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Finnish Prime Minister Lipponen '64 to deliver address

By Jeffrey Beyer | June 8, 1997

Despite being the head of state of a country thousands of miles away, this year's Commencement speaker has always held Dartmouth close to his heart. Finnish Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen '64, who College President James Freedman says is one of Dartmouth's most prominent living alumni, will deliver the keynote address to the Class of 1997 this morning at the College's 227th Commencement ceremonies. Lipponen, who will also receive an honorary doctor of laws degree, spent the 1960-61 academic year at the College as an exchange student.

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Class of 1927: Prohibition and Dick's House

By David Kung | June 8, 1997

The Class of 1927, who left both Dick's House and a new Bema Dartmouth Pine to the College, returned to Dartmouth this weekend to celebrate its 70th reunion. Dick's House, which is where the College's health services is located, was named for Dick Hall '27 who died of a crippling spinal disease during his sophomore year at Dartmouth.

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Tuck, Thayer, DMS give degrees

By Jake Molland | June 8, 1997

The forgotten graduates of the spring, those concluding their studies at the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, the Thayer School of Engineering and the Dartmouth Medical School, were recognized at investiture ceremonies yesterday. DMS Assistant Dean of Student Affairs Sue Hennessy said last week DMS would be celebrating the medical school's bicentennial at this year's Class Day and Awards Ceremony. Jordan J.

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Seniors get gifts too

By Joseph C. Scott | June 8, 1997

As four years at Dartmouth draw to a close, many graduating students take time to reflect on what they have learned during their days in college and look forward to Commencement and what the future holds. But many of their minds are focused on one glittering prize, the reward that makes all their effort worthwhile: graduation presents. The gifts being received by the Class of 1997 are as varied as the class itself. One popular gift for parentsto give graduates is a vacation.

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The Best and the Brightest

By Sam Bonderoff | May 27, 1997

Maybe, after all, it's not so bad going to Dartmouth. For four years (or as many as eight years for some of us) we are pampered, patted on our respective backs, told zillions of time that we are "the best and brightest." Time passes, and many of us begin to believe the ego-stroking.

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Frost festival honors student playwrights

By Carolyn Collins | May 27, 1997

The Frost play festival showcased the works of Dartmouth undergraduate playwrigts. The series of plays, performed by randomly assigned actors and actresses, were well received by the enthusiastic audience who gathered to see the plays last week. "One Hundred Days," written by Kyle Ancowitz '98 and directed by Jo Weingarten '98, draws upon an ancient Chinese riddle to explore modern versions of love and devotion. "The Perfect Woman," directed by Ancowitz, is the portrayal of the final months in the life of an anorexic girl and how her friends deal with her life and death.

Opinion

A Wayward Glance

By Ryan Molde | May 27, 1997

Hale-Bopp comet is just an insignificant white speck in the sky, someone was quoted as saying in the Dartmouth.

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