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For RIAA, out with the old, in with the new

By Zachary Goldstein | October 1, 2003

Following up on the 261 lawsuits filed in early September against illegal music file-sharers, the Recording Industry Association of America announced Monday that it had reached settlements with 64 offenders. Of the 64 settlements, 52 came from the pool of recent lawsuits, while 12 were pre-litigation settlements from individuals who were aware they had been subpoenaed, but had not yet been sued. Even as settlements begin to be reached in this latest round of litigation, the rolling process of finding illegal file-sharers, issuing subpoenas and filing lawsuits will continue, RIAA spokesperson Jonathan Lamy said. "Even right now as we are filing and settling lawsuits, we are collecting more evidence for the purpose of filing the next round of lawsuits in October," Lamy said. The recording industry followed through on its pledge to prosecute individuals illegally sharing copyrighted files over peer-to-peer Napster-like networks in July when it subpoenaed over 800 individuals in Washington, D.C.'s U.S.

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SA sets sights on Kresge expansion

By Kevin Garland | October 1, 2003

Student Assembly members kicked off their term last night by passing a recreation-concerned resolution and discussing goals for the upcoming year. The majority of the meeting dealt with the details of the Student Athletics and Recreation Initiative, which is aimed at both improving athletic facilities and building student awareness of sporting events.

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Students simulate debate

By Matthew Kelly | September 30, 2003

While Democratic candidates for President were busy making a late push for donations before the third quarter fundraising period ends today, seven Dartmouth students involved with the campaigns gathered last night for to defend their bosses' platforms. Although each participant at the debate, entitled "On the Road to the White House," did not speak officially on behalf of the candidates, the tone paralleled the actual Presidential debates.

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ORL renovates KDE, River apts.

By Shaunak Mewada | September 30, 2003

As part of yearly improvements to campus, the Office of Residential Life carried out major renovations to the River Apartments and Kappa Delta Epsilon sorority this past summer, while also working toward increasing accessibility for handicapped students. The Maxwell and Channing Cox senior apartments were completely revamped, receiving both structural and decorative upgrades.

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Professor explains details of tort law

By Vivian Chung | September 30, 2003

John Gardner, the youngest person ever to become a professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Oxford, gave a lecture yesterday that evaluated corrective justice as an answer to the question, "What is Tort Law For?" A tort is defined by Gardner in his research paper, "Backward and Forwards with Tort Law" as "a kind of legal wrong, a breach of a legal obligation," rather than contractual obligation, where legal obligation is owed "to somebody in particular." Gardner explained that there are currently two "warring families of theories" of tort law.

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Chabad Lubavitchers open Hanover center

By Steven Orbuch | September 30, 2003

The Chabad Lubavitch Organization -- a Hassidic Jewish group -- recently opened a new Jewish center in Hanover as part of its founder's vision to "bring Judaism to as many Jews as possible." Rabbi Moshe Gray and his wife, Chani, relocated this fall to Hanover from Crown Heights, Brooklyn, in order to help spread the message of the late Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneersohn. The Grays currently live at Chabad's School Street location.

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Edwards discusses Navy upbringing

By Max Brooks | September 29, 2003

In an interview with The Dartmouth, Elizabeth Edwards discussed a life on the road, making the grade, and the perils of "yes-men." The D: Your husband talks a lot about his humble origins on the campaign trail.

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Reich urges Greens and inactive Dems back to party's fold

By Judith Phillips | September 29, 2003

In a Sunday address, Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich '68 roused the Democratic faithful, while likely antagonizing Republican students in attendance. Reich, who served under President Clinton, currently teaches at Brandeis University and ran for Governer of Massachusetts in 2002, gave a lecture billed as "Bush's Economic Failure and the John Kerry Plan for Revitalization." He spoke, however, more about foreign policy and the need for Democratic political mobilization, among other topics. At Dartmouth, Reich actively campaigned to end U.S.

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UJAO investigates DOC Trips prank

By Colin Barry | September 29, 2003

The College's Undergraduate Judicial Affairs Office is investigating a first-year orientation DOC Trip in which mock through-hikers pretended to abduct a Dartmouth senior posing as an incoming freshman. UJAO officials will consider whether students involved in the incident violated the College's standards of conduct, Director of Undergraduate Judicial Affairs Marcia Kelly said.

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Edwards: Bush at 'war on work'

By Megan Spillane | September 29, 2003

Elizabeth Edwards, wife of North Carolina Senator and Democratic Presidential hopeful John Edwards, shared her husband's visions with a group of supporters in an intimate setting in Rockefeller Center on Friday afternoon. Ms. Edwards primarily stressed the Democratic goal of winning back the presidency in 2004 and explained why she believes that her husband is the best candidate to achieve that goal. "I don't think the Democratic Party has a better candidate than John," Edwards said.

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DMS challenges Dems on health care policy

By Mark Herman | September 26, 2003

As the New Hampshire primary draws closer, eight students at Dartmouth Medical School are putting healthcare policy at center stage. The Albert Schweitzer fellows plan to ask the same question of each Democratic presidential candidate when they come to Dartmouth.

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Computer phones on the way

By Laura Quayle | September 26, 2003

Innovative internet phones offered to incoming Dartmouth freshmen garnered national attention this week, but many Dartmouth students, including freshmen, remain unaware of the new technology that would allow them to use their computers as telephones free of charge. These internet phones are made possible by converged data and phone lines and will enable Dartmouth students to make unlimited long-distance and local phone calls from their computers, though international calls are limited to Canada. The system, which will function on both the wired and wireless networks on campus, is made possible by "voice over internet protocol," or VoIP.

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Windows causes network lag

By Laura McGann | September 26, 2003

Supplanting fears that viruses would infect Dartmouth's network this term, a Windows XP laptop configuration causing an internet connection failure around campus has instead become the first major network problem of the year. Bill Brawley , director of network services, believes that the difficulties some students are having connecting to the internet may be caused by the same "bridging" problem that occurred in October 2002 when the problem caused major internet disturbances throughout campus. "If people are having congestion on the network or they aren't able to get connections, it's probably because they are seeing a bridging event in their buildings," Brawley said. A bridging problem occurs when at least one Windows XP laptop is used for both wireless and wired network use, while the "network bridging" option is enabled.

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New plan limits public printing

By Michael Herman | September 26, 2003

It was free, it was easy, and its name made students feel helpful. But in an era of tightening budgets and rapidly increasing usage, College administrators say Greenprint is no longer green, and, effective this term, it's also not entirely free. Under a new plan aimed at cutting costs and waste, each student receives a $30 credit for use at GreenPrint.

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Progress slow in Iraq five months after war

By Max Brooks | September 25, 2003

On May 1, President Bush took to the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln to announce the formal close of Operation Iraqi Freedom's combat operations. On the heels of a dominant coalition rout of Saddam loyalists and the ensuing fall of Baghdad in mid-April, the celebratory event marked a triumphant conclusion to a U.S.

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