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Grad students at UC strike for more rights
By Michelle Rosen | May 2, 1997Dartmouth's TAs see no need for protest
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In gorilla's midst: Hanke studied primates: Sophomore traveled to Uganda to study mountain gorillas with prof
By Michelle Rosen | April 24, 1997Amidst the dense vegetation and high elevation of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in southwestern Uganda, Alexa Hanke '99 and Anthropology Professor Michele Goldsmith spent this past winter studying the behavioral patterns of mountain gorillas. Last fall, Goldsmith approached students in her Primate Biology and Behavior class about traveling with her to Uganda to aid her research on the comparative ecology of chimpanzees and gorillas. Hanke was selected from a group of six applicants. A few months later, the pair was living in camping conditions, half the time without bathrooms or running water, and hiking several miles a day. Accompanied by trackers over the mountainous terrain, the two followed a group of 13 gorillas that had never previously been researched. Braving the elements Hanke and Goldsmith were forced to contend with a variety of dangers, including charging gorillas, infestations of ants, a run-in with an elephant, and bacterial infections from unsafe drinking water. On a typical day, Hanke and Goldsmith would wake up early, build a fire to boil water for drinking and prepare breakfast.
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Hungarian describes going home
By Michelle Rosen | January 24, 1997Susan Rubin Suleiman, a Harvard University professor of Romance and Comparative Literatures, last night recounted the difficulties of returning to her native city of Budapest, Hungary after living elsewhere for 34 years. In a lecture titled "Can You Go Home Again?
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Biologist Margulis begins Montgomery fellowship
By Michelle Rosen | January 20, 1997Molecular Biologist Lynn Margulis arrives in Hanover today to begin her 11-day residence as a Montgomery Fellow. Margulis will participate in a number of classes and informal discussions, and give a public address titled "What is Life?" this Wednesday afternoon at 4 p.m.
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Racism conference to bring together students, faculty
By Michelle Rosen | November 1, 1996Hundreds of students and faculty from 24 northeastern colleges and universities will converge at Dartmouth this weekend to discuss racism at a two-day conference. The annual conference, this year titled "The Challenges of Diversity: From Talkin' the Talk to Walkin' the Walk," is sponsored by the Society Organized Against Racism in New England Higher Education. The organization "was founded 15 years ago to help member institutions fight racism and to provide networks and other resources to do so," said Candace Crawford '98, co-chair of the Interracial Concerns Committee -- Dartmouth's SOAR chapter. Approximately 240 students and 60 administrators will participate in the conference, which starts at noon on Friday and will end on Saturday afternoon.
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Internship assistance available for students
By Michelle Rosen | October 15, 1996Despite all the attention being paid to seniors seeking post-graduate employment, Career Services offers a number of services geared to freshmen, sophomores and juniors seeking leave-term jobs, internships, scholarships, and general career counseling. Career Services Director Skip Sturman explained students interested in taking advantage of his office should "start with self-assessment, then move to reality testing stage through internships and leave-term jobs so by the time they get to senior year they are sophisticated, savvy users of our offices." Daniel Neiderjohn '97 said "I regret not utilizing Career Services because I feel that I was somewhat limited in my choices and for that reason I didn't have the best opportunities for internships." Within the Career Services office is a listing of between 1,300 to 1,400 actual leave-term job opportunities, many of which have previously been held by Dartmouth students. Students can access these job descriptions through the use of their computers and the DCIS Navigator.