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Prof. offered $6 million in scam

By David Kung | June 25, 1997

As enticing as a six-million-dollar gift may seem, Safety and Security Crime Prevention Officer Rebel Roberts posted a BlitzMail bulletin warning members of the Dartmouth community not to accept such an offer from a group purporting to be a Nigerian oil firm. Last month, a Dartmouth professor received a letter from Lagos, Nigeria soliciting banking information.

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Nagare and Zitha to lead summer CFSC: Bell, Dosunmu, McCarter, Muckle, also elected

By Erin Loback | June 25, 1997

The Coed Fraternity Sorority Council elected Delta Delta Delta sorority sister Melissa Nagare '99 as Summer term president yesterday evening. Risana Zitha '99, a brother at Alpha Delta fraternity, was elected the CFSC summer vice president. Nagare, who served for two terms as CFSC secretary, said her goals for the term will depend on the concerns of the presidents of each Greek house. "I want to make sure each house makes it through the summer," Nagare said.

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Students will paddle 100 miles

By Nicole Tsong | June 25, 1997

One dog and 28 students will have a unique opportunity this weekend to canoe 100 miles down the Connecticut river as a part of the Sophomores from the Source canoe expedition. Today and tomorrow, 27 members of the Class of 1999, one member of the Class of 2000 and one pet dog belonging to students will depart on a trip from 100 miles upriver, arriving back home on Sunday.

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Former DMS prof's license suspended

By Elysa L. Jacobs | June 23, 1997

The New Hampshire Board of Medicine last month suspended the medical license of Hanover psychiatrist and former Dartmouth Medical School professor Michael Gaylor for one year as a result of Gaylor's sexual involvement with a student. The Board concluded Gaylor had been involved in a sexual relationship with a female student at the medical school while he was a professor there. This was an unusual decision by the Board because it involved a professor-student relationship rather than a doctor-patient relationship. According to the report issued by the Board of Medicine, Gaylor "engaged in professional misconduct between September 1984 and September 1991" in his roles as a psychiatrist and faculty advisor at the medical school. During his time as a professor at DMS, Gaylor also had an office at Dick's House and served as the Director of the Office of Counseling and Human Development, according to the report. The female medical student met with Gaylor four times during her first year at the medical school at his office in Dick's House, according to the report, in order to discuss "stress management issues for personal, mental health reasons." Over the next three years, 1984 to 1986, the student met with Gaylor 22 times and discussed a variety of issues in sessions that "went well beyond the scope of ordinary 'academic counseling,'" the report stated. The Board of Medicine concluded that the content of those sessions involved "substantial elements of 'psychological' or 'mental health' counseling that is typically used by licensed psychiatrists and thus put Gaylor and the student in the roles of physician and patient, according to the report. During the counseling sessions a "dual relationship and eroticized transference issues" developed and a sexual relationship between the two parties commenced approximately eight weeks after the last counseling session, the report stated. The sexual relationship between Gaylor and the student lasted from 1986 until 1991. Gaylor resigned from the medical school in 1994 and had a private practice in Hanover afterward. Gaylor's attorney declined to comment on the status of Gaylor's case.

Opinion

DDS, Help Us Help You

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | June 23, 1997

Students criticizing the changes Dartmouth Dining Services implemented for the Summer term must realize that cutbacks both in hours and services are a necessary and yearly response to decreased summer business. Also, during last term's referendum, students overwhelmingly indicated their preference for DDS cutbacks over increased mandatory spending.

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College will offer PCs to 2001s

By David Kung | June 20, 1997

There may be something new in the usual sea of freshmen picking up their computer equipment next fall -- IBM boxes. The incoming Class of 2001 will be offered a limited selection of IBM-compatible computers installed with Windows 95 and BlitzMail for IBM which will be completed and available by the end of the summer. These steps, along with the hiring of a new technical consultant for IBM-compatible machines are a part of the trend of increasing support by the College for non- Macintosh computers. "We're boosting support quite actively for Windows users on campus, but we are not abandoning the Mac at this point," Director of Computing Services William Brawley said. But many members of Computing Services said the support for Windows-based Intel (Wintel) machines is also a preparation in the case of any necessary platform switch. Dartmouth is "feeling the pressures of the outside world," Peter Paplow, computing services' new PC consultant, said.

Opinion

Is Anyone Watching?

By Aaron Klein | June 20, 1997

Actions speak louder than words. That is one philosophical idea that I have come to believe in. However, when one applies this criterion, one is usually disappointed.

Sports

Three '99s selected for honors

By Kevin Demoff | June 20, 1997

Ten Big Green athletes, including four sophomores, were honored with All-League academic selections for their performances on the field and in the classroom during the Spring term.

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