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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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Task Force members finalized

By Andrew Marnell | January 17, 2000

The final composition of the Student Response Task Force was announced yesterday, marking the beginning of the next stage in the process of implementing the Student Life Initiative. The additional student members, Kevan Higgins '00, Emily Anadu '00, Elizabeth Agosto '01, Jon Sussman '02, Kate Laswell '02, Amit Anand '03, and Lauren Foley '03 will complete the Task Force and join the two other student members, President of the Student Assembly Dean Krishna '00 and graduate student Andy Mengshol, as well as four administrators on the committee. Dean of the College James Larimore said the members were chosen with the intent of having a diverse cross-section of the campus comprise the Task Force. "We looked for students who had been involved in a variety of things -- we tried to make sure that we had a balance of affiliated students and non-affiliated students -- We also looked at gender and other diversity factors," he said. Larimore also said that while the committee was initially going to have six additional students, the decision was made to add a seventh in order to ensure there would be at least two students from each class. Sussman, Laswell, and Anand were nominated by the Student Assembly.

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McCain, Bradley lead races in Rocky poll

By Ithan Peltan | January 17, 2000

In New Hampshire, Presidential hopefuls Republican John McCain and Democrat Bill Bradley lead their parties just two weeks before the state's primaries, according to a poll released by the Rockefeller Center yesterday. The poll was the second of four to be conducted jointly by Dartmouth's Rockefeller Center and The Associated Press. McCain and Bradley have both reversed positions with their closest competitors since the last poll was released in early November. At the time, Vice President Al Gore was ahead in the New Hampshire race for the Democratic nomination while Texas Governor George W.

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Etu '01 leads CFSC response

By Stella Lee | January 17, 2000

He's an easy-going, approachable guy. He's a math major, a Dartmouth Dining Services full-time administrative intern and a brother and house chaplain at Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.

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Campus has mild reaction to report

By Andrew Marnell | January 14, 2000

Campus response to the Monday release of the steering committee's recommendations has been mild in comparison to last year's raucous reaction to the announcement of the Social and Residential Life Initiative. This week has been marked by critical discussion and debate, a sharp contrast to the protests, marches and rallies that characterized last year's Winter Carnival weekend following the release of the Five Principles. "I'm not terribly surprised that it was more subdued," said Eric Etu '01, President of the Coed Fraternity Sorority Council.

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'High-ability' phrase upsets some students

By Omer Ismail | January 14, 2000

After many students voiced concerns this week over wording in the steering committee recommendations report stating that Dartmouth fails to attract desirable "high-ability" students, senior College administrators attempted to cut off murmurs that the College is unhappy with the current student body. The report says some "high-ability" students, admitted early to the Class of 2003, who had higher mean SAT scores than Dartmouth's total average, decided to matriculate elsewhere.

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