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Levin analyzes Middle East psyches in Oslo Accords

By Katie Silberman | October 11, 2005

Combining psychiatric analysis with international relations, Dr. Kenneth Levin spoke about his new book analyzing Israeli psychological responses to the Palestinians in a Monday night speech sponsored by Chabad. Levin, a clinical instructor of psychiatry at Harvard University Medical School and frequent commentator on Israeli politics, claimed that groups living under such stressful situations -- the "chronically besieged" -- often choose to accept even the most improbable offers of relief in hopes of ending their mistreatment. "The chronically besieged tend to embrace the indictments of their accusers in hopes that by accepting them, by reforming, they will escape their predicament," Levin said. The Oslo Accords, a series of agreements between Israel and Palestine in an attempt to end the Israeli-Arab conflict peacefully, were signed in 1993.

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Alexander defends free speech

By Amanda Cohen | October 11, 2005

Constitutional law professor and self-proclaimed "free-speech hawk" Lawrence Alexander questioned the inherent human right to freedom of speech in a lecture Monday sponsored by the Rockefeller Center. Alexander's talk described his struggle to reconcile the need for limited free speech with the benefits of open expression, themes he explores in his new book, "Is There a Right of Freedom of Expression?" While conducting research for his book, Alexander said he concluded that he was unable to substantiate any of the already existing and widely accepted theories that justify freedom of speech as a human right.

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College, town team up to clean Occom

By Madhavi Menon | October 11, 2005

The summer stench of Occom Pond will soon be a thing of the past, as the College and town of Hanover are undertaking a new initiative to improve the pond's water quality. According to flow tests and core samples conducted over the last 25 years, the pond's water contains high levels of nitrogen and phosphorous.

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Fraternities give bids to sophomores

By Jennifer Garfinkel | October 11, 2005

Dartmouth fraternities finished their third and final evening of rush Monday, with sophomores sinking bids in numbers comparable to last fall's. This year marks the second year in recent memory that fraternities have held rush events during Fall term.

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Willis-Starbuck '07 remembered by friends

By Astrid Bradley | October 11, 2005

Students, faculty and staff gathered Monday to remember and celebrate the life of Meleia Willis-Starbuck '07, who was murdered in Berkeley, Calif., this summer. Purple and pink balloons declaring "Happy Birthday!" decorated the chapel while Freddie Jackson's "You Are My Lady" played in the background during what would have been Willis-Starbuck's 20th birthday. Dean of the Tucker Foundation Stuart Lord opened the event and explained its purpose. "We ask questions like, 'Why?

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Riner discusses convocation speech on national radio

By Katie Silberman | October 10, 2005

Laura Ingraham '85, a conservative political analyst and host of the country's sixth-most popular radio show, brought Student Body President Noah Riner '06, Dartmouth Review editors Michael Ellis '06 and Scott Glabe '06 onto her nationally-syndicated radio talk show Friday to discuss the controversy surrounding Riner's now-infamous convocation speech. Ingraham, who served as editor-in-chief of the Review from 1984 to 1985, invited the three seniors to discuss the speech during a segment entitled "Dartmouth Student Body President Gets in Trouble for Mentioning Jesus in a Speech." Ingraham asked Riner, Ellis and Glabe about the current political and academic climate at the College and the speech's reverberations throughout the Dartmouth community.

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ORL turns on heat as scheduled

By Jessica Peet | October 10, 2005

Despite high oil costs and a week of high temperatures, the Office of Residential Life turned on the heat in College buildings over the course of the weekend.

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NH already anticipating flurry of 2008 presidential primary

By Stuart A. Reid | October 10, 2005

With recent visits from Sen. Russ Feingold and former Rep. Newt Gingrich, Hanover is already feeling the anticipation of the 2008 presidential primary, even though it is still more than two years away. Assuming Vice President Dick Cheney sticks to his former statements and does not run, 2008 will be the first time since 1952 that the incumbent party has put forth a candidate who is neither the president nor vice president. Government professor Linda Fowler, who studies the New Hampshire primary, explained why both politicians and the media lend importance to the state's first-in-the-nation primary. "It's the first test of how a campaign's message resonates with the electorate," Fowler said.

