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Sculptures span generations

By Mark Henle | February 13, 2004

The snow sculpture is the centerpiece of Winter Carnival. This year's sculpture features a 14-foot cat perched upon a 16-foot hat in commemoration of Dr. Seuss' 100th birthday.

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Alums reminisce on snow-studded debauchery

By Jenn Buck | February 13, 2004

"I mourn the lack of nudity," said Elisabeth Barbiero '97, reminiscing about Winter Carnival days of yore. "I mourn the loss of the keg jump," she said. Barbiero, a Tabardite who now works in Hanover, has witnessed 11 consecutive Carnivals.

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Skiers look to win second straight Carnival on slopes

By Jessica Arnold | February 13, 2004

When you get only one home game a season, it isn't hard to get motivated. For the Dartmouth ski team, the annual Winter Carnival is the culmination of years of hard work and long weekends on the road, a chance for the athletes to finally showcase their talents in front of friendly fans on familiar race courses. Intercollegiate ski racing at the Carnival, the nation's oldest collegiate winter weekend, kicks off Friday with cross country racing at the Dartmouth Cross Country Ski Center at Oak Hill in Hanover and with alpine events at the Dartmouth Skiway.

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S&S steps up campus patrols

By Mark Herman | February 13, 2004

Safety and Security will increase its presence this weekend as more students go out to party or partake in Carnival events, College Proctor Harry Kinne said.

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SLI: a five-year retrospective

By Steven Orbuch | February 13, 2004

Winter rush. No kegs. No taps. Fuel. Berry Library. McCulloch. Freshmen clusters. These buzzwords float around campus because of the five-year old Student Life Initiative -- a heated issue unveiled by College President James Wright's administration in the days leading up to Winter Carnival 1999. "It chipped away at the foundation of trust between the two bodies," former member of the Greek Steering Committee Maggie Shnayerson '03 told The Dartmouth. The SLI "demonstrated that a gap exists between the attitude of administrators and students," Josh Marcuse '04 said. Both Wright and Dean of the College James Larimore said that the announcement with guidelines for "the end of the Greek system as we know it" was ill timed, on the eve of one of the biggest party weekends of the school year. They admitted that the timing of the SLI made students more critical of the administration's intentions, particularly in regard to its agenda for the fraternity and sorority system. "People have looked back with some regret," Larimore said.

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Administration recalls Carnival furor

By Dax Tejera | February 13, 2004

Winter Carnival 1999 was anything but typical. Opening ceremonies for Dartmouth's 89th Carnival were held Thursday night, and 900 student protestors were ready to greet President James Wright in his first appearance before the student body since announcing a plan to severely curtail the Greek system at Dartmouth. On Tuesday of that week, the Board of Trustees and College President James Wright announced the Social and Residential Life Initiative, commonly known as the SLI, which called for the end of the single-sex fraternity and sorority system at Dartmouth. By Wednesday night, the Coed Fraternity Sorority Council had voted to cancel all CFSC sponsored Winter Carnival parties and events.

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Carnivals common at other schools

By Licyau Wong | February 13, 2004

While Dartmouth's celebration of Winter Carnival will take place this weekend, similar carnivals have already been held at other colleges and more will take place throughout the season. New England colleges in particular are known for hosting winter carnivals.

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Students aim to aid kids with Teach for America

By Jenn Buck | February 12, 2004

After experiencing a top-notch education in state-of-the-art facilities, some Dartmouth students are choosing to take their education to America's most disadvantaged primary schools. For Justin May '00, reading "Savage Inequalities" during his senior fall while in professor Andrew Garrod's Education 20 class was an eye-opening experience. "He is on fire," said May.

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IFC, admin. talks soothe tensions

By Dax Tejera | February 12, 2004

Greek leaders and College administrators are predicting tensions between them will ease in coming weeks as negotationsfix misperceptions and communication failures on both sides. Dean of the College James Larimore is overseeing talks between the Greek Leadership Council, Interfraternity Council and College administrators to answer questions, listen to concerns and separate fact from fiction on future College policy. Dartmouth Greek community leaders have expressed increased concern since the start of Winter term that the College may be tightening the reigns of the Student Life Initiative and efforts to curtail Greek life at Dartmouth.

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College seeks minority athletes

By Mark Herman | February 12, 2004

A recent internal study conducted as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's re-certification process revealed that athletic teams were less than one-third as diverse as the larger student body.

