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Fall 1999 Recap

By Rachel Osterman | January 5, 2000

The fall term saw several important developments in the now year-long process of evaluating social and residential life, as the steering committee completed its deliberations and the campus moved closer to the release of its final report. In The Dartmouth's 1999 fall recap special section, you can read our recap of the fall or read the full text of ten of the most important stories from Fall term.

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Early admissions applications decline

By Amit Anand | January 5, 2000

Even as the number of applicants for early decision continues its downward trend, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Karl Furstenberg is confident that the total applicant pool will be as large as last year's. The total number of students admitted early into the Class of 2004 is 412, or roughly 38 percent of the early applicant pool, according to statistics recently released by the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid. "I am very pleased with the strong results for admitted students," Furstenberg said.

Sports

W. hockey loses three by a goal

By Kevin Allen | January 5, 2000

While most Dartmouth students were home for the holidays by Dec. 10, the Dartmouth women's ice hockey team was looking down a tough stretch of non-conference games. The women's icers went on a road trip to Minnesota to play the nationally-ranked Golden Gophers twice, followed by a tune-up exhibition game against the United States National team and finishing up December with the Dartmouth Invitational Tournament. Minnesota 5, Dartmouth 4 Dartmouth entered Mariucci Arena holding the nation's sixth ranking to play the fourth-ranked Golden Gophers.

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College avoids major Y2K computer glitches

By Maggie Shnayerson | January 5, 2000

Despite all the year 2000 media attention, the College, like the rest of the world, did not experience massive complications as a result of Y2K computer problems. Slight glitches arose for a reported few thousand users of Macintosh computers who discovered that their versions of BlitzMail were not Y2K compliant, the College's Computing Services department said. Macintosh computers containing versions of BlitzMail older than 2.5.3 read the new date 2000 as 1944 instead, the earliest date that Macintosh computers recognize. New versions of BlitzMail were sent to every student on campus, and users who had encountered flaws in their systems upgraded their software easily. Officials said that only half a dozen Windows users found problems with their own BlitzMail versions. "This was just a little bump in the road," Chief Programmer at Computing Services James Matthews said.

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College prepares to release Initiative report

By Julia Levy | January 5, 2000

Almost a year after the original announcement of the Student Life Initiative, the steering committee's recommendations on its implementation will be released sometime next week. Dean of the College James Larimore said each student will receive an executive summary -- a condensed version of the entire report -- in his or her Hinman Box on the release date.

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Initiative, Presidential debates dominate Fall term

By Rachel Osterman | January 5, 2000

The fall term saw several important developments in the now year-long process of evaluating social and residential life as the steering committee completed its deliberations and the campus moved closer to the release of its final report. Virtually unchanged were students' attitudes towards the Greek system, according to a mid-November poll conducted by The Dartmouth in which the vast majority of students said they believe single-sex fraternities and sororities should remain on campus -- but with substantial changes. Eighty percent of the 2,836 students who responded to the poll said they support the continuation of the single-sex Greek system, closely mirroring polls conducted last winter, soon after the announcement of the Board of Trustee's controversial Social and Residential Life Initiative. This Fall term began with several community forums on the Initiative.

Opinion

Same-sex relationship stereotypes are out of date

By Wess Jolley | January 5, 2000

To the Editor: I did not attend [Notre Dame] Professor Bradley's lecture against same-sex marriage, but I was appalled to read, in the November 23rd issue of The Dartmouth, that he asserted, "a same sex relationship is shorter than a heterosexual relationship." This is a fact that many of my gay and lesbian friends, in relationships for dozens of years, would find surprising. The first question we must ask is where on earth Professor Bradley would get the data to support such a conclusion.

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Forbes speaks at Hanover Inn

By Jeffrey Tanenhaus | January 5, 2000

With the New Hampshire primaries less than a month away, Republican Presidential Candidate Steve Forbes hosted a town meeting in the Hanover Inn last night, where he publicized his "new birth of freedom" plan to a predominantly older audience. Forbes said he views winning the New Hampshire primaries as a critical first step, in that a victory would enable him to begin to pressure legislators on Capitol Hill and show that Americans are primed for change. The heart of his campaign, Forbes said, concerns bringing a new birth of freedom to America, which would deliver the true agenda of America to Washington. In order to disseminate his agenda to voters in the Dartmouth community and New Hampshire, Forbes told The Dartmouth step-by-step publicity is the key. "In New Hampshire there is no shortcut to doing what I am doing tonight -- taking the message to the people," he said. In addition to electronic and print media, Forbes' campaign strategy also revolves around using the Internet, including his campaign website, which he said is superior to that of any other candidate. During his speech, Forbes stressed overhauling both the tax code and social security financing, as well as solving the health care crisis with people empowered to choose health resources. Forbes spent a considerable amount of time criticizing the Internal Revenue Service and the pitfalls of what he said is an comprehensible tax code. "We should take this horrific code that is beyond human comprehension and do to it what they used to do monsters in Hollywood movies before they discovered sequels -- take this beast and kill it." Forbes criticized Governor George W.

Sports

Women's icers dump BC, 9-2

By Kevin Allen | November 24, 1999

In their final game before the Thanksgiving break, the Dartmouth women's ice hockey team played host to the ECAC cellar-dwelling Boston College Eagles.

Opinion

Determinism

By Omar Rashid | November 24, 1999

All members of the Dartmouth Community are bound by a code of honor, which demands that we each hold ourselves as well as each other accountable for our actions.

Opinion

Third Pixel, Corner Pocket

By Eric Del Pozo | November 24, 1999

When I was back in the fifth grade my father tried to take up some of my interests so that we could be more "in tune." Unfortunately, we ended up about as in tune as a piano.

News

Expanded hazing rules a possibility

By Wendy Yu | November 24, 1999

Administrators say the College's hazing policy should be expanded to include current prevalent behaviors for pledge period, such as wearing fraternity placards or unusual clothing. The College's hazing policy defines student hazing as any act, intimidation or coercion directed to a student to participate in an activity which would cause physical or psychological injury as a condition or initiation into membership into an organization. Under this definition, taken from the New Hampshire state legislature, popular pledge activities, such as wearing hats and carrying around objects like lunch boxes or backpacks, are condoned. "There are significant [hazing] issues the Greek system here needs to address," Dean of Residential Life Martin Redman said, also mentioning athletic teams as a group that might engage in hazing. Redman said the hazing policy of the College is much more lenient than the national definition fraternities and sororities use, which is more strict in terms of the kinds of activities it allows.

Arts

Artist-in-residence shares fine points

By Emily Snider | November 24, 1999

Speaking with artist-in-residence Andrew Forge at Rosey's Cafe Sunday evening, his gentle British accent sailed through stories and ideas with great attention to matching the meaning of words with the meaning of his thoughts. Earlier this term, Forge gave a lecture in the Loew auditorium which eloquently addressed some of his chief concerns with that "irreplacable art form" -- painting.

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