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Wednesday, October 10, 2007“I applaud the courage, the wisdom, and the vision that the trustees who supported this complex issue have shown. Congratulations on a difficult job done well.” “One of the most exciting things -
Sunday, June 24, 2007What Remained: The Bonds of Biloxi Biloxi, Miss. – Perhaps the most useful aspect of going on a Katrina relief service trip for a week is that it creates an overwhelming desire to go back. We're
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Sunday, June 24, 2007Magic Happens Biloxi, Miss. – "Imagine if the world were based on the meeting of real needs rather than profit." This is a comment from Jesse '06, a fellow volunteer, that I wanted to share. I
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Sunday, June 24, 2007Yup, We In It Now: George and House 2806 Biloxi, Miss. – Another reason to decrease the amount of fuel we use: 25 percent of America's oil comes from off-shore Louisiana oil rigs, from which
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Sunday, June 24, 2007Being the Ira and a Pro with the Paintbrush and Darts Biloxi, Miss. – Today I was "the Ira." Named after a former Hands-On-er, "Ira" drives around, shuttling to worksites the people who stayed on
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Sunday, June 24, 2007Hope Is Not a Plan Biloxi, Miss. – "Hope is not a plan." This was written on many buildings in When the Levees Broke, the Spike Lee documentary about Hurricane Katrina that we all watched last
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Thursday, June 21, 2007Arrival and Impact Biloxi, Miss. – Our week in Biloxi officially began today as 14 alumni, faculty, and staff of Dartmouth College gathered in the Hands On–Gulf Coast headquarters, a big
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Thursday, June 21, 2007A Category 5 hurricane that made landfall on August 29, 2005, Katrina was one of the deadliest hurricanes in U.S. history: More than 1,800 people lost their lives in the hurricane and resulting
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Wednesday, June 20, 2007“My husband and I did the '77 canoe trip to Gilman Island,” said Leslie Finertie '77, looking as bright as a zinnia despite the late-afternoon hour on a busy day. “And the moment we got back, we
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007It was as if the campus had decided to outshine even the sunniest memories of the many Dartmouth alumni who gathered in Hanover on June 8–17 for Reunion 2007. From sun-up to up-late, from the