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Papers name editors

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Last week three student publications, The Beacon, The Dartmouth Review and Spare Rib, selected new editors in chief, who will assume their positions next term. Farouk Ladha '96, who succeeds Matt Calkins '95, will become the fifth editor of The Beacon, a conservative monthly publication. Daniel Garcia-Diaz '95 will become the 16th editor of the Review, the off-campus conservative weekly.


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Town struts for charity

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Hanover residents will be strutting their stuff this April when the Hanover Parks and Recreation Department sponsors a Spring Fling Fun Run and a Spring Strut to benefit Hanover Youth-in-Action. The run, which traverses a 5 km course, and strut, a 1.5 km walk, will take place Saturday Apr.



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Muslims fast to celebrate holy month

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When the next new moon appears Saturday, Muslims around the world will celebrate the end of their month-long observance of Ramadan, with all-day festivities and feasts the following day. Since the last moon cycle began Feb.


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New candidates join election race

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Three more students declared their intention to run for Student Assembly president over the weekend, bringing the number of candidates for the April election to five. Jim Brennan '96, Danielle Moore '95 and Caleb Scott '97 said they would join David Gonzalez '95 and Kenji Sugahara '95 in the struggle for the top Assembly position. Rukmini Sichitiu '95 will seek the vice presidency, according to her friend, Michael Corriere '94. Sichitiu joins Alexandra Morgan '95 and Steve Fagell '95 in the vice presidential race.


Opinion

Visions at Four

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Four o'clock in the morning and the paper is going nowhere. Slams and creaks and rattling panes provoke hallucinations about dreams you had or dreams you never had or things that happened and you forgot that they ever did.


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Freedman, Pelton meet with Greeks

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College President James Freedman and Dean of the College Lee Pelton answered questions on topics ranging from the coeducation of the Greek system to the value of a Dartmouth education in a fire-side chat last night at Chi Gamma Epsilon fraternity. Chi Gam and Sigma Delta sorority co-sponsored the event in an effort to improve relations between the administration and the Greek system, Chi Gam President Kevin Fleming '95 said.


Sports

Track runs at Heps

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The men's and women's track teams were less than perfect this past weekend at the annual Heptagonal Track and Field Championships held at Harvard University. The women compiled 43 points, finishing seventh out of 10 teams.



Opinion

Hazing

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Two members of Beta Theta Pi fraternity were arrested a week ago by Hanover Police for violating New Hampshire's hazing law.


Opinion

Services of Facilities Operations and Management Vital

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To the Editor: On February 3 The Dartmouth printed an interview with me concerning the reasoning behind our name change from "B and G," Buildings and Grounds, to "F,O and M," Facilities Operations and Management ("B and G changes name"). The reporter captured our interview accurately.




Sports

Women's hoops shoot for title

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This is it. The women's basketball team's entire season boils down to these three games. The Big Green square off against Ivy League foes Yale University, Brown University and Harvard University over the next five days, and how well they fare will determine just how long their season will last. Heading into this final weekend of league play, Dartmouth is in second place with an 8-3 record in the Ivy Leagues, one game behind two-time defending Ivy champ Brown (9-2) and one game ahead of Yale (7-4). Harvard is out of the title hunt with a 4-7 record. If the Big Green can win these last three games, they will grab at least a share of the Ivy title.


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Former chief discusses CIA's role

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Peter Earnest, former chief of media relations for the Central Intelligence Agency, held an informal question and answer session with about 20 students last night in the Class of 1930 Room in Rockefeller Center. Earnest retired from the CIA last January after working for the agency for 35 years, during which time he also represented the CIA to the U.S.


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Ski team struggles, individuals excel at weekend championships

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With the NCAA Championships less than two weeks away, the ski team, hampered by sickness, took to the road last Friday and Saturday, posting some of its best individual results of the season, but struggling as a team in the Eastern Collegiate Championships. The men finished third in overall competition just two points behind host Middlebury College, while the University of Vermont took the win. On the women's side, the Big Green took fourth overall behind UVM, Middlebury and the University of New Hampshire. J.P.


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Greek video sparks discussion

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Editor's note appended (Oct. 17, 2014) Last night more than 50 students attended a presentation of a video and audiotape that documented the initiation rites of two Dartmouth fraternities. English Professors Tom Luxon and Ivy Schweitzer led students through the 80-minute videotape of Alpha Chi Alpha fraternity's 1987 "Hell Night" and an audio recording of Alpha Delta's 1988 sex-room interrogations. Students listened to and watched the recordings in the Hyphen Lounge of Butterfield and Russell Sage Halls. "What we really want to do is get a discussion going.