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Triumphant dragon reigned over opening ceremonies

By Joseph C. Scott | February 7, 1997

St. George had fallen and the dragon was perched atop his coffin, but the Winter Carnival opening ceremonies were still held last night on the Green. Winter Carnival Chair Amy Henry '97 welcomed the sizable crowd and gave an outline of what the Winter Carnival Council has planned for the weekend. Henry said the Council made a "special effort to revitalize Carnival's old traditions," as well as add some new activities. Dean of the College Lee Pelton spoke next on behalf of President James Freedman, who thanked all the people on the Council, especially those who faced adverse weather conditions while building the snow sculpture. Pelton told the crowd to have fun but to make it safe fun. He also had some words for the various sports teams competing this weekend: "Give 'em hell this weekend." Sculpture Chairs Chris Carbone '97 and Chris Aslin '97 followed Pelton and gave explanations for the state of the sculpture. Aslin announced that they had "made a few changes" in the sculpture that afternoon. Carbone explained that when the horse and knight portion of the sculpture became unstable, they "put it inside the coffin." The dragon was perched atop the coffin triumphantly, and the snowmen around it were there to mourn St.

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Men's hockey takes on Cornell, Colgate

By Ben Riefe | February 7, 1997

There's no place like home for the Big Green. After a tough four-game road trip which saw Dartmouth go 0-3-1, the Big Green (9-11-1 overall, 4-9-1 ECAC) return to Thompson Arena where they have earned three of their four ECAC wins. Dartmouth faces off against Cornell tonight and Colgate tomorrow night as the puck drops at 7:30 both nights.

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Students have extra party day

By David Horowitz | February 7, 1997

Although the Winter Carnival tradition began as a weekend for outdoor activities, today it has evolved into an extra day to party. Although many students said they plan to spend at least some time this weekend skiing or sledding, they do not consider winter sports to be the focus of the holiday. Kenneth Leon '98 said he plans to use the weekend as an opportunity to hit the skiways for the first time this winter. But he said the alcohol and party aspects of the weekend "overshadow the sporting aspect because that's what people talk about more." Charles Fiordalis '98 said the purpose of Winter Carnival revolves around alumni, not students.

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Lemley '99 wins poster contest

By Erika Patrick | February 7, 1997

A knight in a green cape, returning victorious from battle, stands before Dartmouth Row and raises a mug in celebration. The dragon he slew, with a sword still in its chest, lies behind him on a sled next to a shield emblazoned with the Dartmouth insignia. Alan Lemley '99 brought this scene of medievalbattle to life in his winning design for the Winter Carnival poster contest. The poster, which was Lemley's first experience with the pastel medium, is based on a scene from the popular Christmas book "The Polar Express." Chris Van Allsburg, the illustrator for "The Polar Express," won the 1986 Caldecott Medal for best illustrations. Lemley -- who has no art background and said he only draws "once in a blue moon" -- will receive a $100 award for his design. Winter Carnival Council Chair Amy Henry '97 said her group looks for drawings that express the selected theme of Winter Carnival for each year.

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Sculptures abound on fraternity and residence hall lawns

By Jake Elberg | February 7, 1997

While renewing a tradition that began in 1927, some fraternity brothers have transformed their houses' front lawns into medieval worlds of snow. Sigma Nu and Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternities are among this year's entries in the Winter Carnival mini-sculpture contest, which is open to all students. The Winter Carnival Council has not held the sculpture contest in recent years due to lack of student interest. Now that it has been rejuvenated, organizer Kim Papa '97 hopes it will be back for good. "Our hope is that it will become an annual contest," Papa said.

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From keg-jumping to parties: Dartmouth plays hard

By Robert Isaacs | February 7, 1997

Among snow sculptures and winter sporting events, general merriment is an enduring Winter Carnival tradition. Known to many as the mid-winter party weekend, the celebration has grown in size and importance since its founding in 1910 by Fred Harris '11.

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AD, AXA indicted for serving alcohol to minors

By Joseph C. Scott | February 6, 1997

Alpha Chi Alpha and Alpha Delta fraternities are currently under indictment for allegedly serving alcohol to minors in two separate incidents. AD was indicted by Grafton County Superior Court on two counts of serving to minors, and Alpha Chi received one count.

