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Town OKs school improvement plan

By Allison Forbes | October 30, 2002

Hanover residents overwhelmingly approved a complex plan -- involving a three-way agreement between the Dresden School District, the town of Hanover and the College -- to renovate the local high school and middle school. Under the current proposal, Dartmouth would pay $9.7 million to the school district -- which serves both Hanover and Norwich, Vt.

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Does College fulfill its charter?

By Sebastian Jaeger | October 30, 2002

Native American studies Professor Colin Calloway argued last night that, until recently, Dartmouth has not lived up to the mission declared in its charter, the education of Native Americans. Speaking to about three dozen students and faculty members, Calloway gave a lecture on the history of the College's relationship to Native Americans, entitled, "Dartmouth's Big Lie." Calloway said Dartmouth's historical relationship with Native Americans represents a "false start," but he suggested the College now has the opportunity to make progress on its promise to the Native American student body. He cited former College President John Kemeny's 1970 speech recommitting Dartmouth to the Native American community as the root of today's expanding Native American studies program. Though the College charter calls primarily for the education of Native Amerixans, it also includes "English and other" youths, and these students have always been the majority of the student body. Calloway retold the story of Samson Occom -- a Native American and one of Dartmouth founder Eleazer Wheelock's first students at his original school in Connecticut.

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Wright gets cool response from fac.

By Zachary Goldstein | October 29, 2002

President of the College James Wright addressed the faculty at yesterday's Fall term faculty meeting to clarify the College's current fiscal situation provoking outspoken protests from many faculty members. Many attendees expressed frustration with the nature of the cuts and the manner in which the information has been delivered to the faculty. Wright reported that Dartmouth's $2.2 billion endowment decreased by 5.7 percent during the 2002 fiscal year.

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Sununu, Shaheen go negative in late stages

By Megh Duwadi | October 29, 2002

Editor's note: This is the fifth in a series of articles chronicling the campaigns of New Hampshire politicians running in the 2002 elections. In New Hampshire's heated Senate race, voters are finding it increasingly difficult to "Live Free" from the onslaught of negative campaigning. An unavoidable stream of radio, print and television advertisements has spent more time telling voters for whom not to vote rather than praising either candidate based on the issues. In the final stretch of a race that may decide which party holds the Senate majority for the next two years, the campaigns of Gov.

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N.H. high court OKs room searches

By Kaitlin Bell | October 29, 2002

The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled Friday that Dartmouth Safety and Security Officers are not acting as agents of the state when they turn contraband found in students' rooms over to the police. The Court overruled a decision by the Lebanon District Court, which ruled that Dartmouth violated the 4th Amendment rights of Adam Nemser '01 by handing confiscated marijuana over to the Hanover Police Department. The drug seizure -- which occurred while current Thayer student Nemser was a Dartmouth undergraduate -- was part of longstanding College policy that will not be altered as a result of the Court's ruling, said Daniel Nelson, senior associate dean of the College. Nelson refused to comment on the specifics of the case, but he said that Safety and Security officers often happen by chance on illegal drugs when students lock themselves out of their rooms and ask to be let back in. Dartmouth turns the drugs over to the police but does not provide them with any other information, Nelson said. Hanover Police Chief Nick Giaccone explained that his officers must obtain a warrant in order to have access to information about the origin of the drugs. The Court took this as evidence that Safety and Security and the Hanover Police Department are two separate entities -- and that Dartmouth, as a private institution, is not violating constitutional prohibitions on unreasonable search and seizure, Giaccone said. "Safety and Security Officers are not agents of the state.

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OAC puts 3 houses on probation

By Kaitlin Bell and Sarah Betts | October 29, 2002

A recent spate of one-on-one hearings with Assistant Dean of the College Mary Liscinsky has resulted in social probation for Theta Delta Chi fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and the Panarchy undergraduate society. Theta Delt is on probation until Nov.

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Campus mourns Wellstone

By Allison Caffrey | October 28, 2002

Many Dartmouth students, especially those from Minnesota, shared the nation's shock of the Friday morning plane crash that killed popular U.S.

