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Filmmaker discusses new prison movie

By Jeremy Skog | February 1, 2000

Creator and director of the film "The Watermelon Woman" Cheryl Dunye spoke about her film in progress, "Stranger Inside" last night. Dunye's upcoming film depicts the story of a mother and daughter who meet in prison and will be presented in her personal "Dunyementary" style, a mix of documentary, pseudo-documentary and narrative techniques. During her speech Dunye discussed the process of her research, which included talking to actual inmates as well as researching through archives and the Library of Congress. In her effort to make the film "as close to the truth as possible," Dunye workshopped her script with inmates, reading the script with them, and actually talked to several mother-daughter pairs in prisons. Dunye also showed a short documentary about the workshopping process that she had with the inmates at several Minnesota prisons. Dunye modeled the film after the book "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl," by Harriet Jacobs.

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Hanover: site of political sparring

By Jeffrey Tanenhaus | February 1, 2000

Situated in a state rooted in political tradition, Dartmouth has often been the host for political luminaries hoping to win their party's nomination by first winning the New Hampshire primary. New Hampshire has been so critical to candidates' success that prior to Bill Clinton's 1992 victory, no candidate had won the presidency without triumphing in the "First in the Nation" primary. Past candidates have delivered many a campaign promise at the College, and this election year has been no exception. For the 2000 election so far, political activity peaked last October when national media besieged Hanover to cover two partisan presidential town meetings featuring all the candidates with the exception of Governor George W.

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ILEAD helps older community learn

By Stella Lee | February 1, 2000

Amidst a throng of young collegians on campus, a few ambitious faces of the middle-aged and elderly can be found browsing through Howe Library, the Collis Center, Dartmouth Hall and the Rockefeller Center. Clutching volumes of books and casually entering and exiting the academic building within the ivy walls of this typically youth-dominated college, these few older faces are the students of ILEAD -- the Institute for Lifelong Education at Dartmouth. Roger Smith, the public relations head of the program and adjunct professor of environmental studies, describes ILEAD as a non-profit, volunteer organization that runs under the sponsorship of the College as a self-supporting member of the Elderhostel Institute Network, a federation of 262 institutes for learning in retirement. Smith said that the program currently enjoys the participation of nearly 1,000 members, many with past or present Dartmouth connections.

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Whitehead-LaBoo to speak on eating disorders

By Jennifer Thomas | January 31, 2000

Cynthia Whitehead-LaBoo Ph.D., Director of Emory University's Eating Disorders Program, will be speaking on the multicultural aspects of body image and eating disorders this Thursday in honor of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. Whitehead-LaBoo's lecture, entitled "Does Everybody Hate Their Body?" will address the similarities and differences in body image and eating behaviors among people of different ethnic groups, gender and sexual orientations. "Bringing in a national speaker allows students to focus on this issue for a week," co-coordinator of the College's Eating Disorders Prevention, Education, and Treatment Program Marcia Herrin said. The Eating Disorder Prevention program will also be holding a seminar on what the College does for sufferers of eating disorders on Thursday morning, which will be open to the public. Up to one in five women attending elite American universities may suffer from an eating disorder, according to some estimates, and Herrin hopes that Eating Disorders Awareness Week will help to diminish the number. "Our hopes are always that the programs we are doing this week will encourage worried friends and even sufferers themselves to come forward," Herrin said. The traditional image of an anorectic or bulimic is that of a white, middle class, heterosexual female, but recent reports from psychologists indicate that this conception no longer applies to modern America. "I think that the stereotype is changing because the stereotype is no longer true," Herrin said.

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Stewart runs Com. Central forum

By Julia Levy | January 31, 2000

Breaking from typical pre-election news coverage, Comedy Central's Jon Stewart moderated "Turning the Tables: Politicians Grill the Media," a debate between prominent journalists and politicians, on Saturday night in Manchester, N.H. Approximately 25 Dartmouth students joined an audience of about 400 to see the spectacle unfold.

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'Gunman' turns himself into police

By Mark Bubriski | January 31, 2000

The Hanover Police Department reported that a man came forward last week after reading a report in The Dartmouth to say that he believed he was the unidentified man seen with a rifle in the vicinity of Kiewit Computer Center Wednesday evening. The Police concluded after a brief interview with the unnamed person that he was in fact the man seen.

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Candidates' wives visit campus

By Ritika Nandkeolyar | January 31, 2000

In the final days before tomorrow's primary election in New Hampshire, candidates and their spouses are visiting all corners of the state in last minute efforts at garnering support for presidential bids. Laura Bush, Cindy McCain and Carol Bauer were in Hanover Saturday evening for the Grafton County Republican Committee's Lincoln Day reception and fundraiser at the Top of the Hop. Bush, the second guest of the event, spoke to a crowd of approximately 100 local Republicans, many of them supporters of her husband -- Republican-party frontrunner Texas Governor George W.

