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N.H. Senate debates school funding options

By Kaitlin Bell | April 24, 2002

Despite political pressure, the New Hampshire Senate voted last week to reexamine rather than repeal the statewide property tax that funds state schools. The Senate's decision came in the wake of a House vote to repeal the tax, which was established in 1999 as a last-minute solution to a budget crisis in which New Hampshire faced the threat of mass teacher lay-offs. Even if voted down in the Senate, the bill still could have faced a veto by Gov.

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SA discusses new alcohol proposals

By Charles Gardner | April 24, 2002

Just nine days before elections for student body president and vice president are set to occur, the Student Assembly met to discuss the recently released guidelines for a revised College alcohol policy and to review the accomplishments of the Ivy Council earlier this month. Recommendations drafted by the Ad Hoc Working Group on Alcohol Policy -- chaired by Professor Robert Binswanger -- were released last Tuesday and are designed to clarify College alcohol policy and encourage cooperation between students and administrators. The report will be submitted to the faculty in about two weeks time, with the intervening period set aside to allow for revisions based on student suggestions. Assembly members expressed doubts about some components of the new policy recommendations, though others cautioned that the report remains subject to change and is still a considerable distance from implementation. A point of particular contention was the working group's recommendation advocating a new "reservation" system for social events to replace the current tiered system of "registration."Under the proposed policy, students holding a "party" -- loosely defined as a gathering of eight to 10 people -- would reserve a space with Safety and Security for any type of social event, including those in residential halls.

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Bernat discusses best end-of-life care options

By Valerie Silverman | April 23, 2002

Americans uphold a "death denying" attitude, Dartmouth Medical School's Dr. James Bernat told the audience during a speech last night about medical ethics at the end of life entitled "Dying Well." Bernat described various "life-ending acts," including refusal of life-sustaining therapy, physician-assisted suicide, euthanasia, palliative care and refusal of hydration and nutrition. Palliative care, which Bernat considers "the most appropriate treatment," involves total care of dying patients whose diseases are not responding to curative treatments. Very comparable to the function of a hospice, palliative care "affirms life but regards death as a normal process," Bernat said.

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Seniors confront tough job market

By Sarah Betts | April 23, 2002

As corporate cutbacks grow more common and the stock market remains weak, this year's college graduates face a difficult transition into the job market. The ongoing economic recession has resulted in fewer positions and less lucrative salaries compared to recent years, leaving many Dartmouth seniors jobless and uncertain about their future plans. "Many of the employers that have traditionally flocked to the Ivies, Duke, Stanford, et cetera have come on campus this past year with many fewer positions to fill and less of a willingness to take risks in filling those positions," Director of Career Services Skip Sturman said. Certain industries that were hit particularly hard by the economic downturn, such as consulting businesses, made drastic cutbacks in the number of graduates they hired and the starting salaries offered to new employees. According the National Association of Colleges and Employers' newsletter, consulting firms offered the 11th highest number of jobs to graduates this year, when last year the industry was responsible for the largest number of job offers.

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Moving the library forward

By Davey Archwamety | April 23, 2002

Librarians are stereotypically portrayed as conservative, suspicious busybodies whose favorite utterance is "Shhhh!" -- but College Librarian Richard Lucier is anything but typical.

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Lum wins Fulbright to teach in Korea

By Karla Kingsley | April 23, 2002

Dartmouth senior Deirdre Lum's brother wagered $10 that she would be jobless and living at home after graduation this year, but Lum has proven him wrong, winning the $10 and a Fulbright Scholarship. Lum will leave for Korea in July after five weeks of intensive language study that will prepare her to teach English to middle or high school students. Two off-terms spent in Boston working with children motivated Lum to apply to this particular program. "I went to Boston and mentored and tutored at an after school program," Lum explained.

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A&F t-shirts draw campus criticism

By Charles Gardner | April 23, 2002

Dartmouth students have joined a nationwide chorus of protest against popular clothing maker Abercrombie and Fitch, which has been accused of anti-Asian racism and stereotyping in a recently-released line of t-shirts. Among the seven different t-shirt designs at issue -- all of which the company has chosen to recall from its stores -- is one featuring caricatured Asian men beside the words "Wong Brothers Laundry Service: Two Wongs Can Make It White." Another features an image of the Buddha along with the slogan, "Buddha Bash -- Get Your Buddha On the Floor." National Asian advocacy groups as well as college students responded soon after the first shirts arrived on the shelves last week, flooding Abercrombie and Fitch with angry calls and boycotting some West coast stores. At Dartmouth, the Pan-Asian Council held an emergency meeting last night, bringing together around 30 students to discuss their reactions to the t-shirt designs.

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Quake shakes up Hanover on Sat.

By Megh Duwadi and Valerie Silverman | April 22, 2002

An earthquake centered 15 miles southwest of Plattsburgh, N.Y., created tremors early Saturday morning that were felt throughout New England and the Mid-Atlantic but did not cause significant material damage. The quake, which had a magnitude of 5.1 according to the United States Geological Survey, occurred at 6:50 a.m.

