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College lures '06s to alcohol survey

By Jong Lee | October 21, 2002

Recently launched to encourage safe consumption of alcohol among the student body, a new Dick's House-run online program called "AlcoholEdu" is being heavily promoted to the Class of 2006. AlcoholEdu is a two- to three-hour-long program that "is designed to improve a person's knowledge, attitude and behavior towards alcohol," according to the program's website. "Primary prevention is educating everyone who doesn't necessarily have alcohol problems yet to prevent problems and minimize alcohol abuse in the future," Dick's House Director Jack Turco said. The program starts with a pre-assessment survey and ends with a final exam, which a student can either pass or fail. Turco said that it is more important to him that students are actually taking the course than whether or not they are passing the post-assessment exam, and that the results of the test are not used in any sort of way to discipline or hurt the participant. After completing the course, half of the participants will have a very brief follow up in six weeks and the other half in six months. All first-year students finishing the AlcoholEdu program by the Fall Term will receive two movie passes that can be used at the Nugget Theatre.

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License-plate thief may be collector

By Jong Lee | October 16, 2002

A flood of license plate thefts -- 25 in total -- have taken place at A-Lot and Webster Avenue since the beginning of the term, and many students believe that the thief is motivated by a desire to collect all 50 states' license plates. According to Hanover Police Chief Nick Giaccone, several frontside license plates have been reported stolen from cars parked at A-Lot and Webster Avenue since the beginning of October. Although students have reported these incidents to both Safety and Security and the Hanover police, "there have been no leads and no current suspects," Giaccone said. Giaccone explained that the Hanover Police officers frequently patrol A-Lot and Webster Avenue, though not for any set amount of time.

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Sports Illustrated ranks College 108th

By Jong Lee | October 4, 2002

Although Dartmouth's athletic program is currently ranked among the top-20 in the nation by U.S. News and World Report, this week's edition of Sports Illustrated places Dartmouth athletics in the middle of the heap -- 108th in the nation among the 324 Division I athletic programs and seventh in the Ivy League. Sports Illustrated based their rankings on factors such as the school's performance in the "big five" sports (baseball, football, hockey and men's and women's basketball); the number of varsity, club and intramural sports; range of recreational facilities; position in the 2001-'02 Sears Cup NCAA all-sports standings; and whether or not spirit boosting events were held. Dartmouth Athletic Director Josie Harper, however, defended the College's athletic program. "It depends on how and what you're measuring," she argued, pointing to the disparity between the Sports Illustrated and U.S.

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NYU prof. delivers Zantop lecture

By Jong Lee | May 8, 2002

All Americans --whether directly involved or not -- were profoundly affected by the events of September 11, according to New York University professor Diana Taylor. Taylor addressed a packed Filene Auditorium yesterday afternoon in the inaugural Susanne Zantop Memorial Lecture. The Zantop Memorial Lecture is sponsored by the comparative literature department and honors Susanne Zantop, one of the founders of Dartmouth's master program in comparative literature. Taylor, currently a professor of performance studies at NYU, was a close friend of Susanne Zantop and is a former member of the Dartmouth faculty. Before the event, there were several people hugging and kissing one another on the cheek, making one forget about the tragic events of the Zantop killings and Sept.

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At peer schools, parking fines similar to College

By Jong Lee | May 7, 2002

Tempted to park behind Mass Row without a permit? With a $50 parking fine awaiting you, you may want to think again. With 10,000 parking tickets issued every year at Dartmouth, many students complain that the parking fines, ranging from $25 to $50, are rather expensive compared to other colleges. At other institutions such as Harvard and Middlebury, maximum parking fines do not exceed $25. However, many other schools in the Northeast have parking fines similar to those at Dartmouth. The "NESCAC Parking Report" consists of parking information on the 11 liberal arts colleges in the New England Small College Athletic Conference, plus Dartmouth and Smith College.

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