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In D.C., Dartmouth group joins thousands

By Jessica Spradling | October 28, 2002

WASHINGTON -- Over the weekend nearly 60 Dartmouth students marched with tens of thousands of other non-violent protestors and political notables in a National Day of Action against President Bush's proposed military action against Iraq. The Day of Action, which included both a march and a rally, attracted several nationally recognized speakers, included Rev.

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Dartmouth will lay off 30 employees

By Kaitlin Bell | October 25, 2002

Thirty College employees representing 1 percent of Dartmouth's total workforce will be laid off as part of next year's budget cuts, but it remains unclear exactly which jobs will be lost. Although administrators had hoped to reduce the budget by more than 6 percent without eliminating current employees, administrative and service department heads indicated in proposals submitted to the College's budget committee that layoffs would be one of the most expedient ways to achieve the cuts they have been asked to make, Provost Barry Scherr said. Keeping College President James Wright's directive -- that budget cuts be made without harming the academic quality of the College -- in mind, the committee has decided that non-faculty layoffs are necessary, Director of Public Affairs Bill Walker said. "There has been a really strong effort on everyone's part to protect the academic resources here," Walker said.

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Overcoming eating disorders

By Zachary Goldstein | October 25, 2002

Their ability to recover from the eating disorders that controlled their lives was the focus of the student panelists brought together for last night's discussion sponsored by Students Against the Abuse of Food and Alcohol. The fourth-annual Fall term panel gave personal voices to the effects of eating disorders on members of the Dartmouth community and elsewhere.

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Deliverers deal with door locks

By Tim Mosso | October 25, 2002

With the advent of dormitory door locks, many businesses and student groups are facing new restrictions on their activities that have forced them to reevaluate their distribution practices. While companies that service vending machines, maintain laundry equipment and provide door-to-door laundry service have been given limited access to dorms, other area businesses and campus groups have been banned from delivering their product -- be it pizza or student publication -- to the dorms. The Office of Residential Life installed the locks this summer and activated them campus-wide at the beginning of Fall term.

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Jernstedt pioneers 'wireless classroom'

By Karla Kingsley | October 25, 2002

After earning a "Most Wired" label from Yahoo! Internet Life's college rankings four years ago, Dartmouth continues to fulfill the implications of the label, but the literal definition is becoming less applicable as classroom technology reaches new levels. Most students have encountered at least one "smart" classroom by now, but fewer have experienced psychology Professor Chris Jernstedt's new wireless classroom application. Last year, Jernstedt began using personal digital assistants in his psychology class learning in order "to have opportunities for students to be engaged," he said.

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Provost rejects N. Fairbanks plans

October 24, 2002

Proposals for renovations to North Fairbanks Hall, which include making the basement into an area for student activities, have been declined by the provost's office due to pressures to cut the College budget. Last spring, the administration heard requests from the Collis Center to turn the basement into a new dance club or other social space for students.

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Do prep schools help or hurt college applicants?

By Alison Schmauch | October 24, 2002

As the college admissions process grows increasingly competitive, students and parents may question whether going to an elite preparatory school might increase their chances of getting into a prestigious college. Counselors at these schools and some prep school alumni attending Dartmouth cited the personal attention given to students and the schools' contacts within college admissions offices as advantages. At the same time, some prep-school counselors suspected that admissions offices evaluate prep school students more harshly than they would students from less prominent schools. Prep-school counselors who spoke with The Dartmouth were quick to note that attending an exclusive prep school by no means guarantees admission to a prestigious college, and that they encourage parents to steer their students to those colleges that fit best, rather than the most prestigious. When asked if Deerfield Academy students have "an unfair advantage" in the college application process, Nicole Hagger '91, college advisor at the renowned private school in Deerfield, Mass., answered flatly, "Yes." Hagger added that she had worked in Dartmouth's admissions office before coming to Deerfield and said that students from prep schools often submitted counselor recommendations that were "one to one and a half pages long," while some public school counselors submitted either brief recommendations or none at all. She also said the close relationships between counselors and students serves as an advantage in the application process. Hagger teaches two academic classes, coaches a team and lives in a dormitory in addition to working as a college counselor, so she knew many of her students well from other contexts before starting to work with them on their college applications. Diamond Hicks '03, who attended Deerfield for three years, also noted that she had an especially good experience with college counseling because of her close relationship with her advisor. All students entering Deerfield are assigned a faculty member as an advisor.

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