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Muslim prof. fights dismissal

By Sabrina Peric | January 15, 2002

In a press conference yesterday, University of Southern Florida professor Sami Al-Arian said he would fight the dismissal being brought against him due to suspected terrorist links. "I am not the culprit here," Al-Arian, a Palestinian and local Muslim community leader, said at the afternoon news conference, where representatives of national Muslim groups and civil rights organizations rallied around him. USF President Judy Genshaft fired Al-Arian, a tenured computer science professor, on Dec.

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College reviews human subject research rules

By Alison Schmauch | January 14, 2002

The College committee that oversees human subject research is reviewing its policies in response to a recent report calling for the reform of procedures dealing with potential financial conflicts in research involving human subjects. According to the study issued by the American Association of Medical Colleges, academic institutions need to oversee human subject research more carefully, guarding especially against financial conflicts of interest. At least part of the problem stems from the passage of the Bayh-Dole Act in 1980, which the report says allowed institutions and researchers to share in the return on successful inventions arising from federally-funded research. While the report's authors note that the Bayh-Dole Act has facilitated collaboration between academia and industry, they find that, as academics receive more funds from commercial sources, they face more financial conflicts of interest. Such conflicts of interest are especially serious when academics undertake research involving human subjects, according to the AAMC report. Elizabeth Bankert, director of Dartmouth's Institutional Review Board, which oversees research at Dartmouth, said she believes that Dartmouth already has adequate protections against conflict of interest in place. For example, the AAMC defines "significant financial conflict" as benefits of more than $10,000 or 5 percent equity in a company arising from a study.

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Gay comm. searches for identity

By Matt Lewis | January 11, 2002

In response to concerns over inclusion and identity within the Dartmouth gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community, many organizations and institutions are debating over whether to change their official names. Focus of this debate centers around the currently entitled LGBTQA Resource Room in Robinson Hall, whose acronym could possibly expand to LGBTQCIA to represent gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual, questioning, queer, curious, intersex and ally.

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McPherson: potential for serious cyber attacks is high

By Sarah Betts | January 11, 2002

Physical acts of terrorism have had a high profile after Sept. 11, but the United States also faces a serious and increasing threat from cyber-terrorists, according to Andrew McPherson of Dartmouth's Institute for Security Technology Studies. According to McPherson, not only do terrorist have the will and means to carry out attacks on infrastructures, the potential for such an attack is high.

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ORL lets Chi Heorot off probation early

By Cynthia-Marie O'Brien | January 11, 2002

Contingent upon a review of final changes to Chi Heorot fraternity's constitution and new member program that will be turned in to the Office of Residential Life today, the fraternity will be removed from probation ahead of schedule next week. The organization's probationary period was initially supposed to last through the end of Winter term. Explaining why probation will possibly be removed early, Assistant Director of Residential Life Cassie Barnhardt said that once an organization has met the requirements, "Why keep it under adjudication?" While Heorot will not officially be removed from probation until Barnhardt has reviewed their documents, she said, "I have zero concern about them doing those things [necessary to be removed from probation]." "They need to make sure that everything goes well with their social event this weekend," she added. The fraternity was originally put on three terms of social probation last spring for failing to meet minimum standards.

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Students face new visa laws

By Nathaniel Ward | January 10, 2002

College administrators are confident that new and proposed federal regulations that potentially restrict visas for international students will not cause any problems for those currently enrolled at Dartmouth. For future students, however, the outlook is less certain. "I don't anticipate [any] kind of problem at all" for current students, such as visas being revoked, Director of the International Office Steven Silver said. "As long as an international student is maintaining a full course of study and maintaining valid legal status," there is no cause for alarm, said Kenneth Reade, a student advisor in the International Office. The Enhanced Border Security and Visa Reform Act, passed by the House of Representatives on Dec.

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College pioneered early admits

By Devin Foxall | January 10, 2002

(Editor's note: After a decade in which high school students across the country have increasingly turned to early decision when applying to college, national controversy has erupted over the benefits of binding November applications.

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School board mulls land swap

By Fred Yarger | January 9, 2002

Though the issue of rebuilding Hanover Middle and High Schools was a small part of yesterday's Dresden School Board Meeting, it was hot on the minds of attending Hanover and Norwich residents. A Hanover man pleaded with the board to keep the high school downtown, fearing Dartmouth will breach the "integrity of the town" if it acquires the high school's current site. A Norwich man responded, supporting building new schools on new sites as "the best way to improve education." He suggested that the board consider building a middle school in Norwich, "to empower Norwich as part of the Dresden District." The residents at the meeting were commenting on two plans proposed by the Dresden Building Options Committee, a committee specially formed to examine the issue.

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Pres. Bush speaks at UNH

By N.F.S. Knight | January 9, 2002

DURHAM, N.H. -- In his first visit back to New Hampshire since the contested presidential election, President Bush celebrated the major legislative victory of his education bill amidst the turmoil of war. In front of an ecstatic standing-room-only crowd and before a huge banner reading "No Child Left Behind," the president spoke on both education and the war on terror. "The hope of the future for this country is not only to make sure that we're secure and we're safe, but the true hope for the country is to make sure everybody gets a good education," the president said. The speech was interrupted when a spectator yelled out, "What about the Afghani children?" -- referring to civilian casualties in the war with Afghanistan. For a moment, the president paused with a sad expression upon his face and the crowd hushed. The heckler was silenced by neighboring spectators who grabbed him and held him down for a time. Then another spectator, a girl, yelled, "We love you, President Bush." Immediately, the audience broke out into a roaring applause. The president then continued his speech. Afterwards, Secret Service agents escorted the young man out. When asked why he had interrupted the president's speech, the student would not comment and refused to give his name, saying he feared for his life. One spectator, 16-year-old Natalie Delisle, spoke on her reaction to the protester afterwards.

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Stutzman makes plans for budget increase

By Sarah Betts | January 9, 2002

Student Body President Molly Stutzman outlined plans for an $11,500 increase in the Student Assembly's annual budget last night, calling the Undergraduate Finance Committee's generosity "a vote of confidence." "Last year, the SA provided many more services, such as off-campus wireless and the SA dining guide, and Tom Dent cabin has also been a big success," Stutzman said.

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College lags in grad. student aid

By Charles Gardner | January 8, 2002

With fellow Ivy League institutions announcing increased spending on graduate student financial aid, Dartmouth is feeling pressure to strengthen support for its own graduate programs. Dean of Graduate Students Carol Folt said she was confident in the strengths of Dartmouth's current financial aid program but stressed the importance of monitoring the programs of other schools. "It is a very competitive environment for attracting quality graduate students, and part of that climate is to offer a competitive aid package," she said.

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