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College may shelve AEPi's charter plans

By Steven Orbuch | January 12, 2004

Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity's plan to establish a Dartmouth chapter may be permanently shelved for violating College policy, according to Dean of Residential Life Martin Redman. Redman has told The Dartmouth that accusations of student induction may count as a severe strike against the national fraternity by College administration, should AEPi resume its plan to establish ties here. Plans to create a chapter of AEPi, a national Jewish fraternity, were suspended Dec.

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Computers stolen from dorm room

By Colin Barry | January 12, 2004

A burglar broke into a two-room triple in Russell Sage mid-morning Friday, stealing three laptops, assorted consumer electronics and $250 in cash. The room's three freshmen residents said they believed their door was locked before the robbery but that one resident lost his keys on the day of the incident. "I think either I dropped them on the way out of the room or maybe someone stole them during the day," Chris Polashenski '07 said. Safety and Security and the Hanover Police Department are both investigating the incident, although Hanover Police Chief Nick Giaccone said there are no suspects in the crime and no leads at the moment. Polashenski said authorities estimated there was a 10 to 15 percent chance the stolen items would be recovered. Giaccone called "this type of burglary" a rare occurrence, and declined to speculate on whether the thief was a student. Safety and Security officials noted that while computer theft is not unheard of at the College, most thievery involves a smaller monetary loss and occurs in unlocked areas. "It's more usual to have theft from a locker room or a common room, generally of a wallet or money," Safety and Security Investigator Richard Gavell said. Police reportedly dusted the room for fingerprints over the weekend. Hanover Police and Safety and Security are conducting parallel inquiries into the theft, Gavell said, although the police are the "primary investigating agency" in the crime.

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Wright retrospective champions expansion

By Mark Herman | January 9, 2004

College President James Wright reflected on his efforts to improve student life, academics and diversity during his controversial first five years in office in a recently released report. Wright has been criticized during his tenure for plans to transform Dartmouth's student life, especially as it relates to the Greek system.

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Satirist O'Rourke defends Iraq war, criticizes Bush

By Alison Schmauch | January 9, 2004

Noted political satirist P.J. O'Rourke offered a humorous but nuanced defense of the war in Iraq to a standing-room-only crowd in Filene Auditorium Thursday. O'Rourke, who has covered both the recent conflicts in the Persian Gulf, said that he supported the war in Iraq despite the lack of evidence that former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction. Rather, he suggested that the dictator's long record of brutality was reason enough for the United States to attack. "Saddam is a guy who has been murdering everyone he could get his hands on for 25 years," said O'Rourke. He described Hussein's Ba'ath party as essentially fascist and thus an especially pernicious type of totalitarian government."Communists do bad things, but for a reason.

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Gen. Clark campaigns in Hanover, Lebanon

By Steven Orbuch | January 9, 2004

Presidential hopeful Gen. Wesley Clark has his eyes set on Dartmouth, as he is slated to spend an entire day in the Hanover area. Clark is coming to campus at a time when many Democratic nomination candidates are concentrating their efforts in Iowa for the Jan.

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Oh '04 forms online election source

By Mark Henle | January 8, 2004

When Sean Oh '04 tried to investigate the platforms of different presidential candidates in the 1996 and 2000 elections, he was surprised to discover that he couldn't find a website that provided unbiased, fundamental information about each nominee. "I found several sites targeted to youth voters, but none of them provided impartial background information on the candidates," Oh said. In response, in the spring of 2003 he began developing Collegevoter.org -- a website devoted to introducing each of the candidates and their stance on issues of particular interest to college students. The site offers an overview of each candidate's positions and, for Democratic nominees, current probability of winning the primary.

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Fall OAC violations spike from last year

By Colin Barry | January 8, 2004

The Organizational Adjudication Committee investigated more student groups for violations of College policy over the Fall term than during the entire previous academic year, according to a recently released report. The OAC held hearings on 20 incidents last term, up from an average of around five incidents per term during the last school year and three incidents per term during the 2001-2002 year.

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Panhellenic Council revamps winter rush

By Kevin Garland | January 8, 2004

Rushees and sorority members may be less likely to keel over from small-talk overload this year, thanks to a revamped rush schedule that stretches out the process and holds most events on weekends. The Panhellenic Council's rush period begins Friday evening and ends Jan.

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Despite vacancies, dorm singles rare

By Shaunak Mewada | January 8, 2004

As Dartmouth students leave sub-zero temperatures in Hanover for warmer climes, Winter term brings some much-needed respite to the Office of Residential Life. "It's a good term from our perspective," said Rachael Class-Giguere, the director of the Housing Office.

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After months, CVS Pharmacy to open

By Anna Parachkevova | January 7, 2004

A 1.25 acre site on South Main Street, once home to P&C Food Market, will reopen its doors as a CVS Pharmacy within a month, Hanover officials say. The transformation comes almost a year since the building was shuttered in February 2003.

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Porn discussion, a Men's Project venture, attracts 20

By Jenn Buck | January 7, 2004

Is there a place in an institution as old and venerable as Dartmouth for the academic discussion of pornography? Tuesday evening, the first of a series of such talks sponsored by the Men's Project addressed this issue. About 20 students met in Silsby Hall to vigorously discuss the ills and delights of nature's forbidden fruit.

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Arad '91 clinches WTC redesign

By Laura Quayle | January 7, 2004

The World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition jury announced the winning design yesterday, choosing to construct "Reflecting Absence," the proposal of Dartmouth alumnus Michael Arad '91. Arad's design was chosen as one of eight finalists, although it violated official contest rules by including a cultural building that blocked the memorial from the highway. In a statement issued Tuesday, Arad said, "I am very honored and overwhelmed by the news that the jury has selected my design.

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Students overflow Wheelock Books

By Tim Mosso | January 6, 2004

Dartmouth College students braved chilly temperatures and snow yesterday to buy their Winter term textbooks as they waited in a line that stretched out the door of Wheelock Books Monday afternoon. The outdoor queue extended from the entrance of the store to the parking lot below it.

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Ethics Institute takes on tough questions

By Jenn Buck | January 6, 2004

Tucked away in Parker House on the north side of campus exists an organization that grapples with problems ranging from bio-ethics to professional behavior. The Dartmouth Ethics Institute, founded over 20 years ago as a consortium for College faculty members to focus on ethics in their respective areas of research, addresses ethical practices on an international scale. Its roots, however, are based in Dartmouth's own, less cosmopolitan past. "Dartmouth was founded on an ethical basis," said Institute executive director Aine Donovan.

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Interim News Briefing

By Compiled by The Dartmouth | January 6, 2004

Fall term ended, but the news didn't. Here's what you might have missed if you left Hanover in December: Dartmouth earned a 27th-place ranking in the January issue of Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine's list of best college bargains.

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