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Gore wins landslide victory in campus poll

By Wendy Yu | November 1, 2000

Just one week before election day, College undergraduates who responded to a poll by The Dartmouth have sent a clear message regarding their choice for president -- Democratic candidate Al Gore, by a landslide. According to the poll, 1,079 students -- or 62 percent -- plan to vote for Gore, which is nearly three times as many as those who indicated they would vote for Republican candidate George W.

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Asian-Americans have untapped political power

By Alison Schmauch | November 1, 2000

Assistant government professor David Kang spoke about the role of Asian-Americans in politics during a dinner last night sponsored by the Pan Asian Council, and said the group has an unrealized potential to impact major elections. Asian-Americans, like other minority groups, tend to engage in activist politics -- forming grassroots organizations, holding rallies, etc.

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Student campaign workers get ready for a breather

By Ritika Nandkeolyar | November 1, 2000

Nov. 7 is a much anticipated day for a lot of citizens -- but it is especially so for the approximately 100 students actively supporting their favorite local, state and national candidates in upcoming elections. The Dartmouth spoke with nine of these students and asked them to assess their experiences on the campaign trail.

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Gienko '01 campaigns at residences, dump

By Jen Tutak | November 1, 2000

Sunday mornings at the town dump? While the dump is hardly a traditional spot where most students spend their weekends, visiting both the Lebanon and Lyme dump sites has become a weekly ritual for Bob Gienko '01 in his campaign for a seat in the New Hampshire state legislature. Since residents have to dispose of their trash, and the two local dumps are only open on weekends, Gienko said he has found his visits to be a highly effective venue for increasing his visibility and meeting constituents. But 8 a.m.

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Miranda releases student voice report

By Rachel Osterman | November 1, 2000

If ever the tone of Jorge Miranda's presidency was in question, it has become apparent now -- he believes the Student Assembly should be at once conciliatory and activist in its efforts to increase student voice on campus. With the release last night of a personal report entitled "The State of Student Involvement," Miranda '01 is working toward his campaign promise of institutionalizing student voice at the College, and he is doing so with all the tact of a seasoned student representative. The report requests what many Assembly resolutions have requested in the past --increased student involvement in College decision-making.

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College may purchase Hanover High School

By Ithan Peltan | November 1, 2000

Dartmouth officials are currently in discussions to purchase the property on which Hanover High and Middle Schools sit, on Lebanon Street behind the Memorial Field. Any land deal would involve new facilities for the two schools being constructed on land already owned by the College further from downtown Hanover. Officials of the school district of which Hanover High is a part have been looking at a number of ways to improve facilities at the two schools for several years, Associate Director of Real Estate Larry Kelly said. Discussions about a possible property transaction have been going on for a couple of months, but remain in the preliminary stages, Director of Public Affairs Laurel Stavis said yesterday. "It's really too early to say what the outcome will be," she said, indicating, however, that both Dartmouth and the school board are interested in working out an equitable contract. "The conversations between Dartmouth and the school board are progressing quite well.

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After four years, Susan Marine departs

By Wendy Yu | October 31, 2000

When the Class of 2000 graduated in June, one member was left behind. On Nov. 10, Coordinator of the Sexual Abuse Awareness Program Susan Marine -- who was so popular with the class that they adopted her at Commencement -- will also say farewell to the College. After four and a half years of raising campus awareness of sexual abuse issues, heading the Sexual Abuse Peer Advisor program and counseling students in need, Marine will move to Cambridge, Massachusetts, to work at the Public Health Department as the coordinator of Domestic Violence Prevention Programs. "I feel very good about the time I've spent here," Marine said.

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Colleges see male-to-female ratio drop

By Alice Gomstyn | October 31, 2000

Male affirmative action. To many, this seems an unthinkable concept -- an oxymoron, of sorts -- but some college administrators will tell you that the idea of male affirmative action is not as outrageous as it initially appears. Though Dartmouth continues to maintain a relative gender balance, many institutions of higher education face the problem of a dwindling male-female student ratio, leading them to consider such corrective approaches as male affirmative action. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the proportion of bachelor's degrees awarded to men has dropped considerably during the past three decades, from nearly 57 percent in 1970 to a projected 43.7 percent this year. The Chronicle for Higher Education reports that gender gaps in college populations exist nationwide, with Utah being the only state in the union to have more men than women enrolled in its colleges and universities. The academic community has not reached a general consensus on the cause of this phenomenon.

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Tucker foundation faces transition time

By Lauren Kingsley | October 31, 2000

With the installment of a new dean and the departure of interim Chaplain Gwendolyn King, the Tucker Foundation will now enter an interim phase while examining students' religious needs. King, who served the College for 16 years, left on sabbatical this summer with the intention of not returning to her previous position as acting College chaplain. While the Tucker Foundation begins the process of finding a replacement for King, several members of the Dartmouth community will serve in the capacity of program coordinators for religious life during this interim period. Their duties include "working with student groups and planning celebrations and programming for the Dartmouth community," according to Stuart Lord, dean of the Tucker Foundation. Coordinators will help plan two to three campus-wide events per term, according to Lord.

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How should 'hazing' be defined?

