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Freedman meets the press in D.C.
By Charles Davant | October 17, 1997Defends liberal education, affirmative action in press club speech
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Trail Tale: Seventy people hike the 53 mile, 24 hour Trailwalk to Moosilauke this weekend. Is the event too popular?
By Charles Davant | October 7, 1997Imagine hiking 27 miles on the Appalachian Trail without stopping. Imagine being cold and wet, blistered and bruised.
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Freedman to Resign: After 11 years at helm, the College President will step down; Cites heavy toll of presidential duties on private, academic life
By Charles Davant | September 26, 1997College President James O. Freedman announced last night that he will step down after Commencement in June, citing the job's heavy toll on his personal and intellectual life. Freedman, who has been the College's top administrator since David T.
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Special Collections will be renamed for Rauner '78
By Charles Davant | August 16, 1996The College's Special Collections library, which is permanently moving to Webster Hall, will be renamed the Rauner Special Collections Library, after Bruce Rauner '78. Rauner, a venture capitalist from Chicago, donated $5 million to help fund the renovation of Webster Hall, expected to cost approximately $10 million. Director of Major Gifts Paul Sheff said the College had hoped to give the collection a name all along. "This is precisely what we had worked for, planned for, hoped for," he said. A gift of 51 percent of a building's cost usually gives the donor the privilege of naming the building. Sheff said while it is premature to judge when the Collge will move Special Collections into Webster, renovations could begin as early as next year. The Webster renovations will provide much-needed space for the millions of books, manuscripts and photographs in Special Collections.
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Hanover-Hartford television station goes on-line
By Charles Davant | August 14, 1996In an era when people shop on the Internet, conduct research on the Internet and communicate on the Internet, it makes sense that they would watch television on the Internet. Well, almost. The local NBC affiliate, WNNE-TV Hartford-Hanover has started a World Wide Web page, which includes local weather, television listings and links to other web sites. WNNE Account Executive Wally Caswell, who is in charge of the website, said the studio is promoting the site as "a link to a lot of other great places." "We are a place to start your browsing day," he said. On the page, station meteorologist Tom Hoyt's weather forecast is frequently updated and presented in an easy-to-read manner.
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Suicide attempter identified
By Charles Davant | August 8, 1996Hanover Police has identified the man who shot himself in the chest on College property last Saturday as Randall Smith, a 41-year old Connecticut native. As of last night, Smith was in critical condition at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Critical condition implies that vital signs are unstable and there are major complications, which could be fatal. Smith shot himself in the chest in an apparent suicide attempt in his car at the College parking lot beside the Connecticut River on Saturday afternoon. A Safety and Security officer responded to the event after being waved down by Smith. Hanover Police Chief Nick Giaconne declined to comment on Smith's possible motives behind the shooting, calling any such talk "mere speculation." Giaconne said Smith "has been living in his car for the last couple of years" and moving throughout New England. Police have not yet determined why Smith came to Hanover, but a press release states that Smith "had relatives living in this area many years ago." Smith was recently released from a hospital in Burlington, Vt., the release states.
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Man attempts suicide in River parking lot
By Charles Davant | August 6, 1996An unidentified man, in an apparent attempt to commit suicide, shot himself in the chest in his car in the College parking lot next to the Connecticut River on Saturday afternoon. Hanover Police was dispatched to the scene at 3:47 p.m.
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Inner-city students get a taste of college life
By Charles Davant | August 6, 1996New York City high school students take a break from internships to come to Hanover
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Department's future remains uncertain
By Charles Davant | August 2, 1996The committee formed by Dean of the Social Sciences George Wolford to investigate alternatives to the Education Department's teacher training program has not yet begun to do research. "Nothing is happening yet this summer," Wolford said.
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Thru-hikers find respite from trail's rigors in Hanover
By Charles Davant | July 31, 1996There are some people who find Hanover too urban, too loud, too busy and entirely too crowded. Take, for instance, Jeff Lacatell. "I can't take this hustle and bustle," Lacatell said.