from last year's, Dartmouth is tied for ninth with Columbia University. Harvard and Princeton Universities remain tied for first, with Yale University ranked third, the University of Pennsylvania ranked fourth, Duke and Stanford Universities tied for fifth and the California Institute of Technology tied with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at seventh.

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Conference pays tribute to Portsmouth Treaty of 1905

By Michelle Shortsleeve | August 23, 2005

From Sept. 8 to 10, historians, diplomats and doctors from Japan, Russia and the United States will meet at Dartmouth to discuss the legacy of the Portsmouth Peace Treaty that ended the Russo-Japanese War 100 years ago and pledge to carry Portsmouth's spirit into the 21st century. History professor Steven Ericson and art history professor Allen Hockley, along with John Sloan Dickey Center Director Kenneth Yalowitz, are the main organizers of the Portsmouth Treaty Centennial Conference event. According to Ericson, the conference's academic goal is to give a "profound historical understanding" of the Peace of Portsmouth and its legacies.

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Expert warns of decrease in oil production

By Dane Schlossberg | August 23, 2005

In a lecture last week at Wilder Hall, oil industry expert Paul Nadeau '80 presented research that suggests that 2005 will come to be seen as the global peak in oil production. Citing annual reports of major oil companies, Earth Sciences Professor James Aronson said he agrees with the assessment. "Chevron Texaco has had a decline in their rate of production for the last five years," he said.

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Police rethink Tubestock presence

By Ben Zimmerman | August 18, 2005

Questioning the wisdom of swimming in the Connecticut River while intoxicated, local law enforcement officials are taking a hard look at the rules and regulations surrounding the annual Tubestock weekend. "The New Hampshire Marine Patrol believes it's a tragedy waiting to happen," Hanover Police Chief Nicholas Giaccone said. This year's Tubestock was without major incident, but of the estimated 800 people that participated, not all returned to campus unscathed. "There were injuries, and some people were brought to the hospital, but nothing too serious," Norwich Police Chief Doug Robinson told The Dartmouth. If police were to strengthen their presence at the annual event, Giaccone said that they would consider plans to curb alcohol consumption and require organizers to obtain a permit. "If a permit was not granted and students decided to hold the event anyway, we would have to consider means of punishment," Giaccone added. However, Robinson emphasized that no major decisions would be made in the immediate future, citing an annual pre-Tubestock planning meeting between Dartmouth students, local police and state agencies as the likely source of any significant changes. "At least a month before Tubestock, we have a planning meeting," Robinson said.

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College taps Spalding '76 for Alum Relations

By Jacques P. Hebert | August 18, 2005

Ending an extensive nationwide search which included close consultation with many Dartmouth alumni, the College announced Tuesday that David Spalding '76 will succeed Stanley Colla '66, Tu'86 as Dartmouth's Vice President for Alumni Relations. Spalding's post will require him to sustain strong ties among Dartmouth's nearly 60,000 alumni upon assuming his office in October.

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Langford leaves for UMass Amherst post

By Kimberly Sheu | August 18, 2005

Appointed dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics for the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, George Langford will be leaving Dartmouth to assume his new post in September. Langford, the Ernest Everett Just Professor of Natural Sciences, served as a professor of biological sciences at Dartmouth since 1991, as well as adjunct professor of physiology at the Dartmouth Medical Center. Professor Langford's departure brings into question the future of his wife, Upperclass Dean Sylvia Langford.

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Class-Giguere aims for housing harmony

By Rosie Hughes | August 18, 2005

Editor's Note: This is the fifth of a multi-part series profiling essential members of the College community who make Dartmouth operate smoothly every day. Although few students know her, Rachael Class-Giguere leads one of the few College efforts that every student encounters -- residential housing.

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Drowning unlikely to affect river security

By Dax Tejera and Kevin Garland | August 16, 2005

Despite the shock and dismay expressed by many College officials, the drowning of Tuck Bridge program participant Valentin Valkov last Friday is likely to have little impact on the activities of determined Connecticut River-goers. In an interview with The Dartmouth, Dean of the College James Larimore said that administrators may consider policy changes that would affect river access and student safety, though he questioned the extent to which those policies can limit the risks taken by students. "We have a number of procedures in place," Larimore said.

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Street fest livens local community

By Katherine Butler | August 16, 2005

The 26th annual Hanover Street Fest temporarily transformed Main Street into an outdoor bazaar, featuring live music, international foods, horse-drawn carriage rides and outdoor booths stocked with a wide range of items for sale by local merchants. Extending from 10 a.m.

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Student drowns in Conn. River

By Jessica Chen and Ben Zimmerman | August 16, 2005

Valentin Valkov drowned in the Connecticut River early Friday morning while celebrating his imminent graduation from the Tuck Bridge Program. Following an extensive search, state and local law enforcement officials recovered the 21-year-old Bulgarian's body around 12:30 p.m.

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Drapkin '68 tapped to head Bar Association tax section

By Kimberly Sheu | August 16, 2005

The American Bar Association named Dennis Drapkin '68 the chair of its tax section last Tuesday after an annual meeting in Chicago. As the new chair, he will lead approximately 18,000 tax lawyer members in public service, helping to improve the tax system and educating taxpayers about their rights and responsibilities under the tax laws. "To tell you the truth, it has been transitioning gradually, so it wasn't like there was a lightening bolt, and I was endowed with supernatural powers," Drapkin said of his appointment as chair of the tax section. "The difference is that now my e-mail is full of administrative matters that were not my responsibility beforehand, but I'm happy to do them." With over 410,000 members, the American Bar Association is the largest voluntary professional membership organization in the world. It provides law school accreditation, ongoing legal education, information about the law to the public and programs to help both lawyers and judges in the administration of justice. Drapkin previously served as the ABA vice chair for professional services and spent three years on the governing council of the tax section. Drapkin is a partner in the Dallas Office of Jones Day, an international law firm which provides counsel for more than half of Fortune 500 companies, as well as privately held companies, investment firms, retail chains, health care providers and educational institutions. "I decided to specialize in tax law soon after I started practicing," Drapkin said.

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Rural background gives character to Pres. Wright

By Rosie Hughes | August 11, 2005

Editor's Note: This is the fourth of a multi-part series profiling essential members of the College community who make Dartmouth operate smoothly every day. As the 16th President of the College, Dartmouth President James Wright has ultimate responsibility for a multi-million dollar international institution.

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Three rising seniors win Rockefeller fellowships

By Ambika Singh | August 11, 2005

Three members of the Class of 2006 are among 25 rising seniors from 16 participating institutions to be named recipients of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund's 2005 Fellowships for Students of Color Entering the Teaching Profession. Taica Hsu, David Jiles and Joanna Lau will receive up to $22,100 over a five-year period through this prestigious scholarship, that begins with a project of their choice this summer and ends after the completion of a master's degree and a two to three-year commitment to public school teaching. The RBF's fellowships, created in 1992, seek to address the strong need for minority teachers in American public schools.

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