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Shuttle crew visits, educates campus

By Jen Tutak | May 23, 2002

Five members of NASA's most recent Hubble Telescope repair team, including Dr. James Newman '78, spoke to a crowd of over 700 in Leede Arena last night. They were all part of mission STS-109 aboard the space shuttle Columbia, spending 12 days in space last March in a successful attempt to repair and refurbish the Hubble Telescope. In addition to Newman, the visiting astronauts included mission commander Scott "Scooter" Altman, payload commander John Grunsfeld, pilot Duane Carey and mission specialist Rick Linnehan.

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Inspectors close Alpha Delta after fire

By Nathaniel Ward | May 23, 2002

Fire inspectors closed Alpha Delta fraternity last night as a safety precaution after an early-morning fire broke out in the furnace area of the house basement. As of last night the immediate cause of the fire was unknown. AD was holding a programming event attended by about 100 people when the fire broke out at approximately 12:45 a.m., fraternity president Daniel Brown '03 said.

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Govt. endorses more single-sex schools

By Sarah Betts | May 23, 2002

In a controversial move, the U.S. Department of Education announced May 8 that it intends to propose amendments to Title IX, which prohibits discrimination based on gender in educational programs that receive federal funds, to allow for the establishment of single-sex public elementary and secondary schools. The proposed legislation, which comes as a part of President George W.

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Exclusion in Berkeley course comes under fire

By Kaitlin Bell | May 22, 2002

At the University of California-Berkeley, an institution known for its history of social activism and liberal political views, a course description for an English course on Palestinian political poetry has sparked a heated debate on the role of freedom of expression in academia. The original course description for "The Politics and Poetics of Palestinian Resistance" included a caveat to students warning that "conservative thinkers are encouraged to seek other sections." The instructor, fifth-year graduate student Snehal Shingavi, has since removed the line, due in part to the large public outcry it generated. In response to the controversy, Berkeley has issued a public statement acknowledging "a failure of oversight on the part of the English Department in reviewing course proposal descriptions." The University website said that the department chair will "provide oversight" for the class, ensuring that it accords with the Faculty Code of Conduct.

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Mid-East debate attracts newcomers

By Megh Duwadi | May 22, 2002

Editor's Note: This is the second in a two-part series examining the state of the Israeli-Palestinian debate at Dartmouth and college campuses nationwide. For the non-Jewish and non-Arab Dartmouth population, Israeli-Palestinian debates are more than just history lessons -- they are opportunities for alignment in a new political arena. Continuing chaos in the Middle East has polarized many students at colleges and universities throughout the United States who lack ties to the area and to its religious factions. Previously an issue dominated by Arab, Muslim and Jewish students, in recent weeks activists new to the Palestine-Israel debate have taken on highly visible roles -- an occurrence attributed to increased general awareness of the situation. "For a long time, people saw Israel as a state that can do no wrong," Arab student group Shamis co-chair Mohamad Bydon '02 said.

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Local CEO details global health care imbalances

By Lizzie Wise | May 22, 2002

Faced with the daunting task of presenting disturbing statistics about global health epidemics, Dr. Nils Daulaire engaged a room full of potential public health practitioners, pre-med students and those interested in international affairs in Rockefeller Center yesterday. Daulaire, who is the president and CEO of the Global Health Council -- its headquarters located only two miles away in White River Junction, Vt.

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SA releases dept. ratings

By Charles Gardner | May 22, 2002

Departmental assessments -- the long-awaited final component of the Undergraduate Teaching Initiative -- were released last night at a Student Assembly meeting that also featured a lengthy debate on a resolution to fund a forum for student organizations. The anthropology, music and Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures Departments came in at the top of the rankings, each earning an assigned grade of "A" for such factors as faculty-to-major ratio, average class size and results from a satisfaction survey taken by over 600 students with declared majors. The biology department -- which the study noted had an average class size of over 42 students -- was ranked last, with a grade of only C-plus.

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Education students 'test the waters' in Marshall Islands

By Lizzie Wise | May 21, 2002

In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, on the one-mile-long island of Majuro, the blazing sun beats down on the backs of children clad in Dartmouth T-shirts. The T-shirts are gifts from the children's schoolteachers, who happen to be Dartmouth students residing in the capital of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Chair of the education department Andrew Garrod initiated the "off-term mentored internship," for students to leave Dartmouth during their winter term to teach in Marshallese public schools. "It's a wonderful opportunity to serve -- and to serve in a part of the world where America has had a very complicated relationship," Garrod said. Although the Republic of the Marshall Islands receives the most financial aid per capita of any nation in the world from the United States, the islands were once the site for U.S.

