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At Dartmouth, some '04s chose to rock the boat

By Kate Lyon | June 13, 2004

Although all Dartmouth students make their own impression on the school, certain '04s, it is safe to say, "rocked the boat." Through campus controversy, debate and persistence, these four seniors will not soon be forgotten. Here are their stories. Katie Greenwood Not long after the controversially mandate that rush be moved to Winter term in 2002, Katie Greenwood, 04 wrote a letter decrying the sorority rush process and its subsequent institution of the sorority system that was published as a guest column in The Dartmouth. Though Greenwood herself did not rush, four of her friends had just gone through the rush process, one of whom did not receive a bid to a house.

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Hanover's two oldest stores slated to close

By Matthew Kelly | June 13, 2004

Amid the celebrations of commencement and reunion that are sweeping through Hanover, the town's two oldest stores, Serry's and the Dartmouth Bookstore, have announced that they are closing their doors. It is perhaps a sign of changing times not only for the town, but also for the country as a whole, that two formerly popular items -- suits and books -- are giving way to newer entertainment and fashions. Chris Zappala, co-owner of Serry's with his father Sam, said that the time was right for the Hanover institution to close. "We decided that with the trend in clothing, with people not wearing dressier clothes as regularly, that this would be as good a time as any to close," he said. David Cioffi, store manager of the Dartmouth Bookstore since 1972, cited declining revenues as a reason for selling Dartmouth Bookstore. The decline in revenues can be mainly attributed to the bookstore's inability to sell College textbooks.

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Seniors nurture long-lasting relationships at College

By Lizzie Wise | June 13, 2004

Responses to the notorious question of dating at Dartmouth -- does it exist? -- are usually filled with excuses of the D-Plan, the fraternity basement scene and the lack of things to do in Hanover as evidence of its nonexistence. With a large number of '04s leaving the College with a degree and an engagement, however, dating clearly does exist -- and flourishes -- at Dartmouth. "You have to be flexible," Julia Keane '04 said.

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Immelt '78 to deliver keynote address

By Dax Tejera | June 13, 2004

Out of the nine honorary degree recipients that will be awarded diplomas alongside this year's senior class, the College chose Jeffrey Immelt '78 to deliver the main address at the 2004 commencement exercises on the Green. Immelt, 48, is chairman and CEO of General Electric Co. He graduated from Dartmouth with a B.A.

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Professional schools to distribute degrees

By Matthew Kelly | June 13, 2004

Before Sunday's undergraduate commencement, the College's three graduate schools held ceremonies Saturday called Class Day at Dartmouth Medical School and Investiture at the Thayer and Tuck Schools to send their graduates into the professional world. 240 students received hoods upon their graduation from the Tuck School with Masters of Business Administration.

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Police Blotter

June 2, 2004

April 29, Mass Row, 2:21 a.m. Hanover Police accompanied an ambulance run to Mid-Mass dormitory, where a 21-year-old male College student had vomited, defecated on himself and passed out on the floor of his bathroom.

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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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