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Police continue search for vandals of KKG

By Jeffrey Beyer | August 20, 1996

While no arrests have yet been made in connection with last month's incident of vandalism at Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, investigators are still continuing their search for the person or persons responsible for breaking into the sorority and defacing and damaging objects inside the house. Hanover Police Detective-Sergeant Frank Moran declined to identify any suspects for fear of "jeopardizing the investigation," but he said investigators believe the perpetrators are members of the Dartmouth community, "We have investigated other possibilities, but to date the focus of the investigation has been on a Dartmouth-related perpetrator or group of perpetrators," Moran said. Investigators will continue to conduct interviews and try to identify suspects, but Moran said it is "unclear" whether any arrests will be made "any time soon." Moran said police have been conducting interviews to gather information about the case since the incident happened on July 13. The investigation was delayed in late July and early August when the Hanover Police assisted in the investigation of works of art stolen from the College.

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Special Collections will be renamed for Rauner '78

By Charles Davant | August 16, 1996

The College's Special Collections library, which is permanently moving to Webster Hall, will be renamed the Rauner Special Collections Library, after Bruce Rauner '78. Rauner, a venture capitalist from Chicago, donated $5 million to help fund the renovation of Webster Hall, expected to cost approximately $10 million. Director of Major Gifts Paul Sheff said the College had hoped to give the collection a name all along. "This is precisely what we had worked for, planned for, hoped for," he said. A gift of 51 percent of a building's cost usually gives the donor the privilege of naming the building. Sheff said while it is premature to judge when the Collge will move Special Collections into Webster, renovations could begin as early as next year. The Webster renovations will provide much-needed space for the millions of books, manuscripts and photographs in Special Collections.

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'Supercluster' nears completion

By Jake Molland | August 16, 1996

The renovations being made to the East Wheelock residential cluster are wrapping up and should be completed both on time and within budget, according to College Architect George Hathorn. Construction began in June on both the white house adjacent to the cluster at 13 East Wheelock Street and at Brace Commons. The cluster -- which consists of Andres, Morton and Zimmerman residence halls -- is scheduled to be occupied beginning Sept.

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Upper Valley chic: Region holds artistic, cultural treasures

By David Pichler | August 16, 1996

Dartmouth students spend hours each day studying culture. But those bored with books should venture beyond the confines of campus, to some of the dozens of museums and attractions in this area. New England offers a variety of options for those looking to expand their cultural horizons.

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Computer stolen from College tipped authorities to art thefts

By David Kung | August 16, 1996

Former Assistant Attorney General William McCallum, the New Hampshire state prosecutor arrested two weeks ago for possession of stolen art, has been charged with eight counts of receiving stolen property and is currently awaiting the start of his trial in September. McCallum is being held at the Rockingham County House of Corrections after Judge Lawrence Warhall of Derry District Court set his bail at $140,000 -- three times what the prosecutors had requested. Prosecutors have charged McCallum with eight counts of theft -- five class A felony counts, two class B felony counts and one misdemeanor count -- according to McCallum's former colleague, Senior Assistant Attorney General Michael Ramsdell. Further charges may be forthcoming, Ramsdell said. Each class A felony could carry a sentence of up to 15 years in prison if McCallum is convicted.

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Beta apologizes for June incident

By Jeffrey Beyer | August 14, 1996

Beta Theta Pi fraternity saw its request to hold Fall-term rush denied at a judicial hearing last Tuesday, and the organization yesterday released a letter to the community apologizing for its involvement in an incident on June 26. The letter states that on the night of June 26, one Beta brother tackled a Sigma Nu fraternity brother on the lawn of The Tabard coed fraternity.

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Students gather for community dinner

By Karen Rose | August 14, 1996

Administrators brought concerns about decision-making and student-administrator relationships to the Programming Board's third Community Dinner last night in the Collis Common Ground In keeping with the dinner's theme of decision-making, nine administrators brought problems to the podium seeking student input. Among the administrators present were Dean of the College Lee Pelton, Director of College Dining Services Peter Napolitano and Director of Career Services Skip Sturman. Summer Programming Board co-Chair Karen Lefrak '98, who organized the dinner with Associate Director of Student Activities Linda Kennedy, said, "The purpose of the dinner was to bring together students and administrators in a setting where they don't ordinarily get to interact and foster discussion between the two groups." Some of the topics that students and administrators discussed over dinner were self-segregation of groups on campus, the sense of community at Dartmouth, social space and programming and the role of mediation at the College. The dinner was open to all students for a two dollar charge and about 40 students attended. Focusing on relationships between administrators and students, Pelton spoke informally for 15 minutes before the dinner. "The purpose of the dinner was to create an opportunity for interested students and administrators to make a better community," he said. The job of an administrator is to "provide care for the long-term welfare of the institution." Pelton went on to make some observations about relations between administrators and students. "Not all decisions administrators make require input from students," Pelton said.

