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Pinto discusses East Timor's stormy history

By Alice Gomstyn | February 18, 2000

Former head and United States representative for the Timorese nationalist organization, Constancio Pinto, spoke at the Rockefeller Center last night, giving a speech titled "East Timor: The Long Road Towards Independence." The lecture, sponsored by the John Sloan Dickey Center's War/Peace Studies Program, focused on the 25-year struggle of the East Timorese people to gain independence from neighboring Indonesia. Pinto addressed a group of students, faculty, and members of the Hanover community, shedding light on the newly independent nation's tumultuous history. A former colony of Portugal, East Timor gained its independence from the European nation in 1975.

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Symposium to show how to e-start a career

By Stella Lee | February 18, 2000

McKinsey & Company is sponsoring the first annual Tuck-Dartmouth College "StartUposium" today -- a one day symposium and career fair that will offer students the unique opportunity to interact with various startup companies that seek young talent to help boost them into success. The StartUposium will feature a guest speaker, Aaron Cohen, CEO of Concrete Media, a panel discussion with the participating startup companies, a presentation by McKinsey & Company, and a career fair. The career fair will be open for business, engineering and both graduate and undergraduate students to meet and interact with representatives of startup companies including Screaming Media, Be Free, Doublespace, HireEngine.com, Strong Numbers, LaunchCenter 39, and numerous other technology oriented firms or dot-coms, -- 18 companies in total. The purpose of the StartUposium is to break the barrier that exists between students searching for career opportunities and newly emerging companies seeking to draw interest from bright, young, college graduates, according to graduate student Scott Simpson, a member of the Tuck Entrepreneurship Club, which is helping to organize this event. Recent Tuck efforts such as eForums in San Francisco and Boston have in the past proven successful in informing students of what startups are available and looking for young talent, and helping startup companies in efficiently recruiting students. Simpson said he encourages both undergraduates as well as graduate students to participate in the StartUposium. Students will be able to learn about what types of people the companies are looking for, as well as have the chance to get the companies interested in them as potential interns or analysts by discussing the skills that they have that can make these companies successful, Simpson said. Simpson said although it is impossible to define what kind of people companies are looking for, he said that generally the companies seek talented, intelligent, and motivated problem solvers to make the company grow.

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College looks to make some dorms smoke-free

By Kathleen McDermott | February 17, 2000

The College has tentative plans provide smoke-free residence halls starting next year, according to Dean of Residential Life Martin Redman. Along with the already substance-free Butterfield Hall, Rip/Wood/Smith and the new East Wheelock building are tentatively planned to be smoke-free next fall, and the number may increase in the future based on demand. "We get many requests from students each year for smoke-free housing and are convinced that we need to begin moving in this direction," Redman said. The reasons for smoke-free residence halls are many, according to Redman.

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Few students plan to vote absentee

By Maggie Shnayerson | February 17, 2000

With three state primaries coming up in as many weeks, student interest in voting remains mixed. Though nearly 200 students registered to vote in the drive that Women in Politics sponsored in Collis Center two weeks ago, many students are unaware of when their own home state primary takes place, and express a general disinterest in politics. "I don't even know when it is -- obviously I'm clueless," said Jennifer Nistad '03, a resident of South Carolina, where the next primary takes place this Saturday. "For sure there's [political] apathy," Scott Given '02, Director of the Bill Bradley campaign at Dartmouth, said, adding that he only became interested in politics when he came to college. "Before I came to Dartmouth, I was completely apathetic to politics, and I think getting myself involved with the events that took place here on campus helped spur my interest to what's going on now," he said.

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Four Pres. scholars to discuss campaign

By Heidi Ellenbecker | February 17, 2000

Four Presidential scholars who came to the College last year as Montgomery Fellows will be returning next week to take part in a panel discussion culminating last year's "Power and the Presidency" series. Michael Beschloss, Edmund Morris, David Maraniss and Ben Bradlee, who all visited campus last year as Montgomery Fellows, will be returning to the College for the panel on Thursday, Feb.

