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D reporter finds Iraq still troubled

By Jenn Buck | March 30, 2004

Editor's Note: Dartmouth staff reporter Jenn Buck is stationed in Iraqi Kurdistan, helping students at Salahaddin University in Irbil establish an independent campus newspaper.

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Gas tanker explosion derails student travel

By Megan Spillane | March 29, 2004

Due to the explosion of a fuel tanker Thursday evening on I-95 in Bridgeport, Conn., many Dartmouth students driving back to campus from the East Coast were forced to modify their routes. The tanker burst into flames after colliding with a passenger vehicle on an overpass.

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The Dartmouth debuts a new look for front page

By From Staff Reports | March 29, 2004

Starting today, America's oldest college newspaper presents a new look to its readership. The Dartmouth's masthead banner, found on page 1 and in smaller format on page 4, has shed its Bauer Bodoni Bold Italic font for a more classic, turn-of-the-20th-century style.

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Women's icers to battle Golden Gophers in Frozen Four

By Elliot Olshansky | March 21, 2004

UPDATED March 21, 10:34 p.m. After winning the Ivy League title for the third time in four years and enjoying a brief run atop the national polls, the Big Green women's hockey team will play for the national championship at the NCAA Women's Frozen Four, to be held this coming weekend at the Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence, R.I. The NCAA selection committee announced its decision Sunday afternoon.

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Crimson holds off men's hockey in ECAC semi-final

By Elliot Olshansky | March 20, 2004

UPDATED March 19, 11:30 p.m. ALBANY, N.Y. -- If familiarity breeds contempt, the Big Green men's hockey team is in an extremely foul mood. After coming out with a 1-0 win their 14th game against RPI in the last four years to advance to the ECAC semifinals, Dartmouth fell to Harvard 2-1 in the 10th meeting between the Big Green and the Crimson.

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Students flock to web-based facebook

By Lizzie Wise | March 9, 2004

Building up social networks and tallying up friends has provided ample procrastination time for much of campus since Dartmouth's addition to the facebook.com database was launched Sunday evening. By 10 p.m.

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Senate to hear D-Plan pros, cons

By Dax Tejera | March 9, 2004

Dartmouth's financial aid director will testify about the pros and cons of the College's year-round academic program before a Senate committee hearing today, as the federal government considers legislation that would encourage more universities to adopt calendars similar to the Dartmouth Plan. The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, chaired by Sen.

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Gaposchkin will serve as advising dean

By Alix Cody | March 9, 2004

Visiting history professor Cecilia Gaposchkin has been named assistant dean of pre-major advising, a new position created in response to widespread criticism of the current advising system. The announcement comes in the wake of College reports and student complaints about academic advising, including a 2001 report from a committee chaired by first-year dean Gail Zimmerman that recommended creating a director of advising position. Gaposchkin said she is reserving judgement on the current state of pre-major advising until she assumes her role in the spring, but she does see broad problems with it. "The student body is not being fully served," Gaposchkin said.

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College picks 2 charter trustees

By Dax Tejera | March 9, 2004

Two new charter trustees have been elected to Dartmouth's Board of Trustees, marking the first change in the board's composition in over 40 years. Charles Haldeman Jr.

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DHMC hosts forum on drug trials, lab research

By Jenn Buck | March 8, 2004

Policymakers and leaders in the pharmaceutical industry came to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Friday for a panel discussion that highlighted the link between laboratory drug research and patient trials. National Institutes for Health Director Dr. Elias Zerhouni, joined Sen.

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