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Clinton focuses on building legacy

By Deborah Bernstein | January 28, 2000

In his last State of the Union address, President Bill Clinton was out to save his legacy -- by calling for policies like a $350 billion tax cut to finance college educations, as well as touting his and Vice President Al Gore's achievements. Saying "all of us are judged by our dreams and deeds we pass on," Clinton called for numerous programs, including strict licensing for handguns, money for health care and schools and hate crimes legislation. While saying the country is better off today than in 1993 when he took office, Clinton also gave credit to Gore, who is currently running himself for the presidency. Clinton referenced Gore six times in his speech, as well as thanking Gore's wife Tipper, and his wife Hillary, herself running for senator in New York. Only five days before the N.H.

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Students express little interest in primary

By Ritika Nandkeolyar | January 28, 2000

Despite the national media coverage of the N.H. primary and visits by many Oval Office hopefuls to Hanover, most students contacted by the Dartmouth yesterday said they were not closely following the race. With the strategic importance of this state's primary, Dartmouth students have been able to see most of the major contenders during campaign visits to Hanover, with the notable exception of Republican frontrunner Texas Governor George W.

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Sociology department offers new exchange

By Heidi Ellenbecker | January 28, 2000

The Sociology Department will offer a new exchange program that will send students to the University of Copenhagen annually, beginning next fall. This will be the first foreign study program available to sociology majors, and according to Chair of the Sociology Department John Campbell, it will also provide an opportunity for anthropology and economics majors to receive credit abroad. Students will choose up to four course offerings out of several offered in English in the University's program in Social Sciences. The program is an exchange rather then a Foreign Study Program.

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Chideya urges youth to vote

By Jeffrey Tanenhaus | January 28, 2000

Journalist, author, political pundit and anchor on Oprah Winfrey's new Oxygen network for women, Ferai Chideya spoke about America's changing demographics and the increasing importance of young voters in the 21st century. Speaking to a racially mixed audience of 30 people in Rockefeller Center yesterday afternoon, Chideya noted that having the census and the presidential election coincide in 2000 is "a weird harmonic convergence." But said it is of critical significance to the younger generation. "If young voters can seize the reigns and are active, they can set things in motion to affect us in the next 50 years," Chideya said.A stronger base of youth activism in the electorate is needed, Chideya said, considering in the 1996 presidential election seniors outvoted 18 to 21 year-olds two-to-one. Using the metaphor of "the squeaky wheel gets the grease," Chideya said it is critical for young voters to exercise their right. The election of former wrestler Jesse Ventura as governor of Minnesota "is a case of young people flexing their muscle," according to Chideya. She highlighted the need for voters to make themselves heard and to look for people outside of the political mainstream to run for office. The issue Chideya allotted the most time to was the future demographic makeup of the United States. She said statistics predict that in 50 years America will have no racial majority, a profound cultural and socioeconomic shift in a nation of a historically white majority that has at times used race as a means of suppression. "This issue hasn't really sunk in," she said.

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Williams College avoids typical tuition hike

By Mike A. Hamilton | January 28, 2000

In a rare move that may affect other institutions of higher education around the country, Williams College has bucked a national trend by keeping its comprehensive fees at their current level for the 2000-01 academic year. Comprehensive fees, which include tuition, room, board, and other mandatory fees, have not been frozen for two consecutive years at Williams since 1954-55. The decision to freeze the comprehensive fees was initiated by the college's Tuition Advisory Group and passed by the Board of Trustees after looking at the college's current financial situation and projections for future revenue and expenses. Williams College president Carl Vogt credited the decision to "the continuing generosity of alumni, parents and friends of Williams and recent exceptional returns on the endowment." Since 1990, Williams' endowment has tripled from $333 million to approximately $1 billion. Similarly, Williams' comprehensive fees have grown from $21,760 to $31,520, rating it among the most expensive in the country. Some people believe Williams' decision was the logical thing to do. Williams professor of political economy Gordon Winston told The Williams Record, "With this awesome increase in our wealth it's just awfully hard to justify continuing to raise price.

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College to announce Montgomery Fellows

By Lauren Emerson | January 28, 2000

Students can expect to learn the identity of this term's Montgomery Fellows sometime next week. According to Assistant Provost Barbara Gerstner these new fellows have already been chosen. The announcement will be made as soon as the dates of their visits are finalized.

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