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April 15, 2026
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Vt., N.H. battle in 'Shrine Bowl'

A parade on Saturday through downtown Hanover featured pint-sized cars and men garbed in red fezzes, but it was only a prelude to the heated Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl that followed -- the annual football game between Vermont and New Hampshire high school students held at the College. Fans from all over the two states flooded downtown and eventually Dartmouth's Memorial Field, where the charity bowl attracted a large crowd. During the parade, the Shrine Masons, commonly known as Shriners, donned their the extravagant Middle-East-type costumes and played bagpipe music to provide a circus-like atmosphere around the Green. In the afternoon, the football game pitted a team of top-notch Vermont high school football players against another competitive New Hampshire team.

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Double major becomes a popular option

By Katherine Butler | August 9, 2005

While some Dartmouth students struggle to find one topic upon which to focus their academic careers, a growing number of their peers are embarking on double or even triple majors. The double major is a relatively recent phenomenon in the history of the College.

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Associate VP leaves for Smith College

By Jessica Chen | August 9, 2005

Recently appointed as the head of fundraising for the all-female Smith College in Northampton, Mass., Associate Vice President for Development Patricia Jackson will leave Hanover to pursue her new job Sept.

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Defecator hits S. Mass bathroom, fines likely

By Dane Schlossberg | August 9, 2005

The continuing debate concerning the Office of Residential Life's damage policy is reaching a crescendo this week, as residents of South Mass will likely be charged with an ORL restitution fee one week after human feces were found spread on the stalls and toilets of the first-floor bathroom. In the event that no new information arises by the Aug.

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Safety and Security officer trained in the Navy

By Rosie Hughes | August 4, 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. Who would have thought that a boy who broke his brother's nose twice would become one of the most popular Safety and Security officers at Dartmouth?

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Consent Day to raise awareness

By Linzi Sheldon | August 4, 2005

Many students have seen the brightly colored "Consensual Sex is Hot" T-shirts around campus without knowing their origin, but this Friday, Consent Day will bring back to Dartmouth not only a stack of T-shirts, but also its message and spreading awareness again on Wesbter Avenue. Dartmouth's third annual Consent Day will take place from 3 to 5 p.m.

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College to host gender scholars at conference

By Katherine Butler | August 4, 2005

From Aug. 7 to 10, Dartmouth will host 38 academics from around the world to discuss feminist scholarship within the fields of Jewish and Islamic studies. The conference will be held in Filene Auditorium and is free and open to the public.

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Washington taps College profs as council advisors

By Michelle Shortsleeve | August 4, 2005

Two economics professors may soon be taking leaves of absence from teaching at Dartmouth. But far from taking sabbaticals or extended vacations, these professors may be spending the next year as councils to the President in the nation's capital. Two of the three seats on President Bush's Council of Economic Advisors stand vacant, and according to those close to the process, it is expected that Dartmouth professors Katherine Baicker and Matthew Slaughter will fill them by the end of the summer. An associate professor in the Department of Economics, Baicker specializes in Public, Labor and Health Economics.

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Howe receives renovation funds

By Ambika Singh | August 4, 2005

Although it is often overshadowed by its massive campus counterpart, Baker-Berry, Hanover's public library, the Howe Library, is undergoing major renovations to improve the building's collection and facilities for town residents. On Friday, the Howe Library received a check from the Kresge Foundation for $250,000, a big step towards the building's capital campaign goal of $5.5 million.

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Ricciardone '73 named ambassador to Egypt

By Kimberly Sheu | August 2, 2005

Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr. '73 was confirmed by the U.S. Senate last Friday as U.S. Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt. At his hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on July 27 of this year, Ricciardone said that as Ambassador, he will "expect all members of the Mission to serve the American and Egyptian publics with exemplary courtesy, efficiency and integrity." Riccciardone was born in Boston, and received his high school diploma from Malden Catholic High School.

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Dallek to analyze 2008 presidential prospects

By Linzi Sheldon | August 2, 2005

Acclaimed author, historian and presidential authority Robert Dallek will be sharing his expertise with the public today in his Montgomery Fellow speech as he analyzes the successes and failures of past presidencies and looks toward the nation's future. Dallek, who will be speaking at 4 p.m.

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Police raid home in murder of '07

By Kevin Garland | August 2, 2005

On Saturday, Berkeley, Calif. police searched a home in nearby Vallejo, while looking for Christopher Hollis, the man whom police suspect shot and killed Meleia Willis-Starbuck '07 in July. Meanwhile, the suspected getaway driver, Christopher Wilson, posted bail after close acquaintances offered to mortgage their house in order to raise the necessary sum.

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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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