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CS dept. struggles to find new faculty

By Jeremy Skog | August 8, 2001

All across the country, as college graduates in fields such as computer science and economics are being lured into the workplace with attractive salaries, universities are struggling to find faculty and graduate students to continue teaching these highly popular disciplines. Yet although the shortage has grown severe at the national level -- covered in both The New York Times and The Chronicle of Higher Education -- Dartmouth remains only slightly affected by a lack of teaching faculty, according to Professor of Computer Science Scot Drysdale. "Over the last few years we've been fairly lucky compared to other schools," said Drysdale, who has coordinated recruitment efforts and chaired the department in the past, adding that the department had gotten a number of its top choices to fill positions. However, this past year the department was unable to fill one of its positions, although last year it managed to make two successful hires, Drysdale said. The market for such positions has involved much turnover and hiring over the past 10 years, he explained. As the job market fluctuates, the availability of positions and the speed at which they are filled likewise varies, said Drysdale.

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2005s prefer PCs to Macs

By Jeremy Skog | August 8, 2001

Although in years past Macintosh computers have dominated the Dartmouth computing world, with 80 percent of the Class of 2005 opting to purchase PCs, that preeminence may quickly be fading away. While the just-graduated Class of 2001 was not even provided a PC computer package option, the '03s were not directly advised to purchase a Macintosh computer, and the majority of '04s -- 60 percent of the class -- chose PCs. "Apples are kind of fading out at Dartmouth," Computer Sales Supervisor William Corrette, who estimates that their popularity has faded by about ten percent each year, said. Speculating on reasons for the decline, he noted that "whatever [students] see in high school is what they're used to," and thus prefer to buy for college. In another significant shift, the popularity of laptops has skyrocketed, with 539 of the 768 '05 computer orders to date being for laptop models, according to Freshman User Assistant Dave Seidman '04. Many '05s, apparently, hope to take advantage of Dartmouth's recently installed campus-wide wireless Ethernet access. "The convenience of a laptop with wireless access is significant," stated a newsletter sent to all freshmen along with their computer order forms. Although freshmen were informed of the benefits of laptops, the overwhelming preference for PCs is surprising.

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'Sideways' play hits straight on

By Kathleen McDermott | August 6, 2001

In a dark Collis Commonground, over 100 Dartmouth students and community members watched Thursday evening as a simple stage decorated only with a blackboard and a dozen blue desks was transformed into a classroom at Wayside School, where students turn into apples, and pigtails sing and dance. The play -- "Sideways Stories from Wayside School" -- was the culmination of two months of rehearsal and behind-the-scenes work on the part of twelve students from the White River Junction Templeton Court Apartments, under the directorship of Sarah Stokes '03 and funded through the Tucker Foundation. Yet as Stokes explained, the idea for such a performance began years ago. While only freshman in high school she read an article about someone who directed a play with students at an inner city school.

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Summer Carnival attracts 500 people

By Kathleen McDermott | August 6, 2001

A 22-foot inflatable slide, moon bounce and fake tattoo artist were just a few of the attractions at this weekend's Summer Carnival, an annual event organized by the Programming Board. Approximately 500 people -- both Dartmouth students and local families -- gathered at the Green throughout Saturday afternoon for the various festivities, according to Programming Board co-chair Eric Ruben '03. A barbecue and live music by a student band -- composed of Andrew Allport '01, Derek Hansen '02 and Michael Lovett '03 -- were two of the most popular activities, Ruben said. Summer Carnival, Ruben explained, is one of the biggest events the Programming Board has coordinated this term, adding that the group hoped "just to offer students something fun to do." "It's been going on for a bunch of years now and is sort of a tradition," he added. Both the 2003 Class Council and Student Assembly also helped out with and volunteered at the event, Ruben said. Dunk tanks, speed pitch, jousting and a bungee run rounded off the fun and games, while the Class Council coordinated a tie-dye T-shirt booth. The Shriners parade and benefit football game -- both held earlier that day -- helped to draw many more members of the local community out, Ruben explained. Nearly 3,000 Shriners descended upon Hanover for a noon parade down Main Street before the Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl kicked off on Alumni Field at 2:30 p.m. With the finest high school football players from Vermont and New Hampshire facing off, New Hampshire stole the game 21-0. Approximately 11,000 were in attendance at the game, David Orr '57 -- the organization's media relations director -- estimated, although they will not know until September how much the charity event raised for area Shriners hospitals.

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Study shows hook ups common

By Alice Gomstyn | August 6, 2001

Boy meets girl. Boy and girl engage in some sort of nebulous intimate activity. Boy and girl never speak again. It is a familiar scenario, played out time and time again in the dormitory rooms and fraternity basements of Dartmouth College -- an institution that, despite its reputation for academic excellence, has long been accused of embodying "Animal House"-style debauchery. Yet the practice of "hooking up" -- commonly defined as the act of engaging in any sort of sexual interplay ranging from kissing to actual intercourse with a person whom one is not dating -- is not a phenomenon limited to Dartmouth, according to a study published recently by the Independent Women's Forum. The study reports that of the 1,062 college women surveyed, 91 percent said that hook ups occur either "very often" or "fairly often" at their schools. That statistic yields little in the way of surprise, according to Director of Health Resources Gabrielle Lucke. "College is a time of huge sexual experimentation," she said. Such experimentation, Lucke clarified, does not necessarily involve actual sexual intercourse. "I know a lot of people who consider themselves sexually active who are not having genital intercourse," she said.