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Two profs win NEH research fellowships

By Licyau Wong | February 12, 2004

Two Dartmouth professors were among 180 scholars who will receive research stipends from the National Endowment for the Humanities, which awarded its annual prestigious fellowships on Tuesday. Philosophy professor Julia Driver and Anthropology professor John Watanabe were the only recipients in New Hampshire. The NEH is an independent federal grant provider that funds programs supporting the Humanities in education, exhibitions, libraries and other public arenas. It received 1,289 applications this year and awarded 180 fellowships and $3.3 million in funds. Each professor will receive a stipend of $40,000 for a 9-12 month fellowship and will spend the year doing research rather than teaching, in accordance with the rules governing NEH fellowships. Driver and Watanabe are both using their fellowships to finish authoring books. Driver's book addresses the "greatest happiness" principle, while Watanabe's focuses on administering race, class, community and nation in 19th Century Guatemala. Both said they were pleased to have received the awards. "It's a real honor to get it," Driver said. Watanabe said he views the grant as an opportunity to round out his abilities as a professor. "This reaffirms my faith in the fact that to be a good teacher you have to do your research too," Watanabe said.

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Job market picks up for '04s

By AnnMary Mathew | February 12, 2004

For Dartmouth seniors looking for jobs, prospects are slightly better this year compared to last year, according to Assistant Director of Career Services Monica Wilson. This is in line with reports indicating that the job market is slowly starting to pick up after several years of nail-biting for many, even those with college degrees.

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Budget committee tackles College cuts

By Lizzie Wise | February 11, 2004

College Provost Barry Scherr set up the Student Budget Advisory Committee last year so that a group of students could meet to discuss the College's budget priorities with administrators on a bi-weekly basis in an informal, cooperative setting. Scherr, Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration Adam Keller, Dean of the College James Larimore and roughly a dozen students now sit in on such meetings. "Our key goals are to get student input in what we are thinking about the budget, and to have a group of students get to understand what the budgetary process looks like at this institution," Scherr said. "Last year, we were really wrestling with hard decisions," Scherr said.

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Feminist assails abortion rights

By Megan Spillane | February 11, 2004

Sally A. Winn, vice president of Feminists for Life of America, urged students, faculty and community members to pursue an anti-abortion agenda Tuesday evening in a speech titled "Refuse to Chose: Reclaiming Feminism." Winn challenged her audience to tackle what she called the root causes of abortion -- the lack of financial and emotional support shown to expectant mothers. "If we come together we can systematically eliminate the root causes that lead to abortion," Winn said. According to Winn, 1.3 million surgical abortions are performed in the United States every year and one in five is performed on a college student. Winn, who delivered her now-10-year-old daughter while she was a student at Indiana University, attributed that statistic to the lack of resources for pregnant women on college campuses. Winn called for better campus housing options, affordable day-care programs and maternity insurance coverage on college plans. "No one wants to see a woman drop out of school," Winn said.

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Students talk sex at annual fest

By Jenn Buck | February 11, 2004

Spring fever was in the air Tuesday night, as students from all over campus converged on Collis Commonground for the second annual Sex Festival. The Center for Women and Gender sponsored the educational event, where visitors could pick up free samples of condoms and lubricants, have their questions answered anonymously in the "confessional" and snack on anatomically-modeled cookies. Tables were set up around the room, each one themed to address a different aspect of sex education.

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Details of debate debacle rest unclear

By Matthew Kelly | February 11, 2004

The full details of how the student-organized presidential forum "Healing America" was cancelled remain unclear even now, three weeks after the event was to take place. The roundtable's chief organizers, Kabir Sehgal '05 and Brent Reidy '05 of BuzzFlood and Janos Marton '04 and Noah Riner '06 of Student Assembly, have said in print that a Dartmouth administrator called the Kerry campaign two days before the event, resulting in the Kerry campaign's withdrawal. The Kerry campaign's scheduling office did, in fact, receive a letter from Rockefeller Center Director Linda Fowler notifying them of the first cancellation of "Healing America" in December, an investigation by The Dartmouth has found.

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'06 accident highlights safety on Skiway slopes

By Steven Orbuch | February 10, 2004

When Christina Porter '06 ended up in the intensive care unit at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center following a ski accident at the Dartmouth Skiway, her parents called for improved safety at the College-run facility. Skiway personnel defended the area's safety infrastructure, despite recent questions raised by Porter's accident. The ski center always has at least four patrollers on duty and the number of active patrollers climbs to accommodate large turnouts, according to Skiway Director Douglas Holler. "We typically have more than enough patrollers on site," Holler said. Students who visit the Skiway regularly agreed. "There are always people watching out for you," said Stephanie Kronenberg '07. The Skiway -- which can accommodate up to 1,600 skiers -- typically reports over 100 accidents per year.

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