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Ghost hunters commune with Daniel Webster

By Lily Ringler | October 26, 2007

There may be some validity to that chill you get when you walk into the Tower Room, or the fact that you feel eyes on the back of your neck when you walk to the reserve desk (or around First Floor Berry, but that's a different article). According to Ron Kolek and Maureen Wood, the heads of the New England Ghost Project, you can stop feeling crazy. When I took Kolek and Wood for a tour of some of the College's most prominent buildings on the night of Oct.

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By The Dartmouth Staff | October 26, 2007

Book: "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" by Hunter S. Thompson Read about how Hunter S. Thompson did enough drugs to kill three small elephants and still had the audacity and lack of shame to write about how crazy the rest of us are.

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Overheard

By Alysia Harris and Anna Stone | October 26, 2007

Sorority girl 1 at delibs: Oh, I love that girl. Sorority girl 2: Oh, me too, [retracted] passed her off to me and she was great, I'm in love. Sorority girl 3: Say something about her personality. Everyone: Silence. '08 BG: How do you take a book out of the library?

Construction of the bonfire proceeds Thursday afternoon.
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Bonfire tradition celebrates its 119th year at Dartmouth

By Sam Buntz | October 19, 2007

The Dartmouth As members of the freshman class run around the bonfire 111 times on Friday night amidst upperclassmen's cheers and taunts of "touch the fire," they will perpetuate what many consider to be one of Dartmouth's greatest traditions, Dartmouth Night.

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Alumni office plans events for graduates

October 19, 2007

As the Class of 2011 runs around the bonfire 111 times, continuing to create their own traditions at the College, the campus will be brimming with alumni who have returned to revel in the weekend's festivities and relive some of the best times of their lives. Homecoming weekend, with its many traditions and activities, is one of the most popular draws for Dartmouth alumni, according to Diana Lawrence, director of communications in the Office of Alumni Relations. "Alumni love Homecoming.

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Hanover residents embrace Homecoming, student parties

By Jennifer Gaudette | October 19, 2007

Despite visions of Homecoming releasing hordes of drunken students upon the unsuspecting populace of Hanover, the town remains largely unconcerned with one of the three big weekends at Dartmouth. "I don't think people have much of an anti-Homecoming stance because they choose to live here," said Lia Heaney a junior at Hanover High School.

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For the first time, College organizes halftime field rush

By Susan Matthews | October 19, 2007

In yet another attempt to deter students from illegally rushing the field during the Homecoming football game, the athletic department has unveiled what it hopes will become a new tradition: having the freshman class forms its class number on the field during halftime. The idea to have students form their class numbers is not new but rather is a resurrection of one of the older aspects of the tradition of rushing the field in a more controlled and safe manner. Students have already performed a run through of the event, but only 150 members of the class attended. Although rushing the field has been a Dartmouth custom for many years, the College officially banned the practice in 1986, when revelers became disruptive to fans and committed violent acts.

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Homecoming dates to 1895, survived changes to world and College

October 19, 2007

Now that fall has arrived and students are firmly settled into the routine of campus life, there is only one thing left to do: build a large wooden tower on the Green, set it ablaze, and begin running in circles around the conflagration. Despite the apparent familiarity and constancy of Homecoming festivities over the years, the towering bonfire being only one such part, elements of the current Homecoming celebration might seem markedly unfamiliar to Dartmouth students of the past. Although records from as far back as the 1700s chronicle tales of drunken revelry and practical jokes -- some of which involved animals both living and dead being placed in classrooms or on buildings' roofs -- that would not seem out of place today, early College celebrations had a far less festive atmosphere. Before Dartmouth Night officially came into being, Commencement took center stage as the foremost event at Dartmouth, including the appearance of booths set up around the Green for entertainment and refreshment. With the advent of President William Jewett Tucker's administration came the "new Dartmouth" initiative.

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Editor's Note

Homecoming is the quintessential Dartmouth weekend. As Baker Tower shines its green light and alumni stream back to their old home, students put down their pens and laptops and run from the classrooms of Dartmouth Hall, the labs of Wilder and the stacks of Berry to the bonfire and the sunburn that comes with it. No, really, wear sunscreen. This weekend, Dartmouth will be transformed.

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Security stepped up for weekend

By Erin Jaeger | October 19, 2007

As members of the Class of 2011 run 111 times around the bonfire and alumni flock to campus to relive old traditions, it falls on Safety and Security to ensure that everyone stays safe in the process. Harry C.

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