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At Aquinas, statistics defy reality

By Elizabeth Gibson | November 21, 2002

Fewer Catholic '04s, '05s and '06s submitted optional religious affiliation forms than did students from previous classes, but campus religious leaders said that Catholic activity on campus is still strong. Religious affiliation forms are mailed to students after their admission to the College, and a student may use these forms to indicate interest in a campus religious organization. When a student returns the form, his or her name is sent to the religious groups on campus.

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MCAT to end score withholding

By Karla Kingsley | November 21, 2002

The Association of American Medical Colleges, sponsor of the Medical College Admission Test, has decided to implement a new policy of "full disclosure" -- starting in April 2003, applicants will no longer have the option to withhold test scores from their applications to medical schools. The MCAT -- a dreaded eight-hour test that is required of all pre-med students -- forms one facet of a student's application.

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'Dry' votes turn controversial for SA

By Kaitlin Bell | November 20, 2002

The Student Assembly passed six amendments to its constitution last night in an effort to bring the rules governing the group up to date with current practices. The amendments passed almost unanimously, with the only opposition coming from long-time Assembly members who defended the rationale behind the original constitution. The proposed amendments proved surprisingly contentious, given that the actual changes made were minor and Student Body Vice President Julia Hildreth '05 had warned that the amendment process would be "dry." But in questioning the amendments' language and stressing the importance of semantics, Mike Perry '03 and Erica Berman '03 seemed to be making more of a symbolic gesture than expressing any radically different policy views. The six "housekeeping amendments" drafted by the Assembly's Membership and Internal Affairs Committee do not represent any major policy changes, but are meant to reflect practices the Assembly has been pursuing informally since at least the beginning of this term, Hildreth explained to the Assembly. "MIAC feels that it's really important for the constitution to reflect what we really do in Assembly for it to be respected.

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DDS delivery faces losses, shutdown

By Devin Foxall | November 20, 2002

Dartmouth Dining Service's money-losing delivery program will be canceled after only one full term unless more students begin to use the service during the remaining weeks of the Fall term. DDS administrators and student managers of the program will decide at the end of the term whether to continue the delivery service into the winter, Assistant Director of Dining Services David Newlove said. "It has to be able to stand on its own," he said, explaining the criteria for sustaining the program.

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New committee to study ethical investing

By Devin Foxall | November 20, 2002

The Board of Trustees moved to institute a permanent advisory committee on investor responsibility during its Fall-term meeting. Paving the way for a new committee that will handle many of Dartmouth's investment decisions, the Trustees' decision marks Dartmouth's first step toward disclosing how it invests its endowment. The formation of the committee caps years of behinds-the-scenes debate, in addition to some more visible protest, over Dartmouth's lack of transparency about where it invests its endowment. The committee's formation can be seen as a compromise between one side of the investor responsibility debate that wants Dartmouth to divest from such industries as tobacco, and the side that believes Dartmouth should invest in whatever provides the best return.

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Public and private colleges face distinct choices

By Kaitlin Bell | November 20, 2002

Despite socially responsible investing movements led by faculty and students at schools around the country, decisions to invest in certain companies are often determined not by the degree of activism on campus, but by a college's status as a public or private institution. A number of prominent state higher education systems, including New Hampshire and North Carolina, have bylaws stipulating that university endowments be invested to maximize profits without regard to companies' social or political policies. Most private universities, by contrast, have the flexibility to examine investment decisions on a case-by-case basis. "We don't have a socially responsible investment agenda per se," said Mark Yusko, of the UNC Management Company, the organization that handles investments for the North Carolina's higher education system.

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Herpes cases surge on campus

By Kristin Szostek | November 20, 2002

Cases of genital herpes diagnosed on campus spiked this month, with a total of eight new cases of the sexually transmitted disease already reported just over halfway through November.

