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Summer Olympics is not just for athletes this year

By Rebecca Houck | August 19, 2004

On the second Saturday of Olympic action in Athens, Dartmouth will play host to its own Summer Olympics, an event that will benefit the United Way. This Saturday from noon to 6 p.m., registered teams will compete in a slew of events for the glory of a first-place victory, a potential prize and the satisfaction of knowing they have contributed to a worthy cause. The competitions will take place on Webster Ave., which will be shut down for traffic at 3 p.m.

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Arad to speak at Convocation

By Kristen Kelley | August 17, 2004

Co-architect and designer of the World Trade Center memorial Michael Arad '91 will deliver the Convocation address to officially open the College's 235th academic year on Tuesday, Sept.

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Ivies cap number of recruits; Class of '08 affected

By Samantha Lane | August 12, 2004

Over the next four years, fewer student-athletes will be recruited to each of Dartmouth's 27 "Ivy Championship" teams, thanks to new recruiting limits instituted at the Council of Ivy Group Presidents' 2003 annual spring meeting. In addition to limiting the number of student athletes that each Ivy institution may enroll during any four-year period, the Council increased the minimum qualifications required for admission -- typically measured by secondary school rank and standardized test scores.

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Shah '05 schmoozes, mocks N.Y. elite

By Rebecca Houck | August 12, 2004

While Hanover may be a far cry from New York City and its glitzy world of fashion, socialites and celebrity parties, one Dartmouth student, Neel Shah '05, has taken on an internship that requires him to not only schmooze, but also to poke fun at New York's elite. Shah landed an internship this summer at the New York weblog Gawker.com, a web-based entertainment magazine focused on Manhattan culture.

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Big Green players head to Athens

By Mary Haile | August 12, 2004

This Friday the Opening Ceremonies will kick off the 2004 Olympic Games, welcoming athletes from 201 countries into the Athenian stadium, including three of Dartmouth's very own. Kristen Luckenbill '01 of Paoli, Penn., will represent the U.S.

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College to study arts, cognition connection

By Matthew Abbott | August 12, 2004

Thanks to a recent grant from the Dana Foundation, researchers at Dartmouth and several other institutions will soon be studying the correlation between education in the arts and brain development. Dartmouth has been named the lead institution in the study and will receive $1.8 million over three years in order to perform research that could potentially change the role that arts education plays in schools across America. Professor Michael Gazzaniga, who recently stepped down from his post as dean of the faculty, will serve as the director of the Dana Arts and Cognition Consortium and will help to coordinate the research performed at the six institutions that comprise the consortium. "Up till now there have always been good correlations between children who take part in the arts and their academic performance," Gazzaniga said.

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Tuck prof. predicts U.S. will capture 93 medals, 37 gold

By Megan Peck | August 12, 2004

While most of the country will anxiously monitor Olympic results to see how many medals the U.S. team will win in Athens this summer, Tuck professor Andrew Bernard claims he already knows how many medals the team will take home. The Opening Ceremonies may not begin until Friday, but international economics professor Bernard and his colleague Meghan Busse, a professor at the Haas School of Business at U.C.

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Dean spends last stint as fellow backing Kerry

By Colin Barry | August 10, 2004

Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean sat down with The Dartmouth on Aug. 5 to discuss the upcoming presidential race, the state of the American left and his own personal plans for the future. In an interview, Dean said he would fully dedicate himself to Democratic nominee John Kerry's campaign for the next three months leading up to the presidential election. "I'm going to do pretty much whatever [Kerry] asks," Dean said, including raising money and traveling on behalf of the Kerry-Edwards campaign. During the Democratic primary season last winter, Dean ran a hard-nosed campaign and had been critical of Kerry's positions on several issues, including the war in Iraq and health care coverage for poor Americans. However, Dean dismissed such disparities as immaterial to his present support for Kerry. "The policy differences between me and Kerry are really tiny compared to the policy differences between me and George Bush," Dean said. After his defeat in the primaries, Dean has thrown much of his energy into Democracy for America, a grassroots liberal organization that draws much of its leadership and support from the ranks of former Dean organizers. The former governor said he hopes Democracy for America will address the Democratic Party's inability to craft an effective grassroots movement in the past 20 years. "Republicans have been successful at the grassroots because they know who they are," Dean said.

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College rallies behind Shannon

By Megan Spillane | August 10, 2004

Members of the Dartmouth community have been keeping vigil over Michael Shannon '06, who has been in critical condition in the Intensive Care Unit of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center for several days following a life threatening infection and struggle with toxic shock syndrome. An offensive tackle on the Dartmouth football team, Mike first checked into the hospital 10 days ago, at the insistence of his father, Dr. Michael Shannon. On Sunday, Aug.

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N.H. voted best state to live in, beating out Minn.

By Katherine Harrison | August 10, 2004

Despite its modest population numbers and rural atmosphere, New Hampshire won the title of the nation's most livable state, topping the charts of "State Rankings 2004." New Hampshire narrowly defeated reigning champion Minnesota, which has held the title for the last seven years. Dean of Residential Life Martin Redman has lived in both New Hampshire and Minnesota and said that the state rankings do not surprise him.

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Uncited quotation gets Bush, alum in hot water

By Matthew Kelly | August 5, 2004

All Charles Trumbull '02 wanted was a good grade on a history independent study term paper. Instead, he became embroiled in a cross-national war of words in what has become the latest chapter of the bitter U.S.-Cuba relationship -- a chapter Trumbull said would not have started if the White House had accurately cited his paper. Last month, President Bush quoted from Trumbull's paper on Cuba's economy by to rail against Fidel Castro's supposed promotion of prostitution. "The dictator welcomes sex tourism.

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