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Panelists support affirmative action

By Brian E.J. Martin | February 21, 2003

Four speakers drew on their personal experiences to discuss the topic of affirmative action during a panel discussion last night. Alpha Phi member Reginald Martin '03 introduced the panel and then initiated the evening with a brief presentation on the history of affirmative action, first emphasizing the role of the federal government during the Kennedy through Nixon administrations then examining the recent court history of affirmative action since the landmark 1978 Supreme Court case Regents of the University of California v.

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Speaker condemns WWII internment

February 20, 2003

Past and present came together in last night's lecture "Never Again: Lessons Learned from the Internment for a Post 9/11 World," as Dartmouth recognized Feb.

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Students question their national loyalty

By Jessica Spradling | February 20, 2003

As America prepares for the eventuality of war in Iraq, some of its citizens, feeling disconnected from mainstream culture, are beginning to question their ties to the country and their identity as Americans. Last night, Delta Sigma Theta sorority gathered an group of students together to discuss issues of identity in crisis. The comfortable group of about 20 students convened in Casque and Gauntlet to discuss the topic of "Strangers in My House" over pizza and soda for about an hour. Different members of the audience shared their anecdotal stories about being naturalized, gay, female, non-white or a combination of all of these and living in America today. Definitions of patriotism varied from person to person, but ranged from "blind" to a "sense of national pride." "Sometime I don't know how to feel about it.

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PhoneBlitz answers to students' needs

By Zachary Goldstein | February 20, 2003

Sometimes you just have that urge to check BlitzMail, but you aren't anywhere near a computer. Alas, you have no option but to wait until you are once again in the proximity of a trusty Apple or Dell to find out who has been filling your inbox. For those who simply cannot live without the security of their blitz account, David Marmaros '01 has a developed a solution: PhoneBlitz.

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Dean: Mich. case is 'really big deal'

By Jessica Spradling | February 19, 2003

Dean of Admissions Karl Furstenberg addressed the Student Assembly last night and fielded members' questions about the potential effects a Supreme Court ruling banning the use of race as a factor in admissions might have on Dartmouth's admissions process. Student Body President Janos Marton '04 also asked members of the Assembly to consider a possible future statement to be passed in support of the administration's brief. "This is a really big deal," Furstenberg said of the pending Supreme Court decision, "the way we do things at Dartmouth could be very different." After Furstenberg's speech, several Assembly members questioned him on a number of issues including recent controversies over legacy status in admission, as well as the exact changes Dartmouth would undergo in the event of the Supreme Court reversing a 1978 case (UC Regents vs.

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Adedokun '03 elected SEC pres.

By Kaitlin Bell | February 19, 2003

The 2003 Senior Executive Committee, the group responsible for organizing class activities over the next five years, elected officers at a meeting last night.

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Students print and bind books themselves in Baker

February 18, 2003

Down in the Baker basement, there is a world where letters have lives. Collectively, the Book Arts Studios " the Letter Press Studio, where printing is done and the Open Bindery, where books are made " are preserving the historical life of bookmaking. "If you're going to understand the history of books, if you're going to really appreciate the beauty of fine books, you need to learn how to print books yourself," Phil Cronenwett, the Rauner Special Collections Librarian in charge of the Book Arts budget, said. The Letter Press Studio is an icy blue room with a border of woodcuts stained blue, black, red or green, with the residue of continued inking lining the studio underneath high windows facing up into the tracery of winter branches. There are miniature drawers of engravings and fonts with pigeon-holed compartments used for each specifc letter and mark of punctuation. The oiled machinery blackly shines, waiting for the turn of a wheel or the shift of a lever to move into the exactitude necessary for printing. The Book Arts Studios "give students a window into how printing used to be done," student user William Raynolds '04 said. It is also a way to produce a frameable excerpt of poetry or prose. "It's a very holistic approach to creative writing," Cronenwatt said. Printing "gives you this entrance to the poem when you take these words one by one," Hamlin said. The Letter Press and its sister studio, the Open Bindery, are the Book Arts facilities at Dartmouth College. The Letter Press Studio was founded by Dartmouth professor Ray Nash in 1935, but it was abandoned after his retirement in 1970. It was reinstated in 1989 with the help of concerned community members Edward Lathem '51, Mark Landsbery and Roderick "Rocky" Stinehour, 20 years later, in the studio's original room. Unfortunately, printing classes are no longer offered at Dartmouth because the craft of printing "doesn't fall within one department," Louise Hamlin, the advisor to the Letter Press Studio, said. William Raynolds '04 used the Letter Press Studio for a first-year summer research project on the Koran and moveable type.

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FSPs, LSAs face the threat of terror strikes

By Samantha Lane | February 18, 2003

As Americans prepare for war with duct tape and sheets of plastic, Dartmouth's study-abroad coordinators are attempting to determine what it means to be afraid while still proceeding with daily routines. Dartmouth is currently planning on running all Spring term programs and is not terminating any winter programs early, "but it is important to note that this decision could change in the next few minutes, days, weeks or months -- we just have no way of knowing," said John Tansey, executive director of Off-Campus Programs. On Feb.

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Alpha Week starts off with forum on hip-hop

By David Klein | February 17, 2003

Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity's annual Alpha Week kicked off last evening in Collis Commonground with an examination on the current state of hip hop. The event, entitled "Warning Explicit Content: The Hypocrisy in Hip Hop" was primarily a discussion based forum that allowed audience members to voice their opinions on a variety of issues including the commercialism of hip-hop and the content of rap music. Alpha Phi Alpha member Heiyab Tessena '04, who served as the event's moderator, began the evening with a multimedia presentation on the foundations of hip-hop.

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USA Today honors pair of '03s

By Maggie Shnayerson | February 17, 2003

Add one more academic laurel to those on the heads of Heidi Williams '03 and Kate Szilagyi '03, and these two senior women may have trouble seeing the road ahead of them. Even a blind man, however, can make out that their futures are bright. Last week, national newspaper USA Today named the two freshman year roommates to its annual All-USA College Academic teams.

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Students throng first annual Sex Festival

By Jessica Spradling | February 14, 2003

Sex: it's constantly thought about, often performed, but rarely discussed candidly. To break this silence, the Center for Women and Gender held its first ever Sex Festival last night in Collis Commonground. Those who fear Dartmouth has thrown aside the cloak of its conservative Ivy League history in favor of a lifestyle that would make Bacchus himself blush needn't quake in their smoking jackets, however.

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