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Fake IDs' ease of fabrication worries police, businesses

By Heather Ho | May 7, 2002

Students have been using fake IDs to purchase alcohol since IDs were first made, but a new methods for producing fake IDs have piqued the interest of liquor store owners, law enforcement officials and club owners alike. The new trend on college campuses nationwide of students using personal computers to create fake IDs authentic-looking enough to impress even experts is a problem that has alcohol-serving establishments and police worried. "There are a million ways to make them.

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Muslim students discuss experience post-Sept. 11

By Tracy Landers | May 7, 2002

Six Muslim students at last night's "I'm Muslim, I'm American" panel told a small audience in Dartmouth Hall about their common experiences as North American followers of Islam, sharing the common doubts and difficulties they have faced since Sept.

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Gephardt politics for Dems. in N.H.

By Katie Lieberg | May 7, 2002

Democratic leader and House Minority Whip Richard Gephardt spoke yesterday to a small crowd of campus Democrats and others as part of a visit in support of his party's candidates for Congress, but avoided revealing whether he plans his own New Hampshire campaign for the presidency in 2004. Chuckling with down-to-earth Midwestern charm at being frequently mistaken for a CNN weatherman, a professional golfer or even Dan Quayle, Gephardt cheerfully opened a discussion that would turn to the more serious issues of health care, campaign finance reform and peace in the Middle East. But Gephardt skirted the big question of the afternoon, whether he would pursue the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004, with an assurance that he would focus on having his party win a majority in the House in the upcoming elections "and then see what happens next." Gephardt became interested in grassroots politics at an early age.

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Campus' fav. hobby: BlitzMail

By Kay Fukunaga | May 7, 2002

Some regard it as spiritual, others as addictive. No matter how they describe BlitzMail, however, Dartmouth students certainly send a lot of it. The BlitzMail system -- an email program developed at Dartmouth -- has long been popular enough to surpass telephone and sometimes even face-to-face communication. Over 150,000 messages are sent each day, according to Director of Computing Services Bill Brawley.

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At peer schools, parking fines similar to College

By Jong Lee | May 7, 2002

Tempted to park behind Mass Row without a permit? With a $50 parking fine awaiting you, you may want to think again. With 10,000 parking tickets issued every year at Dartmouth, many students complain that the parking fines, ranging from $25 to $50, are rather expensive compared to other colleges. At other institutions such as Harvard and Middlebury, maximum parking fines do not exceed $25. However, many other schools in the Northeast have parking fines similar to those at Dartmouth. The "NESCAC Parking Report" consists of parking information on the 11 liberal arts colleges in the New England Small College Athletic Conference, plus Dartmouth and Smith College.

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Zantop cop wins int'l award

By Kaitlin Bell | May 6, 2002

When Massachusetts State Trooper Walter Combs saw a piece of green metal glinting in the morning sunlight at a Massachusetts truck stop, he instinctively knew he had found the getaway car Robert Tulloch and James Parker used to escape after brutally murdering Dartmouth professors Half and Suzanne Zantop. Now, over a year later, the International Association of Police Chiefs is honoring Combs with a Meritorious Achievement Award for his role in solving the Zantop case. Combs discovered the car on the morning of Feb.

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Panel debates merits of Greek system for women

By Karla Kingsley | May 6, 2002

In a panel discussion Saturday, "The Changing Role of Women and the Greek System," nine panelists, including both affiliated and unaffiliated students and a faculty member, disputed the merits and problems surrounding the Greek system, focusing on sororities' role on campus. Although some panelists spoke about their positive experiences as members of sororities, philosophy and women's studies professor Amy Allen outlined the reasons for unanimous votes against the Greek system at recent years' faculty meetings. Allen first mentioned the exclusivity of the Greek system, noting that in addition to their exclusion of some rushees, sororities and fraternities are inherently exclusive because of their single-sex structure.

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DePaul prof: 'American Islam' is a difficult idea

By Tracy Landers | May 6, 2002

Professor Aminah B. McCloud, an Islamic legal expert from DePaul University in Chicago, opened Islamic Awareness Week last Friday evening with a sparsely attended but controversial speech about the relationship between Islam and the United States in the post-Sept.

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'Mr. Rogers' to speak at Commencement

By Carl Burnett | May 3, 2002

Fred Rogers, beloved children's television icon, will return to the college where he spent two years of his life to give this year's Commencement address, the College announced yesterday. Rogers, the force behind the longest-running program in the history of public television, "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," attended Dartmouth from 1946 to 1948 before transferring to Rollins College in Florida to complete his undergraduate degree. College President James Wright said he wrote to Rogers last year when he heard Rogers was retiring from his TV show. "I received a very warm note back from him, and we resolved that we wanted to bring him back to give him the Dartmouth degree he never received," Wright said. This spring, the timing was right. "After 9/11, we believed he would be the ideal speaker," Wright said.