By Julia Levy | October 31, 2000

With students generally unwilling to come forward with stories about hazing and with administrators very much in the dark about what actually goes on in the basements of Greek houses, the College's hazing committee faces the difficult task of creating a more effective policy. This is the second in a two part series of stories that will look at some of the activities and perceptions of group initiations that the hazing committee may examine when developing a new policy. Although it has New Hampshire law and previous College policies for background, the College hazing committee will redefine the awkward term 'hazing' and lay down more comprehensive guidelines to prevent abusive initiation practices. Students interviewed seemed to agree that the current policy is vague, and that the new policy should aim to create a more functional hazing definition and standards. The policy's goals Currently, the Student Handbook says hazing is strictly prohibited and violations are unacceptable at the College and in the state of New Hampshire. The handbook defines hazing as an act of coercion or intimidation that would be "perceived by a reasonable person as likely to cause physical or psychological injury to any person." It also says an act of intimidation that "is a condition of initiation into, admission into, continued membership in or association with any organization" is classified as hazing. Nelson said the move to rewrite the College hazing policy was prompted by the Trustee's Initiative, which asked the administration to fashion a "more detailed policy." "We're trying to think about Dartmouth's needs and pick up some other leads from other sources," Nelson said, referencing a recent Alfred University study on hazing that outlined different kinds of acceptable and unacceptable new-member bonding activities, as well as other institutions' policies.

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Junior football star suspended for term

By Austin Zalkin | October 30, 2000

Damien Roomets '02, the Dartmouth football team's most productive wide receiver this season, has been suspended by the College for the remainder of Fall term due to his involvement in an altercation with other Dartmouth students. According to an athletic department press release and John Lyons, Dartmouth's head football coach, Roomets will be eligible to re-apply to Dartmouth for the Winter term. "He was in an altercation -- that's really all I'm allowed to say," Lyons said in an interview with The Dartmouth on Saturday.

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Rainbow Alliance celebrates day of silence

By Liz Bertko | October 30, 2000

Last night at midnight, the Dartmouth Rainbow Alliance kicked off a day of silence to show support for National Coming Out Month. Doug Mastin '04, DRA's social co-chair, told The Dartmouth the silence serves a dual purpose.

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Prager may leave College for Wisconsin

By Julia Levy | October 30, 2000

After less than two years as second-in-charge of Dartmouth, Provost Susan Prager may soon be leaving the College to take up the chancellorship at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Wisconsin's search committee presented Prager as one of three finalists for the position on Friday.

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Despite safe bonfire, weekend arrests still up

By Nick Lambrecht | October 30, 2000

Continuing the trend of a rising number of reported incidents during Homecoming weekend, the College saw more arrests and alcohol violations this year, following Safety and Security's effort to heighten security in the wake of the Texas A&M bonfire accident last year. "We didn't have any assaults reported at the bonfire or over the weekend, which is a good thing, but the total number of reports were up," College Proctor Robert McEwen said. The number of incidents reported to S&S rose to 66 this year from 50 a year ago.

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Venture funds key to endowment whopper

By Wendy Yu | October 30, 2000

When College President James Wright announced at a recent faculty meeting that the endowment had returned a whopping 46 percent last year, professors showed visible signs of excitement. They were certainly happy about the possibility of using some of the new money for projects in their fields of study.

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Bonfire burns bright for more than century of change

By Will Meland | October 27, 2000

After more than a century of changing times, the Class of 2004 can look forward to a grand bonfire that hearkens back to such famous figures as Winston Churchill, Lord Dartmouth and a few daring students who began what has become a celebrated symbol of the so-called Dartmouth experience. With a few exceptions, the tradition has remained a mainstay of student and local experience for the past 112 years. Records for early bonfires begin in 1888, when students celebrated the then Indians' 3-2 baseball victory over Manchester.

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Despite fall term ban, '04s plan on partying

By Ritika Nandkeolyar | October 27, 2000

As one of Dartmouth's biggest weekend celebrations, Homecoming is known by students as a time for partying, especially at Coed Fraternity and Sorority sponsored events. And although College rules prohibit first-year students from attending CFS parties during the Fall term, this does not seem to stop many freshmen from frequenting them. According to most first-year students surveyed by The Dartmouth, the Fall term ban on Greek houses has not affected their decision to attend parties, and it will not deter them from partying on Homecoming weekend either. "Homecoming is a big party with the sweep, the bonfire, the frat parties and the alums coming back," said Mike Engle '04 of Wisconsin. Although he said he doesn't plan on attending any CFS parties this weekend, Engle said he does know a fair number of other first-year students who will. "Unless you are incredibly obvious, [upper-class students] usually don't mind," he said. While it is the job of Safety and Security to monitor registered parties, it is the responsibility of Greek houses themselves to enforce their Fall term ban on first-year students. Officers in most CFS houses said that they were going to take the same precautions over this weekend that they do every weekend. "I don't expect any problems," Sigma Nu fraternity President Eric Shoemaker said.

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Bonfire enthusiasm continues

By Julia Levy | October 27, 2000

The Class of 2004 "is so psyched up," said Allison Giordano '04, who jetted around the construction site yesterday afternoon, sporting dyed green hair and a Class of 2004 Bonfire t-shirt. Giordano was not the only enthusiastic builder on the Green -- despite rumblings of impending change stemming from the bonfire committee's warnings that this year's blaze could be the last if students neglect responsibility, the building crowd yesterday seemed excited and focused on the task at hand. "I think it looks great," College President James Wright, who went out to observe the construction at around 1:30 p.m., said.

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