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April 15, 2026
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Students debate social class

By Tracy Landers | April 26, 2001

In a classroom in the depths of Hanover High School a group of 15 Dartmouth and high school students met last night to discuss the problem of socioeconomic class in America. This discussion was one of many that have been held by Spectrum, a group organized last year to give students of all ages a forum for discussion of issues important on a global and local level. This week's topic ranged from the stigma attached to receiving welfare, to the issue of classicism, to the problem of affordable housing in the Upper Valley.

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Usenza hopes pair is innocent

By Jennifer Thomas | April 26, 2001

Christiana Usenza, girlfriend of one of the two Chelsea teenagers charged for the brutal stabbing of Dartmouth professors Half and Susanne Zantop, told the press yesterday that the last two months have left her with nightmares. Although the 18-year-old said she knew of no connection between her boyfriend Robert Tulloch, his alleged accomplice Jimmy Parker and the Zantops, Usenza said that the investigation has had a profound effect on her own life. "This is a very emotional, shattering thing," Usenza, who has been reluctant to speak with the media since her April 20 appearance before the special investigative grand jury, said in a press conference yesterday.

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Dartmouth ranks high in quality of life

By Tara Kyle | April 26, 2001

With more than 2000 potential '05s facing the College's May 1 notification of enrollment deadline, the Princeton Review's recently-published rankings offer an additional source of potential influence. The annual ratings, which include such category headings as "Professors suck all life from material," "Stone-cold sober schools" and "Students ignore God on a regular basis" are compiled based on surveys distributed to students at some 300 colleges nationwide. Dartmouth appears five times in the 2001 edition, with a highest showing of 1st in "Best Quality of Life." Harvard is the only other Ivy to make the top 20 cut in this category. Most students who spoke with The Dartmouth agreed with this ranking, though a few expressed doubts. "Personally, I'm pretty happy here, but I think there is a lot to be improved on in that area.

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DDS faces trouble attracting workers

By David Klein | April 25, 2001

With the wealth of Dartmouth student employment opportunities available to undergraduates, the Dartmouth Dining Services finds itself with "one of the worst" turnouts for student employment in the past five years, according to DDS Director Tucker Rossiter. After numbering a relatively dismal 100 students during the fall--more than half the number of students that had been employed previous terms, Rossiter said that the number has further declined to less than 80 students on the payroll. While Rossiter explained that DDS eateries, including Food Court and Novack Caf, are able to maintain late hours with the current workforce, he described the current recruitment efforts as "not as good as we need to do." According to Student Employment Office Director Donna Desjardins, between 300 and 500 student employment opportunities are offered at any given time.

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2005 visits unfazed by Zeta Psi scandal

By Allison Stuntz | April 25, 2001

As members of the 2005 class made their first trip to Dartmouth, they were met by beautiful weather and a campus in heated discussion over the most recent Greek-related controversy. However, according to Dean of Admissions Karl Furstenberg, the future freshmen and their parents "were very aware [of the recent events], but it was not a major source of concern." Furstenberg said he thought the '05s saw the controversies surrounding Zeta Psi fraternity as "positive, because it was very much in the air and people were willing to talk about it.

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Dartmouth Board of Trustees is unusual

By Rachel Osterman | April 25, 2001

When Christine Burnley Bucklin '84 was named the newest member of Dartmouth's Board of Trustees last week, the College cited her "breadth of business and leadership experience" as reasons for her selection. The Chief Operating Officer of an on-line company and the first woman to be valedictorian at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Bucklin certainly had a strong resume to boast of. But a solid academic and career background was not enough to qualify her for the role: the occupant of the prestigious position is required to be a graduate of the College. Though Dartmouth's requirement is sometimes taken for granted, Dartmouth is unusual among academic institutions -- the only one in the Ivy League -- in that it requires its Board members to be alumni of the College. The rationale behind the rule is a combination of tradition and a belief that alumni know best.

