Skip to Content, Navigation, or Footer.
Support independent student journalism. Support independent student journalism. Support independent student journalism.
SUPPORT THE DARTMOUTH
The Dartmouth
October 8, 2026
The Dartmouth
News
News

Freedman begins tenure as head of honor society

By Amit Anand | May 16, 2000

James Freedman, former president of Dartmouth, was inaugurated as the president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences last week, two years after being elected to the Academy as a fellow. In an interview with The Boston Globe, Freedman said that his presidency would bring many changes to the Academy, including having it focus more on issues relating to public policy and attracting more media attention to the usually attention-shy Academy. "I think that his background as president of two different colleges and universities gives him an unusual national breadth," Leslie Berlowitz, executive officer of the Academy told The Dartmouth.

News

Peterson discusses ways to save planet

By Sara Connolly | May 15, 2000

A self-described "rebel with a conscience," Dr. Russell Peterson, the 83-year-old former Governor of Delaware and President Emeritus of the National Audubon Society, delivered a speech Thursday titled "Together We Can Save the Earth." In front of a sparsely filled room, Peterson attempted to describe ways "to save the natural resources that grace our lovely planet." "Our world is heading for disaster," he warned.

News

Appeal decision to come this week

By Omer Ismail | May 15, 2000

The wait seems to finally be over. More than a month after Phi Delta Alpha fraternity filed an appeal against College derecognition, the administration is expected to announce its final decision on the appeal sometime early this week. The Dean of the College's Office informed The Dartmouth on Friday that Dean of the College James Larimore could make the decision as early as today. Phi Delt had filed a formal appeal against the loss of College recognition March 29 on the basis of information not present in the original case and procedural errors.

News

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.

News

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.

News

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.

News

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.

News

'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.

News

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.

News

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.

News

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.

News

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.

News

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.

Trending
The Dartmouth