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Head of DarTalk steps down

By Steve Hoffman | July 6, 1993

Jules Pellerin recently retired from his full-time position as manager of Telephone Services, but the College will not hire a replacement. Instead, George Newkirk, director of the College's purchasing department, which oversees Telephone Services, will assume Pellerin's duties while maintaining his own position. Pellerin, 62, began working for the College as a lab technician in 1960 and moved into the purchasing department in 1963.

Sports

Lightweights eliminated at the Henley Regatta

By Luis Del Valle | July 6, 1993

The Dartmouth men's lightweight varsity and junior varsity boats were eliminated last week from the Royal Henley Regatta in England, only after both boats were able to advance to the second round of the prestigious race. The defeat of the Big Green team came after several wins against British crew teams. The varsity boat came from behind on Wednesday to beat the Molesley Boat Club, and the junior varsity boat also won over another British crew team. But the Big Green's final match at the Henley came on Thursday, when the varsity boat lost by a length to a London crew team.

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Legal eagles; Freedman and Bollinger, attorneys at school

By David Herszenhorn | July 2, 1993

Maybe it's a Daniel Webster thing. If the joke circulating across campus weren't, "How many intellectual, idealistic lawyers does it take to run this place?" It might well be: What don't College President James Freedman and provost-designate Lee Bollinger have in common? In the search for a provost, Freedman certainly seems to have picked a soul mate. Bollinger, the law school dean at the University of Michigan, was in Hanover earlier this week visiting classes and meeting with professors in the government department. In a brief interview during a walk across campus, he said, "I want to do whatever I can to help add to the intellectual life of the institution." It may sound familiar but it should hardly be surprising.

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N.H. state meals tax affects non-students

By Yvonne Chiu | July 2, 1993

Faculty, administrators and other College employees now have to pay the 8 percent New Hampshire meals tax at the Courtyard Cafe in the Hopkins Center because of revisions to the state's meals and rooms tax. The College first started charging the tax yesterday. Under the amendment, educational organizations can no longer offer meals tax-free to faculty, administrators and other employees if the dining facility is open to the general public. Don Blume, fiscal manager of Dartmouth Dining Services, said the Courtyard Cafe will be the only campus dining facility to charge a meals tax because "the College encourages the general public to go there and the Cafe is open continuously even between terms, unlike Thayer Hall." Previously, the meals and rooms tax statute offered exemption to all school dining facilities regardless of whether public patrons were allowed. Non-students associated with the College can still eat without paying tax in Thayer Dining Hall because it is primarily a dining facility for students that is not open to the general public, Blume said. "The understanding is difficult and we're left with the job of interpreting it," Blume said. The revised law caused confusion yesterday at the Courtyard Cafe.

Arts

'The Firm' dies on hype

By Dawn Conner | July 2, 1993

It's been hyped to be the hottest movie of the summer -- calling out to those countless numbers of fans who glued themselves to every page of suspense-writer John Grisham's best seller, "The Firm." The movie version, starring Tom Cruise, opened Wednesday in theaters everywhere. Unlike other suspense novels that make successful movies, like Jonathan Demme's "Silence of the Lambs," this law firm thriller plot fails to keep its audience as entertained because of the long-drawn out story and the slow pace. It contradicts the whole premise of a thriller which is to keep viewers on edge. Cruise plays the young, ambitious and money-hungry lawyer named Mitch McDeere. McDeere, having just graduated fifth in his Harvard Law School class, is lured to a small Memphis-based law firm called Bendini, Lambert, and Locke by offers of a high salary, a new home and a fancy car -- all the things he dreamed of possessing because of his impoverished childhood. Mitch's wife Abby, played by Jeanne Tripplehorn, is suspicious from the start of what seems to be a life that's just a little too good to be true.