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Harvard paper caught in 'living wage' debate

By Rachel Osterman | August 2, 2001

The Harvard Crimson found itself at the center of a media controversy this week, following the 128-year-old newspaper's decision to outsource a major archival project to low-wage workers in Cambodia. The matter of dispute centers on whether the Crimson contradicted itself by supporting a "living wage" for campus employees while hiring inexpensive overseas labor to make electronic archives that go back to the publication's first issue in 1873. The Crimson and many of the same labor leaders on campus who staged a "living wage" sit-in at the administration building don't seem to think so.

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House bans human cloning

By Alice Gomstyn | August 2, 2001

The House of Representatives dealt a striking blow to proponents of human cloning on Tuesday. By a bipartisan vote of 265 to 162, the House voted to ban practices that involve the genetic replication of human embryos. Some supporters of the legislation hinted that its passage had implications for the government's approach to another controversial issue: federal funding of stem cell research. "It [the bill] clearly sends a message that there is a place we don't want to go, and that is the manufacture of scientific embryos for research," Congressman Dave Wedon, R-FL, the bill's primary sponsor, told The New York Times. President Bush, who has yet to announce his position on the federal financing of stem cell research, supported the human cloning ban and praised the House vote. The current tide against the cloning of embryos does not necessarily spell disaster for government funding of stem cell research.

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Controversy marks James Wright's term as president

By Jennifer Thomas | August 1, 2001

After 30 years at the College, President James Wright was inaugurated as the 16th president in the Wheelock succession three years ago, beginning an era of controversial change at Dartmouth. Wright's two years at the helm of the administration have already produced some of the most significant and wide-reaching changes since the College began admitting women in 1971. With the surprising announcement of the Student Life Initiative less than six months after the beginning of his tenure as president, Wright's time as head of the College has been marked by a degree of debate and discussion over the future direction of the institution. Controversial changes In the days before Winter Carnival, Wright announced "The end of the Greek system 'as we know it'" after an interview with The Dartmouth in which he explained the changes coming as a result of the Initiative. The College president's work so far has largely focused on the implementation of this project, working closely with the Board of Trustees, faculty, students and other members of the Dartmouth community to determine how to best achieve and implement the goals described in the document issued by the Board. Wright, however, has long been working to modify the social and residential life at the College. In 1987, then Professor Wright chaired a committee that issued the "Wright Report," urging the College to build a new student center, reduce the influence of Greek houses on campus and increase the sense of community in residence halls. Many of these proposed changes have been carried over into the first stage of the implementation of the Initiative. Wright also sparked minor controversy when he accepted his appointment as president by stressing the idea of Dartmouth as a research institution.

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Dartmouth teams experience varied success

By Adam Small | August 1, 2001

Another year has come to a close for Dartmouth sports, and more titles and accolades were won. The departing '01s and '00s have been mainstays on the Big Green rosters and will be sorely missed. The fall saw the men's soccer team make its first appearance in the NCAA tournament since 1997, only to fall 3-0 to UConn in the first round.

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Affinity houses offer minority programming

By Kathleen McDermott | August 1, 2001

Upperclassmen at Dartmouth have a wide array of housing options, including several affinity houses, each offering students a unique living experience. One of the newest affinity houses, the Latin American, Latino and Carribean Studies House (LALACS) just opened to students this Summer term, and already its residents are singing the praises of what they characterize as a cozy, home-like niche that has been carved out on campus. "I just felt comfortable in it, with the people who are there, the new faces of Latinos at Dartmouth," explained LALACS resident Luis Lopez '03. In addition to housing 14 students of both Latino and non-Latino backgrounds who have an interest in Latino culture, the house hosts various social and academic events. For example, this summer the LALACS house hosted the Afro-Cuban All Stars, a salsa group that came to visit the Dartmouth campus.

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'05 Freshman Issue

By Summer Editorial Board | August 1, 2001

Welcome to Dartmouth. Welcome to this wonderful place at the pinnacle of academia, culture and natural beauty. The purpose of this issue is to better acquaint you with the College -- its people, places and traditions -- and answer some of those lingering questions you might have.

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College offers wireless ethernet

By Will Meland | August 1, 2001

With prices for laptop computers falling and a new campus-wide wireless network being finished at Dartmouth, the prospects for student computing have never looked better -- especially outside in the Hanover sunshine. "It's great.

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Oldest college outing club opens up the outdoors

By Rachel Osterman | August 1, 2001

For over 50 years, incoming Dartmouth freshmen have started their careers known not as students ready to tackle the world of college academia, but as "trippees" prepared to spend several showerless days in the woods. As the organizer of Freshman Trips, The Dartmouth Outing Club (DOC) provides many students with their first glimpse of Dartmouth and the surrounding wilderness.

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