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Candidates prepare for visit to College

By Deborah Bernstein | October 4, 1999

Candidates for the two major parties' presidential nominations are beginning to prepare for the October 27 and 28 town meetings at Dartmouth, emphasizing their commitment to campaigning in New Hampshire, the first primary state, and to the youth vote. Mo Elleithee, a spokesman for the former New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley's campaign, said Bradley is excited to do a joint appearance with Vice President Al Gore, the other candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. The two are currently running neck-and-neck in New Hampshire, with the most recent CNN/Time poll putting Bradley ahead by three percentage points. "Senator Bradley will get up there and tell people what he thinks, which is what he's been doing throughout his entire career, especially since January when he declared," Elleithee said. Elleithee said he thinks Bradley will be well prepared for October 27's town forum with Gore. Elleithee stressed that Bradley has been to the Granite State 10 times, with an 11th visit scheduled for next week, because Bradley "believes the people are interested in the choice they're facing." Visiting the state and speaking to its citizens "shows respect to voters," Elleithee said. Elleithee did not want to predict what topics could be discussed, but he said he thought Bradley would be talking about the issues he feels strongly about, including improving health care, getting more people on the "prosperity train," campaign finance reform, and achieving racial unity. In a letter released by Gore Campaign Chairman Tony Coelho Friday to the Bradley camp, the Gore campaign called for a series of debates. Dartmouth Government Professor Linda Fowler called this an attempt by the Gore campaign to "stem the tide" of Bradley momentum. The October town meeting will be the first time Bradley and Gore share a podium, so there will be a great deal of scrutiny of the challenger, Fowler said. Fowler said Gore has been successful in televised debates in the past. However, she said the challenging candidate is always advantaged by any pairing with a front-runner.

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Wireless Ethernet hits Princeton

By Jennifer Thomas | October 1, 1999

Students at Princeton University will be able to access the World Wide Web via wireless Ethernet connection at the University's Firestone Library starting next week. This pilot program will provide six wireless Ethernet cards for students to borrow from the library's reserve desk for five hours at a time.

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Leaf tours fight bad press

By Carl Burnett | October 1, 1999

The vibrant reds, oranges and yellows which make New England's fall foliage season famous mean more to New Hampshire residents than just decoration -- they mean big business, bringing tourists to the state from around the world.

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UNH Greeks protest comments by admin.

By Rachel Osterman | October 1, 1999

Members of the University of New Hampshire's Greek system were spurred to protest last week after the discovery of a passage in the undergraduate Whittemore School of Business and Economics' "peer advisory manual" urging students not to join Greek houses. At a time when the University of New Hampshire administration has been working with its Greek system to revamp its public image, a recent misunderstanding on the campus has highlighted the Greeks' growing sensitivity to outside criticism. The incident began at a freshmen orientation event last month, when an associate dean warned incoming students to be careful in deciding to pledge to a fraternity or sorority. Greek students then found a passage in the undergraduate Whittemore School of Business and Economics' "peer advisory manual" -- a pamphlet distributed to all first-year Whittemore students -- that also cautioned students against Greek life, citing the possible effect that the time commitment can have on a student's academic career. "It was the combination of the two things," said Chris Black, the UNH Interfraternity Council President.

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First-year is former pageant champ

By Alice Gomstyn | September 30, 1999

When Amanda Merkle '03 first spoke to her roommate over the phone, she told her that she played the clarinet, was the captain of her high school volleyball team, and partook in several community service activities. What she never mentioned that the summer of 1998, Merkle was crowned Miss Teen of Washington. "It's not something that I consider part of who I am," she said.

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Interest in primaries is varied

By Jeffrey Tanenhaus and Omer Ismail | September 30, 1999

While campus campaign leaders have been scurrying to gather support for their respective presidential candidates, Dartmouth students, in general, said they have mixed feelings about the upcoming election. Some are actively following the candidates' every move, yet others, often engrossed in schoolwork or simply uninterested, are unsure whether they will even vote in the national election. David Denton '03 said he is not concerned with the looming New Hampshire primaries and has not following national or campus coverage actively.

