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Over 100 students board bus to Manchester to hear Clinton speech

By Jacqueline Rose | October 8, 1996

Manchester -- Almost 200 Dartmouth students toting "Dartmouth loves Bill" and "Bill helped me pay for college" signs boarded buses and headed to Manchester yesterday afternoon to attend a campaign rally for President Bill Clinton. Standing beneath a huge wooden sign of a covered bridge and the words, "Building America's Bridge to the 21st Century," Clinton told the crowd education will be his top priority if re-elected. "We have got to unite in education and make American the education capital of the world," he said. After announcing his proposal for a tax credit of up to $10,000 a year to aid families in paying for the first two years of college, Clinton asked the audience of thousands, "Will you help me open the doors of college education to every person of college age in America?" Huge American flags and banners emblazoned with the now familiar democratic campaign theme, "Building the Bridge to the 21st Century," transformed the football stadium where the speech was given into a political arena. Even the stadium's athletic scoreboard was converted into a "debate scoreboard," which revealed that Clinton was leading "the other guy" zero to one after Sunday's debate. Clinton delivered the speech at a podium erected in the center of the field.

Opinion

Choose and Lose

By Sam Bonderoff | October 8, 1996

I'll be honest -- I wasn't going to write about the Presidential campaign. No, I figured I had far too many trivial complaint columns still needing to be voiced: the lack of sandwiches at the Collis Cafe, the fascistic parking policy of the College, the inherent weirdness of Tai Chi ... well, you get the point. But a funny thing happened on the way to the rant.

Sports

Field hockey pounds Siena

By Ben Riefe | October 8, 1996

Sometimes its hard to get motivated for a lackluster opponent, but the Big Green field hockey team had no problems yesterday afternoon at Chase Field.

News

Will to Excel fundraising effort ends

By Erin Loback | October 8, 1996

The Will to Excel capital campaign ended last night having exceeded its goal by more than $30 million. The five-year campaign raised money to increase endowments for facilities and student and academic programs. The campaign hit its $500 million goal in June, according to Stan Colla, vice president of development and alumni relations. The original goal for the campaign, $425 million, was increased to $500 million in October, 1994. Director of Development Publications Jack DeGange said yesterday the final amount raised will not be released until Friday, once all contributions have been processed. He said more specific details about the campaign will not be available until next week. DeGange told The Dartmouth last month the goal had already been exceeded by six percent, with $530,033,275 raised to that point. Although the campaign officially ended yesterday at 5 p.m., Colla said he expected last-minute faxes from around the country last night pledging donations to the campaign. "People were working busily dealing with last-minute calls," Colla said.

Opinion

A Warning to the Ignorant Voter

By Kenji Hosokawa | October 8, 1996

I was appalled to read "Can Clinton Bring Us to the Table?" by Aaron Klein '98 [Oct. 7]. It clearly illustrated an example of inane thinking that often plagues today's political debates.

Sports

Men's tennis defeats UVM, BU with ease

By Hondo Sen | October 8, 1996

On Sunday the Big Green machine once again flexed their muscles and bulldozed both of their opponents, the University of Vermont and Boston University. "A great day," Coach Chuck Kinyon said.

Sports

Big Green linksters finish second at Yale

By Sarah Hood | October 8, 1996

The women's golf team traveled to the Mount Holyoke Invitational last Saturday and returned with a second place finish, its best since the spring of 1993. Led by Samantha Sommers '99, who shot rounds of 80 and 82 (162) to finish second behind Boston College's Katie Shields (77-83--160), the team finished one stroke out of first place.

Arts

Theater company abridges the Good Book

By Jack Vaitayanonta | October 8, 1996

The Reduced Shakespeare Company, one of the world's best-known touring comedy troupes, will perform its hilarious repertoire of condensed versions of religious, political and literary classics at a sold-out show tonight. The group has many targets for its material.

News

Gay author speaks on success after College

By Lillie Ng | October 8, 1996

Keith Boykin '87 spoke last night about following his dreams to success in the keynote address to mark National Coming Out Week. Boykin, executive director of the National Black Gay and Lesbian Leadership Forum, an educational advocacy organization based in Washington D.C.

Opinion

The Age of the Obvious

By Abiola Lapite | October 7, 1996

Ours is an age of the obvious. Ours is an age in which men confuse raging lust with high affection, an age in which subtlety is mistaken for cowardice.

Sports

Volleyball disappointed with weekend results

By Justin Evans | October 7, 1996

The unexpected became an ugly reality for the Dartmouth women's volleyball team Friday night. In the opening match of their Ivy League season, the Big Green was struck down by a struggling Harvard in three games 15-6, 15-11, 15-9. In Saturday's action, the Dartmouth women lost to Fairfield in five games and handily beat Long Island University in three. The match against Harvard was a struggle from the beginning.

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Coed Fraternity Sorority Council sets goals for new academic year

By David Kung | October 7, 1996

The Coed Fraternity Sorority Council will consider re-evaluating the Coed Fraternity Sorority Judiciary Committee and the minimum programming requirements for Greek houses this term. CFSC President James Freeman '97 said the council met yesterday afternoon to plan new goals for the term. Judicial Council Freeman said the purpose, structure and protocol of the Judiciary Committee would be reviewed in committee. One protocol being examined is the issue of anonymity for persons under investigation by the committee, Freeman said. CFSC Vice President Marty Dengler '97, who is also Judiciary Committee chair, said currently the committee does not adjudicate individuals, only the houses they represent. Dengler said he would also like to see the judiciary committee's current method of informing parties of its decisions examined. When the council makes a ruling, Dengler said, all that is sent to the involved parties is a letter explaining the decision. "That's the main form of communication so things can be unclear, misinterpreted or not understood," he said. Dengler said he would like to see the council follow up the letter with a meeting to explain the ruling. "I see the JC as enforcing minimum standards but encouraging maximum standards, the best, from each house," he said.

Sports

Football finds consistency, rushes for 543 total yards

By Kevin Demoff | October 7, 1996

It was the game the Big Green football team had been waiting for, a contest when all three units, the offense, defense and special teams, came together and earned them a decisive 20-7 victory over the struggling Fordham Rams. Dartmouth's offensive juggernaut netted 543 yards of total offense with a superb balance of 263 yards on the ground and 280 yards through the air.

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