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Bush focuses on Iraq, education

By Lauren Lafaro | February 22, 2001

President George Bush's tenure in office has so far been marked by repeated statements about the importance of symbolism in foreign policy, but last week abstract symbolism became reality when two dozen British and U.S.

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Robinson '86 speaks on Vt. civil unions

By Ryan Samuels | February 21, 2001

Last night Beth Robinson '86 addressed a capacity crowd of students and Upper Valley residents yesterday at the Rockefeller Center in her lecture entitled, "Civil Unions in Vermont: For Better or for Worse." Along with her law partner Susan Murray and co-counsel Mary Bonauto from Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, Robinson told of when she represented three same-sex couples seeking marriage licenses in the Baker v.

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Assembly amendment fails despite turnout

By Tracy Landers | February 21, 2001

Despite the fact that a record number of voting members attended last night's meeting, the Student Assembly failed to pass one constitutional amendment and tabled a second. The failed resolution was intended to reduce the required majority for constitutional amendments to two-thirds.

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Professor discusses Islamic mysticism

By Charles Gardner | February 21, 2001

In a presentation entitled "Islamic Spirituality: The Inner Jihad," Jamal J. Elias, professor of Islamic studies at Amherst College, discussed the nature of "Sufism" -- Islamic mysticism -- and its relationship to the Muslim concept of Jihad in Rocky 2 last evening. Elias, who has authored several books on Islamic spirituality, opened with a description of Sufism, which he referred to as a "dimension, rather than a sect, of Islam." According to Elias, the basic tenets of Sufism are best represented by the view that "you should live each day as though you would live forever, and live each day as though you will die tomorrow." He explained that Sufism sees the world as existing on two planes, the real and the otherworldly, and that Sufis attain this "deeper level of perception" through experience under the guidance of a master, rather than through analytically acquired knowledge. Still, Elias said, Sufism should not be understood as in any way contradictory with the beliefs and rituals of traditional Islam. "Sufis, just as Muslims, are ritually obligated to pray and to obey Islamic law," he said.

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Peers call Tulloch 'driven,' 'witty' and 'stubborn'

By Julia Levy | February 21, 2001

A picture of a motivated but stubborn young man is emerging from Chelsea, Vt. as the local and national communities grapple with many yet unresolved questions about the alleged teenage murderers. Tyler Smith-Strutz, who has debated against Robert Tulloch this year and last, called the accused murderer "very intelligent," "very driven" and "always cool and collected." And Kip Battey, Tulloch's longtime friend and classmate, who was questioned Sunday by investigators, called him "edgy," stubborn and sometimes cocky. He described Tulloch as an academic standout: "He could write a four page essay in under an hour.

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Workers at truckstop unaware as police lure in the two suspects

By Mark Bubriski | February 21, 2001

Late Sunday night, Sgt. William Ward of Henry County, Ind., watched an evening news report of two fugitive teenagers going cross-country and thought of Interstate 70, which he was soon to patrol on the night shift. He thought to himself that it would be quite possible for someone to take the Interstate from New Jersey, where the boys were last seen, to California. Little did he know that, within hours, he and Interstate 70's Flying J Truckstop would be the focus of a media frenzy. Early Monday morning, Ward overheard a CB radio message from a trucker who said he was carrying two teens who were looking for a ride to California. Ward went on a hunch. "I actually didn't expect it to be them, but I thought it was worth checking out," he said. He got on his radio, posing as a trucker, and offered to pick up the teens at a nearby truckstop and take them west.

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Recent shower fiascoes prompt call for door locks

By Will Meland | February 21, 2001

In the wake of two recent intrusions into women's' bathrooms in College residences, a College administrator and some students say they continue their support for locked exterior doors on campus. Martin Redman, dean of residential life at the College, said he has always advocated the use of locks on exterior doors at Dartmouth. "The best thing we can do to protect the students' safety and security would be to lock all the exterior doors," he said.

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Tulloch's mother claims son is innocent until proven guilty

By Julia Levy | February 20, 2001

When Diane Tulloch answered her telephone yesterday afternoon, she would not say how she felt since learning that her son, Robert, 17, had finally been found, but the past few days left her noticeably shaken. Tulloch declined to comment further, but before hanging up, she told The Dartmouth, "We love our son, and we want the press to know that he is innocent until proven guilty." She said she did not know when she would next see her son. The Tulloch residence looked quiet from the outside yesterday morning, with two wooden chairs sitting empty on the front porch and the curtains lowered in the windows that face Main Street.