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Students have mixed feelings over Assembly's use of funds

By Rachel Osterman | April 25, 2001

When Alex Wilson '01 announced this week that he would step down from his position as Student Assembly treasurer, the organization had to choose someone to fill his place. In the debate over who should assume the executive council role, Wilson told the Assembly: "I, for one, can say the job doesn't take great intellectual acumen." Whether or not Wilson's successor, Jessica Walters '03, does indeed have an easy task ahead of her, next year's treasurer will oversee the largest Assembly budget in several years. Beginning in the 2001-2002 academic period, the student government will have 35,000 dollars to work with -- up from 30,000 dollars this year. That comes to about eight dollars per Dartmouth student. Assembly leaders say that every single one of those dollars is necessary to continue the kind of student services on which the campus has become reliant.

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Walesa discusses post-communist era

By Ryan Samuels | April 24, 2001

The world is on the threshold of "The Era of the Earth," according to the Polish Solidarity leader and ex-president Lech Walesa, who addressed a capacity crowd in Spaulding Auditorium yesterday. "I am glad that the Communist era is all over," Walesa said.

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Redman details Tuck site plans

By Cynthia-Marie O'Brien | April 24, 2001

Before the ground freezes next winter, Dean of Residential Life Martin Redman hopes "visible signs [of progress] such as a hole in the ground" will be made on the construction of the new Tuck Mall dormitory. Though the dorm isn't slated to open until the 2003-2004 academic year, a newly formed committee will help design what will be the College's newest -- and perhaps fanciest -- dormitory. The committee, which will consist of Redman, ORL staff and approximately 12 students, is expected to meet through the end of Fall term to advise architects. Redman said the project is still too new for him to say whether it will resemble McCulloch, which was designed by the same architectural firm, Atkin, Lawson, Olson-Bell, that is overseeing the Tuck dorm construction. Blueprints do not yet exist for the building and once they are proposed, the committee will provide feedback on the floor plans, Redman said. Redman described student input into the design of the dorm's interior as "very important." Students will contribute ideas regarding bathroom arrangements, the placement of lounges, carpet, lighting and how the building will look, but will play a significantly lesser role in the exterior design of the building.

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Walesa urges institutional changes

By Rachel Osterman | April 23, 2001

Neither capitalism nor socialism is ready for the challenges of the new century and the United States should usher in a 'new generation' Marshall Plan for Eastern Europe, according to Polish Solidarity leader Lech Walesa. Speaking yesterday to a small gathering of Polish-Americans and in an interview with The Dartmouth, Walesa, the Nobel laureate and Montgomery Fellow in residence, emphasized the need for a heightened American role in foreign policy and the daunting challenges facing his own country. Catapulted to the world stage in 1980 during his struggle against Communist rule in Poland, Walesa seemed just as comfortable with Ivy League luxury and using the Internet as among the Gdansk shipyard workers whose efforts to form independent trade unions lent him his original fame. "There are no world leaders that have come up with a vision for a wider world because they only care about being reelected," he said. "Right now all the world is searching for something new.

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Students carry trash during Earth Week

By Alexandra Friedman | April 23, 2001

Garbage, recyclables and compost were toted around campus by many students and faculty last week in an effort by environmental groups at Dartmouth to make people more aware of the impact they have on the environment. Planned by the Environmental Conservation Organization (ECO) and the DOC Environmental Studies (ESD), nearly 130 students and one faculty member participated in the effort . "Instead of throwing away your trash and killing the environment behind your back, this week it will be on your back," the Coordinator of ECO, Jesse Foote '01, said at the beginning of the event last week.

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Dartmouth students protest at Can. border

By Charles Gardner | April 23, 2001

As thousands of demonstrators gathered in Quebec City to protest last week's Summit of the Americas, a group of seven Dartmouth students traveled to the Canadian border to join others in rallying against the conference. The summit, which was attended by the 34 democratic nations of North and South America and the Caribbean, sought to develop plans for a free-trade zone encompassing all democratic countries of the western hemisphere. Eric Smillie '02 and Djahane Salehabadi '01 coordinated the trip, which took place last Saturday, the same day in which Canadian police clashed violently with protestors.

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Woodsmen come to College

By Tara Kyle | April 20, 2001

Between their busy schedules of barbecues, class visits and dances, prospective students will have an opportunity to witness a more unusual aspect of the Dartmouth experience: this weekend Hanover plays host to the pole climbing, log rolling and wood chopping of the 55th annual Woodsmen's Weekend. For many current Dartmouth students, this will be the only chance to observe the festivities.

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