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Athletes face limited D-Plan options

By Hannah Plotkin | October 10, 2005

Charlie Stoebe '08 has no one to hang out with. Stoebe, who runs on Dartmouth's track team, is currently at home in Westport, Conn., while the vast majority of his friends are on campus taking classes. "I'm in season during both Winter and Spring terms, so right away those two are out," he said of choosing a leave term. "I guess it's possible to petition and take off sophomore summer, but that's a huge part of the Dartmouth experience, and it's supposed to be a great time, so who would want to skip that?" Stoebe is not alone in his predicament; many athletes find themselves choosing their Dartmouth Plans around their teams.

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Barreca uses comedy in addressing coeducation

By Julie Glasgow | October 10, 2005

Author, comedian and Dartmouth graduate Regina Barreca '79 surprised listeners at her Friday evening speech with a blunt, comedic take on her experience as one of the first women at Dartmouth and how that has shaped her view of feminism. Barreca's lecture, "Coeducation at Dartmouth: Celebrating Pioneering Men and Women," drew a 150-member audience.

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Tuck group far exceeds goal in Katrina relief

By Mary Katherine Flanigan | October 10, 2005

An alliance of Tuck students, faculty and alumni recently smashed their fundraising goal 20 times over by collecting over $100,000 for the victims of Hurricane Katrina last week. The hurricane struck the Gulf Coast just as Tuck students were settling into their routines in Hanover.

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Sreedhar decries inequality in India

By Cathy Wu | October 7, 2005

Katherine Sreedhar, executive director of the Unitarian Universalist Holdeen India Program, spoke to students, community members and faculty in Filene Auditorium on Thursday evening as part of the Tucker Foundation's Social Justice Lecture series. Sreedhar's speech, titled "Empowering the Oppressed: Women, Dalits and Tribals in India," highlighted the struggles of poor women and criticized the shortcomings of local governments and international organizations, urging students to be the change they want to see in the world. The speech began with a vignette about an impoverished, young, illiterate woman, who was able to turn her life around through the support of UUHIP and its affliates.

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Latino adviser returns after stint in Texas

By Hannah Plotkin | October 7, 2005

Alex Hernandez-Siegel, assistant dean of student life and adviser to Latino students, returned to his position this week after spending three months at a college in southern Texas, where he initially intended to fill a permanent post. Hernandez-Siegel left Dartmouth after holding his advising position part-time for three years and full-time for the past four years.

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Gym to be completed by April

By Matthew Abbott | October 6, 2005

Dartmouth students and staff members will only have to brave conditions at the interim fitness center for another few months, as construction proceeds according to schedule, according to a job meeting held Tuesday. The renovations to Alumni Gymnasium are still expected to be finished by mid April, officials said. The new gym will be much more spacious and have better ventilation, flooring and sound systems than its predecessor, according to Associate Provost Mary Gorman and Assistant Director of Planning, Design and Construction John Scherding. The new fitness center will also be fully air conditioned, aimed to quell student complaints about high temperatures in the interim fitness center. "The spaces for the FLIP [Fitness and Lifestyle Improvement Program] and PE classes will be hugely improved as well," Gorman said.

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College sends out 20 scholarship apps.

By Katie Silberman | October 6, 2005

The College's Scholarship Advising Office, which many students have criticized as being inefficient and disorganized in years past, submitted nearly 20 applications for Rhodes and Marshall scholarships this week. The deadline was Monday for Rhodes scholarship applications and Wednesday for Marshall scholarships. This year, the Scholarship Office has tried to allay complaints that they are to blame for the low numbers of students selected for prestigious fellowships in recent years. Kristin O'Rourke, who took over as scholarship adviser this year from Marilyn Grundy amid complaints of incompetence, offered an optimistic view of this year's applicants and the office's future. "Our goal this year was to make the process as smooth and crisis-free as possible," O'Rourke said. To aid applicants during the chaotic process, O'Rourke helped many seniors during a "pre-application" period over the summer, offering feedback on different aspects of the application. "Getting feedback from different sources, different layers of commentary, makes a big difference," O'Rourke said. This fall, the office solicited professors from various departments to help review and edit applications, and made Iona McAulay, a writing editor in the art history department, the scholarship office's official writing editor.

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Police Blotter

October 6, 2005

Sept. 29, Lyme Road, 2:15 a.m. Police received a call from a passerby that a man had apparently fallen off his bicycle in the vicinity of the rotary and was lying on the ground unconscious.

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