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Dartmouth Outing Club boasts high membership

By Kristen Kelley | September 10, 2004

From the western hunter to the mountain skier to the avid climber, the Dartmouth Outing Club provides ample opportunities to explore the wilderness, to hike the Appalachian Trail and to kayak rapids on the Connecticut River. In addition to the offering of 11 student-run clubs, the Outing Club is credited for the 1911 founding of Winter term's big celebration -- Winter Carnival, weekend of such traditions as the ice sculpture, polar bear swim and, until its much-lamented demise four years ago, Psi Upsilon's "keg jump." Founded 95 years ago to "stimulate interest in out-of-door winter sports," the Outing Club boasts both more members than any other student organization on campus and a longer history than any other college outing club in the nation. Paddle On Among the most popular of Outing Club affiliates, the Ledyard Canoe Club rents out whitewater and flatwater kayaks and canoes from their Outing Club just a short walk down the hill from the Treehouses and River Cluster on a seasonal basis to students interested in looking for a little excitement in between classes.

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Wireless campus brims with high technology

By Zachary Goldstein | September 10, 2004

There's a reason why an overwhelming majority of the College opts for laptop computers. With a wireless network blanketing the entire campus, from the library to the dorms to the middle of the Green, students can access the Internet and (more importantly) BlitzMail from anywhere on campus, without plugging in. In October 2002, Wired Magazine even dubbed the college "Unplugged U." for its widespread use of wireless technology.

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Famous politicians, musicians bask in Hanover spotlight

By Lindsay Barnes | September 10, 2004

For a small college situated in the New Hampshire wilderness, Dartmouth has attracted many non-academic celebrities to campus, ranging from talented musical artists to sports legends and high-ranking politicians. Popular occasions for celebrities to visit campus include the Commencement and Reunion period, when keynote speakers address the graduating class and other prominent figures receive honorary degrees from the College. President Bill Clinton's Commencement address in 1995 is likely the most recent notable arrival of a public figure on the Hanover plain.

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Student Assembly plans for increased professionalism in '04-'05

By Katherine Harrison | September 10, 2004

Incoming freshmen are encouraged to jump directly into student government at Dartmouth College. Dartmouth's student government is the Student Assembly, and while Assembly officers are elected every Spring term by the student body, freshman representatives are elected during Fall term, after they matriculate, to represent their dorm clusters. This year's Student Body President is Julia Hildreth '05.

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FORMER COLLEGE PRESIDENT McLAUGHLIN DIES

By Megh Duwadi | August 26, 2004

David T. McLaughlin, a member of the Class of 1954 who, as Dartmouth's 14th president, oversaw a campus-wide building boom and enacted fundamental changes in the Dartmouth Plan, died Wednesday morning in Dillingham, Alaska's Woodriver Lodge while on a fishing trip with friends and his two grown sons. The cause of McLaughlin's death was not immediately clear, although several people close to the retired president said he died of natural causes in his sleep.

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FORMER COLLEGE PRESIDENT McLAUGHLIN DIES

By Megh Duwadi | August 25, 2004

WEB UPDATE -- Aug. 25, 9:49 p.m. David T. McLaughlin, a member of the Class of 1954 who, as Dartmouth's 14th president, oversaw a campus-wide building boom and enacted fundamental changes in the Dartmouth Plan, died Wednesday morning in the wilderness of Alaska while on a fishing trip with friends and his two grown sons. The cause of McLaughlin's death was not immediately clear, although several people close to the retired president, who was 72, said he died of natural causes. McLaughlin suffered a heart attack during the first year of his term and had a history of heart trouble, but was not generally regarded as being in poor health. He was president from 1981 to 1987, and was known for a corporate approach to the job that was both a source of outside praise, particularly among alumni impressed with his fundraising prowess, as well as faculty criticism. Indeed, McLaughlin's resume read largely like a roadmap through some of the most prominent destinations in corporate America.

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Students take measures to vote absentee next fall

By Mark Herman | August 24, 2004

Many Dartmouth students going abroad this fall still plan on taking part in the political process here at home by registering to cast absentee ballots in what promises to be a very close race for the presidency. Students may obtain absentee ballots from the Hanover town clerk 30 days prior to the election.

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New paper to focus on centrist view

By Matthew Abbott | August 24, 2004

Students returning to campus next term will be greeted with a new student political publication, thanks to the initiative of a few members of the Class of 2007. Last spring, Anoop Rathod '07 and Pooneet Kant '07 approached Karen Liot, the coordinator of the Student Programs Office for the Rockefeller Center, with the idea to start a student-run publication devoted to presenting a balanced view of politics. This new publication will be entitled The Dartmouth Independent and was recently granted funding by the Council on Student Organizations to begin publication in the upcoming term. Rathod, who first conceived of a centrist political publication, wants to feature "healthy dialogues on issues that matter." The Independent will publish point and counter point articles on prevalent campus and political issues, according to Rathod and Kant. Rathod will serve as the Independent's editor-in-chief, Kant as the executive editor, and Michael Green '07 will be the managing editor. Liot has agreed to serve as the paper's advisor during its first year of publication. "I was happy to sign on as their advisor and look forward to working with them in the coming year," Liot said.

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Ninety students still waiting for housing

By Mary Haile | August 24, 2004

Food, clothing and shelter -- life's basic necessities -- cannot be fully guaranteed to some Dartmouth students who are struggling to find roofs over their heads for the upcoming Fall term. A number of members of the Class of 2007 are still waiting to receive a room assignment this summer and have been assigned to the primary or "on-time" waitlist. "At the moment, there are 85 to 90 students on the primary waitlist who for the most part are '07s," Dean of Residential Life Martin Redman said. These students received unfavorable numbers that prevented them from participating in Room Draw, but they applied to be placed on the waitlist by the May 31 deadline. "I believe my number was 4,330, but I didn't think that it was that bad," Jared Cato '07 said.

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Dartmouth ranked ninth -- again

By Zachary Goldstein | August 24, 2004

For the fifth year in a row, U.S. News and World Report ranked Dartmouth ninth in its annual "America's Best Colleges" report released Tuesday. Harvard and Princeton again buoyed the rankings in a tie for the number one school.

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Lost patents found in Rauner library

By Megan Peck | August 19, 2004

In the process of searching for historic U.S. patents, two New Hampshire attorneys -- Dartmouth alumnus Andrew Cernota '99 and colleague Scott Asmus -- found their way to a set of 14 missing patents in Rauner Special Collections Library that date back to the very early years of American history. The 14 patents discovered were issued before 1836, when a fire destroyed all of the original copies of the first 10,000 patents recorded by the U.S.

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