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Parker, 16, will likely be charged as an adult

By Victoria McGrane | February 20, 2001

Even though he may eventually be tried as an adult for his role in the murders of Half and Suzanne Zantop, 16 year-old James Parker will be treated as a juvenile as far as information provided to the media for the duration of the trial, New Hampshire State Attorney General to Philip McLaughlin said yesterday at a afternoon press conference at Hanover Police station. Although he is technically a juvenile until certified as an adult by the courts, the Attorney General's office had petitioned to release Parker's name and face to the media in their effort to find the suspects, according to McLaughlin. He cited the recent case of Concord, N.H.

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Students breathe sigh of relief in wake of arrests

By Tara Kyle | February 20, 2001

In the wake of yesterday's announcement that Robert Tulloch and James Parker, suspects in the Zantop slayings, had been apprehended in Indiana, the principle word on the lips of many Dartmouth students has been "relief." "At least this phase of it is over," Sarah Mathew '03 commented regarding the arrests. "I was definitely glad and relieved [to hear of the arrests], but at the same time it was very shocking given who the suspects are," Elizabeth Bultman '04 said. Most students who spoke with The Dartmouth expressed a cautious confidence that the case had indeed been solved. "I'm not entirely sure because [the authorities] don't seem entirely sure, but I'm pretty convinced," Bultman commented. Several noted that yesterday's statement by Orange County Sheriff Dennis McClure that the teenagers' fingerprints matched those found at the crime scene increased their faith in the validity of the arrests. Additionally, the FBI's involvement in the case and the posting of Tulloch and Parker's pictures on their homepage led Sarah Mathew to believe that investigators "must be pretty certain" of their guilt. "I don't think they would do that without a good cause," LeVaur Livingstone '02 said of the postings. Yet others expressed a continued disbelief that the young suspects could have committed such a crime. "I have a hard time imagining any reason a 16 year old kid would have to kill a 50 year old couple other than robbery, which we know didn't happen," Harry Johnson '03 said. This refusal of authorities to provide insight into the teenagers' potential motives has left students frustrated. "I'm just a little upset that authorties have been so tight-lipped," Andrew Trief '01 said, adding, "It's disbelief -- if the suspects have been captured, it doesn't make much sense to keep withholding information from us." "It's kind of fishy that they are still holding back info," Livingstone stated. For students who had felt a heightened sense of danger in the weeks following the murders, the arrests have eased worries. "Especially, as a girl, the things that you didn't even think about before became an issue," Sarah Mathew '03 said of her safety concerns. Others noted that because the crimes had never greatly impacted their feelings of personal security, the arrests had little effect. "I basically saw S&S outside everywhere I went," Elizabeth Bulman '04 noted, adding that the only time she had felt worried about her safety was immediately following the announcement of the murders. Despite recent developments, many students were hesitant to state that the affair is approaching a conclusion. "Not until we know why, and even then I'm not certain there can be closure, given who the suspects are," Bultman said. Others looked ahead to the months of legal proceedings to follow. "I don't think there will be closure until they give these guys a sentence," LeVaure Livingstone '02 said.

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Iranian revolutionary endured torture for his ideals

By Kathleen McDermott | February 19, 2001

Born and raised in a medium-sized town along the Caspian Sea of Iran, Reza Mohajerynejad led a quiet, peaceful childhood. Yet while at Iran's Tehran University he led the secular, pro-democratic protest movement that aimed to shake the foundations on which the autocratic rule of the Islamic religious leaders was based. While such protests nearly cost him his life, after six months of torture Mohajerynedjad escaped Iran, and this weekend visited the College as a guest of the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding and the sociology department. And although he is still learning the fundamentals of the English language, he shared his story helped by the translation of Iranian immigrant and Professor of Sociology Misagh Parsa,. Political Awakening Mohajerynedjad's tacit acceptance of the Iranian social order became to crumble as a high school student. Listening to his teachers, he sensed contradictions and conflicts in their words and the ideology they and the official school texts preached. Sensing a greater truth and reality behind the veil of constraints imposed by Iranian society, he came to see his society as one violating basic human needs and moral principles of freedom and justice. In 1979, Ayatollah Khomeini came to power under the promise of greater democracy for the citizens of Iran. Yet in the eyes of Mohajerynejad and his fellow protestors, Khomeini and his successor in 1989, Ayatollah Khamenehi, did not deliver on such ambitious promises. His complaints against the government According to Mohajerynedjad, in the Islamic Republic of Iran any diversity of opinion is stifled, often condemned by imprisonment or even death. Freedom of expression and democracy, according to the Islamic leaders, would only lead to moral degeneration and corruption, for to speak against the government was like speaking against God, Mohajerynedjad explained. Yet he and his comrades felt human freedom was "as necessary as oxygen for breathing," and hoped to separate religion and politics, creating a democratic system with true freedom. Furthermore, while the nation was rich in natural and human resources, the country was submerged deep in debt and its citizens mired in poverty.

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