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Doctor says less can be more

By James M> Hunnicutt | August 14, 1996

Dr. Gil Welsh, who teaches a course at Dartmouth Medical School, said doctors should treat fewer low-risk people than currently treated in a lecture Monday evening. Nearly one dozen students, many of them planning to be doctors, attended the lecture, which was held at the Zimmerman Lounge in Blunt Alumni Center. Welch, a general internist by training, teaches a course at DMS on managed health care and practice patterns. In 1993 he published an article in the New England Journal of Medicine titled "Advances in Diagnostic Imaging and Overestimation of Disease Prevalence and the Benefits of Therapy," which he repeatedly cited during the lecture. Focusing mainly on heart illnesses, Welch talked about common measures of disease prevention, especially early testing. Welch began by explaining the different "risk groups," susceptible to a given disease and to what degree the medical community should focus on each group. Using heart disease as an example, Welch said the group of people with the highest risk of developing heart disease usually receives the most medical attention. He also asserted people with moderate amounts of risk deserve significant attention, because this moderate-risk group includes the greatest number of members. "Will it cost more?

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All wait-listed students will be given fall housing

By David Kung | August 14, 1996

The Office of Residential Life last week notified all 153 students who were originally placed on the wait list for Fall-term housing that they will be able to live on campus next term. However, 62 more students -- 20 with provisional status on their Dartmouth Plans and 42 late applicants for housing -- still have not been guaranteed on-campus rooms for the fall. Associate Dean of Residential Life Bud Beatty said he was pleased ORL was able to provide housing for everyone on the original wait list, even though it took longer than expected. Beatty said the delay in assigning students off of the wait list was "because the size of the entering and transfer classes were much larger than expected" and because of the traditional popularity of the Fall term with upperclass students. "Housing is always tight in the fall," he said. Beatty also said the 62 students still awaiting housing are not necessarily guaranteed an assignment. "With the provisionals and late list we are more than happy to house them," he said.

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Computer failure cuts off River apts.

By Jeffrey Beyer | August 12, 1996

Residents of Maxwell and Channing Cox residence halls were unable to use any computer network services for almost the entire weekend as a result of a hardware malfunction. Officials from Kiewit Computation Center said they became aware of the problem on Saturday afternoon, but several affected residents told The Dartmouth they were without any network services beginning at around 11:30 p.m.

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No Montgomery Fellow yet named

By Jeffrey Giuffrida | August 12, 1996

Dartmouth will not be hosting a Montgomery Fellow this summer, while Fall term's Fellow has yet to be chosen. The College did not host a Montgomery Fellow this term due to the ongoing renovation of the Montgomery House on Rope Ferry Road, executive director of the Montgomery Endowment Barbara Gerstner said. "I'm doing extensive work at the house," she said.

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1998 President strives to create class unity

By Jeffrey Beyer | August 12, 1996

Although Randi Barnes '98 has been involved in student politics going back to her high school days, she is far from a one-dimensional "career politician." Barnes -- who has been president of the 1998 Class Council since Fall term of her freshman year -- also finds the time to play a sport and be an active member in her sorority in addition to fulfilling her duties as the leader of the Class of 1998. Sitting on the back porch of Kappa Delta Epsilon sorority yesterday afternoon, Barnes used a study break to discuss her time at Dartmouth so far, and where she thinks the Class of 1998 is headed in the next two years. Regarding her decision nearly two years ago to run for president of her class, Barnes said, "Coming here as a freshman, there are a lot of things about the College you don't know or understand.

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Construction will block Collis walkway

By James M> Hunnicutt | August 12, 1996

Starting today, construction crews will be ripping apart the pavement between the Collis Center, Robinson Hall and Thayer Dining Hall, making most of the area inaccessible during normal working hours. Director of Facilities Planning Gordon DeWitt said the work will probably be completed by early October.

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College minimum wage will stay $5.55

By Jake Molland | August 12, 1996

Congress's proposed 90 cent hike in the minimum wage should not have any direct affect on wages at the College, officials at the Student Employment Office say. The congressional bill, passed August 2 after several months of in-House fighting, is expected to be signed into law within the next few weeks. The bill increases the national minimum wage from $4.25 per hour to $4.75 beginning on October 1, then to $5.15 in September of 1997. Presently, the minimum wage on campus is $5.55. While the hike in minimum wages probably will not affect students, it will probably mean an increase in wages for others at the College, officials said. Roger Brook, director of Human Resources, said wages will grow in isolated cases in which the proposed minimum wage exceeds the base-rate campus wage. Brook said there may be pay adjustments in the salaries of non-student employees working as waiters. Anne Affleck, director of the Student Employment Office, said it would be difficult for Student Employment Office to make short-term adjustments in student pay unless the Finance Office was "mandated by law." Affleck said the annual budget is set in February and is rarely modified during the course of the year. Chad Puls, assistant director at Financial Aid, said he doubted the Finance Office would make adjustments in the budget.

