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What's The Big Deal About Rushing the Field?

By Peter Goldsmith | November 4, 1996

It is easy for most of us -- even those whose idea of a "huddle" is an early morning conversation at the water cooler -- to imagine what a thrill it must be to dash across an open football field, to hear a crowd roar its approval, to sense the approach of the goal line.

News

Sororities witness five-year low in fall pledge numbers

By David Kung | November 4, 1996

In an era when interest in sororities is at a peak, the College's six Panhellenic sororities received their lowest number of Fall-term pledges in five years last month due to the ongoing problem of too few sororities for too many women and rushees' dissatisfaction with the rush system. While more women than ever dropped out of rush or chose not to accept bids and while a new sorority -- Delta Omega Pi -- looms on the horizon, Delta Gamma sorority remains relatively empty. Still women claim there are too few sororities for too many women. Bid acceptances down Of the 266 women who participated in rush this fall, only 176 actually ended up joining a sorority.

Arts

'The Crucible' premieres in Spaulding, gets rave reviews

By Sebastian Barreveld | November 4, 1996

Anticipation choked Spaulding Auditorium last Saturday as a sold-out audience waited for the first public screening ever of the film version of Arthur Miller's classic play "The Crucible." The lights dropped and a shaft of light illuminated a lone microphone standing in a corner of the stage.

Sports

Over the Weekend

By The Dartmouth | November 4, 1996

Field Hockey: The women's field hockey season came to a disappointing close Saturday at Harvard. The Big Green fell 1-0 to the Crimson in final regular season game and ended with a 8-9 overall record and 2-4 Ivy League record.

Sports

Women runners win third straight Heps

By David Kung | November 4, 1996

While the Dartmouth women's cross country destroyed the competition at the Heptagonal cross country race Friday, the men were unable to defend their crown and placed sixth. It was a cold and rainy day at the Van Cortlandt Park course in the Bronx.

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Clinton emerges as favorite in Dartmouth, Ivy League polls

By Roy Lee | November 4, 1996

With election day approaching, many Dartmouth students are deliberating over candidates before they cast their ballots -- most have decided in favor of Clinton and many said education policy decided their vote, according to a recent poll conducted by The Dartmouth. According to the poll, 64 percent of Dartmouth students supported President Bill Clinton in the presidential election while 28 percent favored Senator Bob Dole and four percent were undecided.

Opinion

The Cutest Candidate Wins

By Laura Mannix | November 4, 1996

You gotta feel bad for Bob Dole. I mean, if I were a disabled war hero, an extremely influential member of Congress since the dawn of time and a morally upright hardworking American, I would be extremely annoyed at running a distant second to a smooth-talking, draft-dodging, skirt-chasing, scandal-ridden country boy like Bill Clinton.

Sports

Men's hockey opens season against Army

By Ben Riefe | November 1, 1996

The waiting is almost over for the Big Green men's hockey team, which come into this season sporting new uniforms and a new level of confidence. After bowing out early in the ECAC playoffs last season to RPI, Dartmouth brings experience to this year's campaign with 22 returning letter winners.

News

Racism conference to bring together students, faculty

By Michelle Rosen | November 1, 1996

Hundreds of students and faculty from 24 northeastern colleges and universities will converge at Dartmouth this weekend to discuss racism at a two-day conference. The annual conference, this year titled "The Challenges of Diversity: From Talkin' the Talk to Walkin' the Walk," is sponsored by the Society Organized Against Racism in New England Higher Education. The organization "was founded 15 years ago to help member institutions fight racism and to provide networks and other resources to do so," said Candace Crawford '98, co-chair of the Interracial Concerns Committee -- Dartmouth's SOAR chapter. Approximately 240 students and 60 administrators will participate in the conference, which starts at noon on Friday and will end on Saturday afternoon.

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