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Dees fights, beats hate group heads

By Matt Lewis | January 21, 2003

As he boarded a plane bound for America, Megheta Serad left his father in Ethiopia with words of comfort in his absence, said Morris Dees last night in the keynote address for the two-week celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.

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Dartmouth has complicated legacy of racial conflict

By Sarah Betts | January 21, 2003

The birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. brings attention to the nation's turbulent history of segregation, but Dartmouth has its own past of racial injustice and discrimination to reflect on. The first black student graduated from Dartmouth in 1828, at a time when the doors of many universities were still closed to blacks and slavery was still a fact in the South.

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'Bizarre' clean-ups mark Fall damage charges

By Tim Mosso | January 20, 2003

Punitive measures have not corralled the growing rate of grievous residential hall abuses, as the number of fines incurred for "personal clean-up" offenses have risen despite an overall drop in the cost of repair for residential halls during Fall term. The combined Fall term repair and clean-up charge for the College's 41 residence hall amounts to $4,361.90.

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Students protest against 'racist war'

By Lance Kramer | January 20, 2003

WASHINGTON -- A group of 53 Dartmouth students joined thousands of protestors on the National Mall Saturday in the largest anti-war rally since the Vietnam era. The rally and following march, sponsored by the national organization Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER), drew a diverse group of participants and was the second Washington protest recently attended by Dartmouth students. Throughout the day, Dartmouth students, along with countless other protestors, could be heard singing "No war in Iraq" to a group of marching drummers and chanting phrases such as "1,2,3,4 ... we don't want your racist war" and "the people, united, will never be defeated." While protest estimates Saturday ranged from roughly 40,000 to 500,000 people, Sgt.

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Man arrested in Collis for missed court date

By Richard Lazarus | January 20, 2003

Steven Aspen from Windsor, Vt. was arrested by Hanover Police Department officer Jerry Macy in Collis Center yesterday after an off-duty police officer from another jurisdiction recognized Aspen and tipped off the officer. Aspen, who is not affiliated with Dartmouth College, was arrested on failure to appear on a charge of burglary at Grafton County Superior Court, according to Hanover Police Department Chief Nick Giaccone.

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Four Yale students die in accident

By Megh Duwadi | January 20, 2003

Four Yale University students died Friday and Saturday from injuries sustained when their sport utility vehicle collided into a jackknifed tractor-trailer on Interstate 95 in Fairfield, Conn. The crash, which has left two other Yale students in critical condition and one in fair condition, occurred on an icy stretch of I-95 around 5 a.m.

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Student report was key for swimmers

By Megh Duwadi | January 17, 2003

On what initiated the race to save Dartmouth's swimming and diving teams, key negotiators point to a packet of printouts. It's not as much what the 26-page report offered in content -- the proposals outlined have been described as rudimentary at best.

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Prof. discusses subplots in 'Merchant of Venice'

By Brian E.J. Martin | January 17, 2003

Professor James Shapiro of the Columbia University English Department addressed an audience of about 50 students and faculty gathered in Rocky 2 during his lecture on "The Merchant of Venice" and Jewish-English literary history, entitled "Jessica: The Jew's Daughter." A central subplot to Shakespeare's romantic comedy "The Merchant of Venice" concerns Jessica, who betrays her father, the antagonist Jewish character Shylock, to run away and marry the Christian Lorenzo. Introduced by Dartmouth Professor Susannah Heschel, chair of the religion department, the lecture began by the claim that he intended this as a sort of addendum to his previous literary effort on "The Merchant of Venice," as an effort to appease the critics of "Shakespeare and the Jews." "What happens to Jessica," Shapiro asked, "amidst the joy at the end of 'The Merchant of Venice,' one of Shakespeare's most complicated comedies?" Shapiro proceeded to elaborate on the history of the name Jessica and the role of Jews in Shakespearean English literature. In one anecdote, Shapiro demonstrated the similarities between the Jessica character and a "long-standing English literary tradition of a beautiful Jewish daughter ... and [her] hidden threat." He recounted a folktale found in James Joyce's "Ulysses" and in several English sources which describes a seductive young Jewish woman who lures an unsuspecting Christian boy to her chambers where she murders him.

