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Two arrested for DWI

By David Herszenhorn | October 4, 1993

Hanover Police officers arrested two Dartmouth students over the weekend for drunk driving on Route 120. Route 120 leads south out of Hanover and is frequently traveled late at night by Dartmouth students going to and from Fort Harry's Truck Stop, a 24-hour restaurant off of Interstate 89 in Lebanon, N.H. Tony DelCarmine '94, the senior assistant captain of the hockey team, was arrested Saturday and charged with driving while intoxicated, a Hanover Police spokeswoman said. DelCarmine, 22, was stopped at 5:45 a.m.

Sports

Women's soccer defeats Yale

By Camille Powell | October 4, 1993

The women's soccer team extended their winning streak to four games with a 1-0 victory over Yale on Saturday in New Haven, Conn. Annalisa Gorman '94 provided the scoring punch for the Big Green, sending a sharp left-footed volley into the net off a cross from Mya Mangawang '95.

Arts

Digable Planets satisfies audience

By Marina Lakhman | October 4, 1993

A fusion of cool jazz with hip hop rhythm streamed out of Webster Hall Saturday night as the celestial Digable Planets and their band Planet Patrol performed. In a show that lasted a little longer than an hour, the group played most of the songs from their debut album "Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space)," including their hit single "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)," which hit number 15 on the pop charts last spring. Keeping an audience of over 500 people entertained and often dancing, Digable Planets members Butterfly, Ladybug and Doodlebug seemed to have hit the right notes for even hard core rap lovers. Their sound, which varied from song to song, had the aura of a New Orleans jazz club at one instrumental point and then had most of the audience jumping up and down and waving their hands in unity during "Pacifics," the hit song from the soundtrack to the film "New York is Red Hot." Although the group's cool rhythm can take one away from the harshness of everyday life, the Digable Planets' social influence remained in synch with their beat, addressing the issues of abortion and drug use. The group's insect nicknames are part of their unstated social influence.

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Graduate students find their place in dormitories

By Christopher Kao | October 4, 1993

Five graduate students selected by the Office of Residential Life last spring to live in undergraduate dormitories moved into their apartments at the beginning of this term. Renovations that turned the dormitory rooms into apartments this summer, including the addition of small kitchens to each, cost approximately $2,500 for each room. As part of ORL's residential staff, the graduate associates, Stephanie Beebe, Shawn-Marie Mayrand, Maureen McGrath, Bruce Sneddon and Len Wisniewski, will work with Area Coordinators and Undergraduate Advisors to give academic advice and counseling to all cluster residents. "We're not just here for freshmen but for upperclassmen too," said Sneddon, a graduate student in pharmacology who lives in the Russell Sage-Butterfield cluster.

News

Middle East conference begins today

By Adarsh Carter | October 4, 1993

Former New York Times correspondent David Shipler '64, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his book "Arab and Jew," will speak at the College later this month as part of a series of lectures and discussions on the recent peace agreement between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization. The series of events, called "The Search for Peace in the Middle East," will attract noted scholars and experts in government. Three Dartmouth professors -- Anthropology Professor Dale Eickelman, Asian Studies Professor Shalom Goldman and Government Professor Dirk Vandewalle -- will speak at the opening panel discussion today and will provide a general introduction to current events in the Middle East. Martin Sherwin, the new director of the Dickey Endowment for International Understanding, which is sponsoring the series, will moderate the first panel discussion. A former Israeli ambassador to the United States will speak at the second discussion on Oct.

News

Galleria gets bomb threat

By Sung Eun Choi | October 4, 1993

An anonymous caller told employees of Dartmouth Travel Friday afternoon that a bomb was in the Galleria, where the travel agency is located. The caller warned, "there is a bomb in the building, get out of the building," said Hanover Police Sergeant Lawrence Ranslow, who responded to the call. Ranslow said police did not cordon off the area but warned employees and shoppers of the threat. Hanover Fire Department workers were called to the scene when a bystander reported that he smelled smoke in a stairwell. But Fire Captain Mike Doolan said there was no evidence of smoke. Signs were posted around the building under the authority of Hanover Police Sergeant Nick Giaccone.

