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October 11, 2004 Issue

Volume XXIII, Issue 5

Still too much arsenic
Arsenic could be toxic at much lower levels than previously thought, suggesting that the new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) drinking-water standard might still be too high, according to a team of researchers at Dartmouth Medical School.

Jeffrey Horrell appointed Librarian
Jeffrey L. Horrell, Associate Librarian of Harvard College for Collections, has been named Dean of Libraries and Librarian of the College at Dartmouth.

United Way campaign begins
Dartmouth's campuswide Upper Valley United Way (UVUW) fundraising campaign will kick off during the week of Monday, Oct. 11, with division-specific programming for each area of the College.

Travia promotes 'healthy decisions'
Ryan Travia is plugged in to student life at Dartmouth. As the coordinator of alcohol and drug education programs, he knows about some of the extracurricular choices students make.

Kudos
Recognition for the Dartmouth faculty, staff, and students.

Open enrollment
The 2005 open-enrollment period for employee benefits starts Monday, Oct. 18, and goes through Friday, Nov. 5.

Stress control workshop
On Mondays, Oct. 18, 25, and Nov. 1, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Robert Ferguson, Assistant Professor of Psychology, will present Stress Control, a lecture and discussion about anxiety and stress management.

Research Awards

Library offers new digital features
Dartmouth's digital library has added two new services to streamline research and eight new databases for the fall term, as well as new pages to help new researchers navigate its website.

PBS turns an independent lens on Dr. Seuss
Theodor Geisel '25 is the subject of a new, multipart documentary The Political Dr. Seuss, which will appear on PBS as part of the "Independent Lens" film series on Tuesday, Oct. 26.

Nine works by cubist artists on view at Hood Museum
Nine cubist works selected from the Hood Museum of Art's permanent collection have been installed in the Albright Gallery and will be on view through the end of January.

Events

• Sports: Women's volleyball. The volleyball team takes on Brown and Yale as it seeks to win the Ivy League title.
• Dance: Bale Folclorico de Bahia. Bale Folclorico de Bahia present traditional Bahian and Afro-Brazilian dances, 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 22.
• Lecture: The Decline of Politics and Practically Everything Else. The Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Endowment brings New York Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winner Russell Baker to Dartmouth, 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13.
• Film: Going Upriver - The Long War of John Kerry. Director George Butler presents his film on John Kerry's participation in the Vietnam War and his later opposition to it, and conducts a question-and-answer session after the screening. 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 15
• Visual Culture: David M. Lubin, Charlotte C. Weber Professor of Art, Wake Forest University, will present "Life After Death: JFK, Dallas, and Modern Visual Culture" on Wednesday, Oct. 13, at 5:30 p.m.
• Panel on rule of law: On Saturday, Oct. 16, the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding and the New Hampshire and Vermont chapters of the Fulbright Association will host a panel discussion titled "Building the Rule of Law: Lessons from Russian-American Exchange" at Rollins Chapel at 2 p.m.
• Employee services fair: The Office of Human Resources will hold its annual Employee Services Fair on Tuesday, Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Collis Common Ground.
• "60 Minutes" producer's visit postponed
• Panel on wartime responsibility: On Monday, Oct. 18,  the Dickey Center will hold a panel discussion titled "Citizen Responsibility in Wartime."
• 'Caravan' examines murders of women: On Tuesday, Oct. 19, the International Caravan for Justice will be at Dartmouth to raise awareness of violence against women in Mexico.
• Book and author event: The 26th Annual Book and Author Event will be held in the Daniel Webster Room of the Hanover Inn on Tuesday, Oct. 19 to benefit Hopkins Center outreach programs.

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