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Minority summer programs get axe after Michigan rulings

By Zachary Goldstein | May 7, 2004

Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of articles examining the far-reaching effects of last year's Supreme Court rulings on affirmative action. The May 1 deadline for high-school seniors to decide where they will be enrolling next year marked the conclusion of this year's college admissions process -- the first admissions cycle since the U.S.

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Students question choice of CEO as graduation speaker

By Tim Spellman | May 7, 2004

General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt '78 will speak at this year's commencement, while Kofi Annan, Sandra Day O'Connor, Bill Clinton and Jon Stewart are speaking at the graduations of other top universities -- a state of affairs that has riled many campus seniors. Seniors said that while Immelt may be a successful businessman, but that they had hoped for a speaker who boasts a more wide-ranging impact on the world -- not just the world economy. "I think it's a really uninteresting choice," Erika Easter '04 said.

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One vote lands Hildreth presidency

By Lizzie Wise | May 6, 2004

In a stunning conclusion to the most hotly-contested Student Assembly election in recent memory, Julia Hildreth '05 defeated Ralph Davies '05 Wednesday by a single vote to become next year's student body president. Hildreth, whose campaign came under scrutiny after a hacker allegedly sent a mass BlitzMail message to members of the Class of 2004 from one of her supporter's accounts, won 778 votes to Davies' 777 votes. Jim Baehr '05, whose highly-visible campaign included an elaborate web site and self-described "flash," trailed behind with 512 votes, while Dave Wolkoff '05 garnered 467 votes. Mike Valmonte '06 came away with 110 votes. The voter turnout of 2,668 students was the highest ever for Assembly elections and represented an increase of more than 1,000 from 2003. Elections Planning and Advisory Committee co-chair Stephanie Long '04 attributed the increase in turnout to "the nature and number of qualified candidates running for the position." Hildreth concurred, saying, "I'm really grateful that there was such great voter turnout because it's obvious that all the candidates were really qualified, and I'm looking forward to refocusing on SA and accomplishing things rather than worrying about the election." Davies declined to immediately comment. "I'm very impressed with all the campaigns, but now that's its over, we should all get behind Julia, because she will do a great job," current student body president Janos Marton '04 said. In a last-minute move, Marton, who defeated Brett Theisen '04 by a landslide 73.6 percent of the vote, the largest margin in more than a decade, endorsed Hildreth in Tuesday's issue of The Dartmouth. In protest of EPAC's handling of campaign violations and other election protocol, Hildreth did not attend a candidate reception, held in Tindle Lounge late Wednesday evening after the results of the election were announced at 9:21 p.m., 21 minutes after their projected release via BlitzMail. "I was disappointed in the process of decision-making and appeals consideration within the Elections Planning Committee," Hildreth said. Baehr was the sole presidential candidate who attended the candidate reception. "I congratulate my opponents for a hard-fought contest.

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Diamond describes European conquest

By Kevin Garland | May 6, 2004

Students and community members crowded 105 Dartmouth Hall Wednesday afternoon to hear noted author Jared Diamond speak about his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, "Guns, Germs and Steel." Diamond, a geography professor at the University of California-Los Angeles, spoke clearly and knowledgeably about his 1997 national bestseller and its implications. The focus of Diamond's book was the question of why Europeans conquered Native American culture, instead of Native Americans obliterating Europe or a conquest of Europe by China.

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Online gambling becomes dorm's addiction

By Alix Cody | May 6, 2004

For a group of roughly 10 Dartmouth males, online poker is much more than a game -- it's an addiction. Ever since Adam Patinkin '07 and Joseph Mannarino '07 won $35,000 playing a joint game a few weeks ago, much of their time has been spent in front of their computers in search of similar gains. On any given day, money is being won and lost in their rooms on the second floor of Richardson Hall, to the chagrin of residence hall authorities.

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Immelt '78 tapped for commencement

By Timothy Spellman | May 5, 2004

Jeffrey Immelt '78, chief executive officer of General Electric, will speak at this year's commencement ceremony on June 13, the College announced Tuesday. The speech will be the business leader's second at Dartmouth in three months, as Immelt addressed a Tuck Business School audience in April for the annual Greener Ventures entrepreneurship conference. "Leadership in the future will be about depth before breadth," Immelt said at the conference, where he discussed leadership and the future of business ethics.

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Journalist Reeves speaks on presidency

By Michael Reeves | May 5, 2004

The job of U.S. president "is essentially reactive," author and syndicated columnist Richard Reeves told a standing-room-only crowd Tuesday in Filene Auditorium. In a lecture titled "Presidential Leadership: John F.

