From a miner to a president
Cramping his six-foot frame under a low-lying rock overhang, the young miner splits a stick of dynamite down the middle with a knife and packs it into the wall 300 feet below ground.
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Cramping his six-foot frame under a low-lying rock overhang, the young miner splits a stick of dynamite down the middle with a knife and packs it into the wall 300 feet below ground.
Despite reports that she is one of two finalists for the Univ. of Hawaii presidency, College Provost Susan Prager says a move to the Aloha state is not in her future.
Network services went down campus-wide yesterday evening, cutting off BlitzMail and Internet access to Dartmouth users, causing significant disruptions among students. The reasons for the outage, which began at about 7 p.m., were still unknown when The Dartmouth went to press at 1:30 a.m.
Early next year, he'll take charge of a 450,000-employee company expected to earn $176 billion in 2001. He'll be making TV shows, jet engines and washing machines, at least by proxy. He'll head one of the world's largest corporations and will be one of the most powerful businesspeople in America.
Last winter, accusations that more than 70 students had cheated in an introductory computer science course rocked the Dartmouth campus.
Leaders of Greek houses on campus expressed almost universal regret in response to reports that The Tabard and Alpha Theta coeducational fraternities are considering seceding from the Greek system.
At least two of Dartmouth's three coeducational Greek organizations are currently considering seceding from the Greek system -- a move that could have serious implications for the future of the groups and the Coed Fraternity Sorority system itself.
Greek leaders and administrators yesterday launched an investigation into allegations that some members of Psi Upsilon fraternity shouted harassing and racist remarks at a female passerby last Friday night.
College and Hanover authorities are once again investigating after an unidentified male was reported in a women's bathroom while a female student was showering.
The Dartmouth Outing Club elected a president and vice president for 2001-2002 last night during a meeting attended by about 30 people.
During their Winter term meetings over the weekend, the Board of Trustees approved a budget for the 2001-2002 academic year, including a 3.5 percent tuition increase that brings the annual cost for a Dartmouth education to $26,400. Combined tuition, room and board will be $34,458, an increase of 3.8 percent overall.
Much of the time members of the Board of Trustees spend on campus this weekend for their annual Winter Term meeting will be devoted to the discussion of ongoing projects.
It was a weekend that many alumni will never forget, a welcome break from studies for some, a cherished celebration of winter's wonders for others.
A former visiting professor of earth sciences and current geology professor at Arizona State University, Stanley Williams, has been identified by several media outlets as the man whose rental car was seized from the rental agency in Manchester by officials investigating the Zantop murder.
About 120 members of the Dartmouth community, mostly administrators, faculty and staff, attended a community hour in Collis Commonground yesterday to reflect on the murders of professors Susanne and Half Zantop.
Dartmouth's next dorm, to be constructed on Tuck Mall near Butterfield Hall, will be designed by the architectural firm of Atkin, Olsin, Lawson-Bell, the same firm that designed McCulloch Hall, the College's most recent addition to its residential system.
Ben Harper's musical style defies classification, baffling critics and music journalists alike. And that's just the way he likes it.
Deceased Professor Half Zantop was described by former students and coworkers yesterday in glowing terms, both as a popular teacher and good friend.
Disbelief was the prevailing emotion yesterday among members of the Dartmouth faculty reacting to Saturday's double murder of Susanne and Half Zantop.
College Provost Susan Prager's announcement last week that she will leave her position as Dartmouth's second-in-command caught many by surprise -- and some faculty and administrators felt there might be more going on than meets the eye.