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Student arrested for Vieques protest

By Kathleen McDermott | May 12, 2000

While the College's panel discussion and protests on the subject of U.S. Navy occupation of Vieques raised student awareness of the issue, Dartmouth graduate student Hector Rosario took political activism beyond the Hanover plain last weekend. Rosario, along with six friends who do not attend Dartmouth, was arrested for running onto the Yankee Stadium field in protest of the military testing during last Friday's Yankees-Orioles game. During the fifth inning, the seven jumped from the stands onto the field, waving Puerto Rican flags and chanting "U.S.

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Genome map may bring rosy future

By Jeremy Skog | May 12, 2000

Dr. Sam Broder, chief medical officer and vice president of Celera Genomics -- the for-profit company racing towards a complete map of the human genome -- offered optimistic predictions on the future of medicine to a standing-room-only crowd in Filene Auditorium last night. The predictions were based on the progress of the Human Genome project, which Broder said would probably be complete by the end of the year.

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Experts debate U.S.-Russia relations, Putin

By Carl Burnett | May 12, 2000

Four U.S. experts on Russian policy converged on the Rockefeller Center last night for a panel discussion on "Rethinking U.S.-Russian Relations: Past, Present and Putin." A main topic of debate was the nation's newly appointed president, Vladimir Putin. The discussion -- attended by about 50 people, including faculty, community members and a few students -- was presented by Dartmouth's John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding in conjunction with the Voice of America, a governmental organization that broadcasts U.S.

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UGA shortage prompts more applications

By Jennifer Thomas | May 11, 2000

Due to a shortage in undergraduate advisors, programming coordinators and hall coordinators for next year, the Office of Residential Life will be accepting a second wave of applications until today for these positions. According to West Campus Area Director Vicki Gist, such a shortage is nothing new. "It's a situation that we are in every year actually," she said, adding that ORL often fails to fill all of its positions during the spring term. Despite that next year's compensation for such positions will be "significantly" higher than in the past, some 20 spots remain vacant after the completion of the first selection process. "This year we had about the same number of applications as positions to fill," she said. Gist said that although ORL's request for a second set of applications has caused some campus concern, the only circumstance that has changed since last year is the process by which the vacancies in the program will be filled. "I would say that we've always done it this way we've just never advertised it this way," she said. In past years ORL has taken applications for empty spots on a rolling basis, with some not being filled until the end of the Summer term.

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'04 matriculation rate now at 50 percent

By Omer Ismail | May 11, 2000

The number of applications received for admission to the Class of 2004 may have been slightly down from last year, but next year's freshman class could very well wind up being the College's largest in several years. The Class of 2004 currently has 1,135 students -- almost 60 more than the desired class size of 1,075 -- as 52 percent of admitted students have chosen to matriculate so far, although the final number may wind up lower as students change plans. "We have had an unbelievably successful year," Dean of Admissions Karl Furstenberg said yesterday, adding that the high yield is indicative of what he sees as the College's increasing attractiveness. Although the admission numbers from other Ivy League schools are still not conclusively known, Furstenberg said he expects some of Dartmouth's principal competitors to use their waiting lists -- something that Dartmouth did not have to do again this year. "We've lost very few students to them, much less than we usually do," Furstenberg said. The number of minority students have taken a setback from last year -- falling from the record high level of 28.8 percent for the Class of 2003 to 23.2 percent next year. However, Furstenberg said that next year's freshman class, although not at the record-level, is more diverse than normal classes at Dartmouth.

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New hazing policy may be in works

By Maggie Shnayerson | May 11, 2000

The future of children's lunchboxes, giant pencils and "creative" haircuts on campus may be in jeopardy as a committee will soon begin reviewing the College's hazing policy -- which Dean of the College James Larimore said is currently inadequate and "fairly narrow." Members of the Board of Trustees announced in their April Initiative decisions that the administration must "develop a hazing policy that is more stringent than current College policy." Larimore said he agrees with the opinion of the Board, saying that the College's current approach to hazing on campus was developed in order to reflect New Hampshire state law, which he says is "fairly narrow in comparison to other college and university hazing policies around the country." Some visible campus activities linked with pledge periods -- including the carrying of backpacks or lunchboxes -- are not specifically considered illegal under state law, but may be considered violations under what Larimore hopes will be the College's new, "broader" definition of hazing. The organization of the committee will be more finalized by the end of the week, Larimore said, saying that the students chosen and elected for the positions would represent many different areas of student life at Dartmouth, including Greek houses, athletic teams and nominees of the Student Assembly. "Students will have a pretty major role," said Larimore.

