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Women's hockey prepares for Eagles

By Amy Hatch | November 10, 1994

The women's ice hockey team took on two Canadian teams last weekend in exhibition matches to get warmed up for its official season, which will begin with a home game against Boston College next Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. The Big Green dropped a close 4-2 match Saturday to Concordia University, one of Canada's top women's teams.

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Ex-communist talks on Russia's problems

By James M> Hunnicutt | November 10, 1994

Boris Gontarev, a Russian education expert, spoke last night about the link between communist control and the current problems in his home country in a speech titled "The Catastrophe After 70 Years of Ideological Control." About 40 people, mostly professors, listened to Gontarev describe the current situation in Russia and how it evolved from the atrocities of communist rule. "Russian economics are in shambles.

Sports

Men's tennis finishes season at Rolex Regional Championships

By Amy Hatch | November 10, 1994

The men's tennis team wrapped up its fall season last weekend when four players traveled to Princeton University to compete in the annual Rolex Regional Championships. Although none of the Big Green players qualified to advance to the national level, Coach Chuck Kinyon said he was pleased with the performance of his players. Matt Fuller '97 won two rounds and advanced to round 32 before falling to Princeton's number one player, Reed Cordish, 6-2, 6-3.

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Lucke: 'alcohol twists relationships backwards'

By Breeanne Clowdus | November 10, 1994

College Health Service will present a recent survey on alcohol and other drug use at Dartmouth to the Board of Trustees, who are spending two hours on Friday discussing campus alcohol use. Results of this survey will not be released until Friday, but other available statistics indicate cause for concern. According to College Health Educator Gabrielle Lucke, 90 to 95 percent of sexual assault cases occur when at least one of the individuals is intoxicated. "Alcohol twists relationships backwards, people have sex with each other before they know each other.

Opinion

Health for a Nicaraguan Hospital

By Rachel Wellner | November 10, 1994

Upon arrival in Ocotal, a rural Nicaraguan village, I distinctly recall experiencing a surreal mix of smells, sounds and visions. It was clear that I had entered a culture vastly different from my own.

Arts

Court fines freshmen who rushed $100 each

By Steven Hoffman | November 10, 1994

Several Dartmouth students appeared in Hanover District Court yesterday to face charges related to either alcohol or rushing Memorial Field during a football game. Five students were each fined $100 for criminal trespass, a violation stemming from separate incidents where the students were arrested after running onto the field during halftime of a home football game, Hanover Police Sgt.

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Spanish conference starts this afternoon

By Jack Vaitayanonta | November 10, 1994

Scholars, writers and directors of organizations dealing with Spanish culture will gather at the College for an international symposium to evaluate the current cultural renaissance in Spain. The conference, titled "Spain Today: Literature, Culture, Society," will take place today through Saturday and include panel discussions, round table meetings and films that will explore the cultural impact of Spain's recent transition from a dictatorship to a democracy. Since the fall of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975, Spain has experienced a rebirth in culture and a new position in the international community.

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CUaD protests freshmen dorms

By Melanie Gustin | November 10, 1994

The Conservative Union at Dartmouth collected more than 500 student signatures on a petition against the proposal to institute all-freshman dormitories. In its report last spring, the Committee on the First-Year Experience recommended the College convert three dormitory clusters into "Senior Faculty Fellow Clusters" consisting of freshmen, undergraduate advisors and one faculty member per cluster. "We welcome proposals but at the same time, there has to be discussion afterwards, and we're against this one," said CUaD member Andrew Bender '96, who organized the petition. Jim Brennan '96, CUaD's acting co-president, explained the group's motivation to sponsor the petition.

Opinion

O' Christmas tree on the Green

By David Siff | November 9, 1994

In about a month, the College's Christmas tree will be displayed on the Green. This tree will cost up to $4,000 -- the money coming from the President's discretionary fund -- and will be erected on the middle of the Green, a privilege shared only by the bonfire and the snow sculpture. The College does not erect any other religious symbols; the town does not allow any other religious symbols to be permanently erected on the Green.

Opinion

From a Personal Perspective

By Monica Oberkofler | November 9, 1994

Many students undoubtedly know of Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel's public address in Spaulding Auditorium two weeks ago. Fewer perhaps realize that his speech was the highlight of a weekend-long international conference on the Holocaust.

News

Suicide thwarted

By Dawn Conner | November 9, 1994

Safety and Security responded yesterday morning to a phone call from an undergraduate who discovered a male sitting in a running car in the College's student parking lot with a tube running from the exhaust pipe to the car's interior. The man, who is 35 years old and is not a resident of the Upper Valley, was conscious and alert at the time he was rescued and brought to the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover Police Sgt.

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Simonton attacks media

By Breeanne Clowdus | November 9, 1994

Former supermodel Ann Simonton was on a tear -- assailing the media and its reckless manipulation of women to a crowd of 300 in Webster Hall last night. She attacked the current trend in ultra-thin models. "Everybody keeps saying 'Kate Moss isn't anorexic, she eats all the time.' Well, I don't care if she eats all the time.

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