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Controversy over MP3s hits colleges

By Ithan Peltan | November 17, 1999

After officials at Carnegie Mellon University disconnected 71 students from the school's intranet for distributing copyright-protected material, including MP3 files, over the school network, College officials said that no such action is planned at Dartmouth. The Carnegie Mellon students were disciplined after an October 18 random search of public files on 250 students' computers discovered illegal MP3 music files available for access over the school's intranet. Although the distribution of MP3 files or other copyright-protected material is illegal under federal law, Kiewit officials indicated that they have no plans to execute a similar search. "One approach is to go looking for violators, but that's not usually what we do.

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Alums prepare for Initiative announcement

By Rachel Osterman | November 16, 1999

As the Steering Committee on the Student Life Initiative finalizes its recommendations of the full Board of Trustees, College alumni clubs are preparing to disseminate the news quickly and thoroughly as possible, in an effort to avoid some of the miscommunications that occurred last year shortly after the announcement of the Initiative. Hoping to avoid alumni uproar after the Steering Committee recommendations are released, the council is working on how to receive feedback from as many alumni as possible and pass on the information to the Trustees, according to President of the Alumni Council Kelly Fead '78. "A lot of the strong initial alumni reaction came from what people thought the Initiative was about," Fead said. The Council is considering communication methods including satellite broadcasts, e-mail bulletins, presentations by Trustees and mass mailings, Fead said, adding individual clubs have also coordinated their own efforts. "I think that right now everyone's waiting to see what's going to happen, but it's difficult to track the issue moment to moment," Fead said. However, some clubs are trying to do just that. The Los Angeles Alumni Club, for example, has placed a poll on its website to monitor member opinion.

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Freshman searches for cancer cure

By Daniel C. Chang | November 16, 1999

What began as a simple summer assignment for Kapua Medeiros '03 soon became a potential cure for one of the most deadliest diseases of mankind -- cancer. This past May, Medeiros -- who lives in Hawaii -- won the Grand Medal in the Medicine and Health category at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Ft.

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Learjet found after three years

By Mark Bubriski | November 15, 1999

The wreckage of the Learjet that disappeared on Christmas Eve in 1996 was found Thursday, ending the largest land and air search ever in the history of the state of New Hampshire. Authorities now know the plane crashed not far from the Dartmouth Skiway, into the north side of a hill near Smarts Mountain in Dorchester, N.H., instead of landing at its expected destination of the Lebanon Municipal Airport. The 40-foot plane was discovered last week by Quentin Mack, a semi-retired forester from Orford, N.H., in a private forest area known as Green Woodlands.

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Wall St. hopefuls invest with BGI

By Lauren Howard | November 15, 1999

Big Green Investors, which was founded last November by Jonathan Arbeit '02 and Hank Leukart '01, helps Dartmouth students who are unable to resist the allure of Wall Street immerse themselves in the world of finance while they are still in Hanover. The organization currently has a stock portfolio worth $10,000, including shares in Apple Computers and Oracle.

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Minority reps hope proposals will be heard

By Deborah Bernstein | November 12, 1999

While representatives of College cultural groups express hope that the Student Life Initiative will improve life for minorities on campus, many are unsure if the steering committee's recommendations will include the specific proposals their groups have advocated. Several campus cultural groups -- including the Afro-American society, the Korean American Students Association and the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan -- submitted formal proposals to the Dean's Task Force, which collected input for the steering committee last spring. AAm President Olivia Carpenter '00 said she hopes the steering committee's impending recommendations and the ultimate changes the Initiative brings will improve the environment on campus. The AAm's proposal includes ideas about improving residence halls, expanding cable plans for student rooms, as well as diversifying businesses in Hanover. The AAm proposal also recommended that actions which violate the Dartmouth Principle of Community should become subject to judicial review.

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CFSC presents annual awards

By Jeffrey Tanenhaus | November 12, 1999

The Coed Fraternity Sorority Council annual awards were presented in front of a packed crowd in Collis Commonground yesterday -- a ceremony that featured Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity winning the O'Connor Cup and sororities Alpha Xi Delta and Sigma Delta garnering the most awards overall. The O'Connor Cup was awarded to Sig Ep for outstanding achievement in leadership, scholarship and programming.

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Initiative leads to new basketball courts

By Will Meland | November 12, 1999

Recent improvements to outdoor athletic facilities at Dartmouth have proceeded despite numerous town hearings on the zoning and lighting of the new constructions. Two full basketball courts have been converted from tennis courts and three basketball half-courts have been resurfaced.

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Minear speaks on works of Dr. Seuss

By Ritika Nandkeolyar | November 11, 1999

In a lecture and slide-show yesterday afternoon, University of Massachusetts Amherst History Professor Richard Minear presented the lesser known political cartoons of popular children's author and cartoonist Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel '25. Minear collected 200 of the 400 Geisel cartoons published by the New York newsmagazine PM in 1941 and 1942 in his recent book "Dr. Seuss Goes to War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geisel." "Dr. Seuss has become a cultural icon, as a human being he has disappeared, hopefully this project will refocus the attention," Minear said. The Leftist-oriented PM was published daily from 1940 to 1948.

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Rocky panel discusses formation of racial identities

By Ithan Peltan | November 11, 1999

Students, administrators and faculty discussed minority issues in education at a panel discussion yesterday in Rockefeller Center entitled "Teaching and Learning: A Conversation on Racial Identities." In front of an audience of about 40 undergraduates, graduate students and faculty, the panel of 10 considered a wide range of topics during the two hour discussion, ranging from the roles of student and professor in multicultural education to the importance of fully integrating minority contributions into the curriculum at Dartmouth. For part of the presentation, panelists focused on the position of minority students within classes.

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Bookstores sue Varsitybooks.com

By Rachel Osterman | November 11, 1999

In another lawsuit against Internet retailers, the National Association of College Stores is suing Varsitybooks.com, accusing the on-line bookstore of false and misleading advertising concerning textbook discounts. The association, which represents about 3,000 stores around the country, including the Dartmouth Bookstore and Wheelock Books, is claiming that while Varsitybooks.com advertises textbooks at up to 40 percent off of "suggested list prices," only a small percentage of their books come at that price. According to the association, in the textbook industry, where publishers sell their books to college stores and offer only a suggested student price, there is no such thing as a universal retail price.

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College to update off-term students on Initiative

By Carl Burnett | November 10, 1999

The Office of the Dean of the College and the 2001 and 2002 Class Councils are making plans to notify students who will be off campus during the Winter term of the final recommendations the Steering Committee on the Student Life Initiative will make to the Board of Trustees next January. The Dean's office plans call for the recommendations to be posted in their entirety on the Web soon after their release for the students on Language Study Abroad, Foreign Study Programs, internships or other off-campus activities can have access to them. 2001 Class Council President Collin O'Mara '01 said the two councils are requesting the Dean's Office to send a mailing to every off-campus student detailing the recommendations since some students may not be able to access the Internet. The 2001 and 2002 Class Councils would fund the mailing if it does not receive the backing of the Dean's office, O'Mara said. The mailings will contain a self-addressed, stamped envelope to encourage students to send feedback to the Board of Trustees on their views of the committee's recommendations. O'Mara said a BlitzMail message may also be sent to off-campus students to inform them of the recommendations. Both the Dean's office and the 2001 and 2002 Class Council presidents said they are interested in receiving feedback from as many students as possible following the announcement on Jan.

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