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Dartmouth traditions keep evolving as time goes by

By Siobhan Gorman | July 26, 1995

The halls of the College reverberate with traditions, but not all of them are all that old. In particular, the traditions revolving around freshmen are in a constant state of flux. Four "traditions" -- DOC Trips, the Homecoming bonfire, the freshman sweep and rushing the field -- run the gamut, from the old to the new to the prohibited. DOC Trips Before freshmen even matriculate, they engage in a 59 year old tradition -- Dartmouth Outing Club trips. DOC trips began in 1937 as informal hiking trips before classes started, said this year's coordinator Heather Halstead '96. But all traditions are modified over the years. Originally called "Freshman Trips," these three-day excursions three years ago adopted thegender neutral moniker "DOC Trips."Building The Bonfire Perhaps the most glorious Dartmouth tradition happens Homecoming weekend in the form of a towering inferno. The annual building of the bonfire is the freshman class's greatest contribution to the weekend.

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Lonergan '97 thrives on determination

By Amy Hatch | July 26, 1995

If basketball player Sea (pronounced 'Shay') Lonergan had been told that after two years at Dartmouth he would establish himself as the top preseason pick for the top Ivy League player, he most likely would have laughed. Lonergan, a 6-foot 6-inch guard, is far from laughing at that idea now as he sits poised to lead the Big Green this winter to what they hope will be an Ivy League Championship. This year Lonergan led the Ivy League in scoring, averaging 18.5 points per game and shot 44 percent from the three-point line. "It's been like a dream," Lonergan said.

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Big Green is looking to rebound from last season

By Jeffrey Beyer | July 26, 1995

The 1995 Dartmouth football team can best be described as a team on a mission. After limping to the finish line in 1994 with a 2-5 Ivy League record and a 4-6 overall mark, the Big Green will be out to prove that they were the team that dominated the Ancient Eight from 1990-94, and not the squad that lingered in mediocrity last year. Indeed, this year the Big Green will look for a return to respectability. Last season was by all means a transition year for the gridironers, who for the first time this decade were without quarterback Jay Fiedler '94, one of the best players to come out of the Ivy League in years. Aided by Fiedler's incredible knack for engineering fourth quarter comebacks, the squad won three consecutive Ivy titles from 1990-92 and finished a close second in 1993.

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Scott '97 grabs the reins and takes off

By Jack Vaitayonta | July 26, 1995

Two roads diverged in wood, and Caleb Scott '97 ignored them both. Part poet, part actor, part guerilla-politician, Scott has followed a nontraditional path in an effort to try to change the usual modes of expression at the College. "There's so much here and if I get an idea in my head, if something floods into my brain and it's something I want to do then I just do it -- because I can," Scott said, speaking with a stutter. "When I got here, I sort of grabbed the reins and took off," Scott said.

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Provost Lee Bollinger finishes his own freshman year

By Jack Vaitayanonta | July 26, 1995

As an academic expert on issues of free speech and the First Amendment, College Provost Lee Bollinger is Dartmouth's very own Renaissance man. Sitting in his office surrounded by volumes of political theory works, Bollinger reflected on his recently completed first year as second in command to College President James Freedman. "The provost is the chief academic officer of the institution," Bollinger said.

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Outdoor experience won't end with trips

By Jason Casell | July 26, 1995

For freshmen who do not want the wilderness experience to end with their freshmen trips, the Dartmouth Outing Club provides many opportunities to revisit the great outdoors time and again. Founded in 1909 by Fred Harris, the DOC has grown to include a wide range of outdoor activities. The DOC is the largest organization on campus, with over 1,400 members, 400 of which are active.

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Dorms: your home away from home for the next four years

By Jackie Rose | July 26, 1995

Most freshmen will be anxious to see their new rooms. Upon turning their key, just obtained from the Office of Residential Life, and swinging open their doors, freshmen will be met by a wide range of sights. Some students will be met by spacious quads in the East Wheelock Cluster, others by cramped and dank one-room doubles in Topliff Hall. But while some rooms are spacious and centrally-located and others are remote and tiny, all dorms have their pluses and their minuses.

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Thru-hikers go from Maine to Georgia, make pit-stop with DOC

By Rebecca Sullivan | July 25, 1995

For a night, a day, or maybe several days, hundreds of Appalachian Trail thru-hikers with fictitious names like "Pair O' Aces" and "Fly" will look out over the Green, do their laundry in town and sleep at Foley House in a real bed. But for the greater part of six months, their lives are vastly different than those of Dartmouth students. "Hiking the trail leaves you a lot of space where you don't have to deal with material things," Pair O' Aces said.

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Exchange students marvel at summer atmosphere

By Chung-Mei Lee | July 25, 1995

Exchange students at Dartmouth this summer say they cannot believe Dartmouth's laid-back atmosphere. "As a summer retreat, Hanover is excellent," said Michael Brett, an exchange student from University College London. "It's hard to study when there are so many ways to waste time," he explained.

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Class Dean Teoby Gomez reaches out to 1997 class

By Siobhan Gorman | July 25, 1995

An avid traveler, music lover and football fan, Class of 1997 Dean Teoby Gomez has eclectic interests that go far beyond his office in Parkhurst administration building. Outside Parkhurst A Cuban native, who moved to Chicago at the age of six, Gomez still has a strong appetite for travel both domestically and internationally. He said his favorite trip of all time was when he visited Nairobi and Kenya last summer. "Africa was just so different from anything I had expected," he said.

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Students play safe at Tubestock

By Tim Fitzgibbons | July 25, 1995

More than 1,000 students, alumni and community members gathered in the water Saturday for Tubestock, Hanover's annual floating party on the Connecticut River. Hundreds of students, some sober and some not, participated in the festivities this year, frolicking in the river just north of the Ledyard Bridge and jumping off the porch of the house on the Connecticut known as the "River Ranch." Students who attended the event, a tradition that started in 1987, seemed pleased with their experience. Sarah Marone '97 said she felt the event actually lived up to its hype, probably due to the good weather. "It was fun," she said.

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