Task force discusses format of final report
The Social and Residential Life Task Force set a deadline for proposal submissions and finalized plans for a series of student input sessions at its first meeting of the term yesterday.
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The Social and Residential Life Task Force set a deadline for proposal submissions and finalized plans for a series of student input sessions at its first meeting of the term yesterday.
The Board of Trustees has once again denied the Student Assembly's request for student suffrage in Trustee elections, saying nothing new has changed since 1997, the last time the Assembly requested voting rights for students.
The College is considering major changes to the three main student buildings on campus -- Thayer Dining Hall, Robinson Hall and the Collis Student Center -- and hopes to have ideas for improvement by next fall.
Winter term began predictably enough, with large snowstorms and bitter cold temperatures, but the term quickly became unexpectedly eventful -- perhaps marking a pivotal turning point in Dartmouth's 230-year history.
Student support for maintaining the single-sex Greek system remains overwhelmingly high and has not slipped in the month since the announcement of the monumental Board of Trustee initiative which mandates the coeducation of the College's social system, according to a poll conducted this past week by The Dartmouth.
At the same time as the campus debates the Board of Trustees' landmark social and residential life initiative, thousands of high school students are deciding whether to matriculate this year or apply next year to Dartmouth -- a college on the brink of change unmatched in this quarter century.
Acting Dean of the College Dan Nelson announced yesterday that Freshman Class President Josh Warren has been selected to become an additional member of the Residential and Social Life Task Force.
The College's faculty voted 82-0 at a special meeting yesterday to support the controversial social and residential life initiative announced last week by the Board of Trustees which, among other things, threatens the existence of the single-sex Greek system at Dartmouth.
At its first meeting yesterday afternoon, the members of the Residential and Social Life Task Force decided, as anticipated, to add a freshman to its group, but passed, at least for now, on an opportunity to add more Greek house members.
College President James Wright and other senior College officials shed little new light onto the ever-expanding controversy surrounding the Trustees' landmark social and residential life initiative and even raised some new questions at an information session last night broadcast throughout the campus.
As many as 800 students, mainly Greek house members, crowded the ice-covered lawn of Psi Upsilon fraternity Saturday afternoon, not to watch brothers jump over kegs as they have for the past 18 years during Winter Carnival, but rather to participate in a spirited rally at which 15 students gave emotional speeches in support of the continuing existence of single-sex fraternities and sororities at Dartmouth.
Last night's Winter Carnival Opening Ceremony, billed as a celebration of one of the College's most famous traditions, turned quickly into a statement of Greek opposition to the Board of Trustees' decision to eliminate another famous Dartmouth tradition -- the existence of single-sex fraternities and sororities.
After spending most of the day yesterday digesting the Board of Trustee's unexpected announcement of a massive residential life and Greek system overhaul, members of the Dartmouth community quickly began to consider the question of how the College proceeds from here -- or at least how to figure that out.
Acting Dean of the College Dan Nelson said he is confident the undergraduate experience will be improved as a result of the Board of Trustee's decision to drastically change the College's residential life and Greek system -- a bombshell announcement made Tuesday.
Three terms, one Residential Safety report and five town meetings later, little has changed in the minds of the Student Assembly members who cast their votes last spring in favor locking exterior residence hall doors.
Narrowing the decision he is expected to make by the term's end, Acting Dean of the College told The Dartmouth yesterday that while he has not yet made a decision on whether or not to lock the exterior residence hall doors, he currently believes a card access system is more appropriate for this campus than a key system.
He is the judge in one of the largest and most public antitrust lawsuits of our age -- charged with making a decision with the potential to redefine the technological industry and the way the world uses computers -- and his experiences as an undergraduate at Dartmouth will help guide him along the way.
Students remain generally opposed to locking exterior residence hall doorways even after the release of the Residential Safety Report last week.
The annual student phonathon concluded its nine-day run last night, failing to make its half-a-million-dollar goal, but earning more pledge donations than was expected after the drive's slow start.
The annual student phonathon has gotten off to a slow start after five days of calling alumni for donations, falling short of the number of needed student volunteers and pledges.