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Upgrading the Issues

By Jon H. Appleton | February 2, 2001

To the Editor: Not being on campus this term and thus relying on The Dartmouth for news of the tragic events in Hanover, it is clear that these events have brought to the surface other issues with which our community needs to deal.

News

Play addresses eating disorders

By Michelle Hogan | February 2, 2001

Dartmouth commemorated its sixth annual Eating Disorders Awareness Week yesterday in Filene Auditorium with the week's keynote events, a one-woman play starring Jessica Peck entitled "The Thin Line" and a panel discussion about eating disorders. The play strove to give the audience a realistic view of the causes, the defining characteristics and the effects of eating disorders and aimed to end common misconceptions and to explore the confusion and sense of helplessness experienced by those close to someone suffering from an eating disorder. A girl named Ellen was the play's main character.

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Expert criminalists discuss investigators' tactics

By Julia Levy | February 2, 2001

Barring an arrest within the next day, the Zantop murder investigation will have dragged on for a full week without resolve -- setting it in a different league from the majority of similar murder cases. Most homicides are solved within the first 24 to 48 hours, according to James Alan Fox, a professor of criminal justice at Northeastern University.

News

Some question anonymous student's decision to talk

By Alison Piper | February 2, 2001

Students who spoke with The Dartmouth yesterday wondered if the close-mouthed tactics of investigators working on the murder of Half and Susanne Zantop are feeding the rumor mill and leaving the media to settle for reporting on the rumors they encounter. Eric Liu '04 said he felt that the information around the case has been vague and that because the investigation hasn't released a lot of information, the story is "a breeding ground for rumors." Many students questioned the motives of the anonymous source who felt he was a "prime suspect." This source told The Dartmouth in the wee hours of yesterday morning that he believed he may be a suspect in the Zantop case. The student said police interrogated him for four hours on Tuesday night and confiscated his clothes and a kitchen knife.

Opinion

Compassionate Journalism

By Meg Heckman | February 2, 2001

To the Editor: As the police beat reporter for The New Hampshire, University of New Hampshire's student paper, I know firsthand the rollercoaster of pride, adrenaline, and absolute grief that Ms. Levy, Mr. Bubriski and the rest of the paper is experiencing now.

Opinion

Use of Language

By Joe Herring | February 1, 2001

To the Editor: I appreciate Jon Schroeder's impassioned demand for openness and honesty in speaking about death in his column dated Jan.

Opinion

Thinking of You

By Emma Berca | February 1, 2001

To the Editor: I am writing from the University of Rhode Island. We've all heard about the terrible tragedy that happened on your campus and we are horrified by it.

Opinion

Susanne, My Mentor

By Aarathi Sambasivan | February 1, 2001

When I visited The Jewish Museum in the Upper East Side of New York City, where an exhibit on Morocco was on display, I found myself remembering a professor, Susanne Zantop.

Sports

Gearing up for March

By Joe Gault | February 1, 2001

Awful, just plain awful. Between the two teams, we witnessed twenty-one punts, a third down efficiency of 16.67 percent (5 for 30), 396 yards of offense, and a paltry twenty-four first downs.

Opinion

"Murder at Dartmouth"

By Edward E. Hopkins | February 1, 2001

To the Editor: After living in urban Los Angeles, I thought I'd seen it all ... I first heard about this from one of my aunts, who reported she saw news of a murder at Dartmouth on national TV news.

Opinion

Campus Hysteria

By Richard W. Strehle | February 1, 2001

To the Editor: It is inevitable that such a heinous crime as the double homicide of Professors Half and Susanne Zantop will attract intense and widespread media attention.

News

Lack of info. frustrates media

By Compiled by The Dartmouth Staff | February 1, 2001

Many of the estimated 60 reporters currently wandering the streets of Hanover attempting to dissect and analyze the recent tragedy to readers across the nation are frustrated at the lack of information released as the Zantop case enters its fifth day. In typical murder investigations, much more information is released to the public, with the media's reports often utilized to help the police catch their suspect, according to professional media personnel that spoke with The Dartmouth. Yet in news conference after news conference, the state police and attorney general have remained tight-lipped, releasing not even such basic information such as time of death or method of killing. According to Carey Goldberg, New England bureau chief for the New York Times, she has "never covered an investigation in which less information [was] released." "It is normal for police to be pretty close-mouthed at this point in the investigation, but not this close-mouthed," she added. U.S.

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