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Power failure darkens campus

By Wendy Yu | October 6, 1999

The majority of students were left in darkness and confusion last night as the power went out across most of the campus for about half an hour. The power, which went out at approximately 10:30 last night, affected such buildings as the Hopkins Center, Dartmouth Row, Alumni Gymnasium and residence clusters East Wheelock, the Gold Coast, Topliff-New Hampshire, the River, the Choates, Ripley Woodward Smith, and Russell Sage. Massachusetts Row and Wheeler-Richardson were unaffected, as well as Baker Library and Collis Center. Different areas of campus experienced varying durations of outage.

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Asbestos halts Silsby renovations

By Victoria McGrane | October 6, 1999

Renovations on Silsby Hall were halted last week to remove asbestos from the building's upper levels, according to Dartmouth's Environmental Health and Safety Director Michael Blayney. The dust from the construction raised concerns about dispersal of the cancer-causing substance into the air.

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Composting soon to be underway

By Alice Gomstyn | October 6, 1999

Although the composting program at Dartmouth has been in place for more than a year, the Courtyard Caf and Collis Caf have not been composting due to space and transportation problems, according to Campus Engineer and Civil Waste Manager Elizabeth Ashworth. While both dining halls have separately marked trash bins for compostable and non-compostable items, the lack of workers and space to store the separated trash have led to mixing the compostables with regular garbage, Ashworth said.

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Students react to Taiwan quake

By Stella Lee | October 6, 1999

The earthquake that shook Taiwan occurred halfway around the world, but its effects have reached as far as the Green of Hanover. As Taiwan tried to dig itself out of rubble, students at Dartmouth scrambled to hear word from family members and friends who lived there. Brian Ni '03, an international student from Taiwan, was checking BlitzMail at the Kiewit Computation Center when he received a message from a friend saying, "Big earthquake in Taiwan.

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New fees and fines policy to be announced

By Rachel Osterman | October 5, 1999

A statement explaining the College's policy on administrative fees and fines will be issued within the next several weeks, according to Dean of the College James Larimore. This will be the first time the College has clarified its fining system, and it will mark the end of a yearlong process that began when the Student Assembly compiled a list of student complaints and sent them to Treasurer Win Johnson and former Acting Dean of the College Dan Nelson last winter. While members of the Fees and Fines committee, a group that addressed student discontent with the current fining system at the College, would not disclose details of the new system, many expected the new policy would include some positive changes. Larimore told The Dartmouth he has not yet decided when any changes would be implemented. "There's definitely going to be change because we're going to have a new policy," Shelley Sandell '01, a member of the fees and fines committee, said.

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Students plan for 2000 New Year's

By Jeffrey Kemnitz | October 5, 1999

With only three months remaining until the year 2000, students interviewed by The Dartmouth seem to be abandoning bold plans for their New Year's celebration, opting instead to simply hang out with their friends. Kapil Jain '02 simply wants to get together with his friends from home. "It will be very low key," he said. This attitude is widespread at the College -- many students are avoiding any far-reaching, extravagant plans. Miles Harrigan '03 thought of doing something crazy with all of his high school buddies but has since abandoned those plans, pointing out that "it would take too much planning." There are a handful of students, however, who have slightly more extravagant plans. Resembling a nationwide freshmen sweep, Ryan Higgins '03 is planning a week long caravan along the east coast, picking up friends on the way.

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College could expand dorm cable

By Julia Levy | October 5, 1999

An announcement about the plan to expand cable options in residence halls should be made soon, according to Dean of the College James Larimore and Treasurer Win Johnson. The Campus Cable Television Committee submitted its proposal for expanded cable to Larimore and Johnson last week.

