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Librarians insist Google digital library not a threat

By Gus Lûbin | January 13, 2005

When Jeff Horrell takes over as College librarian Feb. 7, he will be faced with a dynamic new threat to the physical library: the Google Digital Library. Google is starting a massive project to digitally scan millions of books from libraries at the University of Michigan, Stanford, Harvard and Oxford, along with the New York Public Library.

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Construction rattles students' lives

By Mark Henle | January 13, 2005

Theresa Zhou '07 knew exactly when construction began near her room in Spruce House -- her desk's vibrations made it all too clear.

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SA kicks off winter with little budget wiggle room

By Alex Belser | January 13, 2005

Dartmouth's student government began the new term with just under $17,000 remaining of its record $80,000 budget after the rest had already been spent or allocated for impending projects, organization figures show.

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Police Blotter

January 12, 2005

Jan. 3, Fayerweather Hill Road, 2:25 a.m. Police responded to a complaint lodged by EBAs claiming that students in the Mid-Fayerweather dorm had attempted to pay for $50 worth of food with multiple faulty credit cards.

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Keg limits mark SEMP discussion

By Elise Waxenberg | January 12, 2005

Despite a dearth of student attendance -- several tables originally intended for small group discussion remained empty and only a single student showed up -- the Social Event Management Procedures committee proceeded with a community hour in Collis Commonground on Tuesday, discussing kegs, parties and pre-gaming. The committee has scheduled a question-and-answer session for Tuesday, Jan.

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Gronas probes public lit. taste in Amazon reviews

By Gus Lûbin | January 12, 2005

Russian professor Mikhail Gronas is looking beyond academic literary criticism, scouring book reviews and ratings on Amazon.com to discover what they collectively reveal about the reading public beyond the individual opinions they contain. Gronas contends that the patterns of reviews and ratings provide insight into the way the public reads books and the similar ways they react to comparable books. "We are used to seeing books analyzed from above -- from the intellectual perspective -- but most people do not look for things like plot structure and rhetoric when they read," said Gronas.

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Graduate scholarship office lacks experience

By John Mitchell | January 12, 2005

As the application deadlines for many grants approach, the scholarship advising office remains in turmoil after the departure of former Scholarship Adviser Marilyn Grundy.

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Would-be congressman comes to Hanover

By AnnMary Mathew | January 12, 2005

When students enrolled in the government department's American Congress System class this term, they didn't expect their professor to be teaching based on first-hand experience.

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Men's pleasure talk aims to lend a helping hand

By Jennifer Garfinkel | January 11, 2005

Students filled Tindle Lounge Monday night for the Mechanics of Men's Pleasure workshop. Curt Crane, a comical urology resident at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, and Ken Leslie, a post-doctorate in cognitive neuroscience, spoke about the physical anatomy of men and male brain chemistry. Crane kicked off the seminar by showing slides of different penis types.

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Little Italy comes to Homeplate

By Hannah Plotkin | January 11, 2005

A taste of Italy has come to Homeplate, the College dining hall known for its health-conscious eating alternatives.

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On-campus students fewer for Winter term

By Rebekah Rombom | January 11, 2005

Students who were forced to live off campus or in temporary housing Fall term may be able to secure on-campus housing in residence halls during the winter.

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Hillel Rabbi helps swear in Governor

By Stuart A. Reid | January 11, 2005

College Rabbi Edward Boraz led the audience at Gov. John Lynch's Jan. 6 inauguration in a prayer for the Democrat's new administration. Boraz was one of four clergymen chosen to recite prayers during the recent State House ceremony in Concord.

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Zuckerberg faces off with rival in copyright lawsuits

By Alix Cody | January 11, 2005

After close to a year of connecting students across campus and across the country, thefacebook.com is under siege from its chief competitor, ConnectU.com, whose founders filed a lawsuit against thefacebook in September claiming that its creator, Mark Zuckerberg, stole their ideas and information to create a rival website. ConnectU creators Tyler Winklevoss, Cameron Winklevoss and Divya Narendra, all recent Harvard alumni, allege that Zuckerberg stole ideas and programming codes from ConnectU in late 2003, when he was programming the site. According to Tyler, Zuckerberg became a partner with ConnectU in Nov.

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TDX party collects $1,200 for tsunami victims

By Linzi Sheldon | January 10, 2005

Students partied for a good cause Saturday night, raising $1,200 at a tsunami relief fundraising party hosted by Theta Delta Chi fraternity. After its members heard news of the Southeast Asian tragedy, Theta Delt reportedly set out to host an event that would benefit relief agencies.

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Hanover to swap Mangy Moose for upscale store

By Elise Waxenberg | January 10, 2005

After two-and-a-half years of struggling in downtown Hanover, the Mangy Moose recently closed its doors.

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College assembles travel warning list for students

By Jennifer Garfinkel | January 10, 2005

As part of a continual effort to ensure the safety of Dartmouth students and faculty abroad, the Off-Campus Programs Office is creating a travel risk policy to address proposals for travel to countries currently under warning by the U.S.

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Alumni bloggers win recognition

By Kelsey Blodget | January 10, 2005

CBS News anchor Dan Rather probably never thought a few computer nerds would corner him into a surprise spring retirement.

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Hankins '05 competes on Jeopardy, bows out early

By Jinah Roe | January 10, 2005

When California realtor Nancy Zerg recently brought the era of Ken Jennings' Jeopardy domination to an end, Dartmouth students saw one of their own, David Hankins '05, competing against the longest-running champion in game show history. Hankins, a history major, finished third to Jennings' second.

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Fraternity rush condensed to one day

By Kate Lyon | January 7, 2005

The Panhellenic Council and the Interfraternity Council are modifying the winter rush process, set to start Saturday night, as Greek leaders anticipate fewer rushees than in winters past after the major rush initiative implemented this fall. IFC rush will be significantly shorter than usual for both rushees and house members.

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Campus reacts to dean's letter with split opinion

By Phil Salinger | January 7, 2005

Despite a whirlwind of controversy surrounding disparaging comments Dean of Admissions Karl Furstenberg made about the value of varsity football programs in a private letter four years ago, students have remained conspicuously quiet about their views. Students concerned with Furstenberg's letter question if the dean did anything wrong, and if so, whether he should be reprimanded.

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