Skip to Content, Navigation, or Footer.
Support independent student journalism. Support independent student journalism. Support independent student journalism.
The Dartmouth
April 6, 2026
The Dartmouth
News
News

Leb. teachers seek civil union benefits

By Colin Barry | November 26, 2002

The Lebanon School Board has agreed to consider amending their professional agreement with teachers to include health care coverage for partners in same-sex civil unions, just as the College has since 1997 and the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center plans to do in 2003. The board voted Nov.

News

Baca mural could adorn Berry Library

By Lance Kramer | November 26, 2002

Fall-term Montgomery Fellow Judy Baca may return to Dartmouth as early as next spring to begin work on a mural in the new Berry Library that would incorporate input from students and faculty. According to College Librarian Richard Lucier, no formal agreements or proposals have been formed, but initial discussions of the project started after faculty expressed an interest.

News

ORL finds Greeks are diverse

By Kristin Szostek | November 26, 2002

Despite perceptions that the Greek system lacks diversity, a study conducted by the Office of Residential Life shows that the coed, fraternity and sorority system is nearly as racially diverse as the Dartmouth community. Minority students make up 29 percent of the class of 2003 and 20 percent of the class of 2002, according to 1999 figures.

News

College cuts swim, diving teams

By Jessica Spradling | November 26, 2002

Hundreds of chanting students protested the elimination of Dartmouth's swimming and diving teams at the houses of Dean of the College James Larimore and College President James Wright late last night.

News

Kyle '04 to lead The Dartmouth

By Tim Mosso | November 25, 2002

Tara Kyle '04, from Juneau, Alaska, will be the next president of The Dartmouth, succeeding current president John Teti '03, current editors announced at The Dartmouth's annual changeover ceremony Friday evening at Casque and Gauntlet senior society. The 2004 directorate, led by the 20-year-old Kyle, will assume full control of The Dartmouth's news and business operations at the beginning of Winter term. As president of The Dartmouth and chairman of its Board of Proprietors, Kyle will manage the approximately 100-person staff and the $350,000 annual budget of The Dartmouth, Inc., the student-run business that owns The Dartmouth and The Dartmouth Online. Kyle, who is currently in Edinburgh, Scotland, on the religion department's Foreign Study Program, called newspaper work "a challenging, wonderful and occasionally heartbreaking service." She referred to The Dartmouth staff as "some of the most talented, dedicated and caring students at Dartmouth." Teti, visibly moved during his farewell speech, said afterward that he was proud of The Dartmouth staff's service to the Dartmouth community. Teti also expressed his confidence that the 2004 directorate will provide strong leadership, adding that Kyle "knows the paper backward and forward, and I know that she's going to do an excellent job." Among the other announcements made at the Changeover ceremony, Charles Gardner '04 will succeed Ithan Peltan '03 as The Dartmouth's executive editor and vice chairman of the Board of Proprietors.

News

Morales '03 creates 'Napster 2'

By Zachary Goldstein | November 25, 2002

Countless suitors have tried and failed to fill the void left after recording industry lawsuits killed popular file-sharing program Napster, but a new entry on the Dartmouth campus may be the best substitute yet. Billed by some as "Napster 2," a program called Direct Connect is facilitating a boom in peer-to-peer file sharing on campus. Direct Connect is a file-sharing program that operates very similarly to Napster.

News

Education department announces new minor

By Colin Barry | November 25, 2002

After facing elimination twice in the past decade as a result of negative internal reviews, the education department now appears to be in the midst of significant change -- the oldest minor will be cut, and a new minor is in the works. At the end of last year, the department announced that the Education Studies minor, one of two minors it offers, will be unavailable after the conclusion of Spring term in 2003.

News

Faculty prefer mid-morning slots

By Richard Lazarus | November 25, 2002

Dartmouth students like their sleep, but that's only one consideration departments make when they schedule their classes for the coming term. "In my world, it's called 'bunching,'" College Registrar Polly Griffin said.

News

Are 'gut' classes as easy as they seem?

November 25, 2002

Every college student encounters "gut" classes -- easy classes taken to fulfill distribution requirements, or to get a good grade with minimal work. Although these gut classes might at first seem to contradict the high standards of Dartmouth, they have a special place in the hearts of students. When asking students to name gut classes, any number of rhyming nicknames surface. "I've heard of some easy classes " 'rocks for jocks,' 'quakes for flakes,' and 'clapping for credit,'" said Gabby Sapia '03, referring to Earth Sciences 2, Earth Sciences 5 and Music 10, respectively, just some of the gut courses mentioned by students. While these courses might garner a reputation for being easy, students enrolled in these courses do not always agree that they deserve to be guts.

News

United Way fundraising effort hits halfway mark

By Allison Forbes | November 22, 2002

After kicking off its annual fundraising campaign earlier this fall, the Upper Valley United Way is looking to the Dartmouth community to raise 20 percent of its expected contributions. The Dartmouth campaign aims to raise $232,650 by the end of the drive on Feb.

News

Students: STD testing discouraged

By Allison Caffrey | November 22, 2002

Although Dick's House offers all enrolled Dartmouth students testing for sexually-transmitted diseases and HIV, many who have requested to be tested this year allege that administrators at the health-care facility have encouraged them not to undergo some tests. Several students, who wished to remain anonymous for privacy reasons, told The Dartmouth that when they asked to be tested, the staff at Dick's House tried to talk them out of it.

News

Event commemorates coeducation

By Mark Herman | November 22, 2002

College President James Wright reiterated the theme of his convocation speech -- campus diversity -- as faculty, administrators, alumni and students gathered in the Top of the Hop yesterday at a reception to celebrate the 30th anniversary of coeducation at Dartmouth. Event host Giavanna Munafo of the Center for Women and Gender, previously the Women's Resource Center, said it was intended to celebrate the accomplishments of the last 30 years and the vision that will shape the next 30 years in a way that includes everyone at Dartmouth. Wright said coeducation at Dartmouth fundamentally altered the College. "Coeducation is about more than adjusting admissions and admissions criteria," Wright said.

News

National groups question Sununu's education stance

By Andrew Haringer | November 21, 2002

A much-debated topic in the recent election, N.H. Senator-elect John E. Sununu's commitment to education continues to be questioned by Democrats and watchdog groups. A pamphlet that was distributed on campus by Dartmouth's Young Democrats prior to the election asserted that Sununu voted five times against Pell Grant increases while serving in the U.S.

News

A Hop mainstay, Croft dies at 65

By Cole Entress | November 21, 2002

Dartmouth lost a valuable employee and a fierce patron of the arts in Georgia Croft, 65, who died in her home Saturday after a year and a half-long battle with lung cancer. At the College, Croft erved as the Hopkins Center's media relations coordinator for nearly a decade.

News

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.

News

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.

Trending
The Dartmouth