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Town Planning Board approves Chase Field

By Jess Jacob | November 25, 1998

The Hanover Planning Board conditionally approved the College's proposal to upgrade Chase Field, which is used by the lacrosse and field hockey teams, in a three-hour meeting last night. In an interview late last night, Planning Board Chair Charles Faulkner told The Dartmouth that the College will be able to install artificial turf and foot-candle lighting poles under several restrictions, including the times when lights can be used. The board decided to allow no more than 10 events per year to use the full NCAA lighting power on the artificial turf field after 7 p.m., according to Faulkner. The lower light level for practice can be used only up until 8 p.m.

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Eleven years see many changes under Freedman

By Jess Jacob | April 7, 1998

This August, College President-elect James Wright will take the helm of a Dartmouth completely transformed under James Freedman's 11-year presidency. Freedman's impact has included a shift from the College's "Animal House" image to a more intellectual one, a successful capital campaign that raised over $586 million, the construction of several new facilities and an increase in women and minority students. Freedman's many accomplishments since his inauguration on July 19, 1987 will certainly leave Wright in a comfortable situation. Back to basics Dartmouth's Board of Trustees selected Freedman as the 15th president of the College with hopes of improving the intellectual atmosphere of a school that ranked as the least academic of the Ivy League institutions. Norman McCulloch '50, who was chairman of the Board of Trustees and the presidential search committee, previously told The Dartmouth this was one of the committee's reasons for choosing Freedman. Freedman was then president of the University of Iowa and had an extensive list of academic degrees -- A.B., LL.B., A.M., L.H.D., LL.D. "The Board felt we needed to refocus on what we're in the business for," McCulloch said. In his inaugural address, Freedman set goals of increasing the College's emphasis on academics and diversity. One of Freedman's major tasks was the first comprehensive overhaul of the Dartmouth curriculum in more than 70 years -- the 1993 revision of Dartmouth degree requirements. Changes to academic programs and departments have included making women's studies a major and creating new programs in linguistics, cognitive science and Latin American and Caribbean studies. As a result of Freedman's efforts, Dartmouth was ranked number one in 1995 in U.S.

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Brewer gets six months for Review embezzling

By Jess Jacob | November 21, 1997

Former Dartmouth Review Editor-in-Chief E. Davis Brewer '95 will begin a six-month jail sentence Monday for embezzling thousands of dollars from the off-campus conservative weekly. In a hearing at the Grafton County Superior Court on Nov.

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Hutton skips search; Rossiter to head up DDS

By Jess Jacob | October 27, 1997

College Treasurer Lynn Hutton skipped a normal search process to make Tucker Rossiter the new director of Dartmouth Dining Services, the position recently vacated by Pete Napalitano. Hutton said she was comfortable skipping the normal search process, because Rossiter has proven himself capable of handling the responsibilities of director.

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More than a game: Pong goes way back

By Jess Jacob | October 16, 1997

Although there may be easier ways to enjoy alcohol, beer pong has evolved in the basements of Greek houses since at least the mid-1950s, and some claim its origins go back to the beginning of time. Chris Robinson '86, a historian for Alpha Theta coed fraternity, said he believes the game started with the introduction of disposable plastic cups in fraternity basements in the 1950s. Previously, students drank from glasses or ceramic mugs and "those can be knocked over by the ball and send dangerous shards all over the place," he said. An Alpha Delta fraternity alumnus, David Thielscher '54, confirmed the existence of the game during his time at the College. "I seem to remember trying to hit ping-pong balls into glasses," he said.

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Frat rush ends as men sink bids

By Jess Jacob | October 6, 1997

Fall rush brought many fraternities significant increases in membership over last year, while some houses maintained their usual size or lost some numbers. Interfraternity President Spiros Maliagros '98 called Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity the "big winner" for doubling its membership with 34 accept bids, compared to 18 last year. Gamma Delta Chi fraternity -- itself struggling to gain new members until last year -- had 25 men accept bids, up from just six last fall. Among other increases over last year, Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity had 11 men sink bids, Psi Upsilon fraternity had 22 accept bids and Sigma Nu fraternity had 14 accept bids. Phi Delta Alpha gained 19 new members, while last fall's rush brought the house only five new members. Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity had another big year, adding 32 men this fall.

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