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After war's end, Iraq faces cloudy future

By Max Brooks | April 16, 2003

Nearly a month after U.S. warplanes opened the war against Iraq on March 19, President George Bush yesterday publicly affirmed the result: "the regime of Saddam Hussein is no more." The focus of the U.S.-led coalition and of ordinary Iraqis has now shifted away from how the war will end to a new question: What comes next? The Short Term Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has placed retired Lt.

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Coaches: Athletes still held to high academic standards

By Maggie Shnayerson | April 16, 2003

While rumors of tricked-out SUVs and fixed grades for recruited athletes plague other universities, Dartmouth officials insist that the high school athletes they court receive no special privileges and must pass the same rigorous academic standards as other applicants to the College. Dartmouth coaches and administrators explained how the admissions system works for both student-athletes and those who must judge them. Earning Attention, or Soliciting It In close-knit national athletic communities, it is not difficult for extremely talented athletes to come to the attention of Dartmouth coaches.

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Admissions history a tale of 'adoption of hoops'

By Mark Herman | April 16, 2003

As Dartmouth has become more prominent and more varied over the years, the admission system has evolved to meet the growing competition among applicants and the institution's growing preference for diversity. The College first established a formal application process in 1921.

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Film dept. founder dies at 88

By Dan McConville | April 16, 2003

Maurice Rapf, the emeritus film professor who founded the Dartmouth film department, passed away last night of natural causes at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.

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SA calls for new mascot

By Jessica Spradling | April 16, 2003

Be it the Big Green, the Dartmouth Moose or something totally new, if Student Assembly has its way, Dartmouth will have an official mascot by the time the Class of 2007 arrives on campus in the fall.

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Mascot debate returns to agenda

By Allison Forbes | April 15, 2003

For Kate Douglas '03, the debate over the role of the "Indian" symbol is not about the caricature or the power of images -- the debate is about Dartmouth coming to terms with its history and carving out a new identity.

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Sheloff: Settlements hinder peace

By Dan McConville | April 15, 2003

Professor Leon Sheloff of Tel Aviv University advocated the abandonment of Israeli settlements and the division of Jerusalem as crucial steps in establishing peace between Israelis and Palestinians in a lecture yesterday. During his speech, entitled "Is There a Way?

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'05 does more than stop, drop and roll

By Megan Spillane | April 14, 2003

When Mike Lauria '05 decided to get involved with rescue work and become a ski patroller during his freshman year, he never expected that he would eventually become a firefighter with rescue specialist training.

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Global warming may chill planet

By Charles Gardner | April 14, 2003

The continued warming of earth's atmosphere threatens to trigger a dramatic change in ocean circulation that could paradoxically plunge much of Europe and North America into bitter cold within the next few decades, oceanic expert Robert Gagosian said to a packed crowd on Friday. Earth's oceans, which hold vastly more heat than the atmosphere, are responsible for transporting and redistributing this heat across the globe through a linked series of giant, slow-moving currents known as the "great ocean conveyor," according to Gagosian, who is President and Director of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. The Gulf Stream, which carries warm equatorial waters north, moderating the climate in Europe and the North Atlantic, is one of the best known of these currents.

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Students reflect as war draws to close

By Colin Barry | April 14, 2003

As fighting in Iraq appears to near an end, most Dartmouth students seem fairly satisfied with the military course of the U.S.-led conflict. In telephone interviews conducted by The Dartmouth, almost all students -- even those who oppose American involvement -- said they believe the war in Iraq has gone well from a military standpoint.

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