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Consent Day to raise awareness

By Linzi Sheldon | August 4, 2005

Many students have seen the brightly colored "Consensual Sex is Hot" T-shirts around campus without knowing their origin, but this Friday, Consent Day will bring back to Dartmouth not only a stack of T-shirts, but also its message and spreading awareness again on Wesbter Avenue. Dartmouth's third annual Consent Day will take place from 3 to 5 p.m.

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College to host gender scholars at conference

By Katherine Butler | August 4, 2005

From Aug. 7 to 10, Dartmouth will host 38 academics from around the world to discuss feminist scholarship within the fields of Jewish and Islamic studies. The conference will be held in Filene Auditorium and is free and open to the public.

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Washington taps College profs as council advisors

By Michelle Shortsleeve | August 4, 2005

Two economics professors may soon be taking leaves of absence from teaching at Dartmouth. But far from taking sabbaticals or extended vacations, these professors may be spending the next year as councils to the President in the nation's capital. Two of the three seats on President Bush's Council of Economic Advisors stand vacant, and according to those close to the process, it is expected that Dartmouth professors Katherine Baicker and Matthew Slaughter will fill them by the end of the summer. An associate professor in the Department of Economics, Baicker specializes in Public, Labor and Health Economics.

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Howe receives renovation funds

By Ambika Singh | August 4, 2005

Although it is often overshadowed by its massive campus counterpart, Baker-Berry, Hanover's public library, the Howe Library, is undergoing major renovations to improve the building's collection and facilities for town residents. On Friday, the Howe Library received a check from the Kresge Foundation for $250,000, a big step towards the building's capital campaign goal of $5.5 million.

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Ricciardone '73 named ambassador to Egypt

By Kimberly Sheu | August 2, 2005

Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr. '73 was confirmed by the U.S. Senate last Friday as U.S. Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt. At his hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on July 27 of this year, Ricciardone said that as Ambassador, he will "expect all members of the Mission to serve the American and Egyptian publics with exemplary courtesy, efficiency and integrity." Riccciardone was born in Boston, and received his high school diploma from Malden Catholic High School.

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Dallek to analyze 2008 presidential prospects

By Linzi Sheldon | August 2, 2005

Acclaimed author, historian and presidential authority Robert Dallek will be sharing his expertise with the public today in his Montgomery Fellow speech as he analyzes the successes and failures of past presidencies and looks toward the nation's future. Dallek, who will be speaking at 4 p.m.

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Police raid home in murder of '07

By Kevin Garland | August 2, 2005

On Saturday, Berkeley, Calif. police searched a home in nearby Vallejo, while looking for Christopher Hollis, the man whom police suspect shot and killed Meleia Willis-Starbuck '07 in July. Meanwhile, the suspected getaway driver, Christopher Wilson, posted bail after close acquaintances offered to mortgage their house in order to raise the necessary sum.

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Heating plant team with storied past warms College

By Rosie Hughes | July 28, 2005

Editors' Note: This is the second article in a multi-part series profiling essential members of the College community who make Dartmouth operate smoothly every day. Now in his 10th year as manager of the Dartmouth heating plant, Bill Riehl knows every boiler's nut and bolt like the back of his hand. A native of Long Island, N.Y., Riehl came to Dartmouth in 1995 after managing a trash-burning facility in Connecticut.

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Tuck grads employ former Contras

By Samantha Ackah | July 28, 2005

Two Dartmouth graduates are serving up coffee with a conscience. Tom Kilroy Tu'05 and Ryan Myers Tu'05 joined forces recently to found Contra Cafe, a new coffee business that uses beans grown by former Nicaraguan freedom fighters known as Contras. So far Contra Cafe is causing a stir, drawing both criticism and praise for its political ties.

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Alumni return for annual classwork

By Michelle Shortsleeve | July 28, 2005

As students agonize over the stress of midterms, Dartmouth alumni and other nearby residents will head back to school next Monday as Alumni College, Dartmouth's adult education summer program, holds its first day of class. From Aug.

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Psychology study changes perceptions on gazes

By Jessica Chen | July 26, 2005

While it has been said that seven seconds is all that two strangers need to form opinions of one another, a recent study conducted by the Dartmouth psychology department shows that opinions can be formed with the mere glance of an eye. According to graduate student Malia Mason, a simple glance is all that is necessary for a person to form critical initial judgments.

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Halas '98 indicted on rape counts

By Kimberly Sheu | July 26, 2005

A former Dartmouth basketball player was indicted on several counts last week, stemming from an alleged rape in Point Pleasant, New Jersey. Peter James "P.J." Halas '98 was charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old female student at Point Pleasant Borough High School, where Halas worked as a history teacher and athletic coach. The crimes allegedly occurred over a four-month period, starting in April and lasting through this month. The 29-year-old resident of Manasquan Borough, N.J.

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Tubestock festivities pass without incident

By Mark Henle | July 26, 2005

Although hundreds of undergraduates descended upon the Connecticut River Saturday for Tubestock, the annual Summer term festivity concluded without major incident. According to College Proctor Harry Kinne, several students suffered minor injuries but no Dartmouth students were arrested or picked up by Safety and Security. Because the College does not sponsor the off-campus event, only four Safety and Security officers were assigned special duties -- two on a rescue boat and two controlling access to parking by the Ledyard Canoe Club. "It's not a college event but our main concerns are student safety," Senior Associate Dean of the College Daniel Nelson said.

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Friendly 'Food Court Larry' leads adventurous life

By Rosie Hughes | July 21, 2005

Editor's Note: This is the first of a multi-part series profiling essential members of the College community who make Dartmouth operate smoothly every day. Food Court manager Larry James may be a familiar face to just about every student at Dartmouth, but it turns out he's more of an enigma than anyone could guess. Famous for his friendly inquisitiveness and country-fried-chicken Mondays, James also has some incredible stories to tell.

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Berkeley police identify two suspects in Willis-Starbuck shooting

By Kevin Garland | July 21, 2005

WEB UPDATE, July 21, 9:14 p.m. Berkeley police announced further progression in their investigation into the murder of Meleia Willis-Starbuck '07, releasing names of two suspects on Wednesday. The city's homicide detectives used leads they had gathered from the investigation to serve search warrants for Christopher Larry Wilson Jr.

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Professor advises Senate on stem cells

By Dane Schlossberg | July 21, 2005

Political discussions over the various ethical, legal and scientific dilemmas posed by stem cell research continued last Tuesday in Washington D.C., as religion professor and director of Dartmouth's Ethics Institute Ronald Green testified before a Senate subcommittee. Green expressed his support for a House bill, H.R.

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