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BG, Zete indicted for serving to minors

By Joseph C. Scott | April 1, 1997

Bones Gate and Zeta Psi fraternities are both currently under indictment for serving alcohol to minors in two separate incidents. The two fraternities received indictments from a Grafton County Superior Court grand jury during the jury's March sitting. Bones Gate and Zete each received Class B felony indictments of prohibited sales -- specifically, serving alcohol to minors.

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Students tear down DOC's 79-year old Happy Hill cabin

By Eun Lee Koh | March 31, 1997

A 79-year-old cabin met an unfortunate demise when members of the Dartmouth Outing Club gathered early last Monday morning on Happy Hill, where the cabin stood, to tear it down. Since the cost of repairing the crumbling cabin would have far exceeded the cost to build a new one, the DOC decided to dismantle the existing structure and replace it with a new stone shelter. David Hooke, facilities manager for the DOC, said he noticed the deteriorating condition of the cabin several years ago.

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Who will lead the Class of 1998? Junior class plagued by leadership, vacuum, apathy and uncertain future

By Jean Blackerby | March 31, 1997

When members of the Class of 1998 go to the polls next month to elect their president and vice president for senior year, they will find themselves staring at a blank ballot. The March 7 deadline for submitting petitions to run for elective offices has come and gone -- and no one from the junior class has entered his or her name on the ballot for either of the two highest elected offices in the '98 class. As a result, the campaign will be one between strictly write-in candidates. Within the past week, James Horowitz '98, who has been active on the Student Assembly, and Kevin Arista '98, who is involved with the Class Council, have decided to run as write-in candidates for president. Even with the two new additions to the race, many are interpreting the overall dearth of candidates as indicative of general apathy on the part of the class as a whole. Both President Randi Barnes '98 and Vice President Chris Atwood '98 opted not to seek re-election because of time constraints and the anticipated challenges of senior year.

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Students hunt for eggs, rides home for Easter

By Sarah Gerry | March 28, 1997

This Easter weekend in Hanover, it's business as usual for non-Christian students, though many Christian members of the community said they would be attending religious services in the Upper Valley or celebrating with friends and family. Some students said they were too busy to take a day off to celebrate Easter -- the holiday that marks the celebration of Jesus Christ's resurrection. Although her family always observes the holiday, Sara Bauer '99 said she "wasn't planning on doing anything" special this weekend. Sandy, an employee at Dartmouth Mini Coach, said only a few more students are escaping from the cold and snow this weekend than usually do. She said students may hesitate to return home because "it's just after Spring Break." But others resolved to get away from Hanover to be with their families. "This is the first time I'm going away for Easter," said Gabby Novo '99, who plans to visit her family in New York this weekend. Jonathan Taylor '00 said he planned to spend Easter skiing with his family in Maine. Most of the 66 percent of the student body identifying themselves as Christians said they will attend services today -- Good Friday -- and Easter Sunday. Rasha Moser '00, who does not usually attend mass, said he will attend church on Sunday "because it's Easter." Teresa Knoedler '00 also said she does not attend mass on a regular basis but will be this weekend. English Professor Alan Gaylord said he and his wife will attend mass at the First Congregation Church in Lebanon, where his wife is the minister of music and he sings in the choir. Many Hanover residents plan to attend mass at St.

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Harvard: Where the Rhodes roam

By Eun Lee Koh | March 28, 1997

At the close of his junior year at Harvard University, Kweli Washington decided to apply for the Rhodes Scholarship "on a whim." "I knew of other people who had applied," he said.

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Grad student chases Clinton on the Web

By Jake Molland | March 26, 1997

Is Big Brother watching Preston Crow? The Dartmouth computer science graduate student, who has twice appeared in the New York Times Magazine in connection with White House conspiracy theories, says he suspects that he is named in secret government files documenting anti-administration activity. Crow has achieved a certain celebrity in the world of presidential conspiracy theorists.

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Sigma Nu houses to ban alcohol

By Joseph C. Scott | March 26, 1997

All Sigma Nu fraternity houses, including the one on Webster Avenue, will be alcohol-free by the year 2000, a decision made by the national organization in response to increased safety and liability concerns in Greek organizations nationwide. The alcohol ban is "aimed at a new breed of frat boys more serious about earning a degree than chugging beer," according to the Associated Press.

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Break-ins reported at Sphinx, Woodward

By Elysa L. Jacobs | March 25, 1997

Hanover and campus police are currently investigating two separate break-in incidents that occurred over interim -- a forced entry into the Sphinx senior society's tomb and an foiled break-in at Woodward residence hall. The illegal entry at the Sphinx's tomb, which is still under investigation by the Hanover Police Department, was reported to police on March 17, according to officer Daryl Zampieri. But Sphinx alumni advisor Jeff Sassorossi '75 pinpointed the time of the break-in to sometime after the snowfall on March 14 or 15. "There were footprints in the snow outside the building," Sassorossi said. The perpetrators gained entry to the Sphinx by "forcing open one of the side doors," according to Zampieri. It did not appear that the building was "trashed" although there was evidence of further forced entry on several interior doors, he said. Although Sassorossi declined to comment on the exact method the intruders used to enter the Sphinx, he said the perpetrators took a rather "unconventional approach" in breaking into the building. "Nothing short of a metal door would have prevented them from getting in this time," he said. The investigation into the break-in has been hindered by the absence of Sphinx members over the interim, but Zampieri said the probe will continue now that most students are back on campus. The interim break-in was not the first illegal entry that the Sphinx has experienced.

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Nugget theater closed for three months

By Erika Patrick | March 25, 1997

The Nugget Twin Cinemas has closed its doors for the most extensive renovations in the theater's 80-year existence, leaving Hanover without its popular movie house for almost three months. The two-screen, 650-seat theater will be divided into four smaller theaters, two of which will be able to show the same film simultaneously, said Tom Byrne, general manager of the Hanover Improvement Society, the organization that owns the not-for-profit Nugget. Byrne said the new theater will also have new sound systems with surround sound, new film handling equipment, automated controls for the projectors, new lenses, and screens that will give films a "brighter, clearer" picture. The changes in the cinema's floor plan will only result in a net loss of about 50 seats, and since all of the renovations remain within the theater's original "footprint," none of the remodeling will be visible from the outside. Byrne said he hopes that the new format will help the Nugget "appeal to a wider segment of the market." The additional screens mean that the Nugget will be able to present more films that are geared towards specific audiences while at the same running new releases. For example, "Forrest Gump" showed at the Nugget for 12 weeks in 1994, but the theater was unable to serve local residents with new films while "Gump" was running.

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College gives $7,200 for weight room

By Erik Tanouye | March 25, 1997

The College decided at the end of last term to contribute $7200 toward a new "Kresge Weight Room & Equipment Project" account to match recent student contributions of $720. Director of Athletics Dick Jaeger said the money will be used in connection with a project to move the intercollegiate programs out of the Kresge Weight Room to another location and to expand the equipment that remains in Kresge. "What the athletics department is working on right now is ... moving the intercollegiate program out of Kresge into the west gym and renovating and refurbishing Kresge for a fitness center for recreational and casual use by students, faculty and staff," Dean of the College Lee Pelton said. "The funding we've got so far only scratches the surface," Jaeger said.

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