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September 2, 2026
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Celebrating a Legacy

By Nick Morinigo | February 8, 2001

In 1980 a melancholy America needed inspiration. Americans were being held hostage by revolutionaries in Iran, the economy was sputtering, tensions with the Soviet Union were high, and the wounds of Watergate and Vietnam were not yet healed.

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Fond Memories

By Norm | February 8, 2001

To the Editor: Since a week ago Sunday morning, when a mutual friend called to tell us the horrible news about Half and Susanne, Nancy and I have been awestruck and devastated.

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What the Zantops Taught

By Rosalind Lee | February 7, 2001

To the Editor: Even though I did not know the Zantops, I have been moved by the outpouring of tributes for this seemingly ordinary and unheralded couple.

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Work Hard, Play Hard

By Ki Mae Heussner | February 7, 2001

Work hard, play hard." It's the college mantra of which we're all so proud. It's what we say to lure in undecided prospectives, it's what we tell potential employers to justify our absence from the upper Ivies, and its how we redeem our No.

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Appalachian Trail

By Anonymous | February 7, 2001

To the Editor: I am writing out of concern for the investigation into the Zantop murders. From what I have been able to gather from the news, it seems that neither a viable suspect nor even a viable motive has been established.

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Susanne and Half

By Alan Fair | February 6, 2001

To the Editor: It was a normal late winter day here in England. I had caught the train, as usual, from my home down to Birmingham to attend my daughter's birthday party.

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A Printing Fiasco

By Jonah Stulberg | February 6, 2001

Public printing has always been a free service provided by Dartmouth. It is a luxury that most students take for granted, but it is also a luxury in danger of being taken away.

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Parents' Reaction

By Dean William Naka | February 6, 2001

To the Editor: We are saddened at the loss of the Zantops. We are so surprised at the loss to the College. I learned from my daughter who was taking a class with Professor Half Zantop.

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Alaska Grieves

By The Kimms | February 6, 2001

To the Editor: The news of the Zantop tragedy just hit Alaskans who hold Dartmouth with affection.

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Coach O'Leary

By Brian D. Quinn | February 6, 2001

To the Editor: It was with great regret that I learned that Coach O'Leary has decided to take his coaching skills and infectious personality to another university.

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Regarding Woodbury

By Christopher Bowen | February 6, 2001

To the Editor: There are times when I don't entirely understand Dartmouth College. Despite the fact that the one issue that the administration and students agree on is the need for more undergraduate housing, the College is going to renovate Woodbury Hall, now vacated by the graduate students thanks to the completion of Whittemore, and turn it into office space.

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God Bless America!

By Matt Soriano | February 6, 2001

My father takes us on a LOT of vacations to exotic locales. He does this because he couldn't survive two weeks in a foreign country without somebody with a command of simple division to convert foreign prices into dollars, a memory for airlines, code-sharing agreements, flight numbers, and time zones.

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Random Crime

By Ethe Lee | February 5, 2001

To the Editor: I have no connection with Dartmouth (wish I did), but I've been following this tragic but unusual and fascinating case and your excellent coverage. I just saw a news report that the police are stopping cars and asking folks if they saw anything.

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Upheaval

By Ivy Schweitzer | February 5, 2001

in India on Friday the earth moved unexpectedly and shook down houses like matchsticks whole towns of 35,000 were leveled as many as 15,000 may have disappeared in the rubble It is not a region one newscaster intoned unfamiliar with disasters but such numbers are inconceivable rescue crews say the limit for survivors is 100 hours but five days later people are being delivered from debris a woman is unearthed, a seven month old baby in her lap covered with blood still breathing on saturday the earth quaked in our quiet valley a region where disasters are unfamiliar yes, in our world of scholars, students and friends we have our likes and dislikes our passions and despairs people hunt with guns kill animals and each other, sometimes, accidentally. more often, we slay reputations and ignorance with words and pithy arguments we give birth at home by the deft hands of midwives and cradle babies protectively in our laps. but on saturday night our world unhinged as surely as the shifting of tectonic plates a swift, sudden, secret blow drained the lives of two in our magic circle Susanne and Half, many of us have been with you in those last dreadful moments we have imagined what we do not and cannot know about death over and over in desperation to draw close to you and touch what binds us to bear with you and for you as if our bearing it could bear it away . . . what sense can be made from such wrenching? nothing could prepare us for this. we are not ready to let you go days later the debris of that night still crushes us and out of place in our little lives we have only each other and memories of you smiling to unearth us

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Memories of the Zantops

By Bill and Caroline Arms | February 5, 2001

To the Editor: Half and Susanne Zantop lived across the world before they chose Dartmouth. In his late 30s, Half took an enormous salary cut to leave an industrial career and start anew as an assistant professor.

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Prayers for All

By Kelly Coyne | February 5, 2001

To the Editor: As the sister of a Dartmouth graduate (Class of 2000), I would like to express my deepest sympathies to the whole community.

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We Thank You

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | February 5, 2001

For a week, we knew their address. We recognized their faces. We knew they were stabbed. But on Saturday we learned about their lives. Despite suffering through a horrifying, bewildering week, you -- the friends, students, family and colleagues of Half and Susanne Zantop -- reached out and shared your personal experiences. For this, we thank you. You told us about their love for sailing, their love for wine and home cooked food, their love for their students and their children. From you, we learned about their vacations in Maine, their intellectual pursuits and what made them smile. Up until Saturday, many of us had delved into the mystery of Susanne and Half Zantops' murder -- Who did it?

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