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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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Kosher facility delayed till Nov.

By Allison Stuntz | September 25, 2001

The much-awaited opening of the new Kosher/Halal dining facility has been delayed another two months because of a summer construction crunch, tentatively pushing back the opening date to Nov.

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ORL scrambles to end housing crunch with 'tree houses'

By Tara Kyle | September 24, 2001

Last year's unexpectedly high yield among accepted students left authorities at the Office of Residential Life scrambling to lodge homeless sophomores; six "tree houses" occupying the lawn in front of the River apartments are the problem's most visible solution. Plans for the makeshift dormitories came together when an ad-hoc enrollment committee made the decision in July, according to Director of Undergraduate Housing Lynn Rosenblum.

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Greek issues dominate summer

By Jeremy Skog | September 24, 2001

While most students consider Summer term a chance to relax, the news in Hanover this past term was as busy as ever. The College continued its tradition of using the summer as a time for enacting new rules for the Greek system with the announcement of two new policies at the beginning of the term. The first was a ban on outdoor consumption of alcohol at all Greek houses.

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