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Highest-paid campus jobs often stay unfilled

By Anna Parachkevova | June 2, 2004

In the "real world," high-paying jobs are usually among the most sought-after, but Dartmouth student workers don't appear to be lured by the same incentives. While Dartmouth Dining Services offers the best-paid positions on campus, many of these positions remain unfilled. No students currently work at the Courtyard Cafe in the Hop, and only one student is working in the dish room in Food Court.

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Buffett group invests in local firm

By Michael Reeves | June 2, 2004

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. will acquire a 16 percent stake in the outstanding common shares of White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd., a Bermuda-based insurance holding company that has its principal executive office in Hanover. White Mountains announced last week that Berkshire Hathaway, a Nebraska-based conglomerate headed by the billionaire financier Buffett, will execute all of its warrants to purchase 1,724,000 common shares of White Mountains stock for approximately $294 million in cash. Berkshire Hathaway obtained the warrants when it financed White Mountains' acquisition of OneBeacon Insurance Group LLC, a group of independent insurance agents in the Northeast, in June 2001. Because Berkshire Hathaway exercised its warrants before they were callable by White Mountains on May 31, 2005, the two companies agreed to discount the exercise price by about two percent.

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After months, search for librarian continues

By Dax Tejera | June 2, 2004

Five months after the College's head librarian resigned his post, Dartmouth is still searching for a replacement. The search for a new Dean of Libraries will continue through the summer and into the fall as a committee prepares to meet in Boston this week to conduct preliminary interviews with candidates. The search process began after former Dean Richard Lucier resigned from his three-year post on Jan.

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Dept. evaluations announced

By Lizzie Wise | June 2, 2004

Dartmouth's anthropology and classics departments elicit high student satisfaction ratings, while biology maintains its traditionally low marks, according to a just-published Student Assembly report on departmental performance at the College. Steve Koutsavlis '05 presented a report assessing the performance of the College's academic departments at the final Student Assembly meeting of the term last night. Over 50 pages long, the report provides extensive information on each department, including number of professors, majors and major-to-faculty ratio; number of classes offered within the department, average class size, median class size and ratings on various aspects of the academic experience. "We hope this assessment helps provoke a discussion about the future allocation of resources for teaching at Dartmouth and assists prospective majors in choosing a department that best suits their needs," the report's cover letter said. Koutsavlis, the Assembly's vice president of academic affairs, and Mark Herman '06, vice chair of the academic affairs committee, spent the past year compiling the report based on results from an online survey sent out to majors last spring.

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Finished, thesis writers breathe easier

By Mark Herman | June 1, 2004

At the end of the academic year, senior thesis writers are breathing a giant sigh of relief after finishing and presenting their projects and finally venturing out of the library. According to an informal survey of College departments conducted by The Dartmouth, the number of seniors writing theses this year is typical among most departments, with the most thesis writers, 28, in the English department.

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Pilot prog. safeguards departmental data

By Tim Spellman | June 1, 2004

If a new Computing Services pilot program succeeds, data from computers in every College department may soon be stored in a single backup system -- a move that would efficiently allocate resources left for years without widespread organization. David Bucciero, director of systems services at Dartmouth, called a newly-launched backup centralization initiative program "utility computing" because it consolidates the data backup and storage needs of multiple offices and departments throughout campus, much like power and water utilities consolidate the power and water needs of a community. "Right now, it's a pilot with 500 computers in 17 campus offices, but if it's successful, we would like to do a bigger offering," Bucciero said.

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In Ala. court race, alum calls on Christian vote

By Mark Henle | June 1, 2004

After a judicial ethics committee removed Chief Justice Roy Moore from the Alabama Supreme Court for his defense of a two-ton Ten Commandments monument in the court's rotunda, the renegade judge's name would seem to hold little clout.

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UFC finalizes next year's allocation decisions

By Zachary Goldstein | May 28, 2004

The Undergraduate Finance Committee finalized decisions Thursday on where it would allocate its $755,000 budget for fiscal year 2004-05, beginning June 30. Of the seven organizations receiving money, six were given a larger sum than last year, with Programming Board receiving the largest share at $366,000 and Student Assembly receiving the largest increase, up $20,000 from last year. Student Body President Janos Marton '04, who chairs the UFC as a nonvoting member, attributed the Assembly's increase to $80,000 next year primarily to the popular College Readership Program instituted this year to provide free newspapers to students.

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College, Greek leaders agree on fall rush

By Matthew Kelly | May 28, 2004

The College has approved proposals from the Greek system to return rush's start date to Fall term, with the process slated to begin at the end of the third week of classes. The first day of eligibility would be Oct.

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Celebrated author takes on new view toward liberalism

By Kevin Garland | May 27, 2004

The U.S. political system has been steeped in religion since its original roots in Puritan traditions, according to James Morone in a lecture about his book "Hellfire Nation" at the Rockefeller Center Wednesday afternoon. Morone, a professor at Brown University, first discussed two views of American society and the nation's political system -- one a perspective of liberalism and the other a community structure-based approach. Morone said both perspectives seemed incomplete to him, and added that he instead created his own ideology about American society and politics.

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Student Assembly debuts 'Rides Across Dartmouth'

By Lizzie Wise | May 27, 2004

Ten fluorescent green bikes stood outside Thayer Hall courtesy of Student Assembly Wednesday night at 7 p.m., just waiting for students in need of quick transportation across campus. Earlier this term, the Assembly allotted $1,000 for the Rides Across Dartmouth program to cover the costs of the Walmart bicycles, bumper stickers, paint and other supplies.

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Student workers give high marks for Collis

By Anna Parachkevova | May 27, 2004

Editor's note: This is the fifth in a multi-part series on employment conditions for students at the College. Whether they are making smoothies in the cafe, taking orders in Lone Pine, answering questions at the information desk or striking a stage setup in Common Ground, student employees at Collis are almost always interacting with others. Unlike some other jobs on campus, human interaction is a major aspect of any student position in the Collis Center.

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College awards end-of-year prizes

By Jessica Chen | May 26, 2004

Numerous offices and departments have recently recognized students who have made a significant impact on the Dartmouth community as the academic year comes to a close. These campus-wide honors include the Dean of the College Award for Service, Cardozo Prize, Kramer Group Award, Committee on Student Organizations Awards and Greek Life Awards. The Dean of the College Award, which is in its first year of existence, recognizes seven students for work in the Dartmouth community that far exceeds that of the typical College student, according to the award description. Cara Wallace '03, Kristen Parkinson '04, Adil Ahmad '05, Jedidiah Sorokin-Altmann '05, John Raser '01 DMS '05, Dan Hui '05 and Gary Maslow '00 DMS '04 were tapped for this year's award. Wallace was awarded for her involvement in organizing the first All-Ivy Native American Student Conference held this February.

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