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Teens sought cash to flee to Australia

By Charles Gardner | March 6, 2002

James Parker and Robert Tulloch planned to flee to Australia after robbing homes and killing all witnesses to their crimes, state prosecutors said in a motion released Monday. Parker and Tulloch, who are accused in the Jan.

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Study: movies affect teen smoking

By Richard Lazarus | March 6, 2002

Teenagers whose parents don't restrict their access to R-rated movies are more likely to experiment with alcohol and drugs, according to a study released last month by the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center that has raised some old controversies about the role movies play in harmful behavior. Controlling for other factors, teens whose parents never allowed them to watch R-rated movies were just one-quarter as likely to report having tried cigarettes compared with those whose movie watching was unrestricted.

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Humphrey stumps for N.H. governorship in Hanover

By Karla Kingsley | March 6, 2002

New Hampshire gubernatorial candidate Gordon Humphrey gave a brief synopsis of his platform and debated with audience members over a wide variety of topics ranging from education to communism at a meeting of the Hanover Republican Committee yesterday. Giving his position on education, Humphrey cited statistics showing that private schools in New Hampshire generally do a better job than public ones while spending less money per pupil. It's "because public schools are handcuffed -- strait-jacketed by bureaucracy," Humphrey said.

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Dick's House faces negative image

By Matt Lewis | March 5, 2002

Under the observant -- and often pink -- eye of the Dartmouth student body, Dick's House has managed to gain a less-than-desirable reputation despite a reputable staff, plentiful funding and adequate space. Rumors of misdiagnoses, long waits and inept practitioners infect the perception of college health services -- yet students still overwhelmingly approve of Dick's House. According to a health-service satisfaction survey conducted last summer by the College, 73 percent of responding students said that their overall experience at Dick's House ranged from good to excellent. But the reason why the remaining 27 percent, proportionately the size of a class at Dartmouth, were not sufficiently satisfied with the care at Dick's House may lend some substance to the rumors. "Students should get good care at Dick's House.

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Leneis '03 follows unlikely path to DOC presidency

By Charles Gardner | March 5, 2002

Brad Leneis '03 did not always have a passion for the outdoors. Growing up in the suburban town of Lower Merion, Pa., Leneis never guessed that his path in life would lead him to become president of the Dartmouth Outing Club, the oldest collegiate outing club in the nation. Even after his arrival at Dartmouth, Leneis was not immediately drawn into the activities that would become such an important part of life at the College. "If you had asked me coming off my freshman trip if I was going to be president of the Outing Club, I would definitely have said no," Leneis said. After a first year spent rowing with freshman lightweight crew, Leneis was attracted to the DOC as "something that was very non-competitive." "It was something I figured I'd enjoy doing, though I saw myself as a person who started out at Dartmouth with relatively little outdoor experience," he said. Since that time, however, Leneis has involved himself in a wide range of outdoor activities, from snowboarding to road biking and local hiking trips, all of which he began during his time at Dartmouth. Leneis, an Earth Science major who traveled on the department's off-campus study program last Fall term, is also a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity and a participant in several other campus activities. Despite his busy schedule, which will now include his duties as DOC president, Leneis feels he has no problem accommodating both academic and extracurricular responsibilities. "I'm one of the fortunate few for whom every day is my free time," he said.

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CCAOD gathers info. but questions its role

By Alison Schmauch | March 5, 2002

The College Committee on Alcohol and Other Drugs is currently gathering information that may be used when Dartmouth next examines its alcohol policy, but some members of the CCAOD are frustrated with the committee's lack of authority. Rabbi Edward Boraz, the chair of the committee, said that CCAOD is currently conducting an "environmental assessment" of the social scene at Dartmouth. According to Boraz, the committee has focused mainly on gathering qualitative rather than quantitative data.

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CDC attempts to combat pink eye

By Tara Kyle | March 5, 2002

As an outbreak of conjunctivitis continues to sweep the campus, several peculiarities in the strain afflicting Hanover have attracted sufficient attention from College and state authorities to prompt a visit from the Centers for Disease Control. The track of the recent infections, contrary to the usual patterns in the spread of pink eye, is one factor that has thus far baffled experts. Since the outbreak's onset nearly a month ago, 15 to 20 new student cases of pink eye presented themselves at Dick's House nearly every day, Director of College Health Services Jack Turco said. Ordinarily, cases of such an infection would appear, rise in frequency and then dwindle.

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Events examine race, class, gender linkage

By Nathaniel Ward | March 4, 2002

A series of events held this weekend, including an examination of traditionally black sororities, sought to take a unique approach to the issues of social, racial and gender identities by focusing on the links between the categories. Organizers of the events, entitled "Race, Class, Gender: The Invisible Cross-Section," hoped that by dividing the discussion into multiple interactive events, as opposed to a single lecture or panel, they would be better able to draw out feelings and emotions. "The different venues they had definitely made them more interesting and accessible to different people," event participant Nubia Solomon '04 said.

