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Students denounce hate crimes

By Kathrin Weston | February 24, 1998

Nearly 200 members of the Dartmouth community gathered in the Roth Center for Jewish Life last night to listen to a 13-member panel of campus leaders and faculty members discuss racism at the College in the wake of the racial slur found on the door of a Channing Cox apartment last week. Last Tuesday, a Star of David and the words "Death to You" were discovered on the door of an apartment housing four women -- three of whom identify themselves as being Jewish. At the beginning of the discussion, Associate Dean of the College Dan Nelson said neither Safety and Security nor the Hanover Police have discovered any information about the identity of the perpetrator in their investigations into the incident. Nelson called the racial slurs "very serious and utterly reprehensible" and added that the two main concerns were for the well-being of the students and "letting the community know better." He criticized passivity and lack of involvement and said that it was necessary to actively take a stand not only against issues or behavior, but for them -- in this case for human values. Hillel President David Levi '00 said the incident should serve as a "rude awakening." He said that although hatred of Jews is a taboo, "it is still here and will continue to manifest itself." He spoke of the importance of taking on responsibility as an individual and of showing unity and strength in the Dartmouth community.

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Students search for the elusive big sleep

By Sarah Rubenstein | February 23, 1998

While many people have heard about students sleeping late and missing exams, Dr. Michael Sateia, director of the Sleep Disorders Center at the Dartmouth Medical School, saw one student who failed an exam because he fell asleep while taking it. As the end of each term arrives, an increasingly high number of students suffering from sleep deprivation visit Dick's House, Director of Health Services Dr. Jack Turco said. But compared to other schools, Hanover does not have a disproportionate number of sleep deprived. Sateia said Dartmouth students' sleep habits are typical of all college students. "College students in general have poor sleep habits," he said.

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DarTalk added to room fee

By Brad Russo | February 20, 1998

Monthly phone service fees will be incorporated into the overall cost of room and board starting in the Fall term, but all students living on campus will be required to pay for service under the new system. The Board of Trustees at its meeting made the decision, which enables financial aid to cover the service fees, at its meeting last weekend. "I think it's a good decision.

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Public printers now in place in River Cluster

By Drew David Trief | February 20, 1998

The Office of Residential Life installed a public printer station in McLane residence hall study lounge Tuesday for students who live in the River Cluster. ORL conceived the idea for this project about a year ago, and began construction before Christmas in order to give students who live in the River Cluster easier access to printers, Director of Residential Operations Woody Eckels said. Computing Services has agreed to supply the printer, the toner, the paper and the maintenance, while ORL built the print window in the McLane study lounge and staffs it with students. Computing Services bought the new printer for the River Cluster with the idea that it would "cut back on the usage of the other public printers," therefore being "a good investment," Eckels said. The printer cluster is open from 10 p.m.

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DMS ranks eighth in U.S. News report

By Joseph C. Scott | February 20, 1998

For the first time in recent history, Dartmouth Medical School is listed in the top 10 of U.S. News and World Report's ranking of primary care medical schools released today. DMS was excluded from the top 50 medical schools last year, but this year, the school came in eighth. The Amos Tuck School of Business ranked eighth again in U.S.

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In two years, Mock Trial works to make practice perfect

By Betsy Timbers | February 19, 1998

Did the celebrity newscaster, in the prime of her career, murder her cocaine-addicted son or did she shoot him in self-defense? The Dartmouth College Mock Trial Society, in only its second year of existence, will send two teams to Manchester Community College in Hartford, Conn., this weekend to argue this case at a regional mock trial tournament. If the Dartmouth team matches last year's top-four finish, it will travel to Des Moines, Iowa, in April to compete in the American Mock Trial Association's National Championship Tournament. Last year's team took the "Best New School Award" at the 1997 National Competition. "Our performance last year put Dartmouth on the mock trial map," said co-Captain and Mock Trial Attorney Dave Gacioch '00. This year's "student-founded, -led and -directed" team consists of 16 undergraduates who collaborate to prepare testimony, arguments and witness examinations for a fabricated case they will argue against other colleges at tournaments, he said. The Mock Trial Society will argue the case four times during this weekend's two-day competition, and each trial can last for up to three hours, co-Captain and Mock Trial Attorney Rosanna Taormina '99 said. She said members will compete against 20 teams from schools including Brown, Yale, Cornell and Howard Universities. "We will have almost every top team at the Manchester tournament," Taormina said. "Powerhouse" mock trial teams generally have an attorney coach, and some schools, such as University of Maryland, even offer Mock Trial Competition as a yearlong course.

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August Wilson describes origins of his 'Joe Turner'

By Kathrin Weston | February 19, 1998

This term's Montgomery Fellow August Wilson spoke about his play which will be performed at the College this weekend, "Joe Turner's Come and Gone," and his beginnings as a writer to about 20 students yesterday in the Mid-Fayerweather residence hall basement. He explained the history of "Joe Turner's Come and Gone," which begins tonight in the Hopkins Center.

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Technology expert sees into future

By Hank Leukart | February 18, 1998

Information technology expert George Gilder said portable digital phones and Java will be omnipresent in the future in an interview with The Dartmouth yesterday. Gilder said the most common personal computer in the future is likely to be a digital cellular phone. "It will be as mobile as a watch, as personal as a wallet, and will recognize speech, navigate streets, collect your paycheck and read your e-mail," he said. He predicted the cellular phone would also have the capability to connect to large displays in airports and cars so that consumers would not have to read from a postage-stamp size display on the "smart phone" itself. He also said that the phones would not run any Microsoft operating system such as Windows 95, but would have the capability of running programs written in Java -- a computer language which allows programs to be run under any operating system. What advice did Gilder have for students who are interested in the rapidly developing digital communications technology industry? "Learn Java," he said. Gilder said he thought the Moore's Law -- the concept that microprocessor technology doubles every 18 months -- would not only continue into the next century, but would accelerate. He added global digital communications power would soon triple every year, an idea he called "Gilder's Law"

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Gilder says TV will not last

By Hank Leukart | February 18, 1998

Information technology expert and Gilder Technology Group, Inc. President George Gilder told an audience of approximately 100 people about the problems of the information age in the Hinman Forum at Rockefeller Center last night. "Television is going to die," Gilder said.

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