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One year later, Tulloch faces trial

By Matt Lewis | January 28, 2002

Almost exactly one year after the initial chaos surrounding the shocking murders of Half and Susanne Zantop hit, some answers for the Upper Valley community are on the horizon. Despite recent twists in the case, the upcoming trial of Robert Tulloch -- accused of stabbing the Dartmouth professors to death with the aid of James Parker -- should shed some light on exactly what happened on Jan.

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DDS is short 60 student workers

By Miho Wako | January 28, 2002

Dartmouth Dining Services recently posted signs warning that, due to an employee shortage, dine-in meals would be served on paper plates at Food Court and Homeplate.

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WRC dedicates prints to Suzanne Zantop

By Sarah Betts | January 28, 2002

The Women's Resource Center celebrated the donation of two Frida Kahlo prints in the name of Susanne Zantop on Friday, just short of the one-year anniversary of her husband's and her murder. The prints were given shortly after the murders by Priscilla Sears, a senior lecturer in English, liberal studies and women's studies, from her private collection. A small group of the Zantops' friends and fellow faculty members gathered at the center to view the two paintings and discuss the impact Susanne's loss has had on them over the last year on Friday. Director of the Women's Resource Center Giavanna Munafo hoped that the reception would be a time to "pause and be inspired by this wonderful woman we lost." Guests gathered around the lounge's coffee table where, next to a bowl of strawberries, three of Zantop's publications were displayed, as well as art books featuring Kahlo's paintings. The Mexican artist is known for her bold, vibrant paintings that complemented her tempestuous and revolutionary life.

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Eating disorders week events focus on dieting

By Tara Kyle | January 28, 2002

Dartmouth's seventh annual Eating Disorder Awareness Week will kick off tomorrow. But instead of focusing on specific diseases such as anorexia and bulimia, this year's programming will address some of the root causes of these ailments, namely diet crazes and excessive exercise regimes that often lead to full-blown disorders. Marcia Herrin, coordinator of the College's Nutrition Education Program, described the purpose of the altered programming as attempting to "give people the skills to decide what's crazy, and maybe what's dangerous." "We try to approach preventing eating disorders in a different way each year," Herrin said. Despite shifts in programming from year to year, the overriding goal of the week is to provide information about eating disorders to students both afflicted and healthy, as well as those who may be worried about friends. "In the past, these events have encouraged students to begin their own treatments," Herrin said. Two speeches, both delivered by noted nutrition coach and dietitian Dayle Hayes, will highlight the week. Tomorrow, Hayes will deliver "Dumb Diets and Dangerous Nutrition Traps: Learn How to Eat Smart, Look Great, Feel Better -- and Never Diet Again." On Wednesday, Hayes will examine the prevelance of diet fads in "Nutrition for the Real World." Hayes began as a biology teacher and segued into nutrition counseling based on her people skills and interests in natural processes, according to Hayes' son, Patrick Bredehoft '03. Hayes currently writes a column each week for a newspaper and delivers health lectures to a variety of audiences.

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Campus still mourning Zantops

By Kay Fukunaga | January 25, 2002

While many feel that the College is on the road to recovering from the deaths of Professors Half and Susanne Zantop, remnants of sorrow linger. Professors and students alike still mourn the loss of two people whom they admired.

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Reports allege Tulloch went on a 'thrill kill'

By Tara Kyle | January 25, 2002

In a conversation with a fellow inmate, Robert Tulloch allegedly described the slayings of Half and Susanne Zantop as a "thrill kill," according to a report in yesterday's Boston Herald. An anonymous source inside Grafton County Jail in Haverhill, N.H., reportedly revealed that Tulloch and James Parker gained entry to the Zantop home by posing as Dartmouth students working on an environmental studies research project. After Half Zantop invited the teenagers in, the source claims that Tulloch turned and slit his throat after an unspecified amount of time. The crime, initially intended as a robbery, "kind of turned into a thrill kill," the source said in the Herald report. The source went on to explain that Susanne Zantop left the kitchen, where she had been making sandwiches, after the first murder.

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Does Dartmouth's white populace have an identity?

By Matt Lewis | January 25, 2002

An overflowing and diverse crowd jammed Collis Commonground for yesterday's community hour entitled "Dartmouth's White Community: Assessing Identity and Privileges." While the theme of the discussion was this unorthodox yet pervasive racial issue, those who spoke often digressed to discuss issues that afflict many different races. Gary Weissman '02 began the Palaeopitus-sponsored discussion by stating that the event's purpose was to spread awareness and discussion on the lack of white identity and the responsibility entrenched in unfair white privilege. "Ultimately, we can only change through honest discussion and self-reflection," Weissman said.

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Thin ice keeps Occom closed; Polar Bears unfettered

By Cynthia-Marie O'Brien | January 24, 2002

Balmy weather and snow has kept skaters off Occom Pond for all but three days this season, but there may be relief in site for winter sports enthusiasts. While Grounds Manager Robert Thebodo hopes to open the pond as soon as possible, an "overwhelming concern for safety" is the reason why the pond remains closed. A cold spell this weekend may help -- daytime temperatures below 20 degrees are best for maintaining the skating surface -- but warm and rainy weather in the meantime is likely to hinder pond maintenance. A lack of sufficient ice and the need to use equipment elsewhere around campus to clear paths after heavy snowfalls have delayed the opening of the pond. The pond traditionally opens for skating between Christmas week and mid-January, although the pond has been open as early as Thanksgiving in previous years. Although crews have begun working to prepare the pond, "we did not have enough ice recently to put small equipment out there," Thebodo said. "In the last few days, we've taken measures to flood the pond so the snow wouldn't be as much of a problem, and we swept and blew snow off," he said. The equipment used to clear the pond has frequently been needed this term for snow removal in other areas around campus, such as highly trafficked sidewalks. Occom Pond is maintained by L&M Service Contractors, an outside contractor. Thebodo uses the American Pulpwood Association's scale to determine safe ice thickness.

