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GOP faithful greet Bush in Manchester

By Jessica Chen | November 1, 2004

MANCHESTER, Oct. 29 -- Thousands of Republicans surged to their feet in thunderous applause Friday, as President Bush and Laura Bush entered the packed Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester for one of his final speeches of the presidential campaign.

Opinion

Chaos at Home, Chaos Abroad

By Caleb Powers | November 1, 2004

Not to be an alarmist, but the day of reckoning might finally be upon us. And I'm not just saying this because the Red Sox won the World Series, though that's definitely part of it.

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College's Homecoming unique among Ivies

By Phil Salinger | October 29, 2004

At Dartmouth, students start looking forward to the Homecoming bonfire, parties and football game at the beginning of Fall term, and freshmen eagerly await the Freshman Sweep and other festivities on the Friday night of Homecoming.

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Not all profs hold class on Homecoming Friday

By Rebekah Rombom | October 29, 2004

Even though today is a day of classes according to the Dartmouth term calendar, many students will be able to begin their Homecoming festivities early, as several professors have cancelled class or opted to use the x-hour in lieu of holding regularly scheduled classes. The Principles on the College's calendar mandate that there be at least 47 days of classes per term. "When you're on a quarter system, there is limited flexibility -- for every day off, there is a day on," said College Registrar Polly Griffin. The Principles have been revised only twice since they were written in 1974, and they have never included a provision to make the Friday before Homecoming weekend an official College holiday. In spite of the regular schedule, Latin professor Holly Haynes, who teaches at 8:45 and 10 on Friday mornings, decided to use the x-hour for both classes instead of teaching on Friday. According to Haynes, she cancelled class under "pressure from the students, [because] they said they weren't going to show up." However, Haynes said that since she has scheduled class during this week's x-hour, the students won't be missing any instruction. Louis Shapiro, a visiting mathematics professor from Howard University, is not of the same mindset.

Sports

Busy weekend for Big Green sports

By Ben Zimmerman | October 29, 2004

Homecoming weekend has arrived, and for any self-respecting, green-blooded sports fan from this or several other planets, that means football. However, for the true sports connoisseur, the man or woman blessed with an athletic palette capable of appreciating those contests of strength and speed lying just outside mainstream America, like hockey, Homecoming offers far more than 40 or so very big people tossing around a broken volleyball.

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More to HC weekend than beer and bonfire

By Bridget Alex | October 29, 2004

The temperature forecast may be 50 degrees, but sultry confessions and a Disco Inferno party should make this year's Homecoming a hot one. In a new event this year, Programming Board and DTV are putting on a "Dashboard Confessional" program in which students will sit behind a car dashboard and video camera to recount their craziest times at Dartmouth.

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Campus celeb pumped for Homecoming

By Steven Orbuch | October 29, 2004

Jesus did it over 2,000 years ago. Tupac did it in 1997. Keggy's doing it at Homecoming. Keggy the Keg, Dartmouth's unofficial rogue mascot, will be resurrected at a major campus event this weekend, according to sources close to the giant beverage container. Jeffrey Wagner '06, who, along with the Dartmouth Jack-o-Lantern humor magazine, was left in charge of the caricature mascot, declined to comment regarding what event Keggy will appear at and on who will wear the costume in the absence of former Keggy Andrew Argeski '06, but promised that he would make "a big splash this weekend, particularly for the '08s who haven't seen him yet." Argeski, who has performed the role of Keggy since he first appeared at the 2003 Homecoming, is currently on the off-campus Environmental Studies program informally known as "The Stretch." Following his first appearance at last year's Homecoming game against the Columbia Lions, in which Keggy was helped onto the field by Safety and Security for an impromptu performance alongside the Dartmouth College Marching Band, Argeski found a dedicated following as he appeared at various campus sporting events. "I liked the way he united the student body and how people got behind him ... even when the team was losing," Wagner said.

Arts

Cords and Decibelles to sing at Fall Fling

By Kelsey Noonan | October 29, 2004

Although many Dartmouth students may scream themselves hoarse at the Homecoming game this weekend, the Dartmouth Cords and Decibelles will be saving their voices for the biggest a cappella concert of the year. Each year, the Fall Fling a cappella concert fills Spaulding Auditorium with "doo-wops," "didees" and a few hundred students to kick off Saturday night's festivities.

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Security tight at tonight's bonfire

By Lizzie Wise | October 29, 2004

Anticipating a crowd at this year's Homecoming bonfire commensurate with the large crowds of yore, Safety and Security and the Hanover Police Department are prepared and armed in numbers. To assist with crowd control on Friday night during the bonfire, College Proctor Harry Kinne estimated that approximately 30 Safety and Security officers and 20 to 25 officers from the Hanover and other area police departments will be on the Green.

Opinion

Everything They Say is True

By Amie Sugarman | October 29, 2004

The temperature actually drops into the 30-degree range at night, hordes of old people flock to watch dying leaves fall and more than two students can be seen studying in Novack on Saturday nights.

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Kerry daughter comes to campus

By Linzi Sheldon | October 28, 2004

Potential first daughter Vanessa Kerry stepped in for her father in Hanover Wednesday, marching across campus to encourage Dartmouth students to choose Massachusetts Sen.

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