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Kauffman '61 is a philospher-physician

By David Horowitz | February 6, 1997

Stuart Kauffman '61, comfortably stretched out on the sofa in the Montgomery House overlooking the frozen Occom Pond, seemed at peace with the landscape. "There's something awfully honest about these hills," said Kauffman, renowned theoretical biologist and one of this term's Montgomery Fellows. Kauffman arrived at the College on Monday and will be on campus until Feb.

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Fowler observes new House

By Katie Uhre | February 6, 1997

Rockefeller Center Director Linda Fowler, long considered an authority on government and elections, last week got to put her expertise to good use when she journeyed to Williamsburg, Va.

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Kauffman '61 gives facts of life

By Marua Henninger | February 6, 1997

Stuart Kauffman '61, the second of this term's Mongtomery Fellows, yesterday addressed in front of a packed Rocky 3 the topics of life's emergence on Earth and the possibility of life elsewhere. Kauffman's lecture, titled "At Home in the Universe, Is Life Probable Everywhere?" drew a capacity crowd that overflowed from Rocky 3 into Rocky 2, where students watched the speech on a large-screen television. Half stand-up comedian and half lecturing theoretical biologist, Kauffman began by speculating whether there could be life on Mars. If there were life on the "Red Planet," Kauffman said, the most important possible consequence could occur if life on Mars were dramatically different from Earth, in which case scientists would be confronted with the first time in our intellectual history with the means to invent a general biology. He asserted that because this was a completely unexplored area of science, the most important step in beginning to research all of the possibilities presented would be the asking of questions. "The science which is the best of sciences and the most confusing of sciences is the forming of questions, or protoscience," he told the audience.

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Application numbers drop from last year

By Eun Lee Koh | February 6, 1997

After six straight years of increases in total applications, the College this year saw a six percent drop in the application pool for the incoming freshman class. The number of applicants for the Class of 2001 fell to 10,700 applicants from last year's 11,385 -- a drop which is consistent with the trend across the country. Despite the six percent drop, the 10,700 total applications still represent the second-highest number ever received by the College in a single year, surpassed only by last year's number, according to Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Karl Furstenberg. Furstenberg said all Ivy League schools except Columbia saw a fall from last year's numbers. Harvard University's total applications were down nine to 10 percent, Princeton University saw a eight percent drop and Yale University lost seven percent off of last year's numbers, according to Furstenberg. Furstenberg said although the total pool is smaller this year, it is "more diverse and stronger academically" than any previous collection of freshman candidates. Reasons for the decline Furstenberg said the across-the-board drop is probably due to recent publicity about the difficulty of getting into Ivy League schools, which might have scared off some high school seniors from applying. College President James Freedman said "we can relate from this that students are applying wisely to schools rather than wasting their applications on schools they are not likely to get into." "It would seem the students that are not applying are the ones that are the weakest academically," Furstenberg said.

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O. J. verdict steals show in Brace

By Katie Uhre | February 5, 1997

About 30 students gathered to watch President Bill Clinton's State of the Union Address in Brace Commons last night, but most of the audience seemed more concerned with the verdict in the O.J.

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Assembly seeks to speed College bureaucracy

By Erik Tanouye | February 5, 1997

In their four years at the College, students hoping to effect change must weigh the relative impacts of short-term outcomes versus long-term struggles. The recent actions of the Student Assembly put in perspective the troubles faced by students trying to implement changes during their four years at a 228-year-old school that measures time on a much longer scale. Three weeks ago, the Assembly voted to appropriate $8,500 -- almost one-third of its $26,550 budget -- toward the purchase of new equipment for the Kresge weight room in the Berry Sports Center. The equipment will include both large-scale exercise equipment in the form of stationary bicycles and a stair-climbing machine, as well as smaller supplementary items needed to maintain the room. And while the Assembly's contribution will produce tangible results for students by the end of this term, the solution is a short-term one.

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Students say supercluster heightens campus intellectualism

By Erin Loback | February 4, 1997

When the College implemented the "Dartmouth Experience" plan last year, Dean of the College Lee Pelton said he wanted the East Wheelock supercluster to be "a marriage of intellectual and social life at Dartmouth." After a term-and-a-half in existence, many students and faculty living in the cluster say it is achieving Pelton's goal. "I am very pleased and happy with the way things are going," Pelton said.

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