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IFC will address 'mutual distrust'

By Ryan Samuels | January 24, 2002

The newly elected Inter-Fraternity Council will work for the next year to maintain a united Dartmouth Greek system in order to improve public relations with the administration and community, according to IFC President Sunil Bhagavath '03 and Vice President John Lawrence '03. Bhagavath, Lawrence and the other members of the IFC -- a representative body for all fraternities on campus -- began their terms of office on Tuesday. Bhagavath, who has served in the past as Social Chair and Summer President of Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity, said that the IFC, in conjunction with the Greek Leaders Council and the Greek community as a whole, must work to overcome a "feeling of mutual distrust between the administration and houses." Lawrence, a brother of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, said that "the Greek system stands at a really tricky -- and I would say vital -- point in its existence." "The Greek system does a lot of things that a lot of people don't know about," such as community service projects and "a very real commitment in many houses to academic excellence," he said. "The attitude toward the Greek system has suffered due to the Student Life Initiative and events at certain houses." He referred to the revelation at the now derecognized Zeta Psi fraternity last spring of the "sex papers," a weekly newsletter which promised "patented date rape techniques" and named female Dartmouth students in association with the alleged sexual exploits of individual brothers. "The Greek system has come under a lot of fire and has largely gone unappreciated by a decent segment of the population," he said. He added, "there are some people that will tell you that the system is exclusive, and I think that that needs to be addressed." In terms of communication between Greek houses and the administration, Bhagavath said that the IFC "needs to address a lack of dialogue between the Greek system and the administration." He attributed controversy over the summer about the implementation of walkthroughs by Safety and Security to a breakdown in communication. "Some of the guys that were here last summer were a little bitter and distrustful of the administration.

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Zantops' friends reflect on couple's legacy

By Fred Yarger | January 24, 2002

As the first anniversary of the Dartmouth community's tragic loss of Half and Suzanne Zantop approaches, friends and colleagues are still grieving. Last year, news trucks surrounded the Green, memorial services were held and administrators offered consolation to the community. However, in the chaos of the weeks following the tragedy, it was difficult for many to fully comprehend the loss. Audrey McCollum, a neighbor of the Zantops, was celebrating her husband's birthday on the day of the tragedy.

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Professors face off on reparations

By Charles Gardner | January 24, 2002

Slavery in the United States ended as an institution nearly 140 years ago, but controversy still rages over whether the present-day descendants of slaves are entitled to compensation for the wrongs of history. Professors Charles Ogletree of Harvard and Glenn Loury of Boston University debated the controversial issue at Collis Commonground last night, agreeing that the United States must address the wrongs of the past and the continuing racial inequality of the present but clashing over the viability of reparations. "As much as America has moved forward, we still have a pervasive racial divide," said Ogletree, who is planning to sue the U.S.

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Murders stunned campus last Jan.

By Katie Martin | January 24, 2002

A year after the murders of Professors Half and Susanne Zantop left the campus stunned and saddened; Dartmouth students and faculty contacted by The Dartmouth concurred that is was a week that few of them will ever forget. Upon first hearing the news, the community was shocked. "The first call came from a reporter," said President James Wright.

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'34 dies, misses seeing family's 3rd Olympian

By Charles Gardner | January 23, 2002

Jack Shea '34 was fond of ice skating on Occom Pond while at Dartmouth, though it is unlikely his friends could have kept up with him. Shea -- who won two gold medals in speedskating at the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Olympics -- was also known as a father and grandfather to Olympic competitors. His son, Jim, competed in the 1964 Innsbruck Games, while grandson Jim Jr.

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Police get no leads in swastika case

By Tara Kyle and Jenn Coffey | January 23, 2002

Over a week after a Smith Hall resident discovered a swastika sketched on her door's message board, investigators have uncovered no new leads in the case. "It's still an open file with us," Hanover Police Chief Nick Giaccone said. The message board in question was not confiscated by police as evidence because, according to Giaccone, "The officer felt it was not necessary." If a suspect is eventually arrested, a likely charge would be criminal mischief, a class A misdemeanor which carries a fine of up to $2000. In the 1999 incident in which Peter Cataldo wrote "Kill Kosher Kikes" and other anti-Semitic message on a fellow student's marker board, the underlying charge investigators considered was a criminal threat. The charge Cataldo could have faced carries the same penalty as criminal mischief.

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Marcuse, SA attempt to save Ivy Council

By Jenn Coffey | January 23, 2002

The unexpected promotion of Student Assembly member Joshua Marcuse '04 to the presidency of the Ivy Council set the tone for last night's meeting of the Assembly as Dartmouth's student leaders looked to save the all-Ivy forum. Marcuse, formerly the Council's vice president of internal affairs, assumed the office following the resignation of Cornell's Michael Brown.

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Former CIA officer criticizes agency

By Nathaniel Ward | January 23, 2002

The Central Intelligence Agency has been in a state of decline for decades and needs reform, former CIA Middle East specialist Reuel Marc Gerecht said yesterday. In a speech severely criticizing his former employer, Gerecht -- who worked with the CIA's clandestine Directorate of Operations for nine years -- said many problems stem from the agency's inability to recognize problems and change accordingly. "Sept.

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Evers-Williams gives MLK keynote

By Jen Tutak | January 22, 2002

"I'm not a pessimist, but I'm a realist. And as we know, freedom is not free." Myrlie Evers-Williams, the first woman chair of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, reflected yesterday on the state of social justice and equality in the United States, especially following Sept.

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