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Super Tuesday voters might choose nominees

By Jeffrey Tanenhaus | March 7, 2000

Voters across 16 states will cast their primary ballots today -- "Super Tuesday" -- marking the largest Election 2000 event on the political calendar thus far. Today's elections could have a significant impact on both parties' nominations process because candidates will have the opportunity to win a large number of delegates needed to secure their party's nomination -- and both underdogs need crucial wins to boost their sagging momentum and stay alive in the race. Much of today's media attention will surround the primary races in California and New York because they have the most delegates at stake. They will also be the sites of today's most interesting races because polls show the races are the closest there with a large number of undecided voters, according to government Professor Lynn Vavreck, who specializes in campaigns and elections. Democratic Presidential candidates former Senator Bill Bradley and Vice President Al Gore will vie for 367 delegates in California and 243 in New York.

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'Bet you're on Blitz' after upgrade launches

By Kathleen McDermott | March 7, 2000

Students off-campus over spring break will have a new and improved version of WebBlitz to use. Due for release this week, WebBlitz 3.0 will include a new piece of software called Bet You're on Blitz, referred to by its developers as "BYOB." The new WebBlitz version was developed by The Basement, an independent student organization at Dartmouth responsible for WebBlitz, the DID, and the Exchange. Karolyn Abram '00, a member of The Basement team, thought of the idea of BYOB when she used BlitzMail and WebBlitz and wanted to know if her friends were also on blitz.

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Faculty votes for UG society review

By Deborah Bernstein | March 7, 2000

Members of the Arts and Sciences faculty voted yesterday to support recommendations by the steering committee to review Senior and Undergraduate Societies, Affinity Houses and Programs and to introduce new guidelines for alcohol and other drugs. The only spirited discussion centered around the fourth proposal offered at the faculty meeting -- for faculty members on the steering committee to report annually to the faculty on the implementation of the recommendations for changes resulting from the initiative. The motion wound up passing after an amendment proposed by religion professor Susan Ackerman was included that called for the steering committee faculty representatives to monitor process in implementation of the faculty's recommendations from the Feb.

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COS to begin cheating hearings tomorrow

By Andrew Marnell | March 6, 2000

The Committee on Standards will begin its many hearings on the alleged CS cheating scandal tomorrow and some of those implicated may find out their fates before the end of this term. Hearings for the students in the Computer Science 4 scandal will continue until Thursday of this week according to Undergraduate Judicial Affairs Officer Marcia Kelly, with only three days of hearings scheduled for this term due to finals period.

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Phi Delt to appeal derecognition

By Julia Levy | March 6, 2000

With three days until its appeal deadline, Phi Delta Alpha fraternity, which was derecognized by the College Thursday, has decided to contest the decision on the basis of "a couple of procedural errors," according to former chapter President Matt K.

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College calls Dwyer's problems isolated

By Julia Levy | March 6, 2000

When the Computer Science 4 scandal exploded in February, many students blamed professor Rex Dwyer for not living up to his title, while Dwyer blamed the department, saying it did not give him, a visiting professor, enough support. However, according to department chairs and Dean of the Faculty Ed Berger, the obstacles that Dwyer claims to have faced as a visiting professor are not at all characteristic. Berger said most departments use visiting professors on a regular basis to fill various roles. "They either substitute for faculty on leave, or they may be brought to campus to introduce a new area," he explained. He also noted that in some departments, the professors classified as "visiting" stay on for many years. "This is a unique situation in almost every way," Berger said of the Dwyer's case.

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Montgomery Fellow González beats unique drum

By Mike A. Hamilton | March 3, 2000

As founder of the Latin jazz groups Afro-Cuban All Stars and Buena Vista Social Club, famed bandleader, performer and now Montgomery Fellow Juan de Marcos Gonzlez embodies Cuban music like few other people -- and yet he almost never became a professional musician. Gonzlez, who follows Sheryl Crow as the second Montgomery Fellowship in the pop culture series "Making Movies, Making Music," spoke with The Dartmouth about his passion for music and the winding career path he has followed. "My father was a professional musician.

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Schauer '67 talks on free speech

By Kathleen McDermott | March 3, 2000

Yesterday evening in the Rockefeller Center, Frederick Schauer '67 spoke on "Legal Principles, Legal Categories, and the Domains of Free Speech" to an audience of approximately 60 people. A professor at the John F.

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Diament overcomes fear of outdoors

By Julia Levy | March 3, 2000

Eli Diament '02, who was elected president of The Dartmouth Outing Club Tuesday, admitted something most people would probably never expect -- he was terrified when he went on his first wilderness expedition at age 14. "It was my first really outdoor experience away from home," the New Jersey native explained. Despite this self-professed fear, outdoor activities have been a major part of Diament's life since he was very young. He recalled that he used to do work out by a stream near his house with his parents when he was little, saying that was his "beginning of loving to play outside." He also worked for the Environmental Commission -- an organization in charge of community-wide environmental development and protection -- from 1990 to 1998. Diament plans to double major in earth sciences and engineering.

