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College has few DUI cases
By Alison Piper | May 7, 2001Dartmouth's numbers fall below national ave.
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Some students feel punishment is too harsh
By Alison Piper | May 7, 2001Students who are picked up for Driving Under the Influence in the local area face college discipline as well as criminal penalties, which some feel is a case of double jeopardy. "I understood that it was really bad what I did, but I already have a lot of problems legally now that influence applying for jobs and graduate schools," said one male student who was convicted of a Class B misdemeanor in Lebanon District Court after being picked up by the Hanover police for driving under the influence. "It felt like getting tried twice for the same thing" he added.But according to Marcia Kelly, Undergraduate Judicial Affairs Officer, college discipline is not double jeopardy. "You are a member of two communities ... Dartmouth is a private community with its own set of rules and regulations," Kelly said. So far this academic year, three cases of DUI have come to the Dean's Office.
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ORL to replace ACs with professionals
By Alison Piper | May 4, 2001Students can expect to see some new faces in their dorms next year as the Office of Residential Life will fully phase-out student Area Coordinators, replacing them with professional, full-time Community Directors. In accordance with recommendations in the Student Life Initiative, four new Community Directors will be hired this spring, which adds to the current four positions. A total of eight Community Directors will oversee the staff in residential clusters next year, a job undertaken this year by the four existing Community Directors and seven Area Coordinators.
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Rollins a favorite for alumni weddings
By Alison Piper | May 2, 2001Hand in hand a beaming bride and groom emerge from Rollins Chapel, wedding party in tow. This is a sight that is familiar to many students and bound to become increasingly more so.
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Panel discusses homelessness
By Alison Piper | February 23, 2001(Editor's note: This is the second article in a three part series on homelessness in the Upper Valley.) Tina's father was a farm-worker and an alcoholic.
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Conference tackles race issues
By Alison Piper | February 16, 2001Dartmouth will host the fourth annual Beyond the Box conference, a weekend-long event about multiculturalism on collegiate campuses, that will be attended by representatives from several area liberal arts schools. The weekend, which kicks off on Feb.
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Attorney fights for abuse victims
By Alison Piper | February 14, 2001Wynona Ward, an attorney from Chelsea Vt. and founder of "Have Justice -- Will Travel," shared the multi-service model she designed for helping battered women through the legal system in Vermont and spoke about her own experience as a victim and witness of domestic abuse, in a speech yesterday afternoon. Ward addressed over 70 students, faculty and community members in Rockefeller 2 as part of the Gender & Justice Series sponsored by the Dartmouth Lawyer's Association and the Women's Studies Institute for Women and Social Change. In recognition of Vermont's rural landscape, where victims of domestic abuse often live on "isolated back roads," Ward has brought her legal practice into the homes of 38 women since the founding of "Have Justice -- Will Travel" two years ago.
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Some question anonymous student's decision to talk
By Alison Piper | February 2, 2001Students who spoke with The Dartmouth yesterday wondered if the close-mouthed tactics of investigators working on the murder of Half and Susanne Zantop are feeding the rumor mill and leaving the media to settle for reporting on the rumors they encounter. Eric Liu '04 said he felt that the information around the case has been vague and that because the investigation hasn't released a lot of information, the story is "a breeding ground for rumors." Many students questioned the motives of the anonymous source who felt he was a "prime suspect." This source told The Dartmouth in the wee hours of yesterday morning that he believed he may be a suspect in the Zantop case. The student said police interrogated him for four hours on Tuesday night and confiscated his clothes and a kitchen knife.
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Hospital initiates new facility
By Alison Piper | January 25, 2001The 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.