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DMS study: tanning increases cancer risk

By Fred Yarger | February 27, 2002

The use of tanning lamps significantly increases the risk of various kinds of cancers, according to a study published this month by researchers from the Dartmouth Medical School. The study has attracted the attention of local tanning bed operators, who claim that they are aware of the risks and use safe tanning methods. The study, authored by DMS epidemiologist Margaret Karagas, found that the use of tanning lamps may more than double the risk of squamous-cell skin cancer and may also increase the risk of basal cell skin cancer by 150 percent. According to Karagas, risk also increases in younger tanners, with those under 20 in the greatest danger. In spite of the study, local tanning bed operators are confident that they are doing everything possible to keep tanning safe for clients. Hanover Hot Tubs owner Eric White said he keeps records of his clients' lamp usage, monitors if they redden or burn and requires the use of goggles during tanning. "We do it our way," White said, "and it's a gradual process." When a client signs up for a tanning appointment, White consults his records or, if the client is new, asks when the tanner last tanned.

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Summers: Offer tenure to younger professors

By Fred Yarger | February 1, 2002

Tenure programs at some colleges across the country are being reexamined after Harvard President Lawrence Summers suggested that Harvard should tenure more young professors rather than the older, more established faculty already famous in their fields it usually hires. Dartmouth already has a firmly rooted policy of hiring younger professors, however, and there are no plans to reconsider the College's emphasis on long-term faculty development. According to Dean of the Faculty Jamshed Bharucha, while some new faculty do begin work as tenured professors, Dartmouth hires most often at the assistant professor level. "When we hire an assistant professor, we hope that the person will succeed in the tenure review and we seek to provide support and mentoring," he said. Earning tenure means that a professor's position is permanent and does not require periodic contract renewals.

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Zantops' friends reflect on couple's legacy

By Fred Yarger | January 24, 2002

As the first anniversary of the Dartmouth community's tragic loss of Half and Suzanne Zantop approaches, friends and colleagues are still grieving. Last year, news trucks surrounded the Green, memorial services were held and administrators offered consolation to the community. However, in the chaos of the weeks following the tragedy, it was difficult for many to fully comprehend the loss. Audrey McCollum, a neighbor of the Zantops, was celebrating her husband's birthday on the day of the tragedy.

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Experts disagree on function of mission statements

By Fred Yarger | January 16, 2002

What do mission statements do? Never an easy question to answer, most education experts agree that mission statements should conform to one basic philosophy: they should set goals for institutions and serve as a yardstick for measuring their performance. But the consensus stops there. While some in higher education argue strongly that mission statements should never undergo revision -- no matter how the world around them changes -- others believe that colleges and universities should use them to articulate new and evolving objectives. Perhaps the single greatest dilemma that authors of mission statements face is how to capture and guide complicated institutions in a few hundred words.

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School board mulls land swap

By Fred Yarger | January 9, 2002

Though the issue of rebuilding Hanover Middle and High Schools was a small part of yesterday's Dresden School Board Meeting, it was hot on the minds of attending Hanover and Norwich residents. A Hanover man pleaded with the board to keep the high school downtown, fearing Dartmouth will breach the "integrity of the town" if it acquires the high school's current site. A Norwich man responded, supporting building new schools on new sites as "the best way to improve education." He suggested that the board consider building a middle school in Norwich, "to empower Norwich as part of the Dresden District." The residents at the meeting were commenting on two plans proposed by the Dresden Building Options Committee, a committee specially formed to examine the issue.

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