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Allison's keynote stresses civil, gay rights similarities

By Stuart A. Reid | January 18, 2005

Amid controversy regarding her selection as the College's Martin Luther King Day keynote speaker, Dorothy Allison used the occasion to reflect on the similarities between the civil rights movement and the contemporary gay rights struggle Monday night in Moore Theater. Still, the white lesbian activist and noted author conceded that, like some black students interviewed by The Dartmouth before her speech, she too wondered why she was chosen for the occasion. "Should not a black person already have been asked to do this?" Allison said before the sold-out audience. But Allison remained unfazed.

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Greek leaders question OAC, social policies

By Jennifer Garfinkel | January 18, 2005

Psi Upsilon fraternity will come off social probation Tuesday at midnight, after a two-week period sanctioned Fall term. The College dispensed the probation after finding Psi U in possession of several illegal kegs of beer last October. Although the probation was justified on the basis of College policy, Psi U was frustrated by the way the infraction was handled, fraternity president Rawson Daniel '05 said. "The College's keg policy is clear, and we were found in violation of the policy, but I was upset with the way the College handled the whole process," Daniel said.

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Physical Ed. enforces helmet law

By Jessica Chen | January 18, 2005

After almost a year of intensive treatment following a serious ski class injury, Christina Porter '06 passed away last night amid renewed efforts by the Dartmouth athletic department to step up safety endeavors for winter PE classes. The athletic department first made ski helmets mandatory for all ski and snowboarding classes this past November after Porter's parents called for a helmet requirement in light of her Feb.

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MLK speaker choice sparks debate

By Stuart A. Reid | January 17, 2005

Controversy surrounds the College's choice of Dorothy Allison, a white lesbian activist and writer, to commemorate Martin Luther King Day with a sold-out speech at the Moore Theater Monday night, with some Dartmouth community members describing her selection as a perversion of the holiday. Allison, who has written about sex, poverty and violence in several award-winning books, will give the keynote address as part of the College's three-week-long celebration of the slain civil rights leader.

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Zoning woes may delay development

By Alix Cody | January 17, 2005

Proponents of increased residential development of the Rivercrest site, north of the College off Route 10, may have to wait another year for a town vote deciding whether the area will be rezoned. The new development would provide more housing, including more affordable options, for Dartmouth faculty and staff. The College has plans to expand the development, which is part of the larger Dresden village encompassing properties from Reservoir Road to areas lying north of the Chieftain Motor Inn, from the 61 existing units to a proposed 300 units. The plan for new apartments, townhouses and single-family homes will work in conjunction with town plans to revamp the entire area. Expansion plans may be delayed, however, if the zoning amendment that would allow development to go forward is not ready in time for residents to vote on it at a May town meeting. According to Tim McNamara, a project manager for the Dartmouth Real Estate Office, it appeared after meeting with Hanover officials that there was insufficient progress in the town's planning for the Dresden village district to vote on the amendment this year, a delay that would force the vote to be postponed until May 2006. "It would be a stretch to get a well thought-out proposal, but without the rezoning, we can't develop Rivercrest," McNamara said. The Rivercrest area is a desirable spot for dense residential construction because of its proximity to the College and its already-existing municipal water and sewer lines. If the plan goes through, residential density would grow from the current 1.8 units per acre to 8.5 units per acre. The proposed development, however, would also provide commercial, recreational and open space and would likely lead to improved public transportation, including a strong bus route, McNamara said. "It would be a great place to have a more dense residential population," he added. Hanover developed a master plan to improve the Dresden village area in late 2003.

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College to compensate for lost Pell Grants

By John Mitchell | January 17, 2005

Dartmouth College will pay more than $50,000 to bail out students who will lose portions of their Pell Grants in 2005-2006 because of changes in the way the federal government calculates need for its largest financial-aid program, which offers up to about $4,000 to five million students each year. Allowances for state taxes were lowered in the formula for determining grant eligibility, resulting in students losing an average of about $100 of grant funds.

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Majors in high demand face teacher shortages

By Gus Lûbin | January 14, 2005

Peter Chen '08 is just one of many students struggling to get into Government 5 this term. The class, an important introductory course in the government major, is not offered again until next fall, but Chen needs it to enroll in other international relations courses before then. Now one of five students left on a waitlist that originally numbered more than 30, Chen is offering to pay people to drop the class so he can get in. "I got shafted and still haven't gotten into [professor Benjamin] Valentino's class yet.

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Condensed winter rush garners tepid response

By Linzi Sheldon | January 14, 2005

After record-high turnouts during fall rush, smaller rush classes and a condensed schedule this term resulted in mixed sentiments among participants and fewer new members joining the College's fraternities and sororities. Whereas most fraternities experienced a sharp drop in the number of rushees they received, Gamma Delta Chi fraternity hosted 20 rushees on shakeout night and took only one. At the time of publication, Alpha Chi Alpha fraternity had one sunk bid; Alpha Delta, one bid deferred until the spring; Chi Gamma Epsilon, 2; Chi Heorot, 2; Psi Upsilon, 3; Sigma Nu, 9.

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'06s seeking Wall Street success submit resumes

By Matthew Abbott | January 13, 2005

Juniors scrambled Wednesday to submit applications to more than 36 organizations seeking to recruit Dartmouth students for summer internships in financial services, consulting and marketing, among other fields. The summer internship search began long before Wednesday, however, as high-profile companies have traversed Hanover looking to woo students to their firms.

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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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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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