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Primary overhaul could affect NH

By Rachel Osterman | May 11, 2000

Citing a need to build interest and momentum in the presidential primaries, a Republican committee has proposed a revamped schedule for the nominating process -- a change that could affect New Hampshire's coveted first-in-the-nation standing. Formulated out of frustration that the nomination decisions were effectively made by March 7 this year, the proposal -- which will not face endorsement until the Republican National Convention meets this summer -- suggests that small states host their primaries early in the election cycle, followed by medium and then large-sized states later on. Though the report makes no mention of New Hampshire and Iowa's current status, the two states are now, more than ever before, under pressure to alter the timing of their primaries. The threat to New Hampshire's status is not new.

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Wanted: Smart, healthy and operable women's eggs

By Carl Burnett | May 10, 2000

What would you do for $20,000? That was the question many Dartmouth women were forced to ask themselves Monday morning when they opened The Dartmouth and saw a large, color ad that began, "EGG DONORS NEEDED -- $20,000.00 -- PLEASE HELP US GIVE OUR PRECIOUS BABY BOY A SIBLING." Such ads are now commonplace in college newspapers -- and the more elite the college, the more frequent the ads are and the more money is offered. Many of the ads request donors with very specific characteristics, like minimum height, a certain hair and eye color, personality traits or even minimum SAT scores.

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Columbia honor scandal leads to student suicide

By Abigail Drachman-Jones | May 10, 2000

While Dartmouth grappled with its own cheating questions Winter term, Columbia University was facing the fallout of a much larger, eight-month-long honor code scandal involving lies, expulsion and court intervention. The debacle ended in suicide on Thursday, April 20, 2000, when 21-year-old Puneet Bhandari, a senior at Columbia, was hit and killed by an Amtrak Metroliner train in Iselin, New Jersey. The roots of the case, however, stretch back to the fall of 1998 when Bhandari was enrolled in the "Contemporary Civilizations" course. A transfer student from Rutgers in 1997, Bhandari was pursing medicine at Columbia and was an advisor in the New Student Orientation Program and an undergraduate tutor. According to Judge John G.

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Medical school: more than just science

By Amit Anand | May 10, 2000

Ethics have been an integral part of medicine for almost as long as medicine itself has existed. Doctors face dilemmas every day, and their decisions can make the difference between life and death. For these reasons, doctors say they must constantly be updated on the latest developments in ethics and law.

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Phi Delt loses Green Key band

By Amit Anand | May 10, 2000

While organizations around campus get ready to host parties, concerts and other events for Green Key weekend, this year may bring about some notable changes from the weekends of the past. Phi Delta Alpha fraternity's lawn will be empty Friday afternoon this year.

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Next on the agenda: administrators

By Mike A. Hamilton | May 10, 2000

Instead of discussing resolutions at last night's weekly meeting, the Student Assembly invited two administrators to discuss the traditional role of students in College decision making. In an effort to demystify the ways in which the Student Assembly has an impact on decisions within the ranks of College administrators and Trustees, the Assembly brought in Dean of Student Life Holly Sateia and Assistant Dean of the College Janet Terp to explicate their roles as administrators. Sateia, who has worked at the College for 26 years, began by enumerating projects that the Assembly has done in the past -- many of which bear relevance to current issues facing the organization. In 1991, the Assembly conducted a student survey of the D-plan and worked toward the official recognition of Martin Luther King Day in New Hampshire. The Assembly is currently researching these past investigations of the D-plan as part of a review of the system and how it affects students' experiences at Dartmouth. Sateia also noted that this year was the first in which New Hampshire celebrated Martin Luther King Day as an official holiday. Continuing with the history of the organization, Sateia said that during the 1995/1996 school year, the Assembly set up an external review committee to look at how students perceived its student government. During the same academic year, the idea of establishing a comprehensive database composed of past meeting minutes, resolutions and committee reports was brought up but never realized.

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Biology and Society Feature

By The Dartmouth Staff | May 10, 2000

Biomedical research has reached new peaks in the last couple of decades. Humans today have the ability to influence their reproductive process, to interfere with the genetic makeup of individuals and to breed genetically modified crops.

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New policy to blame for parking tickets

By Louisa Sadler | May 10, 2000

Many students have expressed anger and outrage at a perceived recent increase in parking tickets on campus, but Parking Operations is not backing down, saying all the fines are legitimate -- and final. "I've gotten three random $100 tickets in the last month -- one at A-lot when there wasn't enough space, one outside my dorm with flashers on and another in front of Thayer for five minutes.

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