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NPR broadcaster discusses China

By Kascha Semon | February 16, 2000

Mary Kay Magistad, the woman behind the voice that so many Americans have heard from China via National Public Radio for several years, spoke yesterday in the Rockefeller Center. More than 50 people crowded into the room to hear this distinguished journalist provide her up-to-date view on the political, economic and social conditions in China, and share personal anecdotes about her struggles as a reporter in a Communist country.Magistad opened the Beijing NPR bureau in 1996, and worked in the city and surrounding provinces for four years.

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CFSC is again at center of 'chat'

By Lauren Emerson | February 16, 2000

Discussion at Monday night's fireside chat on the Student Life Initiative centered on the role of social organizations in determining student identity. While the original intent of the discussion was to include all social organizations, the approximately 30 students who attended focused mainly on the Coed Fraternity Sorority system. Opinions ranged from the desire to see the entire system "dissolved" to a wish for an enhanced system with the addition of more houses. Towards the end of the evening more practical concerns were raised about students' roles in the process and the timeline for when results can be expected. The discussion was hosted by College President James Wright, Dean of the College James Larimore and Trustee Richard Page '54.

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Sheryl Crow performs for Spaulding crowd

By Ithan Peltan | February 16, 2000

Singer, songwriter ... and now Montgomery Fellow Sheryl Crow answered questions and talked about the lyrics of the songs she performed yesterday in front of approximately 800 students in Spaulding Auditorium. The first of this year's Montgomery Fellows, Crow came to Dartmouth as part of a series of lectures and performances entitled "Making Movies, Making Music" that will continue over the next two years. Discussing the origins of her music, Crow said she has drawn inspiration from a variety of sources, including poems by Walt Whitman, social and political conditions as well as events in her life and the lives of those around her. A trip to Bosnia several years ago at the invitation of First Lady Hillary Clinton made a big impact on Crow's song writing and the way she sees the world, the artist said yesterday. "I came home from that experience feeling like I had a lot to say," said Crow, introducing "Redemption Day," one of the songs she performed. In particular, Crow said her experiences in Bosnia introduced her to the horrors of land mines.

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Police respond to Food Court call

By Jeffrey Tanenhaus | February 16, 2000

Hanover Police responded to a hostile employee situation at Thayer Dining Hall yesterday, and in a separate incident, computers stolen from Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center were recovered in the woods of Plainfield, N.H. According to Hanover Police Chief Nick Giaccone, police were called at 1:26 p.m.

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Assembly passes resolution for Thayer lobby TV

By Mike A. Hamilton | February 16, 2000

The Student Assembly passed three resolutions last night, calling for a cable-equipped television in the Thayer Dining Hall lobby, confirming the proposed "Battle of the Bands" as the spring "campus-unifying event," and finalizing the plan for an Assembly report on the Student Life Initiative. The television plan, which proposes that an unused TV from Westside Buffet be placed in Thayer lobby at the upper left of the lighted dining facilities sign, could potentially be realized as soon as next week. According to John Apostilides '03 and Chance Hill '01, who sponsored the resolution, the TV will be used primarily for showing news channels such as CNN, although important events like the Olympics could also be shown. The resolution was formulated in response to concerns that life in a "Big Green bubble" left students unaware of current events in the outside world. The Assembly also decided that "Battle of the Bands" should be this Spring term's campus unifying event, and awarded various groups a total of $1,000 to arrange the concert.

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Crow talks about life, work to The D

By Mark Bubriski | February 16, 2000

Five-time Grammy award winner Sheryl Crow spoke candidly in an interview with The Dartmouth about growing up in Missouri, going to college, and becoming the renowned musician she is today.

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Cheating investigations will be complex

By Andrew Marnell | February 15, 2000

The implications of an investigation into as many as 40 alleged incidents of cheating in Computer Science 4 will be extremely complex as the department begins its examination of the allegations this week. Students allegedly accessed solutions to a homework assignment on a portion of the class' website that was previously protected from unauthorized use but had been left unprotected following an in class demonstration. While visiting Computer Science Professor Rex Dwyer, who teaches the class, told The Dartmouth that he is shocked by the incident, several students in the introductory CS class said they were never told not to access the page.

