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Summer camps flood Dartmouth campus

By Elinor Actipis | August 8, 1997

Every summer, Dartmouth College turns into Camp Dartmouth as hundreds of campers and conference-goers flock to Hanover to take advantage of the under-used student facilities. Approximately 52 conferences and camps are scheduled at Dartmouth this summer, according to Administrative Assistant for Conferences and Events Maureen Lobacz. Among the camps for children, 17 are sports camps and two are academic, Lobacz said.

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College supports numerous student-performance groups

By David Kung | August 8, 1997

A glance at the shows advertised on the Hopkins Center marquee and campus bulletin boards reveals that the College's many artistic students seem to always be on stage. With its funding, facilities and supportive faculty, the College provides an environment which encourages students to try out for existing groups, create new ensembles and plan performances. Dartmouth students have been directing their own plays, arranging a cappella music, choreographing dance and entertaining the community since the early 1800s. Hop Performing Ensembles The Hopkins Center sponsors nine student performing groups: the Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble, the Chamber Singers, the Glee Club, the Handel Society, the Gospel Choir, the Symphony Orchestra, the Marching Band, the Wind Symphony and the World Music Percussion Ensemble. All of the ensembles are formed through auditions held mainly in the Fall term. Because the ensemble groups are sponsored and funded by the Hopkins Center, student direction in the group varies widely from the mostly student-run Marching Band to those run "more like professional" groups with the director or conductor picking the repertoire. The Barbary Coast specializes in music of the American jazz tradition and performs once each term with a selected guest jazz artist who stays at the College for a week. The Barbary Coast is moderately sized with about 20 members and is directed by Music Professor Don Glasgo.

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College facilities paint the picture for arts at Dartmouth

By Erik Tanouye | August 6, 1997

While arts facilities at the College have remained a virtual still-life in the past several decades, recent construction and renovations may brush-up the big picture of arts at the College. The Hood museum is currently undergoing renovations and Webster Hall will no longer serve as a medium-sized programming space now that it is undergoing renovations to become the Rauner Special Collections library. But despite these changes, the backbone of arts facilities at the College, the Hopkins Center, is just as relevant today as it was when it first opened almost 35 years ago. And although the College is losing one performance space, another one may be appearing. Webster Hall is becoming the Rauner Special Collections Library.

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Stevens lectures about the dangers of hazing

By Erin Loback | August 6, 1997

Anti-hazing lobbyist Eileen Stevens, whose son was killed in a fraternity hazing incident in 1978, urged an audience of more than 110 students to prevent hazing at Dartmouth during her presentation at Chi Gamma Epsilon fraternity Monday evening. Stevens, has lectured Greek organizations at over 500 colleges around the country and has pushed through anti-hazing legislation in 37 states. She began her talk by telling the tragic story of her oldest child, Chuck, who was killed in February of 1978 at Alfred University in upstate New York. When the dean of students called Stevens to inform her, all he told her was that her son had attended a party and probably died of an alcohol overdose. According to the pathologist, Stevens said, her son had died of acute alcohol poisoning and exposure -- "a bizarre, grotesque mixture of alcohol," he said. Stevens said the pathologist told her Chuck's lungs had filled with fluids since he did not vomit because he was unconscious.

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Blackbelt to teach self defense tonight

By Jess Jacob | August 6, 1997

Dave Portnoy will be at the College tonight to avenge a violent attack on his sister on a college campus is 1996 by teaching other college-aged women how to protect themselves against violence. Portnoy, a self-defense instructor from St.

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Ledyard Bridge project stalled: Midway Excavators, Inc. halted construction on bridge last week

By Elysa L. Jacobs | August 6, 1997

The New Hampshire Department of Transportation declared the contractor in charge of the Ledyard Bridge project in "default" late last week when workers from Midway Excavators, Inc., stopped showing up to work, and the state became aware the contractor may be in financial difficulty. Midway may owe the town of Hanover and the company's subcontractors up to one million dollars according to an Aug.