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Average class size is larger for social science majors

By Jessica Spradling | November 19, 2002

Even though Dartmouth offered 81 classes with nine or fewer students last year if your major is in one of the social sciences, chances are you weren't in any of them. Although the College stresses its focus on strong relationships between professors and students, the faculty-to-student ratio at Dartmouth is the second highest in the Ivy League, lower only than only Cornell's. Dartmouth also ranks third in the percentage of classes with more than 50 students, below only Harvard and Cornell. Not all students are equally exposed to these large classes, however.

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Tucker theft goes to grand jury

By Kay Fukunaga | November 19, 2002

Jason Keenum, a former Tucker Foundation administrative assistant suspected of embezzling over $10,000 from student alternative spring break funds, faced indictment on six separate charges before a grand jury on Friday. Jurors have reached a decision on all six indictments but the court cannot yet release the outcomes to the public, an employee of the Grafton Country Superior Court's drafting office said. Five of the indictments are charges of theft by unauthorized taking while the sixth is a charge of fraudulent use of a credit card, according to grand jury indictment documents. Hanover Police Chief Nicholas Giaccone said he has not received the jury's verdicts either, but added that if convicted, Keenum could spend the next decade in state prison. "That's a Class A felony and you'd be facing seven and a half to 15 years in state prison," Giaccone said. Keenum, a resident of Hartford, Vt., served as a bookkeeper for the Tucker Foundation's fellowships and internships section, and was responsible for the collection of funds for the six service-oriented spring break trips. At the beginning of Fall term, a source close to the investigation told The Dartmouth that Keenum asked students participating in the trips to pay in cash instead of submitting checks.

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Petition expresses support for Israel

By Alison Schmauch | November 19, 2002

A group of students, supported by the Dartmouth Israel Public Awareness Committee, are circulating a petition in support Israel and have gathered several hundred signatures. While DIPAC leaders maintained that the petition was carefully drafted to reflect their support for peace across the Middle East, leaders of campus groups like Shamis and Al-Nur expressed concern that the petition encourages the United States to support Israel over other Middle Eastern countries. Several students drafted the petition independently of DIPAC and then brought it before the group to ask for support, according to Arielle Farber '03, DIPAC's founder.

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Police: Student involved in assault

By Jessica Spradling | November 19, 2002

Hanover Police announced yesterday that a male Dartmouth student has been identified as a "party with involvement" in the reported sexual assault that happened at The Tabard coed fraternity in the early hours of Nov.

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Group seeks less tax on grad. student stipends

By Sarah Betts | November 19, 2002

A national organization of graduate students is hoping to get a bill passed early next year that would greatly reduce the taxability of graduate stipends, easing financial pressure on a group that often struggles to satisfy educational and living expenses with meager stipends. Currently, portions of graduate stipends not directly paying for tuition and related fees are considered taxable, and graduate students lose around $200 a month to federal income taxes, according to the National Coalition of Graduate Students for an Affordable and Accessible Graduate Education. The coalition is working with the National Association of Graduate and Professional Students to gain support for a bill making "cost of attendance" portion of stipends tax emempt. The cost of attendance is defined in the Higher Education Act as room, board, transportation, computer purchase and similar expenditures. For most graduate students, these expenses absorb all or almost all of the stipend, Alik Widge '99 said.

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Early applications rise by 8 percent

By Zachary Goldstein | November 19, 2002

Dartmouth's early decision applications rose 8 percent this year, according to Dean of Admissions Karl Furstenberg, who noted that the 1,210 early applications for the Class of 2007 is the highest number in five years. Early applications increased around the Ivy League, with Dartmouth seeing the smallest percent increase of the five Ancient Eight schools that have released application statistics so far. "We are quite happy with our early decision turnout, particularly since our largest increase came from female applications," Furstenberg said.

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Recruiting roads take many turns

By Richard Lazarus | November 18, 2002

Editor's Note: This is the second article in a series profiling seniors as they work through the corporate recruiting process. The past month has been a roller coaster ride for Dartmouth seniors seeking jobs through corporate recruiting. First was the stressful process of submitting resumes and cover letters through Career Services to potential employers.

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