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Berry construction to close stacks next week

By Kathrin Weston | March 31, 1999

Students and faculty suffering from the noise of Berry Library construction will have to deal with another minor inconvenience next week -- limited access to the stacks. As Berry library assumes a vertical shape over the next two months, part of the construction will intrude on the annex of Baker library. This week, construction crews will finish drilling holes for the structural steel columns in the floor of Baker's annex , which contains part of the library's book collection and covers approximately half of the stack area, according to John Crane, director of library administrative services. As a safety precaution, the annex portion of Baker Library will be closed to students and staff from 8 a.m.

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Three buildings may face changes

By Brad Russo | March 31, 1999

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. Director of Facilities Planning Gordon DeWitt told The Dartmouth yesterday his office has launched a full-scale study of the three buildings including their operation, structure and use, and has asked that every possibility for improvement be considered. DeWitt said investigations by the outside group will include everything from relocating facilities and operations amongst the three buildings to adding on to the physical plants and even connecting them. "Everything is on the table," DeWitt said.

Opinion

Taking it Seriously

By Josh Zemel | March 30, 1999

Josh Green's Student Assembly is always earnestly promising to reform -- along with everything else at Dartmouth -- the faculty advisor program.

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A Night at Africaso

By Ashok Ramasubramanian | March 30, 1999

It was night of Saturday the 28th of Febru- ary. I went to the charity dinner organized by Africaso to generate funds to aid the civilians of Sierra Leone, where peace is shattered by a brutal and bloody civil war.

Opinion

Moral Murder?

By Scott Brown | March 30, 1999

The conviction for murder of Jack Kevorkian brings into stark relief a major moral issue of our time.

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Race issues, door locks round out Winter term

By Mark Bubriski | March 29, 1999

While the Board of Trustee's announcement to end the Greek system "as we know it" thrust the College into the national spotlight, a significant number of non-related events shaped this past term for members of the Dartmouth community. Race issues, following in the wake of Fall term's "ghetto party" debate that set campus race relations on edge and received national coverage, were prevalent all term. In December, the College announced that only three African-American students were accepted under the early admissions plan, reflecting the small number of African-American applicants. The three students accounted for less than one percent of the total 397 students admitted early.

Opinion

Last Summer

By Eric Buchman | March 29, 1999

Last July, my sister came up to Dartmouth for Sophomore Family Weekend. Only a couple weeks before her 23rd birthday, Amy had already finished college.

Opinion

Distracted Insomnia

By Abbye Meyer | March 9, 1999

Going to bed these past few weeks has been a nightmare ... except of course, a true nightmare would involve actually sleeping.

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Alumni group supports single-sex Greek system

By Deborah Bernstein | March 9, 1999

The Ernest Martin Hopkins Institute, a group of 3,000 alumni, has pledged to support the single-sex fraternity and sorority system in the controversy inspired by the landmark social and residential life initiative announced by the Board of Trustees last month. Chairman of the Institute's Executive Committee Gregory Fossedal '81 said the largely conservative group believe that the College does not need to entirely eliminate its single-sex fraternities and sororities and questions the manner in which the initiative was announced. "I think most of the alumni I know, and I personally, am especially shocked by the way this was announced," Fossedal said in a telephone interview with The Dartmouth. "To me it shows that they don't really care what the students or alumni think," Fossedal said of the Trustees and College President James Wright. The Institute will work chiefly to inform alumni-- through mailings and e-mail-- about the five principles outlined in the Trustees' initiative and how they are being instituted at the College, Fossedal said. They will also encourage members of the Dartmouth community who object to the principles or their implementation to speak out against them. Fossedal said he hopes the Institute will form partnerships with students to "try and change this decision process and to reason with the administration about the decision itself." While Fossedal said it is not the policy of the Institute to encourage people to withhold donations to Dartmouth, it is its policy to encourage people to give money to the College to programs that "support things they believe in." Fossedal said this issue is the first event to color his opinion of Wright and that he is "very hurt and disappointed" by the way the initiatives were announced. However, Fossedal said "I tip my hat" to Wright for being honest in saying the initiatives were not a referendum. Fossedal said that he thinks "the administration made it pretty clear the initiatives are a closed case in their view." He said the Institute will have to make sure "people with different visions of fairness will have to go about helping Dartmouth in different ways." The Institute was founded in 1985 by Fossedal, George Champion '25 and Paul Hexter.

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