The Student Assembly discussed plans to organize campus discussions of social issues, at their weekly meeting last night.
The discussions are intended to "get students to interact whose paths might not otherwise cross," the Assembly's Student Life Summer Chair Karen Wilkes '00 said.
The "conversations," which Wilkes described as "honest, open discussions of social issues," will take place in "neutral spaces."
Suggestions of discussion locations included the Green, a space some members feared might be too open for talks about sensitive issues.
Assembly members also considered holding the discussions during a movie night.
The Assembly discussed the possibility of planning a "Dorm Unification Program," a display of photos in campus residence halls that depict Dartmouth life.
The Assembly will co-sponsor a Study-a-Thon with the Afro-American Society, and will continue to discuss whether "Mugshots" are necessary despite the existence of an interactive directory.
It will organize an "all-inclusive programming event" sometime this term, Summer Chair Janelle Ruley '00 said.
The Assembly will soon be distributing cards to all students, in an attempt to dispel myths about the door-locking policy and the cable debate, as well as ask for recommendations for potential Assembly summer activities.
The cards will point out that dorms will not be locked until the campus has discussed the policy, and that a decision about whether to provide cable to residence halls has not been made.
The cards might also inform students about where they can get information regarding Summer term's alcohol and party policies.