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UNC goes to early action admissions

By Sarah Betts | May 3, 2002

The University of North Carolina chose last week to discontinue its early decision admissions policy, fueling the national debate over a system which some believe gives an extra advantage to well-off applicants. The early decision process was implemented at UNC three years ago "because we saw so many students and families ready to make their college decision," UNC admissions director Jeremy Lucido said. Before establishing the program, UNC was aware that early decision policies at other institutions had been criticized for admitting a large percentage of the incoming class at higher rates than regular decision applicants. "We understood there were problems, so we tried to run a responsible program," Lucido said.

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Bush withdraws proposal to cut student loan program

By Nathaniel Ward | May 3, 2002

Bowing to considerable pressure from Congressional leaders and education lobbies, the Bush administration on Wednesday night withdrew its proposal to eliminate a program that allows students to consolidate variable interest rate loans at a low fixed rate. Citing the need to eliminate the $1.3 billion shortfall in the proposed Pell Grant budget for fiscal year 2003, White House budget director Mitchell Daniels suggested the flexible interest rate plan last week. Writing on behalf of a dozen higher-education groups, the American Council on Education wrote a letter to senators protesting the measure's proposed inclusion in the 2003 Supplemental Appropriations bill. "A sudden change to the current system of setting borrower interest rates is the wrong approach and would dramatically increase the cost of loans to students," ACE President David Ward wrote. Student advocates estimated that the nearly 700,000 students who receive Pell Grants would pay an average of at least $2,800 extra in interest for undergraduate costs alone if a variable rate were imposed. The added expense, congressional leaders argued, would make college too expensive for low- and middle-income families who now rely on the loans to finance their higher education. Under the current Pell Grant program, students receiving federal loans to pay for college can consolidate their loans into a single loan at a fixed, low-interest rate. "It became evident pretty quickly that it wasn't a workable plan," said Dave Schnittger, communications director for the House Education and Workforce Committee, though he added the White House proposal did draw attention to the Pell Grant shortfall. Many, including Sen.

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Pres. Bush proposes loan cuts

By Matt Lewis | May 2, 2002

Amidst an uproar of opposition from leading senators, House Republicans have deemed a recent Bush administration proposal to drain $1.3 billion from a federally subsidized student loan program unworkable. The Bush proposal would shift the low fixed interest rate for consolidated loans to a variable rate, potentially increasing college costs by leaving borrowers vulnerable to fluctuating interest. Dave Schnittger, the Communications Director for the House Education and Workforce Committee, said House Republican leaders ruled that the proposal was unworkable, essentially eliminating any chances for approval.

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Ivy League reconsiders role of athletics in admissions

By Karla Kingsley | May 2, 2002

Recent examination of policies surrounding admissions and athletics have prompted some schools in the New England Small College Athletic Conference to make changes, and Ivy League schools are also considering modifications. Though Ivy League schools haven't yet made changes, the role that athletics plays in admissions is a persistent topic of discussion. Both Karl Furstenberg, Dartmouth's dean of admissions, and Jeffrey Orleans, the executive Director of the Ivy League, believe that the Ivies have been doing a good job balancing athletics and academics, but Furstenberg anticipated that changes may come soon. "We have been working on this for a long time.

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Late campaigning runs astray of EPAC rules

By Matt Lewis | May 2, 2002

Eleventh-hour campaigning has resulted in two election procedure violations in the race for Student Body Vice President and '03 Class Council. Lucas Nikkel '05, a campaign worker for vice-presidential candidate Julia Hildreth '05, circulated an email yesterday criticizing Hildreth's opponent, Stephanie Bonan '03 that was deemed to be in violation of negative campaigning rules by the Elections Planning and Advisory Committee. "Essentially, the issue is that yes, candidates are allowed to criticize other peoples' ideas or platforms, but they aren't allowed to slander other people, and the information that was in that blitz was inaccurate and libelous," said Student Body President Molly Stutzman, the chairperson of EPAC. The EPAC also determined that Dan Chang '03 and Vinny Ng '03, running as a coalition for President and Vice-President of the '03 Class Council, violated election rules when Michael Paul '03 endorsed them in the Weekend Update email service.

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Barak describes new 'world war'

Speaking to a rapt crowd that filled Spaulding Auditorium, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak called for an end to the Palestinian suicide bombings of recent months, placing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at the center of what he dubbed the "world war on terrorism." Although he condemned the ongoing violence, for the most part, Barak avoided discussing current Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's policies.

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