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Zantops' colleagues devastated by loss

By Ithan Peltan | January 29, 2001

Disbelief was the prevailing emotion yesterday among members of the Dartmouth faculty reacting to Saturday's double murder of Susanne and Half Zantop. Professors across the spectrum of departments and with varying levels of acquaintance with the deceased echoed each other in describing their reactions, using words like "stunned," "horrified" and "shocked" again and again. "The sudden loss is so shocking and the means by which we have lost them is even more shocking," said Jim Aronson, Half's close friend and departmental colleague in earth sciences.

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Alcohol campaign reaches students

By Kathleen McDermott | January 29, 2001

One year after the launch of a "social norms" campaign to change students' perceptions about alcohol use on campus, Alcohol and Other Drug Education Coordinator Margaret Smith and others are already seeing the impact of their statistic-laden posters. According to Smith, the campaign began in the fall of 1999 to provide students with factual information on which to base their drinking decisions. While in the past the health education field has relied on threatening messages and scary statistics to frighten students into abstaining from alcohol, the social norms campaign takes the opposite approach, Smith said. "Let's tell students what they're doing right," Smith said.

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College administration works to provide counseling

By Julia Levy | January 29, 2001

Dean of the College James Larimore said it was his experience working for the Federal Emergency Management Agency during the devastating 1989 San Francisco earthquake -- and not his long administrative career -- that most prepared him for the tragedy that befell Hanover over the weekend. With back-and-forth telephone calls Saturday night and meetings starting before 7 a.m.

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Prof. advises Bush

By Jeremy Skog | January 26, 2001

Many of Dartmouth's professors are nationally known, but few have a chance to see their research turn into a national policy. Assistant Professor of Economics Andrew Samwick, however, has a much more significant impact on policy issues -- his Social Security research forms the blueprint for President Bush's proposed reforms to the system. "It's something I've always been intellectually curious about," said Samwick of the Social Security issue. Historically, Social Security has been evaluated on a five-year cycle.

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Hospital initiates new facility

By Alison Piper | January 25, 2001

The Littleton Regional Hospital in Littleton, NH, just south of St. Johnsbury, opens the doors of its new $30 million facility today that will offer more efficient use of space and improved outpatient services. The expansion of the hospital focused on technology.

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Bush gears up for first 100 days

By Mark Bubriski | January 25, 2001

Except for a few missing W's, President George W. Bush's inauguration and move into 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue went smoothly. The first hundred days are likely to be crucial for the Bush presidency.

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Saturday classes set for Green Key

By Alison Schmauch | January 25, 2001

Following the Student Assembly's successful resolution calling for two consecutive days of reading period in Spring term, the registrar has scheduled a special day of classes for May 19, the Saturday of Green Key weekend. In past years, the first day of reading period fell on Memorial Day, with the second day occurring later in the week once classes had finished.

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Dartmouth fosters few Rhodes scholars

By Jennifer Thomas | January 25, 2001

Until Medical School student Courtney Voelker received a Rhodes Scholarship this month, no Dartmouth student had won the prestigious fellowship for at least five years. This number is strikingly low when compared with other Ivy League institutions.

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