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Mock trial team finishes in national top 10

By Jessica Peet | April 26, 2005

For the first time in school history, one of Dartmouth's Mock Trial Society teams broke into the top 10 in the Main Division of the American Mock Trial Association National College Championships earlier this month in Des Moines, Iowa. Team Silver -- led by attorneys David Rhinesmith '05, Sean Miller '05 and Victoria Corder '05 -- concluded the three-day tournament with a composite record of five wins and three losses in eight rounds, placing tenth out of the sixty-four teams that attended the tournament. The same team placed eleventh in last year's National Championships, just missing the coveted top-10 status.

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Diners swamp Pavilion for Passover

By Phil Salinger | April 26, 2005

During this week's eight-night Jewish celebration of Passover, which started Saturday at sundown, many Jews at Dartmouth will flock to Pavilion to find kosher meals that fit their dietary restrictions.

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Elite dating website serves top schools

By Jennifer Garfinkel | April 25, 2005

With spring descending on Hanover, it seems only natural that love might be in the air. Yet for the 5,000 members of www.rightstuffdating.com, love can be found not only at a sunny spot on the Green, but also from the comfort of their homes. Among the many online dating services available to singles, www.rightstuffdating.com sets itself apart with one rule: the website is only offered to graduates of top-tier universities.

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Senior econ majors earn Round conference spots

By AnnMary Mathew | April 25, 2005

Five of Dartmouth's senior economics majors ventured to Washington, D.C., over the weekend to participate in the Carroll Round economic conference on international economics at Georgetown University. Lidia Barabash, Kevin Goldstein, Nathan Saperia, James Liao and Michael Haase were selected to participate in the conference based on papers from their international economics class.

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Symposium considers digital culture

By Zana Bugaighis | April 25, 2005

Dartmouth sparked the interest of the technologically inclined on Friday when the College hosted the Symposium on Digital Culture and the Arts in Loew Theater. The speakers' presentations focused on digital culture and how it assists artistic projects.

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Alum's book shares college success secrets

By Kate Lyon | April 25, 2005

While most college guides focus on the struggle to get into highly selective universities, a Dartmouth alumnus has penned a book advising college students on how to get the most out of school once they get there. Calvin Newport '04 explains how to maximize the college experience, both in and out of the classroom, in his new book "How to Win at College: Surprising Secrets from the Country's Top Students." "How to Win at College," which consists of 75 tried-and-true tips from college students who have succeeded at their respective schools, offers an alternative approach to the plethora of books on how to survive college.

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Albright addresses lasting threat of nuclear proliferation

By Jacques Herbert | April 22, 2005

With memories of the invasion of Iraq and its supposed weapons of mass destruction still fresh in Americans' minds, President of the Institute for Science and International Security David Albright came to Dartmouth on Thursday afternoon to discuss how Americans must confront other threats of nuclear proliferation with a post-Iraq mentality. In introducing Albright, Director of the John Sloan Dickey Center Kenneth Yalowitz, cited Albright's personal experience in dealing with nuclear proliferation as the former ambassador to Georgia from 1998 to 2001. "Every day we were getting reports of missing materials -- things that could be used in dirty bombs," Yalowitz said.

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Prospies weigh College's cost in decision

By Linzi Sheldon | April 22, 2005

Many prospective students have more on their minds besides evaluating classes or sneaking into fraternity basements -- gifted middle-class students must weigh whether attending a top-tier college like Dartmouth is worth the loans their parents will be taking out for that name brand to adorn their sweatshirts and eventually their college diplomas. High school seniors begin the financial aid process by filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid form, from which they receive estimated family contribution numbers.

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New eatery soon to supplant Panda House

By Gus Lûbin | April 21, 2005

Following impositions from its landlord, the Panda House restaurant may change its name and ownership as soon as next week. Landlord Jim Rubens recommended that the restaurant's owners sell their business after restaurant employees faced their third set of credit card fraud allegations in five years. In the most recent scandal, an unidentified fugitive employee used a "skimming device" to steal a total of more $10,000 from over 20 Panda House customers. While no deal has been finalized, Rubens suggested that talks with potential purchasers of the restaurant and the Hanover Park mall ownership were well underway. "A change in ownership will require agreement between the current ownership, the new ownership, and me.

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Coleman '08 elected SA Vice President

By Kelsey Blodget | April 21, 2005

After battling pneumonia in Dick's House for the first four days of Student Assembly campaigning, Jeffrey Coleman '08 recovered in time to contend with candidates Travis Green '08 and Christopher Galiardo '06 for the Student Assembly Vice Presidential seat, winning handily with 58 percent of the vote.

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Gingrich allows for possible 2008 pres. run

By Stuart A. Reid | April 20, 2005

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., fueled speculation surrounding a potential 2008 presidential run while touting his new book in Hanover on Tuesday. Having begun his morning signing books and greeting locals at the Dartmouth Bookstore, Gingrich also lectured in government professor Jeffrey Smith's class as part of an open event organized by the Rockefeller Center and later spoke at Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity as part of the Scarlett Lecture Series. When asked in an interview with The Dartmouth if he would run for president, Gingrich declined to definitively comment. "I'll think about it in the summer of 2007," he said.

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