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Trustees to discuss tuition fees, Initiative

By Ithan Peltan | February 9, 2001

Much of the time members of the Board of Trustees spend on campus this weekend for their annual Winter Term meeting will be devoted to the discussion of ongoing projects. "There are just all sorts of things that are just in the planning stages," Chairman of the Board of Trustees William H.

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Keg jump no longer part of Carnival

By Jeremy Skog | February 9, 2001

Its been called "a giant one ring circus," and "a gladiator contest," One past participant said it was the "most intense adrenaline rush of [his] life." As Jarrod Tisdell '99 asked, "What would Winter Carnival be without the keg jump?" Yet this year students will find out, as Psi Upsilon fraternity's famed keg jump goes the way of Snow Queens and permanent bars, making last year's 19th annual Keg Jump -- an event that has traditionally drawn huge crowds on Saturday afternoon -- the last ever. But this is not the first recent year without a keg jump.

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Sculptures have rich history

By Kelly Cameron | February 9, 2001

While recent carnival sculptures have been little more than heaps of packed snow, the theme for this year's carnival, inspired by "2001: A Space Odyssey," has produced an entire glowing, futuristic landscape modeled after the opening scene of Stanley Kubrick's famous movie. The sculpture, designed by Winter Carnival co-chair Raymond Gilliar '01, consists of a 22-foot high tower of clear ice filled with green lights.

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Polar Bear Swim began with Gilliar '98's efforts

By Will Meland | February 9, 2001

As this year's Polar Bear Swim commences at the stroke of noon today, most participants and onlookers will not think to imagine a Winter Carnival without the bone-chilling plunge in which 150 to 300 students, harnessed by a rope, jump into a hole cut in the ice of Occum Pond. For all the popularity of the swim, most do not realize that this "tradition" began quite recently with the zealous dedication of Rachel R.

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Colleges notice drop in male enrollment

By Kelly Cameron | February 8, 2001

Dartmouth College is unaffected by a nationwide downward trend in male enrollment in undergraduate institutions.Since 1992, the percentage of males enrolling in higher education has declined to 44 percent of students nationwide, according to Time magazine. In contrast, Dean of Admissions Karl Furstenberg said that Dartmouth has not seen a decline in male enrollment.

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Patients' rights debate revisited

By Lauren Lafaro | February 8, 2001

Long-debated legislation concerning patients' rights may finally come to the front of the agenda in the upcoming weeks. Bipartisan advocates of patients' rights offered new legislation Tuesday, the kick-off to the fifth year of debate on the issue. "The American people have waited too long," Sen.

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Counsel's email alarms students

By Craig Elbert and Tara Kyle | February 8, 2001

In another email message regarding the Zantop case addressed to "BlitzMail Users," College General Counsel Robert Donin emphatically urged students, faculty and staff with any information to come forward. According to both Donin and Senior Assistant Attorney General Daniel Mullen, the reason for sending out such a request on Tuesday evening -- a week and a half after the initial announcement of the murders -- was simply to again advise students of the importance of coming forward and of the resources available. "I felt it was important to remind people periodically," Donin explained, adding that if the case remains open, the community may receive further BlitzMail messages on this subject. Students who spoke with The Dartmouth, however, felt that the email was an indication that the investigators may not have many concrete leads. Dennis Recca '02 expressed concern that the case is nowhere near closure. "To me, it's obvious that they're grasping at straws.

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Police contact ASU professor

By Ithan Peltan | February 8, 2001

A former visiting professor of earth sciences and current geology professor at Arizona State University, Stanley Williams, has been identified by several media outlets as the man whose rental car was seized from the rental agency in Manchester by officials investigating the Zantop murder. Williams does not appear to be a suspect in the double homicide, however. The New Hampshire Attorney General's office said that they have no suspects and that none of the people interviewed by state police who travelled to Arizona are considered suspects. Williams could not be reached for comment yesterday, but earlier confirmed to the Boston Globe that he had in fact been in contact with New Hampshire investigators. "We still don't have any suspects," Senior Assistant Attorney General Daniel Mullen told The Dartmouth yesterday, adding he personally did not know if Williams had been questioned. Williams and his wife, Lynda, were in Hanover the weekend professors Half and Susanne Zantop were killed to attend the 90th birthday party of his dissertation adviser, Richard Stoiber, a professor emeritus of earth sciences. Police impounded the white car the couple had apparently rented from Thrifty Car Rental at the Manchester airport.

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Students deal with blackouts

By Kelly Cameron | February 7, 2001

What would life be like without electricity? This is a question that most people cannot even begin to answer because of their routine dependence on lights, electronics and especially computers, but it has become a harsh reality in most parts of California. The deregulation of electricity in California has led to a number of power blackouts around the state.

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Committee unfazed by Testa resignation

By Alison Schmauch | February 6, 2001

The Greek Life Steering Committee continues to work toward the release of a definitive report regarding possible ways to modify the Greek system at the end of this term, despite the resignation of committee member Professor of Education Randy Testa. Formed with the charge of drawing up a final set of recommendations regarding the Greek system, the committee serves as the latest of what have been a series of groups involved in the implementation of the Initiative. Committee member Shihwan Chung '02 said the committee has listed six guiding principles after extensive discussion and meetings last term and will continue to work with these principles in the coming weeks as they prepare their reports. According to these six principles,the Greek system should promote scholarship, leadership development, service and philanthrophy, accountability, brotherhood and sisterhood and diversity and inclusivity. Recently, the whole committee split into six groups, each of which will prepare a report explaining how the Greek system can better achieve one of the listed principles. Each of these reports should be completed within the next week or two, according to Chung. The Committee hopes to release a compilation of all six reports by the end of winter term, he said. No committee members who spoke with The Dartmouth said that the resignation of Education Professor Randy Testa had significantly affected the committee's plans or schedule. While Assistant Dean of Residential Life Cassie Barnhardt said that the report currently being prepared might have looked different had Testa remained on the committee, she said that the committee's flexibility has been one of its principal strengths. Committee members M.

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