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Tuck, Thayer, DMS give degrees

By Jake Molland | June 8, 1997

The forgotten graduates of the spring, those concluding their studies at the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, the Thayer School of Engineering and the Dartmouth Medical School, were recognized at investiture ceremonies yesterday. DMS Assistant Dean of Student Affairs Sue Hennessy said last week DMS would be celebrating the medical school's bicentennial at this year's Class Day and Awards Ceremony. Jordan J.

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DarCORPS draws 400 despite weather

By Jake Molland | May 5, 1997

Intermittent rain came down all day Saturday, but 400 volunteers for DarCORPS braved the muddy, wet conditions to perform community service throughout the Upper Valley. DarCORPS -- the Dartmouth Community OutReach ProjectS -- was a first-time event created last fall as a way to focus attention on needs of the Upper Valley. Saturday's weather slightly altered the logistics and timetable of the DarCORPS events, but the program "went awesome ... even with the rain," chair Rex Morey '99 said. The event was sponsored by over 50 non-profit agencies and local businesses, including AIDS Quilt, the Special Olympics, and the Bildner Foundation. Mia Hockett '99, DarCORPS recruitment chair, said, "I was expecting a lot more to go wrong than did go wrong ... especially considering the rain." Volunteer Nick Levin '99 said, "Even though it was raining, the [DarCORPS leaders] kept their composure." At sites throughout the Upper Valley, the miserable conditions seemed to heighten the value of the volunteer experience.

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Commencement speaker rumors continue to fly

By Jake Molland | May 1, 1997

With just over five weeks until Commencement and the identity of this year's speaker still yet to be announced, rumors are beginning to spread and seemingly take on a life of their own. Administrators have recently made it known to a handful of students that heavy security will be needed to protect the speaker when he or she is on campus, setting off a succession of theories on the speaker's identity. A female '97, who did not wish to be identified, said "I've heard there will be extensive, extensive Secret Service." She did not name her source. James Jarrett '97 said several students with close ties to the administration and a faculty member have affirmed current speculation that Secret Service will chaperone the speaker on his or her visit to the campus. The figure at the center of most of the campus speculation is First Lady Hillary Clinton. In the past week Ervin Tu '97 said he has learned from other seniors that former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Hillary Clinton are possible candidates. Tu said Clinton and Thatcher are popular choices because the College will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of co-education this June -- a fact that leads many students to believe the speaker will be a woman. Sarah Lenczer '97 said "I'd be surprised if it weren't a woman," in honor of the 25th anniversary of co-education. "I think it would be shame if it weren't," she said. Will Hubbard '97 said he disagreed with theories connecting Hillary Clinton to the celebration of co-education. "I could think of more influential female leaders" more appropriate for the celebration of the 25th anniversary than Hillary Clinton, he said. Tu speculated the speaker could be "maybe Madeline Albright," though the U.S.

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Montes-Irueste, Kawakyu declare: Two new candidates enter Assembly race as informal ticket

By Jake Molland | April 7, 1997

Unai Montes-Irueste '98 and Nahoko Kawakyu '99 made the Student Assembly election campaign a bit more interesting over the weekend by announcing their candidacies for president and vice president, respectively. Montes-Irueste and Kawakyu are running on an informal ticket, though a victory by one does not necessarily guarantee the election of the other -- since the president and vice president are elected separately. Montes-Irueste joins Frode Eilertsen '99 and Scott Jacobs '99 in the field for president and Kawakyu becomes the second official vice-presidential candidate, joining Dave Altman '99. Eilertsen, Jacobs and Altman are on the official Assembly ballot, while the two new entrants will have to gain all their votes as write-ins. Montes-Irueste said junior Ben Hill's withdrawal from the presidential campaign late last week created a political void which prompted him to enter the race. Hill quit the race last Thursday -- citing a desire to have more personal time during his senior year -- and endorsed Eilertsen. In the brief period between Hill's dropping out of the race and Montes-Irueste's entering, there were no members of next year's senior class running for Assembly president. "For argument's sake," it is necessary to have a candidate from the '98 class in the election, Montes-Irueste said. Eilertsen, for one, agreed with Montes-Irueste that the race needed another member of the Class of 1998. "It would just be too sad if no '98 was running," Eilertsen said.

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Grad student chases Clinton on the Web

By Jake Molland | March 26, 1997

Is Big Brother watching Preston Crow? The Dartmouth computer science graduate student, who has twice appeared in the New York Times Magazine in connection with White House conspiracy theories, says he suspects that he is named in secret government files documenting anti-administration activity. Crow has achieved a certain celebrity in the world of presidential conspiracy theorists.

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Ivy League students struggle to cooperate

By Jake Molland | January 30, 1997

To many, the term "Ivy League" means a collection of New England schools with distinguished professors, famous alumni and not-so-great athletic teams. But, despite what prospective applicants might think, the eight Ivy League schools do not constitute a unified group of allied institutions that act as one. In fact, as evidenced by the recent difficulties by various campus organizations to bring together different Ivy League students, the eight schools of the Ivy League do not have much of a connection at all. Efforts to unite students from the eight Ivy League schools -- Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University and Yale University -- have a history of organizational and communicative difficulties. A recent example of this is the Upper Valley blood drive, which began yesterday and ends today. The College's Student Assembly had tried to organize an inter-Ivy League competition, to see which school could raise the most blood. But collaboration between the eight schools failed, and the blood drive competition is now between the four classes at the College. Kristin Veley '00, a member of the Assembly community service committee, said a late start on the organization of the blood drive and unenthusiastic responses from the other Ivies precluded the possibility of an inter-Ivy blood scenario. Of all the schools contacted, Veley said only Harvard replied. "The other Ivies are being really lame about it," Assembly President Jon Heavey '97 said. Veley said the Assembly is still interested in establishing a precedent for inter-Ivy events, "hopefully next year." Steven Wolkoff '97, vice president of Hillel, the College's organization for Jewish students, said he has found Ivy League students unwilling to work with each other. Wolkoff said he has been communicating with leaders from other Ivy League Hillel organizations since last term to plan the celebration of an inter-Ivy Jewish Sabbath. Earlier this term, Dartmouth Hillel invited Jewish students from schools throughout the Ivy League up to New Hampshire to "hang out and go skiing," he said. After initial enthusiasm, the event "kind of didn't happen" because it became too hard to organize, he said. "Timing hurt us," he said.

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