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College weighs action on MP3s

By Mark Bubriski | March 2, 2000

Many universities across the nation have recently blocked on-campus use of Napster, Macster, iMesh and other MP3 file indexing and retrieval programs in response to large volumes of usage, which slows down their networks -- and Dartmouth is actively monitoring the situation here. The University of Texas at Austin, Boston University, the University of Chicago, Northwestern University, Oregon State University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are among approximately 70 schools preventing network access to Napster and other similar programs. Dartmouth Computing Services is currently monitoring the volume of Napster use but has no immediate plans for a ban on its use as of yet, though the possibility looms. "It's kind of contrary to our attitude toward network use," Director of Computing Larry Levine said of the potential ban, though he made it clear that he has not ruled anything out yet. "What we've seen is disturbing," he said of the increasing volume of use by Dartmouth students. Napster and similar programs allow users to quickly search large numbers of servers for MP3s, which are often in violation of copyright laws, and download them onto their PCs. The problem, Levine said, is that the users also become servers themselves and create large volumes of network traffic both downloading and retrieving.

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High number may reflect TA help

By Andrew Marnell | March 2, 2000

Yesterday's shocking announcement that 78 students were turned in to the College as a result of the Computer Science 4 cheating scandal, and that at least 63 of them will have hearings before the Committee on Standards, left the campus stunned, as the numbers were nearly double the anticipated 40 students expected to be implicated in the incident. In a BlitzMail message to his class two weeks ago, professor Rex Dwyer assured students "that in the end slightly more than 40 names were (or will shortly be) forwarded to Parkhurst Hall." Both Senior Associate Dean of the College Dan Nelson and chair of the computer science department Scot Drysdale speculated yesterday about the reasons for the disparity between the estimated and actual numbers, though neither was able to provide a definitive answer as to why the number was significantly higher than anticipated. "My best explanation is that I presume that he did further review and assessment of the homework assignments," Nelson said, speculating that this led Dwyer to turn in more names than anticipated. Drysdale agreed with the statement, though he added he believed that some students who received the code from teaching assistants may have been turned in as well. In the earlier BlitzMail message, Dwyer assured students that this would not be the case -- writing that he did not believe any of the students he turned in were cases of TAs giving away the answers, and also that he would specifically exclude these students from his reports to the administration. Nelson told The Dartmouth that at this point it is unclear which of the students may have received the solutions from TAs and who more deliberately cheated by downloading answers directly off the website or from BlitzMail messages, though he said he is currently working to compile evidence to try to determine the various sources of the allegedly copied code. Nelson added that the 63 students who have been notified that they will have to come before the COS all appear to have potentially violated the honor code, though he stressed that the final determination will be made by the committee. Undergraduate Judicial Affairs Officer Marcia Kelly told The Dartmouth last night that all students who have been implicated in the scandal were notified over the last two days via BlitzMail messages as well as correspondence via Hinman Mail. Dwyer's home school's reaction In an e-mail transmission dated Feb.

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Koop criticizes managed care

By Mark Bubriski | March 2, 2000

Former Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop '37 shared his thoughts on healthcare in the United States and the future of the medical profession Tuesday evening at a fireside chat in the Hyphen to roughly 40 students and community members. Koop expressed his disdain for managed care insurance companies.

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MIT gets biggest gift ever: $350M

By From staff and wire reports | March 2, 2000

Massachusetts Institute of Technology became the recipient of the largest single gift ever given to a college or university this week when an alumnus pledged $350 million to fund a new institute on brain research. MIT President Charles M.

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Admissions reveals who gets those 'likely letters'

By Jennifer Thomas | March 2, 2000

The Admissions Office recently sent more than 300 letters to "exceptional" applicants advising them that they are likely to be accepted to the College in April -- a standard practice for Dartmouth but one that has consistently been clouded in mystery for many students and a topic for controversy for some others. According to Dean of Admissions Karl Furstenberg, the letters are sent annually to "students who emerge as very strong candidates" in the admissions process. "Most of this has to do with academic accomplishments," Furstenberg said.

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Fall UGA party has not changed screening

By Rachel Osterman | March 2, 2000

In spite of the incident this fall in which a UGA provided alcohol for his freshmen floormates in violation of his contract, the Office of Residential Life is planning no changes in the screening process of prospective advisors as the deadline looms for applications to residential positions. "We haven't even talked about the fall incident in the application process.

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Outing Club elects new pres., vice pres.

By Rebecca Holub | March 1, 2000

A general assembly of Dartmouth Outing Club members last night elected Eli Diament '02 and Flora Krivak-Tetley '02 president and vice president of the DOC, respectively. Before the vote, short speeches were presented by candidates Diament, Krivak-Tetley, Kenny Gillingham '02, Rachel Goldwasser '01 and Al Lee '01, which addressed current problems within the DOC and offered solutions and ideas to combat those issues. All of the candidates discussed the DOC's lack of diversity and its image as an exclusive organization, while several people also mentioned the important role the DOC will play on campus after the Student Life Initiative goes into effect.

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