A plea agreement for the nine Hanover High students accused of stealing exams in June was rejected October 22 by the Lebanon District Court. According to the resulting court order, the agreement would have allowed the students to plead to a misdemeanor charge that could be reduced to a violation if they complied with other terms specified in the sentencing.
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As New Hampshire State Rep. Maureen Mooney R-Merrimack considers proposing a bill which would force Dartmouth to yield some control of its charter to the state of New Hampshire, Dartmouth’s relationship to the state government is coming into question.
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In an effort to improve communication among College departments, Safety and Security is currently taking the final steps to upgrade its 30-year-old radio system, according to Bonnie Hafer, Facilities Operations and Management director of systems and administrative services. Zoning laws and budgeting issues have complicated the installation of a new system for the last seven years, she said.
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As the Dodecaphonics sang their last verse in front of Kappa Delta Epsilon sorority, the small hands of their audience began to clap along, and with the last lingering note a high pitched exclamation of “That was awesome!” rang out. It might not have seemed so different from a typical a capella event except that the audience members were about half the size of Dartmouth students and were dressed as ghouls, princesses, vampires and the occasional Harry Potter.
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Behind the mahogany-paneled doors and plastered walls of the English Department’s offices in Sanborn Hall is the office of professor Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina, chair of the department since July 2006. Gerzina succeeds Peter Travis and on the door of her office hangs a small blue sign: “Enter at your own risk. My room is full of English majors.” Her bookshelves are filled to the brim with 18th- and 19th-century novels, including authors from Wharton to Wilde, as well as three different versions of Emily Bronte’s classic, “Wuthering Heights.”
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