Brad Parks '96 was named Outgoing Leader of the Year for his work in establishing The Sports Weekly and German Club Advisor Gerd Gemunden was named Advisor of the Year in an awards presentation by the Council on Student Organizations yesterday afternoon.
About 40 students attended the first annual awards presentation in Collis Common Ground.
"COSO decided it wanted to recognize its affiliated organizations as well as individuals who have done outstanding work over the course of this year," Associate Director of Student Activities Linda Kennedy said.
Kennedy said the award winners were selected through discussion, not by a vote.
"Administrators, faculty members and the student members of COSO made the decisions together," she said.
Parks, who started up the Sports Weekly in the fall of 1994, said he was not expecting to win an award.
"When you think of an outstanding leader, you generally think of someone who is the president of an organization or the leader of a group," said Parks, who retired as editor-in-chief last term.
Parks said he will probably be giving the $50 award back to the Sports Weekly.
"It just seems appropriate to give the money to the publication, since that's what got me the award in the first place," he said.
Michael Tierney '99 accepted the Outstanding New or Reactivated Organization award for reviving the Irish Club last fall.
"I think this award shows that there was a need for an Irish Society on campus," Tierney said. "The group has already grown from one member to over 100."
Tierney said he reactivated the society because when he came to the College, he saw the many other ethnic groups on campus, and was bothered by the fact that the largest multicultural group in the United States was unrepresented.
"I'll probably keep the money for use in funding Irish music events, since we can't get COSO funding for them," Tierney said.
The Stonefence Review received the award for the most outstanding publication, while Native Americans at Dartmouth won an award for "Outstanding Cultural Event of the Year" for their annual pow-wow.
The Dartmouth Speakers Union took the Event of the Year-Issue Oriented Award for organizing the debate between Dinesh D'Souza '83 and Government Professor Roger Masters last fall.
The Korean-American Students Association received an award for the Finest COSO Application, the dance group Sheba was named Outstanding Performing Group, and College Bowl accepted the Intercollegiate Competition Group Award.
Kennedy said funding for the awards came from COSO's budget.
