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April 12, 2026
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Tuck auction raises money for internships

By Kristina Mendicino | April 8, 2002

Cheers burst from enthusiastic Tuck School of Business students filling the center floor and the balconies of Whittemore Hall as a $4,000 bid was offered for a deep-fried Cajun turkey dinner at Thursday night's Tuck GIVES Auction, staged to fund non-profit summer internships for first-year Tuck students. The funds raised by the auction "allow students to not have to choose between financial imperatives and doing something they're really interested in," according to Tuck student David Lee, who received funding for a non-profit internship last summer in Chile. "The goal is to turn out socially responsible managers.

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Bharucha to leave for Tufts

By Megh Duwadi | April 8, 2002

Dean of the Faculty Jamshed Bharucha announced Friday that he is leaving Dartmouth to become Tufts University's next provost and senior vice president after only one year in his current position. Bharucha will assume his new post August 1, following his June 30 departure from the College.

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N.M. governor: legalize drugs

By Karla Kingsley | April 8, 2002

After emphasizing his initial message -- "don't do drugs" -- Republican Governor Gary Johnson of New Mexico spoke passionately to a large audience of his opinions on the drug war and related legislation, using arguments that promoted drug legalization. Johnson said that in spite of the current publicity campaign advertising the negative effects of drugs, "Fifty-four percent of the graduating class of 2000 used illegal drugs." Johnson advocated a more honest message that would include education about the positive medical uses of drugs and their actual consequences. He said that by prohibiting drugs, health officials lose control over the quality of the drugs, and it becomes impossible to administer a beneficial dose for medical reasons. "I was shocked to find that only 10,000 people die from their use of cocaine and heroin," Johnson said, adding that there have been no deaths from marijuana use.

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Hearing to allow cameras

By Tracy Landers | April 4, 2002

Last night the New Hampshire Supreme Court unanimously decided to order Superior Court Judge Peter Smith, who is presiding over Robert Tulloch's hearing this morning, to allow television, radio and still photography coverage of the courtroom. The Supreme Court's decision comes after Smith repeatedly stated that he did not want the proceedings to be broadcast, Michelle Walch of WBZ-TV Boston said. "I'm not a legal expert, but my sense it that this is an unusual decision on the part of the Supreme Court," Jennifer Crompton of WMUR-TV Manchester said. WMUR was one of seven media entities, comprised of WBZ-TV, WBZ Radio, the Boston Globe, the Courtroom Television Network and the Massachusetts and New Hampshire Associations of Broadcasters, that petitioned the Supreme Court yesterday for an emergency order to allow coverage of the hearing. "We are the major TV station in the state, and we're ready, willing and able to handle whatever the judge decides tomorrow morning," Crompton said of the possibility that WMUR could be the single "pool camera" allowed in the courtroom. Coverage "is accessible to any media group that shows up to plug in, or they can get a copy," Crompton said.

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First-degree guilty plea is a legal rarity

By Karla Kingsley | April 4, 2002

Robert Tulloch's surprising decision to change his plea at a hearing today has the potential to present a peculiar scenario -- Tulloch may avoid a trial by accepting a sentence of life in prison. According to legal analysts, if Tulloch's decision to abandon an insanity defense leads to a guilty plea, it will be a highly unusual and nearly unprecedented situation. Tulloch, charged with first-degree murder, will receive a sentence of life in prison without possibility of parole if he pleads guilty.

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Court sentences Parker to 25 years to life

NORTH HAVERHILL, N.H. -- A tearful James J. Parker received a sentence of 25 years to life in prison this afternoon after having pleaded guilty in December to the second-degree murder of Dartmouth professors Half and Susanne Zantop. In contrast to stone-faced Robert Tulloch, who sat emotionlessly at his own sentencing just four hours before, a remorseful Parker listened to the same statements by Zantop family and friends with tears streaming down his face. Though Tulloch, 18, chose not to speak this morning, 17-year-old Parker told the courtroom that he was sorry before Judge Peter Smith pronounced his sentence. "There's not much more I can say than that," he said.

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Family concerns spur plea change

By Nathaniel Ward | April 3, 2002

Robert Tulloch's decision to abandon his plea of innocent by reason of insanity in the deaths of Half and Susanne Zantop appears to have been based on a desire to avoid putting his family through a trial. A change-of-plea hearing for Tulloch has been scheduled to take place tomorrow, and his only remaining options under New Hampshire law are to plead "guilty" or "no contest." By entering either plea, Tulloch will be acquiescing to the mandatory sentences for first-degree murder charges he faces in the brutal slayings of the two Dartmouth professors -- life in prison without parole. Since prosecutors have not agreed to a reduced sentence in exchange for Tulloch's guilty plea, his unusual move appears to be motivated by personal factors. According to media reports citing unnamed people close to the case, Tulloch made the decision after extended consultation with his family. "My understanding is that, a few days ago, he (Tulloch) wanted to strike a deal because he wanted to spare his family a trial," an unnamed friend of the Zantops told the Manchester Union Leader.

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College still needs zoning approvals

By Tracy Landers | April 3, 2002

At a public meeting last night, the Hanover Zoning Board decided to delete a controversial amendment from the ballot of the May election that, if passed, would have allowed Dartmouth to begin construction projects on Maynard Road and elsewhere without the necessity of obtaining special exceptions. The meeting attracted an especially large crowd of about 40 community members, many of whom voiced their opposition to the proposed amendment due to the freedom it would give the College for large-scale development. The amendment would have permitted the construction of student residences, research facilities and parking facilities within the College's "Institutional Zone" as long as they are more than 150 feet from a residential district.

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A college without tenure

By Charles Gardner | April 3, 2002

When Florida Gulf Coast University opened its doors in the fall of 1997, it presented faculty applicants with the rare opportunity to shape the growth of a new institution, but also became one of a relatively few colleges nationwide not to offer a tenure system. Instead of granting professors the long-term security of tenure, the university hires faculty members for fixed contracts, typically of three years duration, which are subject to renewal or discontinuation -- based on the recommendations of a supervisory committee -- upon their conclusion. The university, located in Fort Myers in southwestern Florida, has a total of 215 faculty members.

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