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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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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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