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N.H. Senator Smith outlines agenda, supports tax cut

By Andrew Marnell | March 6, 2001

Despite some concerns in congress over President George W. Bush's proposed $1.6 trillion tax cut plan, the president has at least one strong supporter in the senate -- New Hampshire Republican Senator Bob Smith. "I'm strongly in favor of the president's plan," Smith said in an interview with The Dartmouth.

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Climbing accident shaped Half's life

By Julia Levy | March 6, 2001

Two men were several hundred feet above the ground, scaling a vertical peak in Yosemite National Park. Suddenly, the man leading the ascent lost his grasp and fell from the rock face.

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Is a motive needed for conviction?

By Victoria McGrane | March 6, 2001

They have fingerprints linking one of the suspects to the murder scene. They have evidence that shows one of the suspects bought two knives over the Internet. What investigators don't seem to have is a motive. This not only leaves a grieving community with unanswered questions, it also places prosecutors, who must provide proof of premeditation in order to earn a first-degree murder conviction, in a less than ideal situation. Yet it remains unclear whether the 'why' behind the January 27 murders of Half and Suzanne Zantop will be needed to convict alleged killers James Parker, 16, and Robert Tulloch, 17. Criminal experts and prosecutors agree that such a case can be proved without a motive.

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AG denies that Nazi literature was seized from suspect's home

By Kathleen McDermott | March 5, 2001

Attorney General Philip McLaughlin strongly denied an ABC News report that investigators found neo-Nazi literature in the bedroom of one of the suspects in the Zantop murders. McLaughlin told the Associated Press that the report was "inaccurate," and said, "I have no idea what it was that they based their report on." In its Feb.

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Ethernet to join dogs, Frisbees on the Green

By Richard Lazarus | March 5, 2001

Before Dartmouth students will even be able to sit on the Green without a jacket this year, they will be able to send BlitzMail messages while comfortably perched from the central quad. Beginning in April, the College will have a major wireless network in place, allowing students untethered access to BlitzMail and the Internet campus-wide. "I really think that wireless networks are essentially the next infrastructure for computing," said Dave Kotz '86, professor of computer science.

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Blitz-out paralyzes campus

By Ithan Peltan | March 5, 2001

Network services went down campus-wide yesterday evening, cutting off BlitzMail and Internet access to Dartmouth users, causing significant disruptions among students.

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Lawyer rejects River Valley Club connection between Zantops and alleged killers

By Julia Levy | March 4, 2001

Yesterday's report that a local fitness club could be a link between the Zantops and the two accused teenagers may seem to be an interesting theory, but it might not be such a viable connection, according to a lawyer for the club. Hanover lawyer Ned Whittington confirmed that the two suspects were present at the River Valley Club for a special one-day visit on Oct.

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JC schedules Psi Upsilon hearing

By Charles Gardner | March 2, 2001

In the wake of allegations that members of the house yelled offensive language at a passing student, a Level I adjudication hearing will be held next week to investigate related charges against Psi Upsilon fraternity, according to Assistant Dean of Residential Life Cassie Barnhardt. The hearing was announced in a letter sent yesterday from the Office of Residential Life to the President of Psi Upsilon, Michael Holick '02.

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ORL revamps housing rules

By Alison Schmauch | March 2, 2001

Students planning to live in College dorms next year may notice several important changes made to the room draw process. According to Dean of Residential Life Martin Redman, blocking will no longer be allowed, students already in certain clusters will have the opportunity to draw rooms there before the general room draw and additional buildings will serve as substance-free or smoke-free housing. Rents for all rooms will be equal this year, he said.

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Chelsea has mixed reaction to arrests

By Julia Levy | March 2, 2001

Chelsea Constable Carol Olsen was in Connecticut when she heard that two teenagers from her town, Robert Tulloch and James Parker, were wanted for the Zantop murders. She tuned the television to New England Cable News to find out what was going on in the tiny Vermont town where she has lived for nearly 30 years. Olsen told The Dartmouth yesterday, "Everyone that was questioned about this from town responded, 'These kids were O.K.'" But Olsen said she believes the town's comments about Tulloch and Parker were misleading.

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A look at undergraduate societies

By Charles Gardner | March 2, 2001

Despite some similarities with the Greek system, the campus' two undergraduate undergraduate societies, Amarna and Panarchy, differ significantly from other societies on campus, abiding by different standards and interacting differently with the College than their Greek counterparts. The importance of differences between the two types of organizations came to the forefront after Monday's news that Alpha Theta fraternity and The Tabard fraternity, two co-educational CFS houses, were considering secession from the Greek system. Panarchy, the College's first undergraduate society, was formed in 1993 out of a Greek house, while Amarna was created in January 1994. Both are currently independent of the Coed Fraternity Sorority Council and maintain constitutions and guidelines that have important differences from those of many Greek houses including different membership guidelines. Perhaps foremost among these distinctions is that membership is open to all students except freshman and there is no term specially designated for joining the society, as mandated by the College's "Undergraduate Society Policies and Procedures." "We have no rush or pledge period," said Andrew Gray '01, a former president of Amarna.

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Bush seeks support for tax cut

By Lauren Lafaro | March 1, 2001

Bush embarked on his presidency attempting to sell himself to Congress and to the American people after an election that some claim provided him with no clear mandate as president.

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Students seek Napster alternatives

By Tara Kyle | March 1, 2001

As Napster's future looks increasingly bleak, other file sharing services will have the opportunity to expand their memberships -- but so far most of these services have yet to catch on within the Dartmouth community. The vast majority of students who spoke with The Dartmouth expressed little familiarity with Napster's competitors.

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Poet, activist to be spring fellow

By Cynthia-Marie O'Brien | March 1, 2001

Ali Ahmad Sai'd, a critically acclaimed poet and political activist whose work has been at the forefront of the Arab artistic world since the 1960s, will be coming to the College this spring as a Montgomery Fellow.

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