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From Rocky, Fowler wins nat'l media attention

By Matthew Kelly | January 22, 2004

Every four years in January, the political universe revolves around New Hampshire, which means incessant phone calls and 16-hour days for Rockefeller Center director and government professor Linda Fowler. In addition to her everyday role at the Rockefeller Center, Fowler is the point person at the College for local, national and international media in search of political expertise.

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SA ponders new advising system

By Lizzie Wise | January 21, 2004

In an effort to reach out to student organizations, Student Assembly voted Tuesday night to allocate up to $500 to the Dartmouth Mountaineering Club for the maintenance of Daniels Climbing Gym. The Assembly earmarked the money for the sanitation of Daniels Gym's climbing holds, the grips that climbers use to ascend and descend the wall. The gym serves as a facility for upwards of 300 Mountaineering Club members as well as other interested students and members of the greater Dartmouth community, said Todd Rabkin Golden '06, who led the effort for funding the project. Assembly members also discussed plans to implement a student advising system in lieu of the current system in which professors advise freshmen on their academic choices through the end of their first year at Dartmouth. According to Julia Hildreth '05, the new system would be akin to the current Older and Wiser program but more geared toward academics. Moreover, incoming freshmen would be assigned to upperclassmen according to broad interests -- humanities, social sciences and sciences -- rather than being tied down to a professor within a single department. A similar system has been in place at Great Britain's Oxford University for decades, and has been met with much success. Other matters of business Tuesday night included diversity affairs and student rights. Jackie Famber '04, in conjunction with the Diversity Committee, said he intends to review and report on student incidents of bias within the community. In related news, Ralph Davies '05, Noah Riner '06 and Lisa Warren '07 proposed a resolution to meet with the Hanover Police Department and Safety and Security in an investigation on the treatment of students. The resolution also includes a provision to update existing informational cards that are intended to promote awareness of student's privacy and civil rights.

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Dartmouth grads third in Peace Corps service

By Colin Barry | January 21, 2004

Dartmouth alumni ranked third in participation in the Peace Corps among graduates of small colleges in the last year, an organizational report announced Tuesday. Thirty-one graduates of the College volunteered to serve two year terms in the Peace Corps, the federal government agency "devoted to world peace and friendship." This past year's figure indicated a sharp rise in involvement from Dartmouth alums -- only 18 College graduates volunteered in 2001 and 19 volunteered in 2000. Peace Corps Director Gaddi Vasquez praised alumni volunteers in a release that accompanied the report Tuesday. "We at Peace Corps are pleased and excited that an increasing number of college alumni are not only considering Peace Corps, but are answering the call to service that is so necessary and imperative in our global community," Vasquez said. Dartmouth alumni's increased participation in the Peace Corps mirrors a nationwide surge in the popularity of the Corps, likely due in part to the country's recent economic slump.

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Bush lauds economic upturn

By Dax Tejera | January 21, 2004

Assuring Americans that the United States is on the right course in the post-Sept. 11 world, President Bush stressed national security, anti-terrorism efforts and foreign policy in a pointed and semi-accusatory State of the Union address to the nation Tuesday night. "The state of our union is confident and strong," Bush said in the speech's opening.

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Jacko establishes 'irreverent' political website

By Steven Orbuch | January 21, 2004

After a Fall term that brought national media coverage, the Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern humor magazine recently debuted a new project that cannot be kidnapped. Over winter break, the Jacko launched PoliticalUnderground.com -- a student-run website dedicated to political satire. The website features work from about two dozen contributors and content that resembles humor from Comedy Central's "The Daily Show," according to former Jacko Editor-in-Chief Calvin Newport '04.

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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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