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Obstacle course raises money for charity

By Matthew Abbott | March 4, 2005

Both long-time winter sport enthusiasts and beginners will have the chance to participate in a snow obstacle course at the Dartmouth Skiway Saturday, thanks to a charity event sponsored by the Dartmouth Ski Patrol. The event will benefit the Women's Information Service, a local domestic and sexual violence support group. Participants will be able to compete against other skiers and snowboarders on a boardercross, an obstacle course in which contestants race each other in an attempt to be the first down the mountain. The custom-made boardercross course will feature bumps, small jumps, rollers and berms.

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Online network connects College alumni

By Alex Lentz | March 4, 2005

After college, Joanna Giordano '04 went to Japan to teach. But even halfway around the world from Hanover, Giordano managed to find other Dartmouth alumni nearby through InCircle, the College's new online social network. "Hooray for exclusive Dartmouth facebook!" Giordano wrote online to three other alumni in Japan. The Office of Alumni Relations unveiled InCircle, an online network available exclusively to Dartmouth alumni and students, last week.

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Theta Delt, Tri-Delt placed on probation

By Kate Lyon | March 4, 2005

Theta Delta Chi fraternity and Delta Delta Delta sorority will be placed on 12 weeks and four weeks of probation respectively for their roles in alleged new member hazing events during the Fall term, the College announced on Thursday. In a statement posted online, Dean of the College James Larimore detailed the results of a Feb.

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Reporter laments public-politician disconnect

By Linzi Sheldon | March 4, 2005

Seasoned journalist Gwen Ifill delivered a humorous and insightful lecture Thursday on the disconnect between Washington and the American public. Ifill, who is the moderator of PBS' "Washington Week" and a senior correspondent for "The News Hour with Jim Lehrer," spoke to an overflowing audience in Filene Auditorium roaring with laughter as she reflected on her experiences as a political journalist, which included questioning vice presidential candidates in their debate last October. From her place across the table from Dick Cheney and John Edwards, which she wryly described as "not everybody's idea of good time," Ifill exhibited an intelligent, no-nonsense manner as she questioned the candidates.

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Liquor inspector tightly enforces drinking laws

By Jessica Peet | March 4, 2005

Ever since Christopher Paquette took his post as New Hampshire State Liquor Commission investigator in 2003, scrutiny of underage drinking at Dartmouth has intensified. Paquette regularly stops by Stinson's Village Store and even attends Greek events in his attempts to curtail campus alcohol consumption. "We've been here since '78 and nowhere in any of the years have we consistently seen a liquor inspector as often," said store owner Jack Stinson.

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Trustees to consider tuition hike at meeting

By Dax Tejera | March 4, 2005

The Dartmouth Board of Trustees arrives on campus Friday to begin its annual March meeting. The trustees' weekend agenda includes reviewing the ongoing capital campaign and formalizing an anticipated tuition increase. The 17-member body will take its first look at the College's budget for fiscal year 2006 and vote on a tuition increase, which has been in the four to five percent range in recent years. Carrie Pelzel, vice president for development, will present the latest figures for the Campaign for the Dartmouth Experience, the College's fundraising drive, which at present totals $522.4 million. Provost Barry Scherr will also brief the trustees on the progress of the construction campaign currently underway throughout campus.

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Students seeking counseling encounter four-week wait

By Rebekah Rombom | March 3, 2005

At the mental health screening session sponsored by Dick's House this fall, counseling representatives escorted a senior female, who wished to remain anonymous, to the appointment station after notifying her that she might suffer from bipolar disorder, she said. They recommended she schedule an appointment immediately, but when she tried, the earliest available meeting was at the beginning of Winter term. She is not alone.

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Judge deplores role of money in elections

By Mark Henle | March 3, 2005

John Broderick, the chief justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, railed against the infusion of money into state judicial politics from special interest groups Wednesday. While Broderick, who spoke at the Daniel Webster Legal Society's annual Gordon Lecture in the Rockefeller Center, did not run for office himself, he feared that in the 38 states that do hold elections, these groups would wield undue influence over judges. In the past few years, spending on state judicial elections has increased rapidly, as special interest groups, law firms and political parties donate to campaigns.

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Panel criticizes slow reaction to Darfur

By Jessica Chen | March 3, 2005

Four prominent individuals from the political, humanitarian and academic communities stressed the urgency for the international community to stop the Darfur atrocities in Sudan Wednesday to a packed audience in Carpenter Hall. All the panelists strongly concurred that the international community's hesitation to intervene in Darfur was unacceptable. Panelist David Scheffer, the former ambassador at-large for war crimes during the Clinton administration, criticized the international community for arguing legal terms rather than intervening. "It takes years to make a determination that genocide has occurred," he said.

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Police Blotter

March 2, 2005

Feb. 25, Lyme Road, 4:27 p.m. A woman reported to the Hanover Police that the man she lives with assaulted her.

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James named new Hopkins director

By Matthew Abbott | March 2, 2005

Jeffrey James will usher in a new era for the Hopkins Center for the Arts when he becomes the center's sixth director this August, the College announced Tuesday. James will fill the vacancy left by the upcoming retirement of Lewis Crickard, who has directed the Hopkins Center since 1992 and plans on retiring in July. Established in 1962, the Hopkins Center houses four academic arts departments, a visiting performing artist series and workshops for students to learn more about the arts. "The Hopkins Center is one of the country's most distinguished campus-based arts institutions," James said in a press release.

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Speech prof. complains of lack of support

By Gus Lûbin | March 1, 2005

A fully staffed department from 1920 to 1979, the speech program at Dartmouth is now limited to a single office run by one professor. The director and only professor in the office of speech, Jim Kuypers, teaches approximately two speech classes a term but is not a tenure-track professor.

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DHMC leases second emergency transport helicopter

By Dan Duray | March 1, 2005

The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Advanced Response Team, which responds to only the most extreme trauma, cardiac or neonatal emergency calls and has been called to the Dartmouth Skiway, will soon realize its goal of adding a second helicopter to its already impressive array of emergency transport vehicles. Early last fall, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center decided to lease the new helicopter, DHART 2, from Metro Aviation Inc., the same company that built and maintains their current helicopter.

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