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Profs. interact across departments

By Karla Kingsley | March 4, 2002

Professors at Dartmouth differ in their perceptions of interactions between departments, but one apparent trend shows that a divide still exists between the sciences and the arts. Many professors do interact frequently for various reasons, but others feel more isolated in their departments. "Most of the things I do are within my department, but if I need the interactions, I find them," psychology Professor Yale Cohen said. Other professors had a different perspective, noting that Dartmouth has an environment that is conducive to inter-departmental interaction. "There is something unique about Dartmouth.

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Linguistics to be a permanent program

By Alison Schmauch | March 4, 2002

The Dartmouth faculty recently voted to elevate the linguistics and cognitive science program to permanent status, a sign of the program's success despite its somewhat humble beginnings, according to Provost Barry Scherr and linguistics program chair Lindsay Whaley. Members of Dartmouth's faculty first examined starting a linguistics program in the early 1970s, according to Scherr.

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Brown may arm campus cops

By Charles Gardner | March 4, 2002

Brown University is considering equipping its police force with firearms following a recent surge in campus crimes, though some students are concerned that the guns will create more problems than they solve. The debate over whether to arm the Brown University Police -- who are trained at the same academy as most other Rhode Island police officers -- arose in response to statistics showing a 400 percent increase in on-campus robberies from fall 2000 to fall 2001. "There are a number of students and staff who are not happy with the level of service that they are receiving right now," said Col.

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'02 accused of art facility vandalism

By Tara Kyle | March 4, 2002

Suspicions that the person who vandalized student artwork in Clement Hall and the Hopkins Center was a member of the studio art department were realized last week when Hanover Police arrested Emily Lewis '02 in Watertown, Mass. Lewis will face charges of criminal mischief at an arraignment scheduled for April 23, Hanover Police Chief Nick Giaccone said.

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Bob Jones U. attempts to recruit minorities

By Sarah Betts | March 1, 2002

Bob Jones University, a Christian school in South Carolina that has received national criticism for its now-abolished ban on interracial dating, has begun to offer a scholarship program for minority students, though the school does not perceive itself as having a race issue. The scholarships range from $2,000 up to $10,000 -- approximately the cost of attendance at BJU -- and are available for minority students who demonstrate financial need. The scholarship fund is controlled by a board independent of the university, described by BJU spokesperson Jonathan Pait as "friends of the school." "They saw a need and wanted to address it," Pait said. The university itself offers only work/study aid programs, and government aid is denied to students because of the school's religious orientation.

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Night owls may live longer: UCSD study

By Kaitlin Bell | March 1, 2002

At 3:45 a.m. on a Wednesday morning, there are still a handful of students in Novack Caf, hunched over laptops and textbooks, alternately typing, flipping through notes and frantically swigging coffee.

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Police make arrest in art vandalism case

By Tara Kyle | March 1, 2002

The search for answers in the vandalism of student artwork in Clement Hall and the Hopkins Center may have come to a close on Wednesday evening, when Hanover Police arrested Emily Lewis '02 in Watertown, Mass. Lewis will face charges of criminal mischief at an arraignment scheduled for April 23, Hanover Police Chief Nick Giaccone said.

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Students protest Arctic oil drilling

By Katie Martin | March 1, 2002

A 10-foot-tall cardboard oil rig and chains of aluminum-can pipeline were the props for dozens of demonstrators who stopped students crossing the Green yesterday afternoon during a protest of potential oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Yesterday's collaborative effort of campus environmental groups was part of the "Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Day of Action," one of the initiatives that was agreed upon at last week's "Greening of the Ivies" conference at Dartmouth attended by environmentalists from all eight Ivy League institutions. "Care about caribou," Brent Reidy '05 yelled at passersby.

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Mission rev. gets mixed reaction

By Alison Schmauch | March 1, 2002

Leaders of various student organizations expressed mixed feelings about the College's proposed new mission statement in interviews with The Dartmouth. While most praised the draft mission statement as a step in the right direction, several expressed concerns that Dartmouth has not committed itself firmly enough to fostering diversity.

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Mission statement draft up for review

By Alison Schmauch | February 28, 2002

In response to recommendations made by the Committee on Institutional Diversity and Equity, the College has drafted a proposed new mission statement and has placed it on the Internet to solicit the opinions of members of the Dartmouth community. The revised mission statement is supposed to better reflect the College's commitment to diversity, according to Dean of the College James Larimore. More attention is also given to the role played by Dartmouth's graduate and professional schools and to Dartmouth's obligations toward the natural environment and the community in the revised version. The previous mission statement states that Dartmouth has a commitment to "enriching the Dartmouth educational and social experiences by attracting and retaining gifted and talented students, faculty and staff of diverse backgrounds, experiences, races and economic circumstances." By contrast, the new mission statement describes Dartmouth's commitment to "encouraging the interaction of talented students, faculty, and staff from diverse backgrounds, experiences, races and economic circumstances." The change reflects the idea that Dartmouth is committed not only to recruiting students and faculty of diverse backgrounds, but to promoting interaction among students and faculty once they arrive here, according to President of the College James Wright. Wright noted that the insertion of a new paragraph about the importance of preparing student for a diverse world serves a similar purpose. The new paragraph reads that Dartmouth is committed to the "belief that a Dartmouth education should prepare students for life in a diverse and increasingly complex world.

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