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Cable TV decision delayed once again

By Andrew Marnell | January 21, 2000

College dormitories may not get new cable television service this year, despite earlier indications that an improved programming package would be installed by the beginning of Fall term 2000. According to Dean of the College James Larimore the decision has been delayed as a result of the Student Life Initiative, as well as problems with funding the new service. "We're examining our options," he said.

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CBS' Pearlman speaks about media mergers

By Maggie Shnayerson | January 21, 2000

One week after the announcement of the stunning merger of America Online and Time-Warner, Co-Chief Operating Officer of Infinity Broadcasting Corporation/CBS Radio David Pearlman said yesterday that the future of communications lies in these one-stop shopping "media bundle" that corporations like his own CBS/Viacom can offer consumers. Pearlman spoke to about 40 people, mostly students, in 105 Dartmouth Hall last night, While he said he regrets that individual business capitalism has suffered at the hands of media giants -- he created his own company when he was a sophomore at Boston College, buying radio air time and then selling it again, using it to broadcast hockey and basketball games to local audiences -- he explained that those corporations offer consumers more specialized information. "We can tailor something to specifically meet your needs," he said, but the off-shoot is the "starting from the ground on up is now virtually impossible in today's world of gargantuan corporations." Before media consolidation, small companies attempted to target a wide and broad audience, Pearlman explained.

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Group of '03s discuss Initiative

By Rebecca Holub | January 21, 2000

Last night the 2003 Class Council hosted a freshman only discussion about the Committee's recommendation, with the intention of constructing a report to be sent to the Board of Trustees.

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Robo computer thefts continue

By Rachel Osterman | January 21, 2000

A rash of recent computer thefts inf Robinson Hall continued yesterday -- this time in the Student Assembly office. Expensive electronic equipment has been stolen in three separate instances since this weekend twice from the Student Publications office and most recently from the Student Assembly offices on the first floor of Robinson Hall. Although the theft of the first of the five computers, a graphite iMac, was found missing this past weekend after the Student Publications Center was reportedly left unlocked, the subsequent theft of two G-4 computers on Wednesday evening took place while that same door was allegedly secured. Yesterday afternoon marked the third theft, this time from the Student Assembly office. Two iMacs, one of which was purchased this week, a printer, and a telephone were stolen from that office sometime between 2:00 p.m.

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Possible future first lady talks with The Dartmouth

By Jeffrey Tanenhaus | January 20, 2000

Taking time out from actively campaigning for her husband in the Upper Valley, Tipper Gore talked to The Dartmouth about her role in her husband's ultimate quest for the Presidency and what she envisions her role would be "First Lady Gore." With New Hampshire primaries less than two weeks away, Gore is a veteran when it comes to the campaign frenzy.

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College presents report to alumni via telecast

By Omer Ismail | January 20, 2000

In a live telecast from the Hanover Inn, senior College officials presented the steering committee recommendations to Dartmouth alumni across the world last night, with over thirty alumni clubs from Boston to Honolulu viewing the presentation, but little new information on the report or the Initiative was transmitted. Stressing the importance of alumni input on the recommendations in the coming months, College President James Wright, Dean of the College James Larimore, College Provost Susan Prager, Chairman of the Board of Trustees William H.

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Seton Hall dorm catches fire

By Jeffrey Tanenhaus | January 20, 2000

Three students died and 58 others were injured, six critically, after fire and smoke ravaged a Seton Hall University dormitory filled with sleeping students early yesterday morning. While the cause of the tragic fire in New Jersey is still under investigation, the blaze itself was contained in a lounge, where two of the three students were killed. Initial student response to the fire alarm was slow because 18 false alarms had previously been triggered since September, according to The Associated Press. The tragedy featured a few students jumping from windows and others blackened from smoke.

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Tipper Gore speaks in Rocky

By Jeffrey Tanenhaus | January 20, 2000

Focusing on the importance of students participating in the democratic process and ways to improve attitudes on mental health care, Second Lady Tipper Gore addressed a sizable student audience in the 1930s room in the Rockefeller Center yesterday morning. With Dartmouth only one stop in a busy day of campaigning before the primary, Gore did not direct significant energy trying to influence voters in the room to choose a particular candidate. She did say, however, that in order to handle the issues of the new century, her husband's experience, environmental devotion and ability to "keep the trains running on time and the economy strong" all qualify him to serve as the next President. Gore began the event by impressing upon the group, many of whom were already involved in campus politics, the importance of voting and involvement in campaigns. As a mother of college-aged students herself, Gore said she realized the numerous time commitments preventing students from voting or even considering becoming involved in a political campaign. Nevertheless, she urged students to engage themselves with grassroots politics and above all to exercise their right to vote. Gore used John F.

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Johnson '01 shares experiences

By Jeremy Skog | January 19, 2000

Michael Johnson '01 came to Dartmouth to get out of the Midwest, not to join a fraternity. While the influence of his two roommates led Johnson to rush and blind luck led him to pledge Alpha Delta fraternity, it was his hard work that won him a seat as president of the Interfraternity Council. For Johnson, Dartmouth has been "a great place to grow up," and it has far exceeded his first expectations. He said he loves its clean, healthy atmosphere, something that is not found at more urban schools.

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Wright, Larimore host second 'chat'

By Jeffrey Tanenhaus | January 19, 2000

President of the College James Wright and Dean of the College James Larimore hosted the second fireside chat in Collis Commonground last night where they were joined by Trustees Nancy Jeton '76, David Shribman '76 and Kate Stith-Cabranes '73 and approximately 50 students and administrators who focused on diversity and Greek-related issues. Larimore challenged students to speak from their own perspectives and to take ownership for their opinions, and students responded by speaking from personal experience, producing a more emotional and intimate discussion than the first fireside chat. The discussion was initially geared towards the World Culture Initiative and diversity-related concerns in the spirit of the recent Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Campaign groups anticipate primary

By Ithan Peltan | January 18, 2000

With the New Hampshire primary just two weeks away, student campaign groups across campus are laying their plans for the final push into the official 2000 election season. Most organizations intend to continue activities such as canvassing, phone banking, and literature drops that they have been doing since last spring. On Feb.

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Kremer wants to help sorority system 'shine'

By Jennifer Thomas | January 18, 2000

Newly elected Panhellenic Council President Alexandra Kremer '01 enjoys a wide variety of campus activities and holds a definite vision for the future of the sorority system. A government major with a passion for art history, Kremer, a St.

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Off-campus housing availability to decrease

By Will Meland | January 18, 2000

Dartmouth undergraduates who want to live off-campus next year will likely notice fewer apartments available in downtown Hanover. This summer, the College entered an agreement to purchase 19 residential buildings from Hanover Investment Corporation, and the College will need to make improvements to bring the buildings up to code Dean of Residential Life Martin Redman said. The buildings currently house approximately 100 Dartmouth students.

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Critics say report ignores gender issues

By Omer Ismail | January 18, 2000

While issues of coeducation and gender relations dominated campus discussion when the Five Principles were announced last February, many students and some administrators and faculty members feel the steering committee's recommendations released last week have largely ignored these problems. "The current set of proposals perpetuates the discrimination against women," Associate Professor of English Thomas Luxon said. Director of the Women's Resource Center, Givanna Munafo said she has "spoken to many students -- women and men -- who feel there is not a lot in the report specific to gender." Hillary Miller '02, a member of the steering committee, told The Dartmouth that many students were disappointed with "how indirectly" the report addressed issues of coeducation. "I think that this is one area of deficit that the recommendations did not attack head on," she added. Students and administrators also expressed concern that the problem of sexual abuse at Dartmouth was not directly addressed in the recommendations.

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