Skip to Content, Navigation, or Footer.
Support independent student journalism. Support independent student journalism. Support independent student journalism.
The Dartmouth
December 6, 2025 | Latest Issue
The Dartmouth
News
News

Campaign heads seek $500M goal

By Steven Hoffman | October 17, 1994

The committee in charge of the College's Will to Excel Capital Campaign recommended that the campaign's goal be raised from $425 million to $500 million. College spokesman Alex Huppe said the Campaign Executive Committee sent its recommendation to the Board of Trustees Friday and added that he expects the Board to make a final decision this week. As of Sept.

News

Russian department moves off campus

By Amanda Lawrence | October 17, 1994

If you haven't yet noticed, something is missing from Dartmouth Hall -- the Russian department. The department moved off-campus to a small, white New England style farmhouse at 44 North College Street across from Burke Laboratory before the term began. The College suggested the move and provided the funding, Russian Department Chair Richard Sheldon said. "It has been known for some time now that Dartmouth Hall is overcrowded," Sheldon said.

News

A higher reform?

By James M> Hunnicutt | October 17, 1994

Martha Nussbaum, a philosophy, classics and comparative literature professor at Brown University, presented a lecture titled "Citizens of the World: a Classical Defense of Radical Reform in Higher Education" last Thursday in Carpenter Hall. Author of six books and editor or co-editor of eight others, Nussbaum received her B.A.

News

College says planning for freshmen unnecessary

By Charles Davant | October 14, 1994

Every Homecoming weekend Hanover is flooded with alumni from more than 40 classes. Tonight will begin the initiation of the newest class into the Dartmouth Night traditions, but little is planned for the class of 1998. Administrators said they do not think specific freshmen activities are necessary because Homecoming weekend provides enough diversions. The first Homecoming ritual for the '98s started yesterday as they began construction on the bonfire. After tonight's bonfire, many upperclassmen will head for Webster Avenue, but as usual, freshmen will not be allowed to attend fraternity parties. Associate Dean of Freshmen Tony Tillman said the fraternity scene is "obviously attractive to first-year students." He said, "I don't recall hearing any complaints" about the exclusion of freshmen from the CFSk system on Homecoming weekend. Similarly, Linda Kennedy, Coordinator of Student Programming, said Homecoming is a "very busy time" and said that last year there were no complaints about a lack of programming for freshmen. Cliff Weiss '95, a co-chair of the Programming Board, said that Friday will be a "huge night where there is clearly no lack of anything to do." For this reason, he said there will be no organized programming for tonight. Saturday's main event, the football game, will give the freshmen an opportunity to spend some time together as a class. Pamela Saunders '9, former '97 class president said that Homecoming Saturday is a "bonding experience" and that the sporting events provide freshmen with plenty to do.

News

Seize the day 'shmen

By Brian Sung | October 14, 1994

Each year, as Fall advances in Hanover, things start to change. The air gets a little colder, the days get shorter, the wind picks up a bit, and the leaves start to change color and fall off the trees. All this can mean only one thing: Homecoming is not far away.

News

Nostalgic, many alums return for Homecoming

By Colin Grey | October 14, 1994

If you build it, they will come. And if you burn it down in the middle of the Green, they will come by the truckloads. Every year for Homecoming weekend, masses of alumni return to the College to bask in Friday night's glorious inferno and to cheer on the Big Green in Saturday afternoon's game. "More alumni come back than on any other weekend," said David Orr '57, senior associate director of alumni affairs.

News

Faculty celebrate with family, students, alums

By Rini Ghosh | October 14, 1994

Rather than imitating the '98s by running around the Homecoming bonfire, members of the College faculty decide to participate in Homecoming activities a little less actively. "I usually take my children to the bonfire," Joseph BelBruno, a chemistry professor, said.

News

Aires to host Fall Fling

By Breeanne Clowdus | October 14, 1994

Fall brings the changing of seasons, the falling of leaves and, of course, the "doo wop's" and "didee, didee's" of Dartmouth's a cappella singing groups in the annual Fall Fling. The Aires, the College's all male a cappella group, will host the Fall Fling concert.

News

Teams hit the road

By Amy Hatch | October 14, 1994

Homecoming is a time to bond with fellow students, a time for alumni to gather together and a time to support Dartmouth athletics.

News

The paradox of Homecoming

By Claire Unis | October 14, 1994

A few weeks ago, a '98 wrote that the "magic of the moment" (his entire DOC trip) had "gone up in smoke" when he was asked to consider the history of a tradition and learn something about Dartmouth in the process. I only hope he does not have such a narrow view about what his Dartmouth education is going to entail, because it does not end when you leave the classroom.

News

Yale rivarly dates to 1884

By Aran Toshav | October 14, 1994

Since Dartmouth's first game with Yale, 110 years ago, the Big Green has been haunted by the Yale jinx -- which Dartmouth has only broken a few times in the past century. In 1884, a highly outclassed Dartmouth football team played its way into the largest defeat ever recorded in the New England University Division against the Elis. The 113-0 defeat began the 78-game rivalry between the two most successful teams in the Ivy League. Despite having many great teams since that first game, Dartmouth did not record a single victory against Yale until 1935. "The victory was a rite of passage...The Students placed a Yale jinx gravestone on the Hanover Green," notes David Shribmann '76 in "One Hundred Years of Dartmouth Football." That year Coach Earl Blaik even asked then College President Earnest Hopkins to make a bonfire of one of the Dartmouth buildings. Since 1884, many other games have gone down in the record books for more positive reasons. In one of the more exciting games,back in 1931, Yale's Albie Booth scored three touchdowns in the first half.

News

Parading around

By Jason Casell | October 14, 1994

Led by the Dartmouth Class of 1953, the annual Dartmouth Night Parade will begin tonight at 7:30. Members of the Classes of 1926 through 1998 will participate in the event.

News

99 years of Homecoming tradition: competition, fire and sabotage

By David Hemmer | October 14, 1994

Ninety-nine years ago College President William Jewett Tucker welcomed the Class of 1899 to the first Dartmouth Night, held in Dartmouth Hall. Those past 99 years were marked by fire and by fiery controversy, by endless speeches and heated protests. The first bonfire followed a baseball victory against Manchester in 1888 when students torched anything they could find in Hanover. The blaze wasn't received well by everyone, and an editorial in The Dartmouth proclaimed, "It disturbed the slumbers of a peaceful town, destroyed some property, made the boys feel that they were men, and in fact did no one any good." But the tradition continued. The first organized construction of the bonfire came in 1893, following a football victory over Amherst.

News

'98s await Homecoming

By Allison Groff | October 14, 1994

For members of the Class of 1998, Homecoming is not just another social event, but a rite of passage - an initiation of sorts. Over the past month, the incoming class has acted as a cluster of individuals rather than an entity. Freshmen see Homecoming as the first opportunity they have to bond as a class. Julia Mueller '98 said she hopes to see the Class of '98 "become more of a class rather than a group of students." According to the "'Shmen Guide to 'Shmen," Homecoming is "the prime event of the fall" when "the entire town comes alive in support for the College." With all the hype it has received, Bobby Spillane '98 said he is "looking forward to seeing if the event can meet the expectations put forth by upperclassmen." Jo Weingarten '98 also said she is looking forward to this weekend. She said the event should be "the ultimate freshman experience,"one in which she cannot wait to witness and participate. Tanner Morris '98 emphasized school spirit rather than a particular freshman experience.

Trending
The Dartmouth