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July 17, 2025 | Latest Issue
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Oldies but goodies

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Every time I turn around, the first something-or-another of the millenium is happening. We live in a society that has become almost obsessed with the time period that we live in.


News

Mother sues MIT frat. for son's 1997 death

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Last week, Darlene Krueger filed a suit against Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and its officers -- three years after her son Scott drank himself to death during his freshman fall fraternity initiation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Earlier last month, MIT avoided a similar suit when President Charles Vest apologized publicly to the Krueger family, promising to pay $4.75 million to the family as well as contributing $1.25 million to establish scholarships in Scott's memory. "This is not about money, this is about accountability," the Kruegers' attorney, Bradley M.




News

Students drawn to Gore in debate

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A large and lively crowd of just under a hundred watching in the Rockefeller Center largely agreed that Vice President Al Gore controlled the debate better than his opponent, Texas Governor George W.


Opinion

Beware of National Polls

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As I examine the daily papers or log onto CNN.com, I am greeted with the news that George W. Bush has apparently recaptured the adoration of the American people and is once again running in a dead heat with Al Gore in the 2000 presidential race.






Sports

Brown women's soccer stay on roll

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Brown 3, Loyola 0 Brown continued its superb form on Sunday afternoon, destroying Loyola-Chicago by a margin of at Stevenson Field. Senior Raffaella Kalishman scored her first collegiate goal for the Bears with less than five minutes remaining in the first-half.


News

OS X Beta: A Revolution in Software Development

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"You are holding the future of the Macintosh in your hands." I thought I was getting a plaything in the Mac OS X Public Beta -- a pre-release version of Apple's next-generation operating system that's being offered to interested users for $30.



News

Apple Computer Pullout

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Sales are slumping, and even Dartmouth has stopped recommending Macintosh computers over PCs to incoming students. Will Apple's comeback ever propel it beyond its competitors?


News

The purchasing decision: Mac or PC?

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There is something about a computer that inspires devotion. When a person has grown up with a operating system or program and followed it since childhood, through multiple upgrades and versions, through the good times and the bad, a certain attachment develops. Is it any wonder, then, that users of specific platforms may defend their decisions as strongly as priests or rabbis might defend theirs? The battle begins The whole mess between Macintosh and PC devotees dates back to the early 1980s, when Apple co-founder Steve Jobs made the fateful decision to use hardware in his new Apple systems that was incompatible with the PC prototypes being produced by companies such as IBM. But this was an age when computers were merely for hobbyists -- often bought as a kit and then assembled by the user, much as a model airplane might be today.


News

Republican Committee chair speaks at College

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Social security, education and other issues playing a part in Campaign 2000 were the focus of a speech yesterday morning by the Republican National Committee Chairman Jim Nicholson to a group of about 60 members of the Dartmouth and Hanover communities. Nicholson lauded the positions of the Republican Party and its presidential candidate, Texas Governor George W.


Sports

The new America's team

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ATTENTION: Baseball fan desperately seeking team to root for. Big-market, high-payroll teams need not apply. With 22 teams missing the post-season, most baseball fans are looking to "rent" a ball club to root for until the end of October.