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Campuses see religious revival

By Wendy Yu | October 18, 2000

Once perceived as a hotbed of rebellion and hedonistic abandon, college campuses across the nation now find their students increasingly interested in exploring questions of faith.

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Candidates emphasize religion in campaigns

By Ithan Peltan | October 18, 2000

Politics and religion are the two topics one doesn't discuss in polite company. Right? If that's the case, though, what in the world is Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore doing telling reporters that when he makes decisions, the phrase "What would Jesus do?" will be on his mind? And what possible political reason could Texas Governor George W.

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New name added to memorial

By Tara Kyle | October 17, 2000

Students who look closely at the College's World War II and Korean War Memorial as they walk to their Hinman Boxes each day may have noticed a change in the last two weeks -- a new name, Charles Weller Jr., '38, has been engraved at the bottom. Weller's name was originally omitted from the stone tablet because the College Archive Office was unaware of his death until 1956, when they were informed by his wife.

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Jim Prager enjoys new role in Hanover

By Kathleen McDermott | October 17, 2000

With antique light fixtures from the 1860s, marble-top Victorian-style tables and a woven rug from the days of early American industrialization, Jim Prager is one who cherishes everything old. Surrounded by many of the antique objects he so cherishes, Jim Prager, husband of Provost Susan Prager, feels comfortable talking about adjusting to a very new environment and a new role of an administrative spouse in the Dartmouth community. When Susan Prager began her job as provost in January 1999, Jim traded the bustling corporate business world of diverse Southern California for the quiet and calm of rural Hanover. The couple met during law school at the University of California Los Angeles.

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Former defense secretary says U.S. has not learned from Vietnam

By Julia Levy | October 17, 2000

Stepping through the door of the Rockefeller Center's Morrison Commons yesterday at first seemed like a journey back in time to an age when "dress down" did not apply to work days and when the United States was still saving the world from communism. There sat Vietnam-era Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara -- who has been called the "architect" of the war -- as well as James Blight, a Brown international relations professor and Robert Brigham, a Vassar history professor. Despite McNamara's presence -- still powerful at age 84 --- it was quickly obvious that there had been massive changes since the 1960s. The 21st century McNamara pounded his fist on the table when he talked about his actions as Secretary of Defense. He used strong language explaining that he should have "forced" the National Security Council to evaluate the U.S.

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Speaker encourages aspiring politicians

By Alison Schmauch | October 16, 2000

Maryland Lieutenant Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend told Dartmouth students Friday that women should seek leadership roles, be it on a college campus or in a national arena. Townsend, at Dartmouth as part of a campaign swing through New Hampshire, talked about her experiences as a female holding political office and about ways in which young women can become involved in politics. According to Townsend, while the number of women running for political offices has increased in recent years, much of the voting public still has difficulty electing women to executive positions. She cited the fact that while there are nine women currently serving in the Senate, and more than 50 in the House, only three women currently serve as governors. She said that while ambitious men are popularly perceived as strong and talented, U.S.

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Dorm perpetrators yet to be identified

By Julia Levy | October 16, 2000

A recent spurt of incidents in Topliff and Brown Residence Halls has left the Office of Residential Life and Safety and Security baffled, as they try to identify three possible perpetrators in activities ranging from lewd behavior to leaving admiring notes in another student's room. Investigator Lauren Cummings of Safety and Security said there were three incidents last week that are currently under investigation, and a BlitzMail message sent to residents of Topliff by Area Director Jeffrey DeWitt also noted "an alarming number of incidents of vandalism and messes for which no one has taken responsibility." The first of the recent incidents occurred early morning last Monday, when a female first floor Topliff resident returned home to find a "note on her dresser from some sort of secret admirer," Cummings reported. The second event came Tuesday morning when an unidentified male entered the third floor Topliff room of a female student and climbed into bed with her. "She had great difficulty waking him up and getting him to leave," Cummings said. The third incident happened in Brown Hall in the early hours of Thursday morning when an uninvited man entered the room of two female students.

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Club athletes must sign hazing waivers

By Julia Levy | October 16, 2000

Prompted by widely-published accounts of athletic hazing at other schools as well as the Trustee Initiative's goals of reducing peer pressure and unsafe social practices, the College is in the process of rewriting its hazing policy. While no new changes have been instituted in the Greek system to date, the athletic department has already started on the course toward changing perceptions and policies. This year, for the first time, members of club sports teams had to sign waivers certifying that they read and understood Dartmouth's hazing policy.

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Panhell fails to meet bid goals

By Wendy Yu | October 13, 2000

Against all hopes and expectations, two percent of the 226 women who completed the Panhellenic Council rush process did not receive bids, continuing the trend of imperfect matching between rushees and sorority houses begun last year. That comes out to five or six women who did not receive bids. Despite the lower number of women who joined rush and the increased size of each pledge class, the number of rushees exceeded the capacity of the sororities, for the second year in a row. Panhell president Alex Kremer '01 declined to comment. According to Panhell Vice President Julie Calderon '01, the dropout rate this year was lower than in previous years, so that even though the number of who women signed up was lower than last year, the number of women who stayed on was still problematic. "By the end of the rush process, we were at the same level as we were last year," Calderon said.

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Military tactics are largely partisan

By Alice Gomstyn | October 13, 2000

Although less prominent than issues such as social security and education, military readiness is a significant point of contention between the two major candidates in this year's nail-bitingly close presidential race. This is the third in a series of Friday articles detailing the candidates' positions on major issues facing the nation and the world as the country prepares to elect a new leader on Nov.

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Students show subdued attitudes about election

By Richard Lazarus | October 13, 2000

The frenzied tone of last year's primaries has given way to a quieter, less enthusiastic campus attitude toward the upcoming general election, perhaps a reflection of the presidential candidates themselves. While last year at this time students were packing into events that included such contenders as Senator John McCain, and were eagerly following the media corps that arrived with the debates held at Dartmouth, students now seem to be focusing their attention more on the daily news and less on large campus-wide events. Although participation in organized campaign activities seems to be lower now, students are not necessarily apathetic toward the presidential election.

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Shabazz lectures on African, Latino plight

By Reena Dutta | October 12, 2000

As a part of this term's La Alianza Latina Fall Festival, Professor Haffizz Shabazz lectured Tuesday on "The African Diaspora of the Percussion Tradition." Shabazz, an associate professor of music at the College, opened his lecture by speaking of slavery, and the many cultural legacies it left behind. Shabazz talked about the more unfamiliar histories of slavery within Africa and Cuba. Shabazz said Africans and Latinos in America share some of the same problems, including "internal oppression." Shabazz said internal oppression is when an individual "oppresses" himself.

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