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SA adopts plan to place course syllabi, book lists online

By Alex Belser | October 13, 2004

Dartmouth students could be pointing and clicking their way to more information about classes as early as this winter, if the College's student government has its way. The Student Assembly formally adopted a plan Tuesday night to put course syllabi and book lists online to help students choose their courses. Assembly members will work with academic departments to compile book lists and with faculty members to gather course syllabi, according to the Assembly resolution, which passed unanimously. Academic Affairs Committee member Steven Koutsavlis '05 said the process has already begun, with the plan being to first post book lists and later syllabi, which professors often modify up until the beginning of the course.

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Fraternities see high turnout at Fall rush

By Kate Lyon | October 13, 2004

High turnout has defined the first Fall term fraternity rush in three years, but although Greek leaders concur that the process went well, they noted that some aspects of holding rush in the fall require adjustment. At the time of publication, Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity had 18 sunk bids, Chi Heorot, 25; Chi Gamma Epsilon, 23; Sigma Phi Epsilon, 21; Theta Delta Chi, 28; Psi Upsilon, 24; Alpha Delta, 21; Phi Delta Alpha, 19; Kappa Kappa Kappa, 20; Bones Gate, 12; Gamma Delta Chi , 11; and Alpha Chi Alpha, 24.

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U.S. Senate passes law to seal loan loopholes

By Mark Henle | October 13, 2004

In a recent move, the Senate unanimously passed legislation to close loopholes that had allowed student loan companies to collect interest from the federal government at a rate of up to 9.5 percent. The decision, which came on the heels of a vote last Thursday of 414-0 in the House, should save the government at least $270 million in the coming fiscal year. The loopholes had allowed loan corporations to collect over $1 billion in subsidies since the mid-1990s.

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Police Blotter

October 13, 2004

Oct. 4, Occom Ridge Road, 8:11 p.m. Local residents called Hanover Police to investigate some suspicious people wearing suits and standing in the middle of the road for no apparent reason.

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Admin. views: Wright speaks on drinking, diversity

By Dax Tejera | October 13, 2004

Editor's Note: This is the first in a multi-part series on the College's senior administration and the issues facing Dartmouth today and in the future. Now well into his seventh year at Dartmouth's helm, College President James Wright continues to deal with a multitude of complex and controversial issues.

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Coffee chain takes Hanover by storm

By Gus Lûbin | October 12, 2004

The spirit of coffee giant Starbucks has entered Hanover and the stage seems to be set for a showdown with the locally-owned Dirt Cowboy Caf. The cafe in the newly-reopened Dartmouth Bookstore, which is operated by Barnes and Noble College Booksellers, serves a full menu of Starbucks drinks and coffee, although it is not a separate Starbucks franchise. Still, in a town reputed to be hostile to the idea of chain-stores, the bookstore's proprietors were careful to quick to defend their choice of coffee. "We are proud to brew Starbucks coffee because it is a good company and it makes good coffee, but we are not Starbucks," said cafe manager Kate Hookway. The cafe does not sell Starbucks foods, according to Hookway, but rather pastries from King Arthur Flour in Norwich, Vt.

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Officials say worker never hit by hantavirus

By Hannah Plotkin | October 12, 2004

The Dartmouth employee thought to be carrying the hantavirus in late September was falsely diagnosed, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services concluded recently. The male employee, who remains unidentified, underwent an initial blood test that indicated he had the respiratory disease, but subsequent tests ruled out the illness as a possibility, state health officials said Monday. The Department of Health and Human Services did not notify Dartmouth and made no public announcement of the finding.

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Blogs put revealing info at employers' fingertips

By Zana Bugaighis | October 11, 2004

Not all Dartmouth students are perfect. But then again, not all Dartmouth students advertise their lives in a candid online forum accessible to the public. As more students form their own weblogs and job search time rolls around for seniors, some are questioning the effect personal disclosures could have on future employment. For the tech savvy, Xanga.com is a haven to meet and greet those who share a passion for life and disclosing all its aspects.

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Dartmouth employees open wallets for Kerry

By Kelsey Noonan | October 11, 2004

As the November presidential election approaches, Dartmouth employees have dug deep for the Kerry-Edwards campaign. Forty-five Dartmouth faculty members and administrators have donated a total of $30,500 to Sen.

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Magazine leaves College off list of black-friendly schools

By Ann Mary Mathew | October 8, 2004

Dartmouth's efforts to promote diversity are notorious, but Black Enterprise Magazine left the College out of its ranking of the 50 best schools for black students while including comparable schools, such as Williams and Amherst colleges and all other Ivies except Princeton University. The rankings were based on a survey of 1,855 black higher education administrators.

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College names head librarian

By Stuart A. Reid | October 8, 2004

Dartmouth named Jeffrey Horrell, a librarian from Harvard University, as the College's new Dean of the Libraries on Thursday, ending a months-long selection process and filling a position that has been empty since January.

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Fraternity rush to span 3 nights

By Kate Lyon | October 8, 2004

For the first time since 2000, fraternity rush is being held during Fall term. The three-day rush period begins tomorrow evening and continues until Monday night. Held during Winter and Spring terms for the last three years, rush was moved back to the fall as a result of a compromise between Dartmouth administrators and Greek Leadership Council officers in May of 2004.

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