Sports

Crew team advances; Lightweight team wins at Henley

By Kristen King | July 2, 1993

The men's varsity lightweight crew team came from behind to beat the Molesley Boat Club Wednesday and advance to the second round in the Henley Royal Regatta, The New York Times reported yesterday. In the same half-day of the draw, Dartmouth's junior varsity boat won its own heat, meaning the two boats may face each other later on in the regatta, according to the Times. Although the College often competes at Henley, lightweight Coach Dick Grossman said he only remembered one time before this year that a Dartmouth team advanced beyond the first round. Yesterday, the varsity faced a crew from London and the junior varsity rowed against a Cambridge team.

Opinion

Give cups a chance

By 32 Robinson | July 2, 1993

32 Robinson is a series of columns representing the opinions of the summer editorial staff. The columns do not necessarily represent the official views of The Dartmouth. Despite injuries resulting from the clay cup ceremony held on Class Day, the College has achieved significant strides in revising the ritual that, with minor alterations, can remain an integral element of the senior year experience. In May, a committee of administrators, faculty and students voted to end all College support for the more-than-century-old tradition of breaking clay pipes on Class Day, an activity that desecrates the religious beliefs and spiritual practices of Native Americans. This year's seniors smashed clay cups instead of pipes on the stump of the Lone Pine, an amendment which preserved the symbolic breaking with the College while eliminating the controversial destruction of pipes. This alternative appeared to satisfy most ardent traditionalists while not offending any members of the class.

News

IRS audit of the College underway

By Joe Berger | July 2, 1993

The Internal Revenue Service is currently auditing the tax returns filed by Dartmouth in fiscal year 1991. Dartmouth was twice audited by the IRS, once in the 1970s and once in the 1980s, according to Associate Treasurer Win Johnson. IRS auditor Stephen Reale has traveled to Hanover several times in the past few weeks and may continue his work here through the summer or longer, Johnson said. "So far, we've had no feedback on anything awry," Johnson said.

Opinion

Americans, reflect on who we are

By Dan Richman | July 2, 1993

June is coming to a close and it is almost time to break out the fireworks for the 4th of July, Independence Day. This holiday is not just another excuse to sleep in, but rather a time when all Americans can unite behind some of the few ideals which we all have in common -- i.e.

News

Strohbehn returns to faculty

By Joe Berger | July 2, 1993

Professor John Strohbehn served his last day as Provost Wednesday after guiding the College's daily operations and long-term planning for seven years. Strohbehn, a member of the faculty for 30 years, will return to teaching and research in the Thayer School of Engineering after taking a year sabbatical to conduct research at Princeton University. Strohbehn chaired the Planning Steering Committee, which worked from 1988 to 1990 to produce a report outlining the College's long-term institutional goals. Chief among them were curriculum reform and campus expansion to the north of Baker library without significant change to the size of the student body. Dean of Faculty James Wright served on the six-person budget committee chaired by Strohbehn that was formed in 1989 to deal with the College's first budget crisis. "He was an exceptional Provost during the budgetary discussions of the past four years," Wright said.

News

Hovey's to become art gallery

By Joe Berger | July 2, 1993

The Hovey Murals, boarded over since 1983 because of their controversial depiction of Native Americans, will be placed on permanent display next year when their home in Thayer Hall's basement is converted into a new art gallery. The murals, located in Hovey's Pub, will become part of the College's art collection under control of the Hood Museum, which will develop educational materials describing the art and its history. Hovey's Pub is scheduled to be relocated to the basement of the new Collis Center. The administration's decision, announced in late June by Provost John Strohbehn, signals the possible resolution of more than two decades of controversy surrounding the murals. Painted in the late1930s by Walter B.

News

Dining hours cut for Summer term

By Kristen King | June 29, 1993

After 10:30 at night this summer, students will not be able to find a bite to eat on campus. All dining facilities are open this summer except Home Plate, and some of Home Plate's health food alternatives have been incorporated into Food Court.

News

Construction continues

By Jonathan Landy | June 29, 1993

The two-year-old, $9.4 million steam tunnel project, designed to update an antiquated steam pipe system, recently reached its northward conclusion at Elm Street, and is now in its final stages, Buildings and Grounds Assistant Director John Gratiot said. "The above work ground of the project is virtually done," Gratiot said, and only beneath ground pipe installation, insulation and wiring remain.

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