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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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Conservatives launch new publication

By AnnMary Mathew | October 21, 2004

The introduction of a new conservative journal to the literary scene at the College might strike some as combative, but the editors of The Beacon want Dartmouth to know their journal has loftier ideals. "We are an independent and alternative journal for relevant compassionate political, cultural, and economic thought at Dartmouth," reads the The Beacon's mission statement, written by editor-in-chief Bruce Gago '05.

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Midterm fiasco disrupts calculus course

By Alex Belser | October 21, 2004

Taking two midterms in one day is not most students' cup of tea. Having to retake one of them because it got lost is pretty close to a nightmare. But an estimated 12 students in Math 8, an introductory calculus course, will have to do just that after their exams were lost Oct.

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SA to overhaul blitz terminals

By Alex Belser | October 21, 2004

Dartmouth's student government is in the midst of plans to overhaul 48 aging BlitzMail terminals around campus -- but they want the College's help. Student Assembly passed a proposal Tuesday that would allocate up to $10,000 for the purchase of new computers, with the stipulation that the College match those funds. "It's important for the College to contribute to something that's really become a part of daily life at Dartmouth," Student Body President Julia Hildreth '05 said. With $20,000, Hildreth said the current plan would be to try to purchase 50 eMacs from Apple Computer.

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Dean Larimore speaks on campus overcrowding

By Dax Tejera | October 20, 2004

Editor's Note: This is the third in a multi-part series on the College's senior administration and the issues facing Dartmouth today and in the future. The Dean of the College oversees the most diverse and student-centered departments of the Dartmouth administration.

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Justice group addresses Juarez murders

By Kelsey Noonan | October 20, 2004

Collis Common Ground overflowed Tuesday to hear the International Caravan for Justice speak on the hundreds of women kidnapped, tortured, raped and murdered in the Mexican border town of Juarez. Since 1993, 437 women have been kidnapped or murdered in Juarez, and the problem has extended to neighboring Chihuahua in recent years.

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250 women receive Greek bids

By Kate Lyon | October 20, 2004

After 20 hours of meeting and greeting and countless more spent deliberating over potential new members, Fall term sorority rush is complete. With approximately 250 women placed in the six sorority houses, pledge class numbers ranged from 32 girls to 46.

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Newly-arrived, '08s open doors for next year's crop

By Jinah Roe | October 20, 2004

Having made it through Orientation and the first few weeks of Fall term, many freshmen are opening up their dorm room floors and common-room couches to prospective students hoping to get a taste of Dartmouth during an overnight stay. About 200 students stay overnight on campus during the Fall term.

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English panel discussion erupts into shouting match

By Phil Salinger | October 19, 2004

A panel discussion featuring respected literary critic Stanley Fish turned into a shouting match Monday over the role of professors' personal opinions in the classroom. Fish, a former dean of the college at the University of Illinois, articulated the three-part lesson for professors he laid out in a May op-ed piece in The New York Times: "Do your own job, don't let anyone else do your job, don't do anyone else's job." Fish's advice was not well received.

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