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Zoning change gets go-ahead by Hanover

By Mark Henle | May 17, 2004

Hanover residents have approved a proposal by the College to ease local zoning restrictions, paving the way for Dartmouth to build a new faculty and staff housing development. The zoning proposal, approved by an overwhelming 629-197 margin at Hanover's annual town meeting last week, will affect the land east of Grass Road, situated east of campus. The College plans to build single and two-family homes on the land, which it will sell to Dartmouth employees.

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Dining Services mulls food supplier shift

By Kevin Garland | May 17, 2004

Dartmouth Dining Services is considering changing food suppliers, a decision that could affect the quality, freshness and origin of the meals students eat. Vital Communities, a nonprofit organization in the Upper Valley, has received a grant funded by the USDA's Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education to study the possibility of DDS switching to local farmers as suppliers. The first part of the project, according to Dining Services Director Tucker Rossiter, is to identify the number of certain food products that Dartmouth uses and investigate the possibility of buying locally. In order for DDS to go through with a transfer, Rossiter said that local farmers must provide quality products priced competitively. Currently, DDS buys from various suppliers, such as the firm White River Produce.

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Editors' Note: Green Key Issue 2004

By Steven Orbuch | May 14, 2004

Spring has sprung. The snow has melted, the birds are chirping, the miniskirts are reigning and, most importantly, the campus is ready to celebrate. While our friends at other schools are either finishing up finals or starting their summer, we at Dartmouth have just finished our midterms.

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Namesake organization has had mixed involvement in planning

By Alix Cody | May 14, 2004

Don't join the Green Key Society if you're looking to relive the debaucheries of your Green Key experience during the school year. Although Green Key Weekend is about all about hedonism, its namesake organization is rather tame. The Green Key Society is primarily a service organization in its current inception, with a hands-on role in Orientation, Commencement, the Baker Bell Tower tours and various other events. Green Key Society members are recognizable at these events as they don their trademark polo shirts. The organization's constitution calls for 65 members, 20 of whom are selected by their classmates in elections during spring of sophomore year. The rest of the members represent campus organizations that are at least two years old and have at least 20 members. Green Key weekend's name ultimately proves to be borrowed from the society, not because it reflects the society's spirit but because the society has had a hands-on role in planning the weekend throughout much of its history. The idea for the Green Key Society was a response to a welcome the Dartmouth football team had received when visiting the University of Washington in 1920. The Knights of Hook, UW's service organization, met the Dartmouth team at the train station, provided transportation to the players' lodging, served as guides for the team and even introduced them to women in the area. Orton Hicks '21, College Vice President at the time, helped to create a similar society after his experience in Washington. Originally, Hicks wanted the society to be named the "Hospitality Society," but they chose the name "Green Key" because it reflected both the College with "green" and hospitality with "key," and the organization was born in 1921 following the merger of Sigma Pick and Shield and Sabre, two sophomore societies. The Green Key Society's initial responsibilities included entertaining guests from other institutions, being a "vigilance committee" for freshmen and selecting ushers and cheerleaders.

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What Not to Do This Weekend

By Adam White | May 14, 2004

Look, I don't know why Green Key weekend is called Green Key weekend, or what it's supposed to stand for or when it originated, but I'm pretty sure that it was NOT originally intended to be just a celebration of drunkenness.

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Police, Safety and Security prepared for weekend

By Megan Peck | May 14, 2004

As students gear up for the Green Key festivities, Safety and Security and the Hanover Police are also preparing to take measures they say will ensure student safety throughout the weekend. College Proctor Harry Kinne said Safety and Security's main concern will be preparing for the influx of people descending upon Hanover during any big party weekend.

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Affinity houses pass up planned Green Key events

By Anna Parachkevova | May 14, 2004

While Greek houses on Webster Avenue get ready to host wild parties, crowds of students and pong tournaments in their basements for Green Key weekend, only a few affinity houses will be putting together their own events. Cutter-Shabazz Hall is the only affinity house scheduled to host a Green Key weekend party.

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Getting to Know...

By Mark Sweeney | May 14, 2004

Following in the footsteps of such journalistic luminaries as Mike Wallace, Barbara Walters and Ed Bradley, The Dartmouth's Mark Sweeney catches up with the big names on campus and asks the questions that others have too much professionalism or integrity to ask. Today, Sweeney sits down with campus character Abiel Acosta '04.

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Professors speculate on meanings of Green Key

By Zana Bugaighis | May 14, 2004

Although Green Key weekend has a reputation for riotous activity, some College faculty claim to be ignorant of what really goes on over Green Key weekend, and even of its existence. "They never tell us when Green Key is, and that's why we all have class scheduled.

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Green Key Debauchery

By Amie Sugarman | May 14, 2004

So, Green Key has finally arrived. The snow that envelops Hanover for half of the year has at last receded, along with the frigid weather and winter depression.

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Festival for Humanity to debut on Saturday

By Lizzie Wise | May 14, 2004

Students and community members will have the chance to see 19 campus performing groups and to win an autographed novel by former President Jimmy Carter all in one day, at the first annual Festival for Humanity on Saturday. Organized by Mats Lemberger '06, the Festival will take place on the Green and the Collis Center Porch from noon to 8 p.m., during which a free Stinson's-catered barbecue will be served. "The Festival for Humanity is one local community building event, which celebrates the talents of students and brings people together in a collective concern for service," Lemberger said. A silent auction containing items from student artists, local businesses, athletic teams and "one-of-a-kinds," including the aforementioned copy of Carter's "The Hornet's Nest," is scheduled for noon to 6:30 p.m. The money from the auction will be donated to Dartmouth Habitat for Humanity. "Students will be actively involved to raise funds that will have an impact on students," Lemberger said. He added that if the Festival continues in subsequent years, its organizers hope to have a new service cause to support. Lemberger began planning the Festival during the first week of Fall term, inspired by his participation in Bike and Build -- a cycle across the country to raise money for affordable housing -- during the previous summer.

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