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Napolitano leaves post as head of DDS for Middlebury job

By Jess Jacob | September 23, 1997

Pete Napolitano has resigned after 10 years at the helm of the financially-troubled Dartmouth Dining Services, accepting a new position at Middlebury College in Vermont. Students began calling for Napolitano's resignation during Spring term, when The Dartmouth reported that DDS lost more than $1 million since 1994.

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The Dartmouth.com ranked No. 1

By Joseph C. Scott | September 23, 1997

TheDartmouth.Com, the weekly internet version of The Dartmouth, was ranked the best on-line college newspaper in America this month by College News, a nationally-circulated publication for college students. The site finished on top because the judges were "markedly pleased with the content, the ease of navigation and the clean design elements," according to Cris Brannen, the publication's director of web design and development. TheDartmouth.Com beat out internet publications that include chat rooms, interactivity, java-scripting and animation because it is "informative without sacrificing download time or browser capabilities," Brannen said. The University of California Los Angeles's Daily Bruin took second place, followed by the University of Chicago's Chronicle, Harvard's Crimson and the University of Illinois's Daily Illini. It was the first time College News has ranked college newspapers on-line, but editors plan to continue the practice in future months.

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Acting Thayer dean adjusts to role

By Jean Blackerby | August 20, 1997

Acting Dean of the Thayer School of Engineering Charles Hutchinson is having no problems adjusting to his temporary role, but the search for his replacement will begin soon, according to College Provost James Wright. Engineering Professor Charles Hutchinson took over as acting dean after former Dean Elsa Garmire announced her resignation to the faculty at the beginning of Summer term.

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Students discuss possibility of cable in dorms

By Elysa L. Jacobs | August 20, 1997

The College's Committee on Cable Television met with eight students last night in the Topliff lounge at an open discussion about the possibility of providing a cable television signal to individual residence hall rooms. Director of Residential Operations Woody Eckels opened the discussion by explaining that the cable wiring to rooms is already in place, but there is currently no active signal. Eckels then asked the students how they felt about the possibility of offering cable in residence hall rooms. Damali Rhett '99 said she is looking for channels that would provide basic information, such as news and weather. Norrinda Brown '99 said she thought students are not looking for a premium cable package, but even a basic package would be a step up from the two channels currently available with only a television antenna. "Compared to what we have now, anything would be a vast improvement," Brown said. Film Studies major Monica Wilkins '99 said she thinks cable television in dorm rooms would be an asset for film studies students who often watch television for class assignments. Robert Parham '99 questioned the necessity of providing cable because important information, such as news and weather, is readily available on the Internet. Rhett then pointed out that retrieving news from the Internet is much more complicated, time-consuming and inconvenient than watching television. One student said she was very opposed to having cable in dorm rooms because students would begin to miss classes and isolate themselves in their rooms. Rhett said she thinks television will enhance socializing in residence halls rather than causing people to become further isolated. "Social options at Dartmouth are limited enough already," she said.

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College faces safety-violation fine

By Erin Loback | August 20, 1997

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed levying a $13,500 fine against the College for violating safety laws following an inquiry into the death of Chemistry Professor Karen Wetterhahn earlier this summer. Wetterhahn died in June from acute mercury poisoning after being exposed to dimethyl mercury in Burke Laboratory in August of 1996.

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DDS workers laid off due to costs, hours

By Erika Patrick | August 20, 1997

Associate Director of Dining Servics Tucker Rossiter said yesterday DDS would cut 11 union jobs, five non-union jobs and four management jobs in order to reduce costs and accommodate the new operating hours announced last week. "It's not easy to tell employees that right now they are on the list that doesn't get jobs for the fall," he said.

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Jewelry stolen from Home Decor

By David Kung | August 18, 1997

Hanover Police are trying to determine who broke into the Home Decor Shop and stole assorted jewelry items sometime between late Wednesday night and early Thursday morning.

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DDS makes cuts in hours, labor

By Erika Patrick | August 18, 1997

Dartmouth Dining Services announced its new Fall term hours of operation on Wednesday and is expected to make decisions on employee layoffs later today. In a Student Assembly-sponsored referendum last spring, 1,965 of 2,700 students voted to cut services rather than pay for a mandatory $800-per-term meal plan. A Dartmouth Dining Services ad hoc committee, which convened after the referendum and met throughout the summer, conceived the new hours. Under the new plan, Food Court will be open daily from 11 a.m.

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DOC gears up for arrival of '01 Class

By Erin Loback | August 18, 1997

Members of the Class of 2001 will begin arriving on campus on Sept. 3 for their Dartmouth Outing Club trips, described by Gus Moore '99 as a night in Hanover, "two nights with cous-cous and burritos and a final night with the lodge crew." Moore, who helped plan the trips for this year, said trip leaders and crews are getting excited for trips. Liz Gerber '98 is the trips director this year. Moore said the trips director starts planning for freshmen trips Fall term by "getting the ball rolling" on working with the administration -- organizing facilities and discussing the previous year's trips with deans. He said the trips director also coordinates with Vermont Transit in the fall -- a year early -- since they require five of its buses for two full weeks to transport trippees. Moore the director begins organizing the computer system that keeps track of all trips information in the Winter term. In the spring, all freshmen, wait-listed students and transfer students receive DC trips mailings, Moore said.

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Jewelry heist still unsolved

By Erin Loback | August 14, 1997

Both of the armed robberies committed in Hanover Spring term have yet to be fully resolved. While the armed robbery of the Ward Amidon jewelry store remains unsolved, the suspect in a West Wheelock hold-up remains jailed pending his trial. The gunpoint robbery of the Ward Amidon jewelry store on Main Street remains unsolved and without suspects, according to Detective Sergeant Frank Moran of the Hanover Police. On the afternoon of May 24, two unmasked men entered Ward Amidon with guns, threatened the clerks and left with cash and jewelry. The Hanover Police obtained an artist's sketch of the two men based on descriptions from the clerks.

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Dash deficits may restrict Fall term registration

By Justin Evans | August 14, 1997

The Dash Program Committee decided on Tuesday that students with negative balances of $200 or more in their administrative accounts will not be allowed to register for classes this fall. The decision could affect as many as 250 students who currently have large negative balances, according to Dash Program Administrator Jeannette Montgomery. Spring term, 35 students were not allowed to register because they owed more than $300. The total outstanding debt on all student administrative accounts was $177,497 as of July 15, according to the Dash office. If all students owing more than $200 were to reconcile their accounts, 43 percent of the outstanding administrative debt would be eliminated. The Dash office has been notifying students with negative administrative balances by BlitzMail several times a term, although the notifications do not indicate the amount due, Montgomery said.

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Some '99s avoid Summer term: 30 sophomores spend the summer experiencing real life, not classes

By Charlotte Bednar | August 12, 1997

Although Sophomore Summer is technically a requirement for all College students, some members of the Class of 1999 have left Hanover behind this term to pursue a variety of special internships, vacations or jobs. Registrar Thomas Bickel said approximately 30 members of the Class of 1999 are not on campus this summer, close to the 35-person limit of students who can be excused from the Summer term requirement each year. But that limit is not set in stone -- Bickel added he is often "hard put to deny the thirty-sixth person" if he or she has a good excuse for a Sophomore Summer exemption. Varsity athletes who actually compete, not just train, for 12 terms are not required to enroll for any Summer term, he said.

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