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Local tourism hit by recent attacks

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The tourism-dependent Upper Valley economy will soon be feeling the impact of the Sept. 11 attacks as travelers cancel their plans. According to Clint Bean, President and CEO of the Hanover Chamber of Commerce, tourism always plays a significant role in the economy of the Upper Valley, especially during the fall foliage season. Each fall, the state of New Hampshire brings in roughly $930 million from tourism, making it the state's second largest industry.


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College unaffected by new Nimda virus

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Despite the recent nationwide spread of the Nimda computer "worm" and other viruses, the College has remained largely unscathed. According to Director of Communications Services Bill Brawley, Dartmouth was only marginally affected because of prior precautions. "All of our Windows servers have had the appropriate security patches and updated virus security files applied," Senior Computer Support Analyst Peter Paplow said. Such preventive measures were taken after August's Code Red worms.


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Greek leaders discuss future

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At a meeting in Collis yesterday, leaders of the Coed Fraternity Sorority Council, the Greek sub-councils and the Office of Residential life met with the presidents of Greek houses to discuss the future of overarching governance of the system. At the meeting the presidents were presented with a proposal for a new governing body ironed out during a retreat last weekend.




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Scherr Appointed Provost after Schnabel '71 Declines

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President James Wright has officially appointed Associate Provost Barry Scherr as Provost after the College's first choice, Robert Schnabel '71, declined an offer for personal reasons. As Dartmouth's chief academic officer, Provost Scherr intends to continue the implementation of the Student Life Initiative, improve faculty and staff diversity issues and increase ties between College departments. Wright, who has worked closely with Scherr as a faculty member and administrator, described him as "very hardworking" and "tremendously enthusiastic." Although the College did not make a written offer to Schnabel -- who is currently the Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic and Campus Technology at the University of Colorado at Boulder -- Wright made it clear to him that he was Dartmouth's pick for the second-highest position at the College. "I had a real interest in pursuing this with him [Schnabel] ... on the recommendation of the search committee," Wright said.



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Kosher facility delayed till Nov.

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The much-awaited opening of the new Kosher/Halal dining facility has been delayed another two months because of a summer construction crunch, tentatively pushing back the opening date to Nov.




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ORL scrambles to end housing crunch with 'tree houses'

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Last year's unexpectedly high yield among accepted students left authorities at the Office of Residential Life scrambling to lodge homeless sophomores; six "tree houses" occupying the lawn in front of the River apartments are the problem's most visible solution. Plans for the makeshift dormitories came together when an ad-hoc enrollment committee made the decision in July, according to Director of Undergraduate Housing Lynn Rosenblum.




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Greek issues dominate summer

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While most students consider Summer term a chance to relax, the news in Hanover this past term was as busy as ever. The College continued its tradition of using the summer as a time for enacting new rules for the Greek system with the announcement of two new policies at the beginning of the term. The first was a ban on outdoor consumption of alcohol at all Greek houses.







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State delays Tulloch trial until mid-March

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The trial of Robert Tulloch, the older of the two Vermont teenagers charged with the brutal stabbing deaths of Dartmouth professors Half and Susanne Zantop, will be postponed until March 11. Grafton Superior Court Judge Peter Smith approved the prosecution's motion to delay on Monday to allow time for further forensic testing.