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Mid-East debate overcomes apathy

By Megh Duwadi | May 21, 2002

Editor's Note: This is the first in a two-part series examining the state of Israeli-Palestinian relations at Dartmouth and college campuses nationwide. Protest rallies and controversial advertisements characterize other schools, Dartmouth students argue -- not in Hanover, where apathy runs deep.

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Faculty pass new distributive req.

By Karla Kingsley | May 21, 2002

In a groundbreaking decision after four years of ongoing deliberation, faculty approved implementation yesterday of a new world culture distributive requirement -- culture and identity. The overwhelming vote in favor of the proposal will change the world culture requirement from the three current distributive requirements -- North American culture, European culture and non-western culture -- to the categories of western culture, non-western culture and culture and identity. Although the decision has been made, current Dartmouth students' distributive requirements will not be affected -- changes will come into effect no later than for the Class of 2008 but possibly sooner. As soon as the topic was introduced in yesterday's spring faculty meeting, faculty members began a 40-minute debate centered on the new requirements.

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Phi Delta Alpha readies for rerecognition process

By Kaitlin Bell | May 21, 2002

Phi Delta Alpha fraternity faces a good chance of being rerecognized next fall, as long as it complies with all guidelines set by the Office of Residential Life, former Phi Delt brothers told the Dartmouth. The president of Phi Delt's alumni corporation met with Dean of Residential Life Martin Redman last Thursday to discuss the fraternity's prospects for rerecognition, the former Phi Delt brothers said. Based on reports they received from the corporation president, the meeting went well, and Dean Redman was optimistic about Phi Delt's prospects of being rerecognized. Dean Redman declined to comment, stating in an email that if Phi Delt were to apply next fall, "a rerecognition process would be instituted." If approved, Phi Delt will conduct winter rush next year for the Class of 2005, former Phi Delt brother Ben Steele '02 said, adding that part of the application for rerecognition will likely be a rush guidelines proposal. By next year, all former brothers will have graduated, so Phi Delt alumni will return to campus to hold rush, Steele said. Although Dean Redman has been uncharacteristically tight-lipped about his dealings with Phi Delt's corporation, the College has conducted an audit of the fraternity's physical plant and has made recommendations for summer repairs, an action that suggests it intends to reinstitute Phi Delt's official status. Phi Delt was derecognized in March 2000 for violating College Fraternity and Sorority Council regulations.

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New Palaeopitus '03s are eager for service

By Sarah Betts | May 21, 2002

Palaeopitus, a senior society that advises administrators and facilitates communication between campus organizations, has announced next year's members from the Class of 2003. Each year, the group's current members choose 20 rising seniors from different backgrounds to be a part of the society, which was formed in 1899 with the goal of advising the College's Dean and President. This year's new '03 members are: Oliver Bernstein, Paul Cathcart Jr., Ann Chang, Robert Cotto Jr., F.

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State offers look at Parker transcripts

By Kaitlin Bell | May 20, 2002

Transcripts of prosecutors' interviews with James Parker released Friday offered disturbing insight into the events and motives leading up to the brutal murders of Dartmouth professors Half and Susanne Zantop in January 2001. In the haunting 167-page report -- which consists of over fifteen hours of Parker's transcribed testimony -- Parker casually described the grisly details of the murders, the social isolation he and Robert Tulloch imposed on themselves, the teenagers peculiar moral philosophy and sense of intellectual superiority. While the specific motive behind the murders was stealing the Zantops' ATM cards to fund an escape to Australia, Parker's comments indicated that he and Tulloch held a deep-seated dissatisfaction with their lives in their hometown of Chelsea, Vt.

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Green Key incidents see spike

By Charles Gardner | May 20, 2002

This year's Green Key weekend witnessed a considerable rise in reported incidents, though no assaults or serious injuries occurred, according to Safety and Security. The number of complaints reported to Safety and Security climbed to 73, up from only 51 during last year's Green Key and 45 in 2000, according to College Proctor Robert McEwen, an increase that he attributed partially to poor weekend weather. Rain, cold and an inexplicable burst of snow caused "a lot of events to be moved inside," McEwen said, "and that will create problems when folks are in close proximity." The consequent rise in the number of room parties may have been responsible for a surge in acts of vandalism, which more than doubled to 16 from only six last year, McEwen said. Alcohol-related incidents also climbed sharply to over 30 from 21 last year, with the number of inebriates "up considerably," according to McEwen.

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A Weekend Mystery

By Tanisha Keshava | May 17, 2002

There are some mysteries that are never meant to be solved, and I am now almost convinced that Green Key weekend is one of them.

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Getting To Know...

By Mark Sweeney | May 17, 2002

Following in the footsteps of such journalistic luminaries as Mike Wallace, Barbara Walters and Ed Bradley, The Dartmouth's Mark Sweeney catches up with the big names on campus and asks the questions that others have too much professionalism or integrity to ask.

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