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Shriners come to town for parade, football

By Neil Desai | August 8, 1996

For every year since 1954, one of the rites of summer in North Country has been the arrival of the Shriners. This year will be no different, as close to 30,000 people are expected to descend on Hanover on Saturday for the annual downtown parade and football game between the high school all-stars of New Hampshire and Vermont. The Shriners are a secret fraternal order that operate 22 orthopedic and burn hospitals throughout the United States, Mexico and Canada -- all of which provide free medical care to children under the age of 18. Don Berwick, athletic coordinator for the Shriners, called the Shriners a "group of men dedicated to helping crippled and burned children." Saturday's festivities will be kicked off by the Shriners parade through downtown Hanover. Last year's parade included miniature cars, clowns, bands playing music, and of course, plenty of Shriners donning their trademark Fez caps. According to Berwick, Nashua held the first Shriners parade in New Hampshire and Manchester hosted the second one. Since then, Hanover has hosted the Shriner's parade -- scheduled to coincide with the football game -- every summer. This year's parade marshal will be a woman from Iowa who as a child was burned over 80 percent of her body. "She is one of the first people we saved at our hospitals," Berwick said. The parade will begin at noon at Hanover High School on Lebanon Street. The route will wind up Main Street and go down to the site of the old Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital on Maynard Street before heading to Memorial Field for the annual Bowl Game. The football game is considered one of the biggest and most widely anticipated high school games in all of northern New England. David Orr, publicity director for the local Shriners chapter, previously told The Dartmouth that there are 40 shrine games played across the country, and that the one in Hanover is the third largest. "Every ticket we sell, every souvenir we sell, every donation we take in goes to the hospital," Orr said. In previous years, the Shriners events in Hanover have raised up to $200,000.

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Fishing, biking, hiking: the great outdoors of N.H. and Vt.

By Thomas A. Arnold | August 8, 1996

Dartmouth may be in the middle of nowhere, but there is a whole a lot of glorious nowhere out there. From great hiking through rolling hills to alpine mountain bike trails, New Hampshire and Vermont offer opportunities for the outdoor enthusiast in everyone. Unbeknownst to many, some of the greatest outdoor adventures lie right under our noses in and around the Hanover area. Gile Mountain fire tower At 2,000 feet, Gile Mountain is hardly a Himalaya.

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Inner-city kids learn Rassias style

By Michael A> Posey | August 8, 1996

Daily language drill is a part of the lives of most Dartmouth students. But college students are not the only ones who are attending language drill this summer. Ten New York City high school students just finished 10 days of intensive French language training -- they took classes, were introduced to the machine-gun style Rassias method and even went on wildlife excursions. The Rassias Foundation, which was created by French and Italian Professor John Rassias, has for the past four years brought high school students from Harlem's Frederick Douglas Academy to Hanover to polish their French-speaking ability. The Rassias Foundation is a non-profit College program created to increase interest in second language study and teaching. The students, whose high school French classes have 25 to 30 students, are able to enjoy close contact with teachers and each other.

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Suicide attempter identified

By Charles Davant | August 8, 1996

Hanover Police has identified the man who shot himself in the chest on College property last Saturday as Randall Smith, a 41-year old Connecticut native. As of last night, Smith was in critical condition at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Critical condition implies that vital signs are unstable and there are major complications, which could be fatal. Smith shot himself in the chest in an apparent suicide attempt in his car at the College parking lot beside the Connecticut River on Saturday afternoon. A Safety and Security officer responded to the event after being waved down by Smith. Hanover Police Chief Nick Giaconne declined to comment on Smith's possible motives behind the shooting, calling any such talk "mere speculation." Giaconne said Smith "has been living in his car for the last couple of years" and moving throughout New England. Police have not yet determined why Smith came to Hanover, but a press release states that Smith "had relatives living in this area many years ago." Smith was recently released from a hospital in Burlington, Vt., the release states.

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Renovated Robinson Hall opens tomorrow

By David Pichler | August 8, 1996

Robinson Hall will fully reopen to the public tomorrow after undergoing more than a year's worth of renovations, according to Assistant Director of Facilities Planning John Wilson. The building, which houses several student organizations, was never entirely closed to the public -- instead certain sections of the building were closed and the student organizations housed there were temporarily moved. The renovations were made because the building was not handicapped accessible, there were poor means of egress and the buildings systems -- such as heating and electricity -- were run down, Wilson said. To make Robinson Hall fully handicapped accessible, an elevator was added to the building, as was an enclosed staircase in the rear to aid in rapid evacuation in the case of a fire, Wilson said. The renovations were completed nearly on schedule and were very close to being on budget, he said. Wilson said Facilities Operations and Management had hoped to be done with the renovations by Aug.

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