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Town resident challenges College Main St. expansion

By Anna Parachkevova | January 20, 2004

Months after Hanover approved Dartmouth's proposal to rebuild the block behind Ramunto's and Caf Buon Gustaio, a town resident has filed two separate appeals against the decision. Hanover local Winifred Stearns claims that the proposed plan, which includes the building of an underground garage for more than 95 cars, will increase the traffic around her house and cause more pollution. "The garage is to be ventilated only by fans placed on the two side entrances," Stearns said.

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N.H. names Dartmouth prof. poet laureate

By Megan Spillane | January 20, 2004

The state of New Hampshire has named Dartmouth creative writing professor Cynthia Huntington the state's new poet laureate. The honorary position will enable Huntington to promote an appreciation of contemporary poetry both in-state and around the country, the professor hopes. Huntington was selected last week by the Poetry Society of New Hampshire and Gov.

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Frat rush, sink numbers down

By Kevin Garland | January 20, 2004

Fraternity rush has ended, and initial estimates show overall sink numbers down significantly from last year despite gains in select houses. The Interfraternity Council believes the lower numbers are due to a smaller class of 2006 and rush being held during Winter term for the third year, IFC president Jonathan Lazarow said. "There's some disappointing rush numbers, to be honest, but we're positive about the spring term," Lazarow said. Based on initial estimates, Psi Upsilon fraternity had one of the better turnouts.

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Lieberman courts N.H. voters in Main St. walk

By Dax Tejera Dax Tejera | January 20, 2004

Light crowds thronged South Main Street yesterday, as presidential hopeful Joe Lieberman visited local eateries to gain an edge on the undecided vote crucial to the upcoming New Hampshire primary. The Connecticut senator, flanked by local and national media, attempted to casually converse with New Hampshire voters as he strolled down South Main Street and visited local business establishments.

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Amid Democratic wave, GOP leader arrives

By Jenn Buck | January 19, 2004

As the New Hampshire Democratic primary race heats up, Republicans are out trying to make themselves heard above the din. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., went on the stump for President Bush last Friday, speaking to a group at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.

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Left-wing filmmaker touts Clark

By Alex Morrison | January 19, 2004

Even documentary filmmaker Michael Moore finds his endorsement of presidential candidate Gen. Wesley Clark a bit perplexing. Moore asked his audience in Collis Commonground Saturday how many of them wanted to know what he was doing there.

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Star prof. Edsforth not rehired by dept.

By Mark Herman | January 19, 2004

Leaving Dartmouth after 11 years as a visiting history professor, Ronald Edsforth simply tells people he has been made "redundant." Although he was not fired, Edsforth will not return to Dartmouth next year, because there are no classes left for him to teach. Many of Edsforth's students and colleagues, meanwhile, lament his being forced to leave Dartmouth. The history department renewed Edsforth's one-year visiting contract annually, relying on him to teach courses made available by full-time faculty who were away or on sabbatical. "For all these years, history has always had courses to keep me employed," Edsforth said. But new hires in the history department and more faculty present on campus leave no room for Edsforth next year, given College policies about courses full-time faculty must teach and the number of courses allotted to the history department. Edsforth was also responsible for making the war and peace studies program more visible and popular.

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Shanta Driver to give MLK Jr. Day address

By Megan Spillane | January 19, 2004

Martin Luther King Jr. Day programming comes to a climax Monday, with a candlelight vigil and a keynote address from Shanta Driver. Driver's speech is themed "Integration and Equality in American Society: Realizing the Dream on the 50th Anniversary of Brown v.

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Dems to debate Jan. 25 at College

By Staff Reporters | January 16, 2004

The 2004 Democratic presidential hopefuls will spar in a televised debate at Dartmouth Jan. 25, College officials are expected to announce today. The debate, developed for months in secret by national media and Dartmouth officials, will mark the first time the candidates meet to address a pre-set theme of women's issues. Still unconfirmed, though, is whether all eight candidates will attend.

