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Heating plant team with storied past warms College

By Rosie Hughes | July 28, 2005

Editors' Note: This is the second article in a multi-part series profiling essential members of the College community who make Dartmouth operate smoothly every day. Now in his 10th year as manager of the Dartmouth heating plant, Bill Riehl knows every boiler's nut and bolt like the back of his hand. A native of Long Island, N.Y., Riehl came to Dartmouth in 1995 after managing a trash-burning facility in Connecticut.

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Tuck grads employ former Contras

By Samantha Ackah | July 28, 2005

Two Dartmouth graduates are serving up coffee with a conscience. Tom Kilroy Tu'05 and Ryan Myers Tu'05 joined forces recently to found Contra Cafe, a new coffee business that uses beans grown by former Nicaraguan freedom fighters known as Contras. So far Contra Cafe is causing a stir, drawing both criticism and praise for its political ties.

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Alumni return for annual classwork

By Michelle Shortsleeve | July 28, 2005

As students agonize over the stress of midterms, Dartmouth alumni and other nearby residents will head back to school next Monday as Alumni College, Dartmouth's adult education summer program, holds its first day of class. From Aug.

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Psychology study changes perceptions on gazes

By Jessica Chen | July 26, 2005

While it has been said that seven seconds is all that two strangers need to form opinions of one another, a recent study conducted by the Dartmouth psychology department shows that opinions can be formed with the mere glance of an eye. According to graduate student Malia Mason, a simple glance is all that is necessary for a person to form critical initial judgments.

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Halas '98 indicted on rape counts

By Kimberly Sheu | July 26, 2005

A former Dartmouth basketball player was indicted on several counts last week, stemming from an alleged rape in Point Pleasant, New Jersey. Peter James "P.J." Halas '98 was charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old female student at Point Pleasant Borough High School, where Halas worked as a history teacher and athletic coach. The crimes allegedly occurred over a four-month period, starting in April and lasting through this month. The 29-year-old resident of Manasquan Borough, N.J.

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Tubestock festivities pass without incident

By Mark Henle | July 26, 2005

Although hundreds of undergraduates descended upon the Connecticut River Saturday for Tubestock, the annual Summer term festivity concluded without major incident. According to College Proctor Harry Kinne, several students suffered minor injuries but no Dartmouth students were arrested or picked up by Safety and Security. Because the College does not sponsor the off-campus event, only four Safety and Security officers were assigned special duties -- two on a rescue boat and two controlling access to parking by the Ledyard Canoe Club. "It's not a college event but our main concerns are student safety," Senior Associate Dean of the College Daniel Nelson said.

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Friendly 'Food Court Larry' leads adventurous life

By Rosie Hughes | July 21, 2005

Editor's Note: This is the first of a multi-part series profiling essential members of the College community who make Dartmouth operate smoothly every day. Food Court manager Larry James may be a familiar face to just about every student at Dartmouth, but it turns out he's more of an enigma than anyone could guess. Famous for his friendly inquisitiveness and country-fried-chicken Mondays, James also has some incredible stories to tell.

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Berkeley police identify two suspects in Willis-Starbuck shooting

By Kevin Garland | July 21, 2005

WEB UPDATE, July 21, 9:14 p.m. Berkeley police announced further progression in their investigation into the murder of Meleia Willis-Starbuck '07, releasing names of two suspects on Wednesday. The city's homicide detectives used leads they had gathered from the investigation to serve search warrants for Christopher Larry Wilson Jr.

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Professor advises Senate on stem cells

By Dane Schlossberg | July 21, 2005

Political discussions over the various ethical, legal and scientific dilemmas posed by stem cell research continued last Tuesday in Washington D.C., as religion professor and director of Dartmouth's Ethics Institute Ronald Green testified before a Senate subcommittee. Green expressed his support for a House bill, H.R.

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Members of Class of '57 participate in panel discussion

By Kimberly Sheu | July 19, 2005

This past weekend, the 2007 Class Council hosted some 25 alumni from the Class of 1957 for dinner Friday and a panel discussion Saturday morning, enabling a small crowd of students and alumni to mutually exchange perspectives on the Dartmouth experience. The event was organized as a part of ongoing efforts by the Class Council to engage with their parent class.

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Sophomore summer falls short of expectations, study claims

By Michelle Shortsleeve | July 19, 2005

Shattering the myth of "Camp Dartmouth" and the rumors of graduated sophomores, an internal Dartmouth study reveals that sophomores returning to Hanover for their sophomore summer often encounter disappointment. The Office of Undergraduate Evaluation and Research, led by John Pryor '84, collected data over the 2001, 2002, and 2003 Summer terms.

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Willis-Starbuck killed early Sunday

By Samantha Ackah | July 17, 2005

WEB UPDATE, July 18, 12:06 a.m. Meleia Willis-Starbuck '07 was gunned down early Sunday morning in Berkeley, Ca., outside her apartment. Willis-Starbuck was shot by an unidentified man who exited a vehicle, fired multiple gunshots at Willis-Starbuck and a group of friends and then drove away, Berkeley police said.

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