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Centerbrook architects to unveil plans this week

By Jeffrey Tanenhaus | October 4, 1999

The architectural firm charged with redesigning the College's dining, social, athletic and recreational facilities will present its proposals to the College community tomorrow and Wednesday afternoon in public meetings in Tindle Lounge. The Centerbrook Architects will present their visions of dining and social areas on Tuesday and address athletic and recreational facilities the following day. "They think they have some pretty good ideas about what they are hearing from the public, and they want to present them to the campus," Dean of Student Life Holly Sateia said. While workshops were initially geared toward input from undergraduate and graduate students, Sateia said the architects are beginning to focus on certain proposals and will be presenting their impressions: although, their ears will remain open to further suggestions. "The architects' study is preliminary, so in all likelihood [it] will lead to a construction project, but this phase is more program driven and diagrammatic than an architectural design," College Architect and Associate Director of Facilities Planning George Hathorn said. According to Hathorn, the student feedback has been recorded since late spring.

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Candidates prepare for visit to College

By Deborah Bernstein | October 4, 1999

Candidates for the two major parties' presidential nominations are beginning to prepare for the October 27 and 28 town meetings at Dartmouth, emphasizing their commitment to campaigning in New Hampshire, the first primary state, and to the youth vote. Mo Elleithee, a spokesman for the former New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley's campaign, said Bradley is excited to do a joint appearance with Vice President Al Gore, the other candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. The two are currently running neck-and-neck in New Hampshire, with the most recent CNN/Time poll putting Bradley ahead by three percentage points. "Senator Bradley will get up there and tell people what he thinks, which is what he's been doing throughout his entire career, especially since January when he declared," Elleithee said. Elleithee said he thinks Bradley will be well prepared for October 27's town forum with Gore. Elleithee stressed that Bradley has been to the Granite State 10 times, with an 11th visit scheduled for next week, because Bradley "believes the people are interested in the choice they're facing." Visiting the state and speaking to its citizens "shows respect to voters," Elleithee said. Elleithee did not want to predict what topics could be discussed, but he said he thought Bradley would be talking about the issues he feels strongly about, including improving health care, getting more people on the "prosperity train," campaign finance reform, and achieving racial unity. In a letter released by Gore Campaign Chairman Tony Coelho Friday to the Bradley camp, the Gore campaign called for a series of debates. Dartmouth Government Professor Linda Fowler called this an attempt by the Gore campaign to "stem the tide" of Bradley momentum. The October town meeting will be the first time Bradley and Gore share a podium, so there will be a great deal of scrutiny of the challenger, Fowler said. Fowler said Gore has been successful in televised debates in the past. However, she said the challenging candidate is always advantaged by any pairing with a front-runner.

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Wireless Ethernet hits Princeton

By Jennifer Thomas | October 1, 1999

Students at Princeton University will be able to access the World Wide Web via wireless Ethernet connection at the University's Firestone Library starting next week. This pilot program will provide six wireless Ethernet cards for students to borrow from the library's reserve desk for five hours at a time.

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Leaf tours fight bad press

By Carl Burnett | October 1, 1999

The vibrant reds, oranges and yellows which make New England's fall foliage season famous mean more to New Hampshire residents than just decoration -- they mean big business, bringing tourists to the state from around the world.

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UNH Greeks protest comments by admin.

By Rachel Osterman | October 1, 1999

Members of the University of New Hampshire's Greek system were spurred to protest last week after the discovery of a passage in the undergraduate Whittemore School of Business and Economics' "peer advisory manual" urging students not to join Greek houses. At a time when the University of New Hampshire administration has been working with its Greek system to revamp its public image, a recent misunderstanding on the campus has highlighted the Greeks' growing sensitivity to outside criticism. The incident began at a freshmen orientation event last month, when an associate dean warned incoming students to be careful in deciding to pledge to a fraternity or sorority. Greek students then found a passage in the undergraduate Whittemore School of Business and Economics' "peer advisory manual" -- a pamphlet distributed to all first-year Whittemore students -- that also cautioned students against Greek life, citing the possible effect that the time commitment can have on a student's academic career. "It was the combination of the two things," said Chris Black, the UNH Interfraternity Council President.

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First-year is former pageant champ

By Alice Gomstyn | September 30, 1999

When Amanda Merkle '03 first spoke to her roommate over the phone, she told her that she played the clarinet, was the captain of her high school volleyball team, and partook in several community service activities. What she never mentioned that the summer of 1998, Merkle was crowned Miss Teen of Washington. "It's not something that I consider part of who I am," she said.

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