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Duwadi '05 will head The D

By Anna Parachkevova | November 24, 2003

Megh Duwadi '05 will be the new president of The Dartmouth beginning next term, the current executive board announced during the annual Changeover ceremony Friday night. Duwadi, a government major and economics and French minor from Northern Virginia, began work as a reporter for the paper his freshman year.

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Funding issues create friction between rugby teams

By Laura Glickman | November 21, 2003

As a rugby player, Sheila Hicks '04 feels a bond with rugby players she meets everywhere -- except with the Dartmouth's men's rugby team. "Historically, they think we're stealing their money," said Hicks, who is the women's rugby friends' chair. Because of Title IX, which requires equal opportunities for male and female athletes, some financial contributions that men's rugby would otherwise receive go to the women's rugby club.

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Journalist: High Court may head to the center

By Matthew Kelly | November 21, 2003

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and longtime New York Times Supreme Court correspondent Linda Greenhouse said the most recent Court term is "a possible retreat to the center," during a speech yesterday at the Rockefeller Center. Centering on four recent cases, most notably Grutter v.

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For SA, a fall of planning

By Kevin Garland | November 21, 2003

According to members of the Student Assembly, the Fall has been characterized by projects involving extensive planning, with implementation not quite surfacing yet.

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Conflicting figures add to uncertainty

By Colin Barry and Laura McGann | November 21, 2003

Following a recent flood of sexual assault allegations in the campus press, the Dartmouth community has been flooded with accusations of administrative indifference to sexual assault and unwillingness to discipline those who commit such acts. At the source of the debate lies the widely-differing figures on reported sexual assaults and formal complaints. Sexual abuse counselors received reports of 14 incidents of alleged rape and six of attempted rape over the last academic year, according to the website for Dartmouth's Sexual Abuse Awareness Program.

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Gender disparities remain in many academic fields

By Anna Parachkevova | November 21, 2003

After 30 years of coeducation at Dartmouth, sciences and social sciences continue to attract more males, while humanities and academic programs are female-dominated. According to women, lack of confidence is the main cause of the disparity and gaining confidence the key to resolving it.

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Staff plenty, patrons few at Lone Pine

By AnnMary Mathew | November 20, 2003

While the number of students employed at Lone Pine Tavern has been cut significantly since major menu changes went into place this fall, an even bigger decline in the number of patrons has left employees with few students to serve for much of the evening, according to some student workers. Employment at the Tavern was cut back significantly this fall.

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Panelists: Soviet fall had multiple causes

By Liz Yepsen | November 19, 2003

The fall of the Soviet Union can be attributed to a combination of economic, military and political factors, according to panelists at yesterday's discussion, "The Implosion of a Super Power: Why the Soviet Union Fell." Panelist Kenneth Yalowitz, U.S.

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Accounts vary on flag confiscation

By Matthew Kelly | November 19, 2003

While accounts differ on why a Safety and Security officer confiscated a Confederate flag from a demonstrator at Howard Dean's speech last Thursday, some claim that the College violated its own free speech protections by confiscating the flag. As Dean walked onto the Alumni Hall stage, approximately nine students in the audience unfurled Confederate flags to greet the candidate.

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Assembly discusses alumni proposal, student rights

By Kevin Garland | November 19, 2003

The Student Assembly discussed a recent proposal to change the College's Alumni Association constitution, with several members advocating a postponement of the vote on the measure. Student Body President Noah Riner '06 was concerned about the disparity in opinion about the amendments to the constitution -- which would combine the Association of Alumni and the much smaller Alumni Council -- and the small amount of time before alumni will vote. "If [the alumni vote] is as controversial as some people say it is, it needs more time to figure it out," Riner said. The Assembly decided to find more information about the proposal while attempting to get local young alumni involved in the issue.

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Gay marriage ruling sparks debate

By Jenn Buck | November 19, 2003

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court made history yesterday morning, issuing a 4-3 decision in favor of striking down a ban on gay marriage. The high court's decision reflected the majority opinion that government attorneys "failed to identify any constitutionally adequate reason" to deny gay couples the right to legally wed.

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