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With low numbers, black sorority becomes endangered

By Steven Orbuch | May 5, 2004

Delta Sigma Theta -- the College's only national black sorority -- is in imminent danger of losing its College housing for next academic year, as its sisterhood will dwindle down to one sole member following June graduation. Dean of Residential Life Martin Redman said the College will repossess Delta Sigma Theta's four-person River cluster apartment Fall term if the apartment is not filled to capacity "because of the nature of D-plan enrollment on campus." At present, the sorority consists of four senior women.

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EPAC upholds election sanctions

By Colin Barry | May 5, 2004

Election officials upheld sanctions on the campaign of Julia Hildreth '05 at a meeting Tuesday night in the latest twist in a tumultuous and controversial race for student body president. Hildreth and her supporters will be prohibited from sending BlitzMail messages, using e-mail auto-replies and distributing new posters or fliers for the remainder of the election, Election Planning and Advisory Committee co-chair Peter Sokol-Hessner '04 said. EPAC officials said the restrictions were intended to compensate other candidates for the publicity Hildreth received from a wave of allegedly-hacked mass e-mails and the subsequent campus reaction. "We must consider both your situation and that of the other candidates," EPAC wrote in a final evaluation. In a poll conducted by The Dartmouth, Hildreth held a very small lead over fellow candidates Ralph Davies '05 and Jim Baehr '05, while Dave Wolkoff '05 and Michael Valmonte '06 trailed behind.

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SA backs Asian-American studies minor

By Lizzie Wise | May 5, 2004

In spite of the frenzied nature of campus-wide elections, the Student Assembly conducted a rather low-key meeting last night that consisted of Morna Ha '04 and Marie Choi '06 demonstrating the need for an Asian-American Studies minor program at the College. In conjunction with Ha and Choi's presentation, the Assembly passed a statement to support the creation of an Asian-American Studies program at Dartmouth. Although African and African American Studies, Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies and Native American Studies departments exist at Dartmouth, there is no Asian-American Studies program, a burgeoning field that incorporates ethnic and interdisciplinary studies focused on the experience of Asian-Americans in the United States. The initiative calls for an institutional commitment to the field, including the hiring of a tenured professor. "We believe it's the dean's job to offer leadership on the issue," Ha said. Since 1997, the Pan-Asian Council -- the umbrella organization of Asian organizations on campus -- was created; and the Asian-American Studies initiative has been proactive, particularly in the past three years, meeting and engaging in discussions with College President James Wright, Provost Barry Scherr, deans and faculty members. The initiative, however, has encountered several obstacles. "There isn't a clear sense of what the College's priorities are, and we don't have an idea of where AAS falls in their priorities, or if it falls in at all," Ha said. Ha and Choi stressed that the initiative is not just about numbers, or the fact that there is a sizable minority of Asian-American students at the College. "It's about the fact that Dartmouth is a liberal arts institution, and you can't study America without studying Asian America," Choi said.

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College overrules EPAC's sanctions on Hildreth

By Colin Barry | May 4, 2004

UPDATED May 4, 11:47 a.m. In a decision that may add storm to an already controversial student election, Assistant Dean of Student Life Joe Cassidy removed sanctions the student-run Election Planning and Advisory Committee had placed on the presidential campaign of Julia Hildreth '05 in response to an appeal. The pronouncement represents the first time in recent history that College administrators have directly involved themselves in student elections or overruled an EPAC decision, and it could be a severe blow to the credibility of EPAC and the election as a whole. Cassidy's judgment may not even be strictly permitted under election guidelines, EPAC Co-chair Stephanie Long '04 said, although such a severe violation of College policy is unprecedented. "In the past, Cassidy's word hasn't previously overruled what EPAC has said," Long said.

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Virus infects many campus computers

By Zachary Goldstein | May 4, 2004

A new Windows computer virus scourging the campus has incapacitated student computers, producing long lines at the Computing Services desk in Baker-Berry Library and frustrating the efforts of at least one professor attempting to teach class. Victoria Sevastianova's Russian 13 class came to a halt Monday after a computer infected with the "Sasser virus" prevented the machine from turning on.

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Hildreth alleges campaign sabotage

In a scandal that may rock Dartmouth's neck-and-neck race for Student Body President, a close friend of candidate Julia Hildreth '05 has alleged a BlitzMail hacker broke into her account and sent fake endorsement messages for Hildreth to much of the College's senior class. Rules set by the Election Planning and Advisory Committee prohibit mass-mailing, and some have speculated that an anonymous hacker has aimed to turn senior opinion against Hildreth or have Hildreth censured by EPAC. While EPAC officials were still investigating the incident Monday night, EPAC co-chair Stephanie Long '04 said the election might be scrapped later if the incident is linked to a specific candidate's supporters. Hildreth's friend and supporter Stella Treas '05 said she was checking her mail using the Netblitz computer program at around 8 p.m.

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