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Reich '68 asks pols. to listen

By Megh Duwadi | April 22, 2002

Drawing from decades of work in the public eye, Robert Reich '68 emphasized the need for constituent involvement and widespread understanding of political issues at a speech in Cook Auditorium Friday. A former U.S.

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L.D. students give College mixed reviews

By Kaitlin Bell | April 22, 2002

Although Dartmouth offers a variety of resources for learning-disabled students and professors generally adhere to the College's policy of granting accommodations, students with learning disabilities vary in their opinions of how well Dartmouth has met their needs. Many students that spoke with The Dartmouth pointed to the uniqueness of being learning-disabled at Dartmouth.

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Ali questions basis of war on terror

By Carl Burnett | April 19, 2002

Owais Aslam Ali, a key figure in South Asian journalism, used examples from the history of his native Pakistan to paint a bleak picture for the future of worldwide civil rights yesterday in a Rockefeller Center lecture on "Civil Liberties in Developing Countries: The Impact of the War on Terrorism." Ali called into question the motivation for the United States-led war on terrorism.

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Feds. may limit intl. students' studies

By Kaitlin Bell | April 19, 2002

As part of the United States government's continuing efforts to counter terrorism, an interagency government committee is considering barring international students at American universities from pursuing fields of study that might be applied to developing and producing "weapons of mass destruction." Although the government has yet to institute any laws or restrictions on the subjects foreign students can study, the nature of committee's decision will no doubt have profound implications for foreign students studying in the United States. Dartmouth international students were uniformly opposed to the possibility of such limitations. "It's very far-fetched ... to say that students studying the sciences is the explanation for the attacks of Sept.

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Rally highlights contrasting views

By Tracy Landers | April 19, 2002

A rally condemning the recent Israeli offensive in the occupied territories and calling for a separate Palestinian nation attracted a large crowd of supporters, counter-protesters and curious onlookers outside the Collis Center yesterday. As speakers such as writer and activist Grace Paley and Jewish studies department chair Susannah Heschel spoke out against alleged human rights violations and the leadership of Ariel Sharon, members of the Dartmouth Israel Public Affairs Committee held up signs with such messages as "Arafat is a terrorist" and "PLO = Al Qaeda." Meanwhile, signs paraded by rally supporters proclaimed, "Sharon is a war criminal" and "Protest any limit to humanitarian aid in the occupied areas." Although rally organizers attempted to present a unified front that was both "pro-Palestinian" and "pro-Israeli," the use of such disparate slogans and the outbreak of heated arguments afterward demonstrated the divides between some present. Event organizer Shilyh Warren '98, though, felt the protest achieved all of her goals, which she said included informing the public and avoiding "us versus them" rhetoric. She did express disappointment, however, at DIPAC's method of participation, saying, "The DIPAC illegally planned an event at the same time and place as the official rally." "It was a mistake on our part, but there was no bad blood.

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Universities pass prof.-student sex regulations

By John Karl | April 18, 2002

Ohio Wesleyan University and Duke University recently drafted official policies regarding sexual relationships between students and professors, prompting other universities to re-examine the adequacy of their own policies. At Dartmouth, where no such policy exists, administrators disagree on the merits of creating rules that would govern student-professor relations. Ohio Wesleyan drew up its approach to the issue in the wake of a student-professor relationship that turned sour and went public, stirring up negative media attention. Dale Swartzentruber, chair of the faculty personnel committee at Ohio Wesleyan, said that although the incident served as a catalyst, support for the policy would have been forthcoming regardless. "We were one of the few universities that didn't have a statement, and it was time we made one," he explained. Widely supported by the faculty, the policy outlines sanctions that range from a formal letter of reprimand to outright dismissal of the professor.

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Experts: Indonesians are 'starving' for Nike

By Karla Kingsley | April 18, 2002

In a presentation entitled "Starving for the Swoosh," Jim Keady and Leslie Kretzu, directors of Educating for Justice, criticized Nike and other multinational corporations for using "sweatshop labor," recounting their personal research experience in Indonesia. The two provided shocking statistics surrounding the issue: one half of the world's six billion people live on wages of less than $2 per day.

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College to reduce budget by $3.5M

By Tracy Landers | April 18, 2002

Due to this year's economic downturn and the resulting zero-percent increase in endowment return, Dartmouth will be making campus-wide budget cuts of 1.5 to 2 percent that will affect every area of the College. The budget cuts, as approved by the Board of Trustees at last weekend's meeting, represent an overall spending decrease of about $3.5 million.

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Ivies compete for big-name profs.

By Sarah Betts | April 18, 2002

Most professors spend their careers at one institution, but for big-name scholars, it is becoming increasingly common to switch universities based upon attractive packages offered.

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