It looks as though the end of the long awaited decision for a new College mascot is in sight, according to the proceedings of last night's Student Assembly meeting.
In a campus-wide Blitzmail, spearheaded by Stella Treas '05, students will select their primary choices from a list of options already formulated from student input last Spring.
Potential mascots include the Big Green Giants, a Dr. Seuss character, the Lone Pine Tree, the Foresters, the Moose, the Penguins, or a Phoenix, Polar Bear, Wolf, Salty Dog, the Yeti, and Granite.
Depending on the results of the campus vote, a run-off among the top choices will be held in the Fall. Furthermore, the Co-op will highlight the top selections in order to gauge interest for the mascot.
The Assembly will also look for students to create artistic interpretations once the list has been narrowed down, Hildreth said.
Another topic of discussion was the future of the Big Green Bean. Assembly members and students alike are encouraged to participate in the process to seek COSO recognition for the Green Bean.
"The ultimate goal would be to keep it open a few nights a week as an alternative social space and under a student management team," Julia Hildreth '05 said.
Participation in the formation of the Green Bean as a COSO group "would be easy and a good experience," Hildreth also said.
Steve Koutsavlis '05 brought some Big Brother action on campus to the Assembly's attention. After Koutsavlis became cognizant that professors can and do track student activity on their respective Blackboard interactive course sites, he has been looking into a possible "privacy policy for technology infrastructure on the campus."
"The College has information on everything we do, from what books we check out from the library to what Blitz messages we send," Koutsavlis said.
"And I think we should have some sort of blanket statement on what our rights are."
Koutsavlis has been working with Todd Rabkin-Golden '06 and Jeff Bohrer, the Blackboard Administrator, on this project. He also hopes to enlist the assistance of the newly-formed Dartmouth Civil Liberties Union.
Nelson Rosa '05 is currently working on an Assembly orientation event for the incoming freshmen. Many of the group's projects are geared toward providing services for the '07s.
Other items of discussion included the publication, both online and in paper version, of several guides for students. The Assembly hopes to post an online version of Mugshots by the beginning of Fall term, along with an updated online course guide.
Members also plan to publish an informal parking guide, an Assembly Member handbook, and magnets listing area restaurant phone numbers for students.
In other news, the Sexual Consent Awareness Day has been moved to August 15, due to last week's rainy weather. The event, to be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Webster Avenue, still includes general discussion of consenual sex, a barbecue, a band, and free T-shirts. And following those events will be a showing of "Wrestling with Manhood," sponsored by the Men's Project.
