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No arrests made in robbery case
By Laura McGann | November 6, 2003No arrests have yet been made in the armed robbery of a local pizza delivery man which took place on Oct.
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ACLU Pres. protests 'shroud of secrecy'
By Laura McGann | October 29, 2003The American government unnecessarily infringes on the civil liberties of U.S. citizens in the name of national security, according to Nadine Strossen, president of the American Civil Liberties Union. In a lecture at Silsby Hall last night, Strossen said she is concerned that national law enforcement authorities have embraced furtiveness as a response to the challenges presented since Sept.
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Former NSC member denounces Bush terror policy
By Laura McGann | October 17, 2003The United States is no safer now than it was before Sept. 11, 2001, according to Rand Beers '64, a former member of the National Security Council, who spoke last night at a campus lecture hosted by the Institute of Security Technology Studies. Beers resigned from his position as senior director for combating terrorism, as well as from his seat on the National Security Council, in March 2003 when President George W.
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Local MEChA chapter defends Bustamante
By Laura McGann | October 6, 2003While conservative commentators recently pressured California gubernatorial candidate Cruz Bustamante to distance himself from the Chicano advocacy group Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan, or MEChA, the head of the organization's Dartmouth chapter supported Bustamante's stance and defended the aims and purpose of the group. MEChA, a student group created to increase the number of Chicanos entering college in the United States, has been called racist and violently radical.
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Windows causes network lag
By Laura McGann | September 26, 2003Supplanting fears that viruses would infect Dartmouth's network this term, a Windows XP laptop configuration causing an internet connection failure around campus has instead become the first major network problem of the year. Bill Brawley , director of network services, believes that the difficulties some students are having connecting to the internet may be caused by the same "bridging" problem that occurred in October 2002 when the problem caused major internet disturbances throughout campus. "If people are having congestion on the network or they aren't able to get connections, it's probably because they are seeing a bridging event in their buildings," Brawley said. A bridging problem occurs when at least one Windows XP laptop is used for both wireless and wired network use, while the "network bridging" option is enabled.