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N.H. squad wins Shrine game

By Steven Orbuch | August 10, 2004

A squad of New Hampshire high-school football stars crushed rival Vermont 41-14 in the 51st annual Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl held before 10,807 fans at Memorial Field on Saturday. En route to victory, Mike Boyle of Plymouth, N.H., broke a 26-year-old Shrine game rushing record. The 5'-9" 165 lb.

Opinion

Sports, drugs and tragedy

By Robert Butts | August 10, 2004

In 1989, when Major League Baseball announced that all-time hits leader Pete Rose would be banned from the game for life as punishment for gambling on baseball, the phrase "tragedy" got tossed around a lot.

News

Four recent grads test research on NASA's zero-gravity plane

By Kristen Kelley | August 5, 2004

Through a series of parabolic arcs aboard a NASA aircraft, four recent Dartmouth graduates experienced hours of weightlessness to experiment their solutions to muscle atrophy, the most common physiological problem astronauts experience in space. Inspired by the work of 1998 space shuttle Columbia crewmember and Dartmouth medicine professor Jay Buckey, Stephanie Feldman '04 recruited three classmates to submit a weightless atmosphere research proposal to NASA's Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program.

Opinion

An Unecessary, Ignorant Jab

By Patrick Ward | August 5, 2004

To the Editor: While John Stevenson makes some interesting points in "In Need of Discrimination" (The Dartmouth, August 3), I found his brief jab at science and engineering departments totally unecessary, and, moreover, reflective of deep ignorance: "(Unfortunately, the sciences and engineering departments often have curricula that are devoid of normative content.

News

Uncited quotation gets Bush, alum in hot water

By Matthew Kelly | August 5, 2004

All Charles Trumbull '02 wanted was a good grade on a history independent study term paper. Instead, he became embroiled in a cross-national war of words in what has become the latest chapter of the bitter U.S.-Cuba relationship -- a chapter Trumbull said would not have started if the White House had accurately cited his paper. Last month, President Bush quoted from Trumbull's paper on Cuba's economy by to rail against Fidel Castro's supposed promotion of prostitution. "The dictator welcomes sex tourism.

Opinion

H-Po in Excess

By Ilya Feoktistov | August 5, 2004

There's nothing that sends a chill into the bones and gets a heart racing on a Friday night like the realization that a Hanover Po cruiser is creeping up behind your back.

Arts

Altman to bring angst back to Lone Pine Tavern

By Katherine Harrison | August 5, 2004

Most famous for the hit theme song "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?" as a member of the group Rockapella, Sean Altman will soon bring his catchy voice to Lone Pine Tavern. Celebrated for his part on the popular children's television program, Altman, who will perform at Dartmouth on August 22, describes his music as contemporary rock and cites the Beatles and the Beach Boys as his greatest musical influences.

News

Native Americans receive admissions focus

By Mary Haile | August 5, 2004

In an attempt to solve the growing problem of a steadily declining Native American college population, one summer program recently invited 50 Native American high-school students to receive an in-depth workshop about the college application process. College Horizons, a five-day institute hosted at Carleton College this year, boasted representatives from 21 of the country's most selective colleges, including Dartmouth. The program aimed to teach students how to search for colleges, write an attention-grabbing essay, produce an impressive resume of academic and extracurricular achievements, master an interview and fill out financial aid forms among other activities.

Opinion

Puzzling Assumptions

By Kyle Owusu | August 5, 2004

To the Editor: I do not know why Kate Gilbert is ranting and raving about sexual assualt (The Dartmouth, August 3) in response to Alex Tonelli's editorial.

News

Man watches porn on first floor Berry

By Steven Orbuch | August 3, 2004

Who ever said that long nights at the library are boring, monotonous affairs? On Thursday evening, a typical night at Baker-Berry Library ended up being a seminal moment of Sophomore summer for those lucky enough to have a front row seat. An unidentified middle-aged man, approximately 35 years old, according to sources, settled down into a Dell reference terminal on the first floor of Berry Library, adjacent to the reference desk.

Sports

Casey Cramer '04 signs with Tampa Bay Buccaneers

By Lindsay Barnes | August 3, 2004

Casey Cramer '04 did Saturday what every kid who ever tries to throw a perfect spiral or strap on a pair of Pop Warner shoulder pads dreams of when he signed on the dotted line with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. After a stellar four-year career as a wide receiver for the Big Green, the Bucs drafted Cramer in the seventh and final round of April's NFL Draft.

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