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Discussion asks why few men serve community

By Elinor Actipis | May 13, 1997

Concern about the relative lack of participation by Dartmouth males in community service prompted last night's discussion, titled "Where Are All the Good Men?" Dean of the Tucker Foundation Scott Brown led the discussion in Rockefeller 1, which was attended by a small crowd of fewer than 10 people. Brown cited statistics from the senior survey of the Class of 1994, which indicated an almost two-to-one ratio of females to males participating in community service at Dartmouth. Although Dartmouth students volunteer at a rate above the national average for college students, the gender disparity at the College is much greater than the norm, Brown said. According to the responses of the Class of 1994 in the survey, 51 percent of women spent more than one hour a month volunteering, as opposed to only 33 percent of men. Brown hypothesized the disparity may stem partially from the fact that community service is traditionally done more by women. Also, since Dartmouth has many men involved in sports and outdoor activities -- perhaps more so than at the average school -- these men may have little time left over for a volunteering commitment, Brown said. Brown said "the lack of male role models" is one of the biggest problems facing society. "We've got to get more men involved in being mentors," Brown said. Tucker Foundation Volunteer Coordinator Sara Clash '96 said most of the Big Brother and Big Sister mentoring program volunteers are female. Brown fielded suggestions from audience members on how to increase community service at Dartmouth, many of which centered around getting students involved with Tucker from the start. Audience member Spencer Doyle '98 said it is important to get students involved with Tucker their freshman year, because then they are more likely to stay committed. The undergraduate advising system "could be a good way of reaching freshmen right away," Doyle said.

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College averts '97 budget shortfall: $217 million operating budget is 4.5 percent higher than last year

By Michelle Comeau | May 13, 1997

The $5 million budget shortfall for fiscal year 1997 predicted two years ago by College Treasurer Lyn Hutton has been averted, due to recent fund-raising campaigns and the cutting of some planned programs, Associate College Treasurer Win Johnson said. It will cost an estimated $217 million to operate the College in fiscal year 1997, 4.5 percent more than in 1996.

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Palaeopitus inducts new members

By Elysa L. Jacobs | May 12, 1997

The 20 new members of Palaeopitus, a group of seniors that advises the College President and Dean of the College, were inducted in a ceremony last night. The new members of Palaeopitus are juniors Paul Allen, Jeffrey Beyer, Kathryn Bieneman, Candace Crawford, Ernesto Cuevas, Arika Easley, Rachel Gilliar, Jim Hordequin, Marene Jennings, Michelle Kraemer, Min Jung Lee, Anat Levtov, Mariam Malik, Lia Monahon, Robert Nutt, Asa Palmer, Barrett Shaver, Elizabeth Sumida, Christopher Swift and Kevin Walsh. During the past year the group discussed issues such as "academic life at the College, social life at the College, the principle of community and the tenure process," according to Theresa Ellis '97, Palaeopitus chair and intern to the president. Kraemer is a staff columnist at for The Dartmouth as well as a member of the Green Key society. Lee, a member of the Dartmouth Asian Organization, is also an editor of Snapshots of Color, a literary/art journal.

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NAD Pow-wow attendance lessened by rainy weather

By Edward Thomas | May 12, 1997

After finally winning College approval to hold the Pow-wow on the Green, Native Americans at Dartmouth were forced to hold this year's 25th anniversary event inside Thompson Arena due to Saturday's rain. And although fewer people than expected attended the event, organizers still called the magnificent display of Native American culture a success. No matter how many people came, "we never doubted it would be a success," said Anna Tsouhlarakis '99, a member of the Pow-wow committee. This year's event fell short of its 2,000 spectator prediction, with about 1,000 people in attendance on Saturday and Sunday. Despite a clearing of the weather on Sunday, organizers could not move the Pow-wow back to the Green. "It was either going to be one or the other, there were too many things to be moved from Thompson," said Russell Kalstrom '00, who performed a Hawaiian Kahiko dance with three others. Far fewer people attended Sunday than Saturday.

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Meal plans require minimum DBA

By Erika Patrick | May 12, 1997

Students will choose between four meal plan options requiring different levels of mandatory spending for next year, although the level of non-refundable DBA will be lower than the $800 administrators had planned earlier this term. The meal plan was developed by an ad hoc committee of students, administrators and Dartmouth Dining Services management.

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Coverage of Assembly Meeting Focused on Minor Controversy, Not Real Issues

By Jon Heavey | May 12, 1997

To the Editor: While I realize you're under considerable time constraints, it is entertaining to see that your fine 35-cent production is the only publication in the world which would label debate about a resolution which passed UNANIMOUSLY as "marr[ed by] ... personal barbs and infighting." Yes, there was another impromptu resolution which caused more heated debate; but by eagerly drooling and searching for any form of "controversy" you can find, you do little more than highlight why you and I, as students, are rarely trusted to handle major decisions affecting the institution. I'm embarrassed to be responding at all.

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