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One of Those Weeks

By Kevan Higgins | October 4, 1999

This past week was one of those weeks. You probably all know the kind of week I'm talking about. A week of highs and lows, unforgettable and extremely forgettable moments, boredom, exhilaration, etc.

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Candidates prepare for visit to College

By Deborah Bernstein | October 4, 1999

Candidates for the two major parties' presidential nominations are beginning to prepare for the October 27 and 28 town meetings at Dartmouth, emphasizing their commitment to campaigning in New Hampshire, the first primary state, and to the youth vote. Mo Elleithee, a spokesman for the former New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley's campaign, said Bradley is excited to do a joint appearance with Vice President Al Gore, the other candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. The two are currently running neck-and-neck in New Hampshire, with the most recent CNN/Time poll putting Bradley ahead by three percentage points. "Senator Bradley will get up there and tell people what he thinks, which is what he's been doing throughout his entire career, especially since January when he declared," Elleithee said. Elleithee said he thinks Bradley will be well prepared for October 27's town forum with Gore. Elleithee stressed that Bradley has been to the Granite State 10 times, with an 11th visit scheduled for next week, because Bradley "believes the people are interested in the choice they're facing." Visiting the state and speaking to its citizens "shows respect to voters," Elleithee said. Elleithee did not want to predict what topics could be discussed, but he said he thought Bradley would be talking about the issues he feels strongly about, including improving health care, getting more people on the "prosperity train," campaign finance reform, and achieving racial unity. In a letter released by Gore Campaign Chairman Tony Coelho Friday to the Bradley camp, the Gore campaign called for a series of debates. Dartmouth Government Professor Linda Fowler called this an attempt by the Gore campaign to "stem the tide" of Bradley momentum. The October town meeting will be the first time Bradley and Gore share a podium, so there will be a great deal of scrutiny of the challenger, Fowler said. Fowler said Gore has been successful in televised debates in the past. However, she said the challenging candidate is always advantaged by any pairing with a front-runner.

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Centerbrook architects to unveil plans this week

By Jeffrey Tanenhaus | October 4, 1999

The architectural firm charged with redesigning the College's dining, social, athletic and recreational facilities will present its proposals to the College community tomorrow and Wednesday afternoon in public meetings in Tindle Lounge. The Centerbrook Architects will present their visions of dining and social areas on Tuesday and address athletic and recreational facilities the following day. "They think they have some pretty good ideas about what they are hearing from the public, and they want to present them to the campus," Dean of Student Life Holly Sateia said. While workshops were initially geared toward input from undergraduate and graduate students, Sateia said the architects are beginning to focus on certain proposals and will be presenting their impressions: although, their ears will remain open to further suggestions. "The architects' study is preliminary, so in all likelihood [it] will lead to a construction project, but this phase is more program driven and diagrammatic than an architectural design," College Architect and Associate Director of Facilities Planning George Hathorn said. According to Hathorn, the student feedback has been recorded since late spring.

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Wireless Ethernet hits Princeton

By Jennifer Thomas | October 1, 1999

Students at Princeton University will be able to access the World Wide Web via wireless Ethernet connection at the University's Firestone Library starting next week. This pilot program will provide six wireless Ethernet cards for students to borrow from the library's reserve desk for five hours at a time.

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Leaf tours fight bad press

By Carl Burnett | October 1, 1999

The vibrant reds, oranges and yellows which make New England's fall foliage season famous mean more to New Hampshire residents than just decoration -- they mean big business, bringing tourists to the state from around the world.

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Just Another Dorm

By Abbye Meyer | October 1, 1999

So I guess people are in a little bit of a tizzy about East Wheelock: the infamous "Supercluster" with "rooms like a hotel." Blah blah blah.

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Football hits the road for Lafayette

By Austin Zalkin | October 1, 1999

The Dartmouth football team is struggling. There is no doubt about that. But often what a struggling team needs to break out of its funk is a matchup with another team in a similar situation. The Big Green get no better relief from their 0-2 start than this weekend when they travel to Easton, Pa.

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Women's soccer blanks Vandy

By Mitch Yashiro | October 1, 1999

The Dartmouth women's soccer team evoked memories of last year's Ivy League championship in yesterday's 4-0 victory over Vanderbilt. The Dartmouth squad was in command from the get-go, but finally etched onto the scoreboard thanks to two opportunistic strikes from freshman midfielder Mary McVeigh. On Dartmouth's veteran-filled roster, another freshman Johanna Putnam and a junior, Gretchen Bell, joined McVeigh in Dartmouth's offensive explosion as the Big Green recovered from its early-season goal drought. "We all felt it come together on the field today," McVeigh said.

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Open Up the Forum

By Joshua McCurdy | October 1, 1999

I was excited to learn that Vice President Gore, Senator Bradley, and possibly Governor Bush and Senator McCain are scheduled to attend a forum at Dartmouth. As an avid political spectator, this event made me appreciate attending Dartmouth where students are sometimes afforded opportunities to see presidential candidates in person.

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Mets

By Jonathan Riccio | October 1, 1999

M-E-T-S! Perhaps that's an acronym for Miserable End To Season. The team that has gone from underachievers to overachievers back to underachievers again all in the same 162-game season.

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UNH Greeks protest comments by admin.

By Rachel Osterman | October 1, 1999

Members of the University of New Hampshire's Greek system were spurred to protest last week after the discovery of a passage in the undergraduate Whittemore School of Business and Economics' "peer advisory manual" urging students not to join Greek houses. At a time when the University of New Hampshire administration has been working with its Greek system to revamp its public image, a recent misunderstanding on the campus has highlighted the Greeks' growing sensitivity to outside criticism. The incident began at a freshmen orientation event last month, when an associate dean warned incoming students to be careful in deciding to pledge to a fraternity or sorority. Greek students then found a passage in the undergraduate Whittemore School of Business and Economics' "peer advisory manual" -- a pamphlet distributed to all first-year Whittemore students -- that also cautioned students against Greek life, citing the possible effect that the time commitment can have on a student's academic career. "It was the combination of the two things," said Chris Black, the UNH Interfraternity Council President.

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