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The Dartmouth
October 8, 2026
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Ethernet to join dogs, Frisbees on the Green

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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Tulloch waives right to hearing

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One of the two suspects charged with the murders of professors Susanne and Half Zantop waived his right to a probable cause hearing yesterday, while attorneys for the media continued to press for more information. Robert Tulloch, 17, was set to appear in Lebanon District Court yesterday afternoon, where prosecutors would have presented evidence against him, and witnesses supporting the state's case might have appeared. But yesterday morning, Tulloch waived his right to the hearing, prolonging the secrecy that has surrounded this case since the beginning.







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Police say boys are only suspects

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Authorities are not searching for any additional suspects in the murders of professors Susanne and Half Zantop, according to sources that spoke with the Associated Press. A source familiar with the investigation told the AP yesterday that the evidence has not indicated anyone other than Robert Tulloch, 17, and James Parker, 16, was involved in the murder. The source said although the investigation continues while authorities have already arrested the two teenagers, additional arrests are not expected. Authorities have released little information about the murders, but more details were expected today when a New Hampshire judge had planned to unseal portions of affidavits and search warrants. However, the Valley News reported yesterday that additional forensic evidence was strengthening the investigators' case for keeping court records sealed.