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Senior Symposium on last legs

By Colin Barry | May 9, 2003

The Senior Symposium -- an event that for 23 years has attracted distinguished figures and energized campus debate -- may be facing its end. The Spring term tradition has lost prominence in recent years, with prestigious speakers increasingly drawn to the campus by other groups. For the second year in a row, Dartmouth's graduating class will not sponsor the event. The '03 class council had hoped to invite filmmaker Michael Moore to speak this year, class leaders said, but hesitated about spending a significant sum on a single honorarium. "It's like $35,000 to bring Moore to Dartmouth," said Jason Ortiz, the president of the senior class.

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Shalka '05 could stay in hospital six weeks

By Tara Kyle | May 9, 2003

The Dartmouth student seriously burned in a hotel fire in Nimes, France, attempted to escape her upper floor room by climbing out onto a ledge, the director of the French language program she is enrolled in said. Tricia Shalka '05, whose name had been withheld until her father's consent was given, is expected to remain in the burn center of Hospital Lapeyronie in Montpelier, France, for six weeks, French Language Study Abroad Faculty Director Andrea Tarnowski said.

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Katz: Israeli occupation responsible for violence

By Mark Herman | May 9, 2003

Activist Sue Katz brought her controversial views on Israeli-Palestinian relations to Filene Auditorium last night, decrying what she called the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land and its social consequences in a lecture entitled "Another Israel: The Activists who Refuse to be Occupiers." Katz, a native Californian who moved to Israel in 1987 and founded a pro-Palestinian protest group, told the audience, "I blame the occupation 100 percent" for the violence between Israelis and Palestinians. Katz might have offended ardent supporters of Israel who say its military actions are needed for its security.

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Students debate Michigan case

By Robert Kimmitt | May 8, 2003

A round table conversation entitled "People's Court: University of Michigan Aftermath" had students discuss the affirmative action case before the Supreme Court that could have far-reaching consequences on the admissions process at institutions of higher education nationwide. In two cases, Grutter v.

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Bias incidents target LGBT community

By Tim Mosso | May 8, 2003

A series of incidents primarily involving first year students and homophobic messages has aroused feelings of anger and disappointment among members of the Dartmouth community.

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In African AIDS crisis, desperation and lack of education

By Thomas Sexton | May 7, 2003

Psychologist and AIDS activist Kylie Fauth related her experiences with the tragic consequences of the raging AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa in an informal talk yesterday entitled "Women, Gender and AIDS." According to Fauth, 34 percent of Zimbabweans are currently infected with HIV or AIDS, but the disease is still largely repressed.

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Author advocates 'new paradigm' in race issues

By Valerie Silverman | May 7, 2003

Race is a national obsession, even though we may not realize that it is on our minds. And, Frank Wu stressed in a lecture yesterday, race means more than black or white. "You will miss the fastest growing demographic groups of this country if you truly think that everyone must be either black or white," Wu said in explaining his motivation for studying, teaching and writing about race, particularly in his book "Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White." Wu expressed a wish to introduce a "new paradigm" that includes Asian Americans and other races. A charismatic and engaging speaker, Wu opened with a story, assuring the audience that "this happens to every Asian American male between the ages of four and 80." He described the common, seemingly comical occurrence of encountering a seven-year-old boy while walking down a street.

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Sex expert analyzes shifting perceptions

By Robert Kimmitt | May 6, 2003

When it comes to sex today, more is better, preferences differ and there is a good deal more to consider than "ripping off your clothes and rubbing your genitals together," according to Dr. Randye Cohen, Ph.D. In a speech yesterday entitled "What Drives Your Sex Drive," Cohen discussed personal sexuality and shifting perceptions of sex. "The meaning of sex changes from culture to culture.

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Student's condition still critical

By Tara Kyle | May 6, 2003

As of late yesterday, College officials reported no change in the condition of the Dartmouth student injured over the weekend in a hotel fire in Nimes, France. The student, who after initial treatment was transferred to a burn center in Montpelier, France, remains in critical but stable condition.

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Speaker: Democracies breed increased peace

By Elise Dunphe | May 6, 2003

"Since the adoption of the United Nations Charter in 1945, at least 89 percent of wars have been initiated by non-democracies," said John Norton Moore, who stated that modern democracies do not wage war on each other, due to a phenomenon he called the Democratic Peace. Moore, who is a professor at the University of Virginia School of Law and an expert on national security law, spoke yesterday on achieving peace in the modern world through democratization and the use of deterrence. By working toward establishing democratic cultures, Moore said, we will likely see a decrease in the number of major wars fought in the 21st century. He defined a major war as one in which there were more than 1,000 casualties.

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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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