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Gifts to College topped $100 million last year

By Elysa L. Jacobs | August 4, 1997

The College and its professional schools received more than $100 million in gifts -- a 10 percent increase over last year's total of $90.9 million -- during the institution's last fiscal year from July 1, 1996 to June 30, 1997. Alumni donated gifts account for $44.6 million, while gifts from other individuals like parents, widows and widowers, spouses and friends total $37.3 million.

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Wright appointed new provost

By David Kung | August 4, 1997

Acting Provost James Wright accepted permanent appointment as provost last week -- just in time to direct the library expansion and guide the searches for two professional school deans. Wright, who has been serving as acting provost since January, was appointed to his new position without going though a search committee.

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Student interest in arts grows despite facility constraints

By Jean Blackerby | August 4, 1997

From a cappella to Hop productions, basement workshops to student ensembles, the College has witnessed a tremendous growth in interest in the arts at Dartmouth in the 35-year history of the Hopkins Center for the Performing Arts. Many factors have contributed to the flourishing of the arts at Dartmouth -- coeducation, changing attitudes towards the arts and the creation of the Hop itself, for example.

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EBAs receives permit to expand restaurant

By Jess Jacob | July 31, 1997

The Hanover Planning Board unanimously decided Tuesday night to allow Everything But Anchovies restaurant to expand and add two rooms for private parties -- an increase in 72 seats. The restaurant will expand into the spaces currently occupied by the Folk art and clothing store and the Hanover Luggage and Cobbler Shop on Allen Street. EBAs co-owner Charlie Dowd said the expansion of EBAs will begin as soon as the shops vacate the space, and he hopes to complete the construction by Sept.

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Bookstores re-sell 'free' textbooks

By Justin Evans | July 31, 1997

What would you do if your newly purchased textbook had the words "Free Copy" written all over it? Like many students, you may take the book back to the bookstore where you bought it and ask why you are paying money for a book that was originally issued for free. However, textbooks the publisher has not been paid for continue to trickle onto campus.

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Sears travels to Bosnian peace conference

By Morning Washburn | July 31, 1997

Croatia was "not unlike Vermont," Priscilla Sears of Dartmouth's English Department said of her recent trip there to participate in the Woman's International Conference. Like Vermont, Croatia is a land of "green fields, blue mountains, clean animals, clean horses, goats, pigs and clean streams," she said.

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Nurse arrested for jewelry theft

By Erin Loback | July 31, 1997

Hanover Police arrested a nurse at the Kendal at Hanover retirement community on Tuesday for theft of $30,000 worth of jewelry stolen from a resident there last week. Arresting officer Detective Shawn Dupuis said all the jewelry was recovered on Friday, the same day it was reported missing, at the home of Shannon Kilton, 22, of Enfield, N.H. Kilton was arrested on Tuesday and charged with the felony of Theft by Unauthorized Taking.

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Governing Board to improve Collis

By Erin Loback | July 29, 1997

The recently re-instituted Collis Governing Board, an advisory and governing body concerned with the use of space in the Collis Student Center, has ideas to change the center. Collis Center Director Mark Hoffman said he wants to use the Governing Board "to get a sense of direction of what students want in Collis ... and make it more of a fixture on campus." Immediate goals Collis Governing Board co-Chair Nana Ashong '99 said the Board is focusing on improving two areas this summer -- the game room downstairs and the lounge. "The overall goal is to make Collis more of a social space -- right now people mostly just float through Collis," Ashong said. "But if it really is supposed to be the student center, it should be more of a place to relax and spend time," she said. Ashong said the game room is "pretty sterile," and ideas to spice it up have included painting murals on the wall, changing some of the furnishings and replacing the jukebox, which was there last year. Possible ways to make the lounge a more desirable place for students to hang out include adding bookshelves with donated books and getting magazine subscriptions for the lounge, Ashong said. The Governing Board will definitely make changes to Collis this term, according to Ashong, before looking ahead to Fall term and other goals for the building. Hoffman said he hopes to get some of the changes made over the interim period between Summer and Fall terms, such as ordering magazine subscriptions. The Governing Board According to Hoffman, the Governing Board has been in existence since the 1980s, but it was originally a programming body.

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