Opinion

'Rush terrorists' irresponsible

By Ryan Victor | October 4, 1993

Well, rush is over for the fall of 1993, and I couldn't be more relieved. I'm glad not so much because it is an exhausting experience, but because every year it seems to bring the worst out of Dartmouth students, just for a few days. During the days of rush, it is remarkable how little respect anti-Greeks show their fellow students and how poorly they regard the intelligence of their fellow students. I'm not talking about those (I apologize most sincerely for forgetting your name) who stand outside dining halls and attempt to engage students in informal dialogue about the pros and cons of the Greek system. I'm referring to the "rush terrorists," people who self-righteously proclaim the evils of the Greek system and then retreat into the shadows to congratulate each other's heroism in anonymity.

News

Use of campus laundry machines now costs $1

By Timothy Fitzgibbons | October 1, 1993

Students must now pay an extra 50 cents to wash and dry each load of laundry. At the end of Summer term the College and Mac-Gray, the company that supplies residence hall laundry machines, raised the cost of the use of washers and dryers to one dollar. The 25 cent increase is the result of rising utility costs and comes after two years of negotiations between Dartmouth and Mac-Gray, Director of Residential Operations Woody Eckels said. Eckels said the price hike was the first at the College in seven years and that few schools in America have lower laundry costs. Nine of the 44 schools the College surveyed last year charged 75 cents for washers and 19 levied 75 cents for dryers, Eckels said. The rest of the schools charged $1.00 or $1.25 to use a washer or dryer, he added. Kleen Drycleaners & Linen Services in Hanover charges $1.25 for use of the smallest washers and 25 cents for 10 minutes of dryer use. Eckels said he contacted local laundromats and found prices in residence halls are the cheapest in the area. Dartmouth students spend about $160,000 each year in College laundry machines, Eckels said. Students said they were not pleased with the price hike.

Opinion

Make weight room more accessible

By Tyler Newby | October 1, 1993

Physical fitness is becoming less accessible for the average Dartmouth student. A friend and I were recently on our way to the Kresge Fitness Center when we met two people returning from the fitness center.

News

Task force will plan new library

By Jonathan Landy | October 1, 1993

At a meeting of the steering committee of the general faculty yesterday, College President James Freedman said he will announce the formation of a task force next week to investigate Dartmouth's library needs and to begin planning for the expansion of Baker Library at the end of the century. The announcement came as part of the steering committee's review of reports issued by four College councils. The Council on the Libraries has begun discussions about dimensions of the new library facility, but the task force will explore these issues in greater depth. Classics Professor William Scott, who will head the 16-member task force, said its principal objective "is to formulate for the architects what the community, including undergraduates, graduates, faculty and all of the community, wants for library services." The task force, comprised of faculty, undergraduates and graduate students, will meet for the first time on Oct.

News

Trustees to look at S. Africa reinvestment

By Diane Fernandes | October 1, 1993

Following a recent appeal by African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela for the end to economic sanctions against South Africa, the College is considering reinvesting in companies doing business there. The Council on Investor Responsibility, which makes recommendations on how the College should invest its money, has been asked to submit a proposal to the Board of Trustees at the board's next meeting, according to Trustee Chair E.

Opinion

Rush questions

By Christopher Carson | October 1, 1993

I have some questions about the fraternity system. I am addressing these questions to the Dartmouth community with the hope that they will not be taken as a cynical stream of challenge, but as a voice in the dialogue that must be continued. First and foremost at this time of rushing, I question the need for a social system of exclusion.

News

Not this year; Students can't take many listed courses

By Fiona Koper | October 1, 1993

Nearly one-quarter of the courses listed in the new course catalog will not be offered over the next four terms. Of 1,678 courses listed in the Organization, Regulations and Courses bulletin, a count by The Dartmouth revealed that 417 will not be taught between now and next fall.

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