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Kucinich advocates int'l orgs.

By Steven Orbuch | January 16, 2004

Democratic Presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich bashed what he said were the Bush administration's plans to unilaterally explore outer space weapons technology and its lack of international cooperation at a Rockefeller Center question and answer forum Thursday. "This country has a military strategy of putting weapons in space to control the world from outer space," Kucinich said. The Bush administration announced its plans earlier in the week to build a space station on the Moon and to pursue further space exploration.

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20 picked for Senior Executive Committee

By Mark Henle | January 16, 2004

The College released the names on Thursday of the 20 students selected to serve on the class of 2004 Senior Executive Committee, which is responsible for organizing all class events for the next five years. The group will meet frequently throughout the Winter and Spring terms to organize class events, including Commencement, for which they will select the class marshals and flag bearers.

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Doc: Global warming threatens health

By AnnMary Mathew | January 16, 2004

Increased levels of carbon dioxide along with increased global temperatures have deleterious effects on global health, Dr. Kent Bradford said yesterday in a speech in Carson Hall. Bradford, who spoke on behalf of Physicians for Social Responsibility, also emphasized the importance of new fuel sources and using fossil fuels more efficiently. Bradford pointed out that global carbon dioxide and temperature levels remained steady until a sharp increase in the 1800s, presumably because of the Industrial Revolution and the expanding use of fossil fuels that resulted. Higher temperature and increased carbon dioxide levels means more extreme weather around the world, according to Bradford. Bradford said that because of the higher global temperatures, the air would be able to hold more moisture, which results in more precipitation and causes greater flooding and more frequent storm systems.

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Software to offer Greeks feedback

By Kevin Garland | January 15, 2004

The Office of Residential Life hopes to help Greek houses attain high standards by offering a tool that would give individual houses the ability to monitor the progress toward certain goals and access others' perceptions of their houses. ORL is working with the Center for Educational Leadership to develop computer software, which it hopes will provide each house with a useful self-assessment. As designed, this project will include a survey of representatives around campus about their perceptions of the Greek organization, according to Dean of Residential Life Marty Redman.

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Lieberman stumps in town

By Dax Tejera | January 15, 2004

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Lieberman's campaign was busy in Hanover yesterday, as members of the senator's family and his Connecticut colleagues took casual strolls down South Main Street and through Collis Cafe. Connecticut comptroller Nancy Wyman and Matthew Lieberman, Sen.

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U.S. educ. secretary touts nat'l standards

By Anna Parachkevova | January 15, 2004

Secretary of Education Rod Paige discussed the future of Dartmouth's educational research programs in a speech Wednesday and defended the nation's No Child Left Behind Act as necessary component in the struggle for school accountability. Paige's visit to Dartmouth also served as a way of inaugurating the new home of the Education Department, now in Raven House, Education professor Kevin Dunbar said. Paige praised the newly-renovated building. "It is a cathedral of learning," Paige said.

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'04 Senior gift campaign begins

By Alison Schmauch | January 15, 2004

The Young Alumni of Dartmouth Association launched its Senior Class Gift Campaign last night with a party held in Collis Commonground. Seniors attending could nibble on Brie, French bread and chocolate chip cookies, get a free glass of wine or beer from the bar, order a copy of the 2004 Aegis or listen to the live jazz band's rendition of Talking Heads' "Psycho Killer," as well as ask questions about the Dartmouth College Fund. The purpose of the party was to "introduce seniors to the Dartmouth College Fund and the Senior Class Gift: show them what we are, how to donate, and why it's so important to have a high participation rate," said Paul Bozzello '04, a Dartmouth College Fund intern. It is important to have a high participation rate because "people are far more likely to donate as alumni if they give senior year," Bozzello said. Bozzello also noted the importance of giving money to Dartmouth as a way of "showing thanks" to an institution that has given them many opportunities. According to the Dartmouth Alumni Office's Web site, it costs about $80,000 per year to educate one Dartmouth student.

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