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UGAs' student load increases

By Victoria Lee | September 28, 2001

Although the average Undergraduate Advisor has more residents this year compared to previous ones, most UGAs contacted by The Dartmouth say that the increase has not negatively affected their work. According to Dean of Residential Life Martin Redman, each staff member oversees 20 to 30 first-year students or 40 to 50 upperclassmen.

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Economy to affect capital campaign

By Davey Archwamety | September 28, 2001

As the Dow and Nasdaq plummet to multi-year lows, the College ramps up for a major capital campaign, hoping that alumni remain generous despite their shrinking portfolios. Vice President for Development Carrie Pelzel said that Dartmouth will soon initiate a fundraising campaign after two years of discussion and preparation.

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Provost outlines his agenda

By Alison Schmauch | September 28, 2001

The new Dartmouth provost Barry Scherr identifies his three main goals as better integrating various parts of campus, increasing diversity, and supporting academic student life initiatives. Scherr said that he hopes to encourage more interaction and prudent sharing of resources between Dartmouth's undergraduate college, the graduate programs in arts and sciences, and the medical and business schools. He also believes that increasing the diversity of the student body and faculty will make Dartmouth a stronger institution. The recent Committee on Institutional Diversity and Equity report was "excellent," he said. Scherr added that he was pleased to see that College President James Wright had already begun work on implementing some administrative aspects of the report. He would like to see more funding channeled towards the Admissions Office for recruiting diverse students, he said. While it is expensive to send admissions officers on the road for recruiting efforts and to bring prospective students to the Dartmouth campus, Scherr believes that the benefits associated with diversity justify the expenses. Similarly, he would like to see an increase in the scholarship money granted to international students. Scherr also plans to work extensively on academic planning as provost. He recognized that the report drafted by his predecessor, Susan Prager, shortly before her resignation, had been highly controversial.

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Campus feels '05s' numbers

By Andrea Olinger and Miho Wako | September 27, 2001

"It's a little more busy this year," said Dartmouth Dining Services worker Nick Grano. "The lines are long, long, long." Each year, the "pea green" members of the Dartmouth community are told that they are the biggest, brightest and most diverse class ever.

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Goldstein elected Panhell VP

By Jeremy Skog | September 27, 2001

The Panhellenic Council, the overarching Greek sub-council for sororities welcomed four new officers into its ranks with the conclusion of its elections last night. Maxine Goldstein '02 of Delta Delta Delta sorority was elected vice president.

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Classes on Islam generate interest

By Alexandra Friedman | September 27, 2001

As CNN continues to use terms like "Islamic fundamentalism" and "Jihad," many Dartmouth students are rushing to find out what exactly these words mean. In order to fully understand the deeper religious and cultural significances of the current crisis, many students have opted to broaden their knowledge on the topic, and as a result, enrollment in classes about Islamic ideology, current events in the Middle East and the Arabic language have skyrocketed. Arabic 01's enrollment has doubled this fall, and Religion 16, a class entitled "Modern Islam," was speculated by Professor Kevin Reinhart to have increased by as much as 30 percent.

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SA leaders excited about '05 turnout

By Charles Gardner | September 26, 2001

Dartmouth's Student Assembly, led by Student Body President Molly Stutzman '02, held its first meeting of the Fall term last night in 101 Collis. The meeting, attended by over 100 freshmen, served as a general introduction to the workings of the Assembly and its various committees to interested students, and provided a chance for the freshmen to pose questions to assembly members. Stutzman was encouraged by the large turnout of students, who entirely filled the spacious meeting room. "There's a large and enthusiastic new class and we're very excited about their energy," she said.

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Local tourism hit by recent attacks

By Jenn Coffey | September 26, 2001

The tourism-dependent Upper Valley economy will soon be feeling the impact of the Sept. 11 attacks as travelers cancel their plans. According to Clint Bean, President and CEO of the Hanover Chamber of Commerce, tourism always plays a significant role in the economy of the Upper Valley, especially during the fall foliage season. Each fall, the state of New Hampshire brings in roughly $930 million from tourism, making it the state's second largest industry.

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College unaffected by new Nimda virus

By Nathaniel Ward | September 26, 2001

Despite the recent nationwide spread of the Nimda computer "worm" and other viruses, the College has remained largely unscathed. According to Director of Communications Services Bill Brawley, Dartmouth was only marginally affected because of prior precautions. "All of our Windows servers have had the appropriate security patches and updated virus security files applied," Senior Computer Support Analyst Peter Paplow said. Such preventive measures were taken after August's Code Red worms.

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Greek leaders discuss future

By Jeremy Skog | September 26, 2001

At a meeting in Collis yesterday, leaders of the Coed Fraternity Sorority Council, the Greek sub-councils and the Office of Residential life met with the presidents of Greek houses to discuss the future of overarching governance of the system. At the meeting the presidents were presented with a proposal for a new governing body ironed out during a retreat last weekend.

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Scherr Appointed Provost after Schnabel '71 Declines

By Khalil Ayvar and Omer Ismail | September 25, 2001

President James Wright has officially appointed Associate Provost Barry Scherr as Provost after the College's first choice, Robert Schnabel '71, declined an offer for personal reasons. As Dartmouth's chief academic officer, Provost Scherr intends to continue the implementation of the Student Life Initiative, improve faculty and staff diversity issues and increase ties between College departments. Wright, who has worked closely with Scherr as a faculty member and administrator, described him as "very hardworking" and "tremendously enthusiastic." Although the College did not make a written offer to Schnabel -- who is currently the Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic and Campus Technology at the University of Colorado at Boulder -- Wright made it clear to him that he was Dartmouth's pick for the second-highest position at the College. "I had a real interest in pursuing this with him [Schnabel] ... on the recommendation of the search committee," Wright said.

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