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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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Three students run for president

By Erik Tanouye | March 25, 1997

Frode Eilertsen '99, Ben Hill '98 and Scott Jacobs '99 have declared their candidacies for president of the Student Assembly for the 1997-98 academic year, while no one is officially on the ballot for Assembly vice president, according to the Election Advisory Committee. In next month's elections, scheduled for April 15 and 16, students will also elect members of the Committee on Standards and the Green Key Society -- as well as at-large Assembly representatives and class officers from the classes of 1998, 1999 and 2000. Eilertsen, an engineering major, hails from Norway and has served as president of his class for the past two years.

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Assembly gives 70,000 pennies to demand funds

By Erik Tanouye | March 7, 1997

The Student Assembly constructed a pyramid of tennis ball containers filled with rolls of pennies and petitions on the steps of the administration building Parkhurst Hall yesterday morning -- the culmination of the Assembly's Will to be Well campaign which seeks the improvement of student life at the College. The more than $700 in pennies represented the money raised during the campaign through donations solicited in Thayer Dining Hall and at the Kresge weight room.

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Staff, Students deride campus parking

By Jake Elberg | March 7, 1997

It is well established that students are unhappy with the remote location of A-Lot, the absence of student parking near the Green and the restrictive rules governing the use of cars by freshmen.

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Supercluster faculty step down

By Erin Loback | March 7, 1997

East Wheelock Cluster Faculty Associates Marianne Hirsch and Leo Spitzer announced yesterday they intend to step down from their positions after this academic year to devote more time to teaching and research. History Professor Spitzer and Hirsch, a professor in the French and Italian department, currently reside in the faculty associate house adjacent to the Supercluster with their eighth-grade son. Dean of the College Lee Pelton said when the faculty associate position was developed last year, he had originally discussed a two- to three-year commitment with Hirsch and Spitzer. "But we agreed that if their personal circumstances were such that they could only stay in that position for one year, that would be fine with me," Pelton said.

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Freshmen, seniors disagree on Dash

By Erika L. Patrick | March 7, 1997

After two full terms of use, the Dash plan has seen a clear split in student opinion -- with freshmen generally satisfied and upperclassmen mainly confused about the new system. The state of students' discretionary accounts as of Feb.

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College gives anyone vital stats

By Erika L. Patrick | March 6, 1997

Several hundred male College students last week received an unsolicited, unsigned letter from a homosexual man who says he compiled a mailing list with information obtained "through the College" -- raising questions about the confidentiality of student information. Male students and some female students with gender-neutral names received the letter, in which the man described himself as one whose "experiences trying to find someone have been disappointing." Soliciting correspondence from college students, the letter described the man's interests and noted a post office box in Cambridge, Mass.

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