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SA approves funds for new gym equipment

By Lizzie Wise | April 14, 2004

In a nearly unanimous vote, the Student Assembly approved a resolution to fund the purchase of new gym equipment that will likely be placed at a location separate from the existing Kresge Fitness Center.

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FCC head highlights merging tech.

By Mark Henle | April 14, 2004

Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell cited Tuesday the convergence of traditionally separate technologies as the largest challenge facing the agency.

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$4.5 mil. grant to fund faculty's tech center

By Zana Bugaighis | April 14, 2004

Thanks to a $4.5 million donation, Baker-Berry Library will soon host a technology resource facility for faculty -- The Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning. The center will be up and running on the internet before it is physically in place opposite the 1902 Room in Baker. Provost Barry Scherr selected associate English professor Thomas Luxon to head DCAL.

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'04's screenplay wins 1st prize in Ivy Film Festival

By AnnMary Mathew | April 14, 2004

Screenwriter Snowden C. Wright '04 doesn't hesitate to describe himself as talented -- and many people, including the judges for the Ivy Film Festival, would agree. Wright's screenplay, "The Hurricane Party," won Best Feature Screenplay at this year's festival, held from April 9 through April 11 at Brown University. The screenplay's focus is "sex and drugs -- my two favorite things in the world," Wright said. The screenplay centers around the affair between a drug-dealer and a woman who is already dating a wealthy, older man. According to Wright, what he learned in Dartmouth's Screenwriting 1 and 2 classes helped distinguish his screenplay from the other contest entries.

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Getting to Know...

By Mark Sweeney | April 13, 2004

Following in the footsteps of such journalistic luminaries as Mike Wallace, Barbara Walters and Ed Bradley, The Dartmouth's Mark Sweeney catches up with the big names on campus and asks the questions that others have too much professionalism or integrity to ask.

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College unlikely to adopt new file-sharing filter

By Zachary Goldstein | April 13, 2004

In recent weeks, multiple colleges and universities across the nation have implemented a new network filter promoted by the Recording Industry Association of America in its latest attempt to end illegal peer-to-peer file-sharing. Dartmouth, however, will not join the pack, according to Computing Services director Robert Johnson. The College has not adopted the CopySense Network Appliance, a mechanism that some believe will help schools combat the growing problem of illicit file-sharing on high-bandwidth networks. Central Washington University was the first school to implement the filter, though "a couple dozen universities are currently in some stage" of implementation, CopySense chief executive officer Vance Ikezoye said. The filter, produced by California firm Audible Magic, examines the "digital fingerprint" of every file transferred over the network it patrols, cross-referencing fingerprints with a 4 million-song database. The appliance can then be set to automatically cancel the transfer of any copyrighted files.

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Police Blotter

By Matthew Kelly | April 13, 2004

April 5, Chandler Drive, 9:06 p.m. A fire started in the electrical panel at a College-owned house at 2 Chandler Drive.

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DDS mixups mar Passover proceedings

By Steven Orbuch | April 13, 2004

With one day left in the annual Jewish holiday, Dartmouth's Passover food offerings have been characterized by mix-ups and mixed reviews. The eight-day Passover celebration began last Monday evening and ends tonight at sunset.

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Dining hall plans prolong zoning saga

By Mark Henle | April 12, 2004

The Hanover Zoning Board of Adjustments has voted to approve proposals by both town residents and Dartmouth to re-hear the College's request for a special exception to its educational zoning status. The board's original decision granted Dartmouth an exception to build two residence halls on North Maynard Street contingent on the College satisfying nine stipulations. The College has asked that the first condition, which stipulates that the College must commission a traffic study, be stricken.

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Pair of profs wins prestigious grants

By Steven Orbuch | April 12, 2004

Two Dartmouth faculty members -- Susan Jane Walp, lecturer in studio art and Larry Polansky, associate professor of music -- have been awarded fellowships from the prestigious John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. The 2004 fellowship winners include 185 artists, scholars and scientists selected from more than 3,200 applicants for grants that averaged to more than $37,000 per recipient. Walp specializes in still life paintings.

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Stempniak picks up All-American rank

By Alex Talel | April 12, 2004

Joining the most elite ranks of collegiate ice hockey, Dartmouth winger and assistant team captain Lee Stempniak '05 has been chosen as a NCAA Division I First Team All-American player.

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Horowitz clamors for more conservatives

By Kristen Kelley | April 9, 2004

Conservative activist David Horowitz wants to introduce more conservatism to college campuses supposedly so dominated by leftist faculty members that the liberal professor has almost become a clich. In a proposal he calls the "academic bill of rights," Horowitz wants college administrations to include both conservative and liberal viewpoints in their selection of campus speakers and syllabuses for courses and to choose faculty members with a view toward fostering a plurality of methodologies and perspectives, The New York Times reported April 3. The Georgia and Colorado legislatures, however, already passed bills along the lines of Horowitz's proposal in mid-March, and more states are considering similar legislation.

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Crew boats fend off otter attack

By Marta Darby | April 9, 2004

In a scene perhaps more typical of a Fox "When Animals Attack" special than Dartmouth crew practice, a river otter attacked crew coaches April 2 during the varsity heavyweight afternoon practice. No one was injured, but the incident, which occurred seven miles upstream from the crew boathouse, rattled the nerves of all involved. The otter, running along the shoreline ice before the attack, jumped into the river to play in the wake of the coach's launch, according to varsity coach Scott Armstrong, who was directing two eight-man boats at the time of the encounter.

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Study: Medicare may lead to low-quality health care

By Kevin Garland | April 9, 2004

Higher Medicare spending may surprisingly lead to lower quality health care services, according to a recent study by Dartmouth economics professors Katherine Baicker and Amitabh Chandra. "This negative relationship may be driven by the use of intensive, costly care that crowds out the use of more effective care," the report states. The study focused on the federal Medicare program, which serves the elderly.

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College, SA split on gym expansion plan

By Zana Bugaighis | April 9, 2004

The frequently overcrowded and overbooked Kresge fitness center looks to undergo major renovations within the next five years, Athletics department officials said, but student leaders are seeking a temporary solution by the end of the term. The Student Assembly's goal seems at odds with the recreation department, which hopes to conserve funds in order to allow for a larger expansion of the 4,000-square-foot fitness center in the future.

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