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Initiative aims to succeed where other reports failed

By Julia Levy | February 15, 2000

While the steering committee report details a multitude of specific changes it hopes to see in the College's residential and social life, this is not the first time a report has been issued calling for substantial social change -- and not all have resulted in correspondingly drastic reforms. As the Student Response Task Force enters its final phase of gathering student input and the Coed Fraternity Sorority Council prepares to unveil its long-awaited report response, The Dartmouth looks back at the other reports -- and their diluted results. The evolution of change The implications of the Five Principles -- which call for greater choice and continuity in residential living, improved social spaces, a "substantially coeducational" social system, a reduction in the number of students living off campus and a reduction in the role of alcohol on campus -- are far-reaching. President Wright has asserted from the beginning that despite the magnanimity of the Initiative, the ideas will not crumple under pressure from students or alumni. Following last winter's announcement, President Wright told The Dartmouth "this is not a referendum on these things ... we are committed to doing this." However, the issue raised by the Initiative is not a new one.

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Faculty votes 81-0 to urge derecognition of Greek system

By Omer Ismail | February 15, 2000

Last night the faculty of the Arts and Sciences unanimously approved a resolution, voting 81-0 to urge the administration and Trustees to withdraw College recognition from all Coed Fraternity and Sorority organizations once additional living space is made available. Recognizing that many Greek houses are independently owned, Associate Professor of Religion Susan Ackerman -- who moved the resolution -- told The Dartmouth that she hoped the houses would financially buckle without College support, if the administration accepts the faculty mandate. Faculty members argued that the system is a discriminatory one that can not be reformed, and called senior College officials to make the construction of new residence halls -- which will enable the College to withdraw their support from Greek houses -- their highest priority to ensure the derecognition occurs latest by June 30, 2005. Two faculty members abstained from voting on the resolution. Problems with the system Faculty members addressed a number of problems within the current Greek system. Raising concerns that the CFS system is highly exclusive, professors argued that it does not conform but interferes, with the academic mission of the College. The Greek system "stands so antithetical to our academic message of openness," Ackerman said. Citing figures from the steering committee report which shows affiliated students tend to be mostly white and more affluent than other students, Ackerman called the system one of "power and privilege." Faculty members also said the Greek system promotes excessive alcohol use which interferes with students' academic work. Professor of History Mary Kelly said the number of students who have admitted to alcohol interfering with their schoolwork, to have blacked-out and to have taken part in "boot and rally" is disturbingly high. 'Substantial changes' not enough Faculty members said that the "substantial changes" to the Greek system recommended in the steering committee report will not reform the residential and social life at Dartmouth.

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Alleged teen murderers may visit

By Mark Bubriski | February 15, 2000

Two teens accused of the murder of their father may visit campus early in March to help initiate campus-wide discussion on child and spousal abuse, according to Lara Santiago Renta '03. Renta is leading an effort to bring the boys, Jesse Ethan and James Neal Eldridge, who have been referred to as simply "Neal and Jesse," along with their mother and younger sisters to campus. The teens reportedly endured years of physical and emotional abuse from their father. "Generally, domestic and child abuse is not something people like to talk about.

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Trustees announce tuition hike, cable funds

By Jeffrey Tanenhaus | February 15, 2000

The Board of Trustees announced the annual tuition increase and approved funding for a new a cable package in its Winter term meetings over the weekend, the College released yesterday. The Board also voted to name the new East Wheelock residence hall after Trustee Emeritus Norman E.

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ORL faces another Spring housing crunch

By Rachel Osterman | February 14, 2000

For the second consecutive year, leave-term students will be denied on-campus housing this spring, as the College struggles to accommodate even those students who are enrolled for Spring term classes. The current number of on-term students for whom the Office of Residential Life has not been able to find living spaces -- currently 106 -- marks the largest spring housing crunch in recent years. Fifty students were originally affected by last year's Spring housing deficiency.

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