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Scherr provides lowdown on College's academic focus

By Dax Tejera | October 27, 2004

Editor's Note: This is the fourth in a multi-part series on the College's senior administration and the issues facing Dartmouth today and in the future. The provost is in many ways at the helm of the academic experience of a university, even if most students may be unfamiliar with the job's duties.

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Chem. researcher files suit against College

By Stuart A. Reid | October 27, 2004

A Dartmouth researcher has slapped the College with a lawsuit alleging he was demoted after he alerted authorities about a laboratory's dangerous x-ray machine, but College officials have kept mum since filing an answer in court Sept.

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After years, Kresge sees improvements

By Hannah Plotkin | October 27, 2004

Kresge Fitness Center is providing its devotees with something to celebrate instead of bemoan: Two new elliptical trainers, one treadmill and a complete set of dumbbells are now gracing the perennially- crowded gym. The new cardio machines, especially, are intended to alleviate the constant crunch in Kresge, where elliptical machines are usually unavailable without a reservation well in advance. Before the recent installations, the gym had six ellipticals, four treadmill and a rundown set of dumbbells. Fitness Center manager Sarah Berger said that even a few new machines can accommodate about 75 people more per day, if they are used continuously in half-hour shifts.

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Local man rescued from Conn. River

By Alex Belser | October 26, 2004

Rescuers were worried that he would not make it in the chilly currents of the Connecticut River. But adrift and treading water after falling from his boat, all Christopher Andreasson could think of was his dog, Gabby. The 53-year-old Andreasson of Wilder, Vt., was rescued just south of the Ledyard Bridge around 6 p.m.

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Wright addresses general faculty

By Dax Tejera | October 26, 2004

College President James Wright presided over the 2004 annual meeting of the general faculty yesterday, where he addressed a wide variety of issues, including expansion of the Dartmouth faculty, an upcoming report examining concerns about responsible endowment investment and a building spree that will expand the campus. Wright began his 40-minute speech saying that he believes the College is stronger today than any time in his 35-year career at Dartmouth.

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Police Blotter

October 26, 2004

Oct. 19, 11:28 p.m., South Main Street A 29-year-old male was taken into protective custody after creating a disturbance in the Hanover Inn lobby by yelling "What a [expletive] lovely pumpkin display!" The intoxicated male, who had previously trespassed in the Hanover Inn, was later released from the police station. Oct.

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Ramadan fasting provides students time for reflection

By Jessica Chen | October 26, 2004

The Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which requires fasting during the day, began Oct. 15 -- right in the middle of Dartmouth midterms. But many of Dartmouth's Muslim students said balancing religious observance and work hasn't proved too difficult so far, even if they sometimes feel a little weak during the day. Shamis Mohamud '08 said fasting actually helps her to work. "It is easy to balance religion along with schoolwork because my religion helps me focus my mind and work towards an academic goal," Mohamud said. Some less observant Muslim students said they fast in order to feel part of a community, but don't do it if their schoolwork will be compromised. Canmert Koral '07 said he doesn't feel too badly if he doesn't make it through the whole month of fasting. It's more of a social thing than a religious necessity," he said.

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Youth turnout key to election, panel argues

By Jinah Roe | October 26, 2004

The upcoming presidential election will be close, important and historic, professors from Dartmouth and other colleges predicted at a panel held Monday afternoon in the Rockefeller Center. The panel's participants, Brown University political science professor James Morone, St.

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Green Party VP wants Bush out -- at any cost

By Hannah Plotkin | October 25, 2004

From the results of the 2000 election, Green Party vice presidential candidate Pat Lamarche knows that third-party candidates can have an important impact on an election's outcome. She also knows that, more than anything, she wants President Bush out of office-- even if that means putting the objectives of the Green Party on hold temporarily. Speaking to a small group of students last night, Lamarche focused on efforts to remove Bush from the White House rather than promoting herself.

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Rock the Vote slams draft at rally

By Linzi Sheldon | October 25, 2004

With an audience wielding anti-Bush administration signs demanding "regime change," MTV's Rock the Vote took to the lawn of Dartmouth Hall Friday afternoon, urging young people to register and vote.

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Prof's research finds way into Supreme Court brief

By John Mitchell | October 25, 2004

A Dartmouth psychology professor's research is playing an important role in a case on juvenile capital punishment currently before the Supreme Court. Professor Abigail Baird's research, which shows that cognitive development continues well past the age of legal adulthood, has been cited in amicus briefs submitted to the Court by the American Medical Association in the case of Roper v.

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Hasidic rabbi brings Jews closer to faith

By Phil Salinger | October 22, 2004

Every Friday night, anywhere between 10 and 20 students, mostly Jews, assemble in Rabbi Moshe Leib Gray's condominium for prayer, a home-cooked meal and lots of conversation about politics, religion and life. Gray, a 25 year-old husband and father of one, runs the Dartmouth Chabad chapter, a Hasidic Jewish group that he helped organize on campus a little over a year ago.

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