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Seniors elect their Executive Committee

By Jennifer Matthews | February 8, 1996

With the new program allowing them to vote over the Internet, seniors have elected their 20 representatives to serve on the Senior Executive Committee. The committee acts primarily as a liaison between the class and the Alumni Council. The members of the committee serve for five years until the fifth year class reunion in 2001. Every graduating class elects its own committee, and this was the first year seniors could vote through the World Wide Web, said Tom Caputo, vice president of the Class of 1996 and a newly-elected member of the committee. "Approximately 337 students voted -- which is a strong turnout," said Linda Kennedy, associate director of Student Activities and chair of the Election Advisory Committee.

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Students bring the internet to Valley

By Jennifer Matthews | January 25, 1996

The information highway spreads throughout the Upper Valley education system at the hands of Dartmouth's Surfer Guides -- student volunteers who work with teachers and students in Upper Valley schools. Guides tutor on basic to advanced Internet use, initiate Internet projects with students and help them to design different types of Web pages, said Surfer Guide Coordinator MaryAnn Veseskis '89. The Surfer Guide Program is a volunteer project sponsored by the Tucker Foundation and the Montshire Museum of Science. "I think of myself as a teacher" said Surfer Guide Glen Frank '98. The Surfer Guide program was started to meet the computer needs of the Upper Valley public school system, Veseskis said. After receiving a grant during the winter of 1995, Ed Baker '89 was hired to create a pilot project. Last spring Surfer Guides donated over 160 volunteer hours while assisting over 111 teachers and 59 students, Veseskis said. Judy Wilson, the Technology Coordinator for Hanover High School, said the program was "received enthusiastically by the staff." She said the program appealed to teachers as a one-on-one way to learn how to access the World Wide Web. At the end of the month, three Surfer Guides will begin to work with three social studies classes at Hanover High School to create a project designed to integrate the Internet into class curriculums, Veseskis said. Glenna Giveans, the Computer Teacher at the Hanover Middle School, was one of the first people involved in the program. Surfer Guides assist her eighth grade students in using the Internet and developing projects through the Web.

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Amtrak, Dean agree on train service

By Jennifer Matthews | March 30, 1995

Amtrak and Vermont Governor Howard Dean recently reached an agreement to save rail service in the state, at least for this year, meaning students will still be able to take trains to and from White River Junction, Vt. Amtrak will replace The Montrealer line, which ran from Washington, D.C., to Montreal with a stop in White River Junction, with The Vermonter on April 2, Amtrak said. Under the terms of the one-year compromise, Vermont will pay Amtrak $581,000 for the cost of the service, with a guarantee of an additional $169,000 if the number of passengers does not reach set levels, according to a press release. "Retention of passenger rail service has been our principle objective," Dean said in the release.

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Near deadline, train has no replacement

By Jennifer Matthews | February 16, 1995

With one week left before Amtrak officially terminates the Montrealer train line, negotiators still have not worked out a way to save the train. But Vermont officials are continuing their efforts to save the Montrealer, which is the only train that stops in White River Junction, Vt.

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Greeks welcome new memebers

By Jennifer Matthews | January 17, 1995

For the second straight year, winter fraternity and coed fraternity rush proved a popular alternative to the fall rush period. Although the majority of students rush a fraternity, sorority or coed fraternity in the fall, some choose to rush or sink their bids in the winter. Winter rush tends to be smaller than that held in the fall, Chi Gamma Epsilon fraternity President Lee Grinberg '96 said. For the second year in a row, Zeta Psi fraternity added the most new brothers. Sixteen men rushed Zete and nine new members joined, Zete Rush Chair Scott Thompson '95 said. Zete also accepted nine new brothers last winter. Chi Gam had a good rush, Grinberg said.

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