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Profs stress interdisciplinary approach to global warming

By Allison Forbes | May 5, 2003

Eileen Claussen, President of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, engaged a classroom of leading environmental activists, researchers, planners and students Friday night in a discussion of her 5-point approach to tackling climate change globally. Claussen was the keynote speaker for this past weekend's Student Science Congress. The event was meant to introduce students to an interdisciplinary approach to global warming, according to professor of biochemistry and medicine Lee Witters. "This is something that every student who goes to Dartmouth should know something about because every discipline has a part in this issue," Witters said.

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Student critically injured on LSA

By Tara Kyle | May 5, 2003

A female Dartmouth student enrolled in the French department's Language Study Abroad program suffered serious burn injuries in a weekend hotel fire. The student, currently undergoing treatment at a hospital in France, is in critical but stable condition, according to Dean of the College James Larimore. Dartmouth administrators learned of the student's condition in the wee hours of Sunday morning and proceeded to put her parents and the LSA's faculty director in contact with support systems at Health Services, Off-Campus Programs and the Dean of the College Office. At present, College officials are waiting for updates while trying to "offer as much helpful advice and assistance to the parents as we can," Larimore said. French authorities are currently investigating the cause of the fire.

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Koop: 'Real terrorists' in tobacco industry

By Elise Dunphe | May 2, 2003

Former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop '37 does not discriminate between drug lords and executives of tobacco companies when it comes to fostering the disease of addiction. He called the tobacco companies "the largest concentration of evil masquerading as big business on this planet," and said that they are equally evil as the dealers of illicit drugs such as heroin and cocaine. "In my opinion, they are all evil," Koop said.

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Authors Ping, Hongo share poetry

By Mark Herman | May 1, 2003

Poets Chin Woon Ping and Garrett Hongo shared their work, life experiences and perspectives on the Asian-American experience with a crowd of engaged students and faculty yesterday afternoon in Sanborn Library. Ping, currently a visiting professor of English at Dartmouth, is the author of two volumes of poetry: "The Naturalization of Camellia Song" and "In My Mother's Dream." Many of the poems Ping read examined her heritage and issues related to her Asian-American identity.

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College kicks off writers' festival

April 30, 2003

Today will mark the start of the Asian American Writer's Festival, which will draw campus attention to Asian American literature as some of the leading names come to give lectures and workshops at Dartmouth. "It's a pretty exciting time, especially if you're in the loop of Asian-American literature and literature in general," said Stella Lee '03, one of the editors-in-chief of Main Street, Dartmouth's Asian American and cross-cultural magazine. "The field of Asian American literature is booming and growing, and we had a difficult time selecting writers," Asian-American adviser Nora Yasumura said. The festival will continue through May 2 and combine the themes of National Poetry month and Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.

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Wright honors senior projects

By Colin Barry | April 30, 2003

College President James Wright recognized graduating students who have carried out senior projects at the annual Academic Gala yesterday evening. More than 200 senior thesis authors, final project participants and senior fellows were honored at the hour-long dinner event, held in Collis Commonground.

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Professor seeks FAS anti-war resolution

By Max Brooks | April 30, 2003

On April 4, a story on the front page of The New York Times proclaimed: "It is not easy being an old lefty on campus in this war." Shelby Grantham, senior lecturer in English and faculty advisor to the student group Why War, believes this campus is an exception. "The question that those of us who protested the war must ask is: 'What do we do now?'" Grantham said.

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SA moves forward for young trustee

By Jessica Spradling | April 30, 2003

There may yet be a member of the Board of Trustees who grew up on Vanilla Ice, Seinfeld and the Simpsons. Student Body President Janos Marton '04 and Chair of the Student Life Committee Amit Anand '03 announced at last night's Student Assembly meeting that the Assembly's proposal for a young alumnus to join the Board of Trustees met with a positive reception from College President James Wright and Dean of the College James Larimore in a private meeting yesterday afternoon. "There is a very good chance of it succeeding," Marton said of the young Trustee initiative. According to Anand, Wright stressed the need to work "within existing structures" rather than create a new one as the Assembly had proposed earlier. In February, the Assembly narrowly passed a resolution calling for the creation of a new process by which a young alumnus could be elected by students and recent alumni to serve on the Board of Trustees. The Assembly will next meet with the Alumni Council over Green Key Weekend to discuss the possibility of nominating a young alumnus as a candidate. At yesterday's meeting, Larimore proposed a feedback mechanism intended to make students more aware of what goes on at Trustee meetings.

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Dave Wolkoff '05

By Dave Wolkoff | April 29, 2003

I'd like to begin this article with a story. I'm from Pittsburgh, and a friend of mine's father is a Dartmouth Alumnus, '72 to be exact.

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