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Construction disrupts campus, wakes students

By Julia Levy | September 30, 1999

Construction has become a part of daily life at Dartmouth, but lately, campus-wide improvements have been especially disruptive, jolting some students awake early in the morning and forcing professors to relocate their classes. Sarah Charles '02 said the fire alarm in her room in French went off one recent morning and she was so accustomed to the construction noises outside that she got out of bed four times and looked out the window before realizing that the noise she was hearing was, in fact, an alarm. Sara Lichterman '02 said she can see the River construction site clearly outside of her window. "There's planks and a lot of noise," she said.

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Ledyard Bridge to be finished next month

By Will Meland | September 29, 1999

The Ledyard Bridge, Hanover's much-delayed, controversial link with Vermont, will be complete by the middle or the end of next month, according to Bob Ayers, project manager at Moores Marine Construction Company. Under construction since the spring of 1996 -- before members of the Class of 2000 first arrived on campus -- the project has gone through numerous delays, budget overruns and the pullout of its original contractor, Midway Construction, due to financial problems. The bridge, though visually imposing, will not be wide enough for four lanes.

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Construction has reached the middle of phase one

By Stella Maria Baer | September 29, 1999

Berry Library is on course to be completed by the summer of 2000 after several productive months that included the completion of the exterior framework of the library. The project has reached the middle of phase one, which includes the building of the Berry library structure and limited renovation of Baker.

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Study: Corn to plastic process inefficient

By Jennai Williams | September 29, 1999

Not all alternatives to using natural resources are actually conserving energy and reducing pollution, according to a study conducted by Tillman Gerngross, assistant professor of Biochemical Engineering at the Thayer School of Engineering. Gerngross' study, which compared the indirect fossil fuel used to turn corn into plastic and the direct fuel used in conventional chemical methods of producing plastic, discovered that the process of transforming corn into plastic consumes significantly more energy than the traditional method. This conclusion puts a "damper" on continued research into the feasibility of using plant-based plastics instead of chemical-based plastic, said Gerngross, who has spent the last eight years involved in research in polymers or plastics. Yet, he also indicated that while it eliminated one method of using corn as an alternative source of producing plastics, it does not eliminate other methods.

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Fire ravages '03 triple in Wheeler

By Andrew Marnell | September 28, 1999

A fire gutted a first-floor room in Wheeler residence hall last night, filling the halls with smoke and leading to the evacuation of the entire building. Although the sprinkler system had extinguished the fire by the time the Hanover Fire Department arrived, the firemen were forced to break both windows of the room in order to ventilate the area before entering, according to Hanover Fire Captain Geryl Frankenfield. The fire started at about 6:40 p.m.

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Bradley leads Gore in NH poll

By Omer Ismail | September 28, 1999

For the first time in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, former New Jersey senator Bill Bradley inched ahead of Vice President Al Gore by three percentage points in the state of New Hampshire in yesterday's CNN and Time poll. Bradley's lead over Gore falls between the 4.5 percent margin of sampling error, but the poll results show the former senator jumping a major hurdle in his underdog campaign for the Democratic nomination, according to local political analysts. "Bradley is within striking distance," said Government Professor Linda Fowler, who is also director of the Rockefeller Center. Although it is still too early to predict which candidate will win the primary in February, the poll results could be a huge financial boost for Bradley, Fowler said. Government Professor Constantine Spiliotes, who specializes in the American presidency, said in the short term, the poll outcome could increase Bradley's validity and give him momentum and increased press coverage.

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Complete Election 2000 Coverage from The Dartmouth

By The Dartmouth Staff | September 28, 1999

During the six months leading up to the New Hampshire State Primary, presidential hopefuls will flock to the Granite State to gain student support for their campaigns. The Dartmouth will serve you up until the 2000 presidential election with complete coverage of the candidates and their campaigns for office.

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Study: U.S. News ranks have effect on applications

By Andrew Marnell | September 28, 1999

While a study released last week by Cornell University on the effects of the U.S. News & World Report college rankings suggests an impact on the number and quality of applications to American universities, Dean of Admissions Karl Furstenberg said the trend is not evident at Dartmouth. Cornell University Professor Ronald Ehrenberg, co-author of the study, said in an interview with the Cornell Daily Sun that the results of the study are highly significant in the admissions process. The study indicates that schools which move down in the rankings experience a decline in the quality and number of applications, while "when rankings go up good things happen for the school." Ehrenberg also said the impact of the U.S.

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