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Two students spend Carnival time in jail

By Andrew Allport | February 18, 1998

Winter Carnival was unusually calm this year, according to the Hanover Police. Only two students were taken into police custody over the weekend. According to Hanover Police Chief Nick Giaccone, this year's Carnival "was absolutely the slowest ever." Last year's Carnival was also described as "quiet," but a dozen people were still taken into custody -- an average number for the weekend. The Hanover Police brought both students -- a male from another college and a female from Dartmouth --to the police station early Saturday morning for intoxication. Although there will be no police action against the student from another college, the Dartmouth student will be charged with resisting arrest, and will have a court case at a later date. Giaccone would not release her name Tuesday.

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Financial aid will stay the same: Unlike Princeton, Dartmouth's aid is considered case-by-case

By Eun Lee Koh | February 18, 1998

Dartmouth will not be revamping its financial aid policies despite recent changes Princeton and Yale Universities have made to their policies to ease the tuition burden on middle-income families. Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Karl Furstenberg commended Dartmouth's current financial aid policies and added that Princeton and Yale's recent policy changes reflect policies which Dartmouth has been practicing on an individual student need basis all along. Princeton's new policy will not consider home equity as an asset for families with incomes below $90,000.

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Speech classes are in high demand

By Kathrin Weston | February 18, 1998

The speech office, once a large department and now Dartmouth's smallest academic division, is now located in just one room of the Asian Studies Department in Bartlett Hall. Five highly popular courses are taught every year by a senior lecturer, Jim Kuypers. In the late 1970s, Kuypers said, the speech department was abolished under the condition that the College should keep eight to 10 public speaking courses. The speech office, founded in 1980, then comprised from three to five people before faculty slots were cut four years ago due to lack of funding, Kuypers explained.

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Town may build $5.1 mil. project

By Andrew Allport | February 17, 1998

On May 12, Hanover residents will be asked to approve a $5.1 million project that would include a 300-space parking garage as well as 48,000 square feet of office and retail space. The project, if approved, will be a joint venture with the College that will increase downtown parking by 228 spaces and build a retail and office space that Dartmouth would own and operate.

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Faculty votes to revise 'laude' calculations

By Maura Henninger | February 17, 1998

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences unanimously voted to change the current procedure for calculating "laude" honors at their Winter term meeting yesterday afternoon. College President James Freedman also announced the appointment of Professor of Biological Sciences Mary Lou Guerinot to the position of Associate Dean of the Faculty, a position previously held by Physics Professor John Walsh. Due to yesterday's resolution, the Grade Point Average targets for "laude" honors will no longer be based on just the previous year's graduates.

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Shannon discusses Wilson, 'Amistad'

By La Tanya Harry | February 16, 1998

By La Tanya Harry Howard University English Professor Sandra Shannon compared Montgomery Fellow August Wilson's play, "Joe Turner's Come and Gone," to Debbie Allen and Steven Spielberg's film "Amistad" Thursday for a 30-person audience in Alumni Hall. Shannon said both works described the preservation of African culture in America, which she said is important because, "We cannot move forward unless we know where we came from." In "Joe Turner's Come and Gone," the protagonist, Loomis, is kidnapped for seven years by Turner and forced to work for him.

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Significant drop in crime reports during Carnival

By Joseph C. Scott | February 16, 1998

Winter Carnival weekend this year saw a substantial drop in complaints and criminal reports to Safety and Security, according to College Proctor Robert McEwen. There were only 31 complaint reports filed with Safety and Security for the weekend, compared with 45 for the 1997 Carnival, according to McEwen, who oversees Safety and Security.

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Have Some Heart

By Amanda Molk | February 13, 1998

If I hear one more person criticize Valentine's Day, I think I'm going to scream! I've heard so many lonely souls refer to "that stupid holiday" or "that ridiculous day that just shouldn't exist." I hate to seem as though I'm not compassionate, particularly on a day that celebrates warm, fuzzy feelings, but these people have the worst case of sour grapes I've ever seen. Deep down they know that Valentine's Day is in fact a wonderful holiday, and they'd be thrilled about its existence if only they had that special someone with whom to celebrate it. I hate to point out the obvious, but there are many people in this world who do have boyfriends, girlfriends, husbands or wives, and for them, Valentine's Day is as glorious as Christmas.

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Significance of weekend theme increases over time

By Sarah Gerry | February 13, 1998

With the inspiration for the sculpture in the center of the Green stemming from this year's Winter Carnival theme, "The Roaring -20s," Winter Carnival themes in recent years have been the guiding light for its statues, posters and events. But the impact of the theme -- chosen as early as Fall term by the Winter Carnival Committee -- upon Carnival spirit and activities has waxed and waned since the inception of Carnival in 1910. The choice of theme did not gain true distinction for a number of years.

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Carnival's influence declines

By Andrew Allport | February 13, 1998

For the town of Hanover, big weekends such as Winter Carnival are always good for local businesses, but business owners say the Carnival weekend will not reach the proportions that it did in the days of yore. Some merchants remembered past Carnivals with nostalgia, not only for the greater volume of customers it brought, but for the traditions and town participation that have since disappeared. Clint Bean, executive director of commerce for the Hanover area, reminisced about the bygone inter-fraternity ice sculpture contest, which, he said, "was intense." "It should be more of a community event," said Jim Harrison general manager of Murphy's On The Green. Another factor affecting the decline of community attendance was the loss of the ski jump on the golf course, which was a big attraction to people from the surrounding towns, Harrison said. Harrison suggested combatting this loss with a "more authentic" Carnival, where attractions such as real sled dogs would draw people from surrounding communities to the College for the weekend. However, this is not to say the weekend will pass through the town without impact. "Both [Homecoming and Winter Carnival] weekends have a positive effect for us," Harrison said.

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