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Students generally oppose Prop 209

By Jess Jacob | November 22, 1996

With this week's flurry of campus activity promoting discussion of California's Proposition 209, many Dartmouth students said they support affirmative action and the repeal of the measure, the California Civil Rights Initiative. Proposition 209, which Californians passed by a 54 to 46 percent vote on Nov.

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DG adviser complains of Panhell misconduct

By Erik Tanouye | November 22, 1996

Delta Gamma sorority's adviser has accused the Panhellenic Council of violating its constitution in its handling of Delta Pi Omega, which is currently working with the administration to become a new sorority. But Panhell claims all its actions have been constitutional. Celeste Viscardi, DG's adviser, said she addressed her concerns in a letter to Dean of the College Lee Pelton and Dean of Residential Life Mary Turco. Viscardi said the letter was not written specifically to protest Delta Pi Omega. "I know that it ends up being a problem because people think we're doing this" because DG is small and "'we're mad at everyone,'" Viscardi said. Viscardi said she and DG president Kim Papa '97 both wrote letters because they are "opposed to the way it's being handled." Papa declined to comment. "It was essentially focusing on the violation of the constitution bylaws by Panhell with regards to starting a new organization," Viscardi said. Viscardi said if Panhell violates its constitution, there will be serious repercussions "for the women involved in the new organization and the rest of the women." Viscardi said she pointed out the violations not because she is DG's adviser, but because of her obligation to the National Panhell. "It's a simple fact -- they have a constitution and they have to follow that," Viscardi said. But Panhell claimed it has violated no rules. "We are not violating anything," Panhell President Jess Russo '97 said of the formation of the new sorority.

Opinion

Let's Talk

By Lea Kelley | November 22, 1996

Those who placed the anonymous posters around campus labeling a '99 a rapist did a great disservice to both the students involved and to the Dartmouth community as a whole. In no way do I mean to disparage the seriousness of rape and sexual assault.

Opinion

Be A Winner At The Game of Life

By Rachel Gilliar | November 21, 1996

Last year the '99s seemed like new play things -- an endless selection of students to look at tenderly and say, "ah, not so long ago ... " So we '98s watched the new shmobs and said the same things to the '99s the upperclassmen had said to us, and waited for the day that another new class would arrive and the '99s would look back at us, their mentors, awed by our prescience, and say, "You were right.

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Ambassadorial legacy helps Bosworth smoothly guide the Trustees

By Jodi Priselac | November 21, 1996

Having just come from a breakfast with students with only a half-hour until his next meeting, a well-poised Chair of the Board of Trustees Stephen Bosworth took 20 minutes out of his schedule to discuss his role as "College custodian." A member of the Class of 1961, Bosworth took up his new position and its hectic schedule in June. The duties of the chair include helping the College's president to set the agenda for board meetings, in addition to serving as a facilitator between the board and the administration. A smooth transition to the chair The explanation behind Bosworth's smooth transition so far could lie in his 25-year career in the U.S.

Sports

Men's basketball sets high goals

By Kevin Demoff | November 21, 1996

The Big Green open their quest for their first Ivy League championship since 1959 when they host Colgate and their star center Adonal Foyle at Leede Arena on Friday night. Dartmouth, which finished last year with an overall record of 16-10, will be looking to improve on its third place Ivy League finish a year ago.

Opinion

So Much To Do, So Little Time

By Jake | November 21, 1996

Programming. What is it? Why are people doing it? Why is there so much of it? How is it changing? The answer to these questions lies within.

Opinion

The Politics of Proposition 209

By Scott Brown | November 21, 1996

The passage of Proposition 209 in California on Nov. 5 spurred a productive discussion on one of the most difficult issues in our country: racial and gender discrimination and its redress through affirmative action.

Arts

English troupe opens 'Much Ado,' lectures on campus

By Sebastian Barreveld | November 21, 1996

The famed Actors from the London Stage opened their two-day performance of William Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" last night in the Moore Theater. According to the Hopkins Center, the group is comprised of the best actors from the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre of Great Britain, and the BBC Shakespeare Series and other major English dramatic companies. They will enact the Bard's witty and thoughtful tale of two youthful couples who must confront social convention in order to marry.

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Student rally mourns Calif. Proposition 209

By Beth Duncan And Erik Tanouye | November 21, 1996

A group of students, faculty members and administrators, including Dean of the College Lee Pelton, denounced Proposition 209 to an audience that was at times as large as 200 people in front of the Collis Center yesterday. The "speak out" started at noon after about 50 students conducted a mock funeral procession marching around the campus carrying a coffin that had "Here lies affirmative action" painted on its side before arriving in front of Collis. A group calling itself the Dartmouth Coalition for Equal Access and Opportunity planned the event, which started with presentations by speakers followed by an open microphone. Pelton said he was speaking "as one who has proudly benefited from the American principle to act affirmatively." "Proposition 209 is neither social nor is it just.

Sports

Women's ice hockey confident about season

By Jonathan A. Lee | November 21, 1996

It's pretty easy for a hockey team to slip and slide a bit at the start of the season. After all, they're playing on some very slick stuff out there, right? With pads on shoulders, helmets on heads, and sticks in hand, the women's hockey team opened its season this past weekend with a pair of hefty road losses to Brown and Providence.

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Alumni fund to raise goal 50 percent

By Elizabeth Dziadik | November 21, 1996

The Alumni Fund hopes to raise its annual goal to $20 million by the year 2000, an increase of almost 50 percent from this year's goal of $13.5 million. Next year's goal will be raised to $15.5 million, up 11 percent from this year's goal. "We have a long-term goal in the Alumni Fund to have sustainable growth over the next four years," Alumni Fund Director Jennifer Williams said. Williams said a new committee has been formed to help with the efforts to meet the $15.5 million goal. The committee is comprised of about 35 of Dartmouth's top volunteers, business leaders and community leaders, she said, including four College Trustees. To meet their more challenging goal, the group "will focus more energy than in the past on about 1 percent of the population--about 500 people--who are targeted based on their capacity to give," Williams said. Williams said that they were asking for large, four-year commitments to the fund. "The gifts that have been coming in are four-year gifts anywhere from a couple of thousand dollars to individuals who have pledged $300,000 over four year period.

Opinion

Too Little, Too Late

By Jen Parkinson | November 21, 1996

The recent passage of the California Civil Rights Initiative (Proposition 209) is a threat to affirmative action policies everywhere.

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