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Rush may exceed '02 nos.

By Colin Barry | January 17, 2003

Although not all bids have yet been sunk, this winter's fraternity rush figures may dwarf those from a year ago if preliminary numbers are any indication. Last year was a relatively anemic one for the Greek system, with 279 men rushing fraternities as compared to 520 rushees during Fall term two years ago.

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Dhand, Herring win int'l Rhodes

By Brian E.J. Martin | January 16, 2003

Two recent College graduates, Amar Dhand '01 of Canada and Fiona Herring '02 of Bermuda, were recently honored as Rhodes Scholars by their respective nations. The Rhodes Scholarships were created 100 years ago and enable students from 18 nations to study for two or three years at Oxford University in Cambridge, England.

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Trustee selection winds down

By Devin Foxall | January 16, 2003

Three Dartmouth alumni have advanced past a long selection process to become finalists for a soon-to-open alumni seat on the Board of Trustees. At the beginning of March, Dartmouth's 60,000 alumni will decide whether Elyse Allan '79, John J.

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Students to attend D.C. protest

By Kaitlin Bell | January 16, 2003

At least some people will be escaping the Dartmouth bubble this weekend with at least 60 Dartmouth students expected to participate in a massive anti-war protest to be held in the nation's capital on Saturday. The rally -- which some have estimated will attract as many as 40,000 protesters --is being organized by International ANSWER, an organization devoted to combating war and racism, and will begin at 10 a.m.

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GOP Speaker decries student participation

By Samantha Lane | January 16, 2003

Fearful of their potential power at the polls, a prominent New Hampshire Republican has questioned the right of college students to participate in state elections. "It is simply not right to allow college students to have any say in our elections in New Hampshire," New Hampshire House Speaker Gene Chandler (R) said at a public forum Jan.

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College admits 394 to Class of '07

By Zachary Goldstein | January 15, 2003

The Class of 2007 is now over a third full, with the 394 early admissions acceptance letters mailed in mid-December filling 37 percent of the incoming freshman class. The 32 percent acceptance rate is comparable to last year's figure, but remains much higher than the regular decision rate, which last year stood at only 20 percent. 1,217 students applied, a total up eight percent from last year, and the highest such figure in five years. "The number of students that are admitted remains very consistent from year to year, but the percentage of each class comprised of early admissions acceptances fluctuates," Dean of Admissions Karl Furstenberg said.

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Few sorority systems offer all rushees bids

By Charles Gardner | January 15, 2003

Despite ongoing efforts to make the rush process fair and accessible, sorority systems at Dartmouth and across the country maintain that the practice of guaranteeing bids is an impractical and all but unattainable goal. Instead, leaders argue, a rush process which attempts to reconcile the preferences of both potential new members and organizations produces an inevitable degree of uncertainty, though the percentage of women given acceptances often varies widely among institutions. While a policy of guaranteeing bids to all women who register for sorority rush has never officially existed at Dartmouth, in 1997 and 1998 all women who completed the rush process were matched with a house. Such a result was possible when rush classes were smaller, according to Panhellenic Council President Ann Chang '03, but the number of students who sign up for rush is not the sole determinant of whether bids can be guaranteed. "There are extreme cases we could not anticipate," said Chang. "If a woman is having trouble with academics ... or is bearing stresses, be it emotional, physical or financial, then the woman may be advised to consider recruitment in the spring." Still, Chang said, Dartmouth's Panhellenic Council -- the organization which runs rush -- has "one of the highest" bid-offering rates among national Panhellenic organizations.

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Rush changes along with perceptions of Greeks

By Mark Herman | January 15, 2003

For many years, the College has used rush to regulate Greek organizations, punishing them in times of dissonance with later rush dates and more restrictions. Rush has evolved over the years, surviving world wars and hostile administrations. How rush is conducted throughout Dartmouth history is a product of the general conduct of fraternities, said Jere Daniell '55, a history professor and an expert on Dartmouth history. In the 1920s, 1950s and early 1960s, the relationship between fraternities and the administration was stronger, as fraternities regulated their own actions to a greater extent, Daniell said. Some changes in rush have been sparked less by relationships with the administration and more by world events.

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