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Magna Come On!

By Marc Yasuda | October 25, 1996

I suppose it is possible one could go through Dartmouth College and spend four years camped out in the stacks only in pursuit of recognition and a cum laude sticker on their diploma.

News

Bollinger interviews at Michigan

By Jake Elberg | October 25, 1996

College Provost Lee Bollinger visited the University of Michigan yesterday to participate in a series of meetings, which University Regents will use in their evaluation of him as a candidate for Michigan's presidency. Bollinger participated in a two-hour public interview with the Regents and then a two-hour town meeting in which he answered questions from students, faculty, staff and alumni. He was the third of four candidates to visit the Michigan campus during the university's two-week campus interview period. Thomas Dunn, chairman of the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs, said Bollinger "told the Regents why he wanted to be the President of the University of Michigan." "He said it is a very special place," Dunn told The Dartmouth.

Opinion

Comment Cards: What's the Point?

By Julie Sloane | October 25, 1996

While you were munching on your Harold Burgers in Food Court this fall, I'd wager you were unaware that quietly but staunchly, a war was raging under your nose, a food fight of the cleanest kind.

Opinion

The Call

By Matt Mcdonald | October 25, 1996

Since I arrived at Dartmouth, I have been asked the question, "What is your major?" more times than I care to remember.

News

AAm hosts discussion of Tri-Kap poster

By Jake Elberg | October 25, 1996

About 60 students gathered in Shabazz Hall last night to discuss the posters Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity used to advertise its party last Saturday, which many members of the African American society found offensive. The discussion ended with students talking about ways to improve communication on campus. The posters featured "Good Times" star Jimmy Walker. AAm President Llezlie Green '97 opened the discussion.

Sports

Men's ice hockey begins season

By Ben Riefe | October 25, 1996

The Big Green men's hockey team opens its 1996-97 campaign on Sunday at 3:00 p.m. at Thompson Arena with an exhibition game against the University of Ottwa.

Opinion

Off the Warpath

By Ellen Wight | October 25, 1996

Every ten years or so, Dartmouth students, running out of more important things to worry about, set out to find a new school mascot.

News

'99 Council sponsors leadership retreat

By Michelle Gregg | October 25, 1996

The 1999 Class Council will sponsor a weekend retreat for campus leaders beginning today at Pierce's Inn in Etna. "This weekend provides an opportunity for a lot of interaction between leaders, and a chance for a lot of them to get to know one another on the personal level," said Nahoko Kawakyu '99, vice president of the 1999 Class Council and co-chair for the conference committee. Kawakyu said 40 campus leaders will attend.

News

College seeks term-long Montgomery fellows

By Erik Tanouye | October 25, 1996

The Montgomery Endowment will continue to search for term-long Montgomery Fellows, even though none of the last four have stayed for prolonged periods. Consultant to the Department of the Interior Joseph Sax, one of this term's Montgomery Fellows, arrived Monday and will depart today. George Woodwell '50, founder and director of the Woods Hole Research Center in Massachusetts, will visit as a Montgomery Fellow in November for 11 days. Though the two Montgomery Fellows prior to Woodwell and Sax also stayed only for brief period, Executive Director of the Montgomery Endowment Barbara Gerstner said this is not a sign that Montgomery Fellows who stay for an entire term are a thing of the past. "Since the beginning of the program we've had various visits of various lengths of time," Gerstner said. The Montgomery Endowment, established in 1977 by Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth F.

Opinion

Columnist Fails to Qualify For His Own Elitism

By Brian J. Reilly | October 24, 1996

To the Editor: I am writing at the request of many others, but mainly for simple decency. I refuse to accept that The Dartmouth seriously believes the columns by Abiola Lapite '98 to be "fit to print." Understanding, of course, that you need to fill space, I should like to address this letter instead to that author-function.

Opinion

Trips to the Ladies' Room

By Laura Mannix | October 24, 1996

"Planning your escape?" asked Mikey. We were in a dark club in Cambridge, and I had been standing in one place, eyes fixed on the door, for 15 minutes. "Huh?

Opinion

Monday Night Football: Americans Lose

By Robert Lendvai | October 24, 1996

Campaign '96. Presidential elections, fanfare, the year of the American electorate. Once again, Joe Bloe will pick a candidate and then smartly tell his friends that he picked the "lesser of two evils." Dissatisfied with politics, he'll wonder out loud why the choice always seems to between bad and worse.

Sports

Johnsons lead long legacy of Big Green golf success

By Sarah Hood | October 24, 1996

During the summer of 1976 at the Hanover Country Club two people who were to become a pair of the most highly respected collegiate golf coaches in the United States met for the first time. Bill and Izzy Johnson did not know each other before the National Golf Foundation Teaching Seminar held in Hanover that year, but when it was over the two had forged the beginning of a partnership and marriage that is now over two decades old. Bill Johnson is now in the middle of his 29th season at the helm of the men's golf program at Dartmouth, and Izzy is in her 10th season as the coach of the women's team.

News

College's first sorority celebrates 20th anniversary

By Jess Jacob | October 24, 1996

Many male students were not ready for a sorority when the first sorority at Dartmouth, Sigma Kappa, now Sigma Delta, was created in 1976. In its first years, the sorority was harassed by obnoxious announcements broadcasted on a public address system and many men were unwilling to let the sisters join in Greek activities. Despite such adverse beginnings, the sorority has endured and celebrated its 20th anniversary last weekend. Origins of Sigma Delta The Zeta Lambda chapter of Sigma Kappa had a successful first year with women.

News

IMPS encourages science focus

By Eun Lee Koh | October 24, 1996

Dartmouth's new Integrated Math and Physical Science program is enabling 46 freshmen, who are primarily interested in majoring in engineering, math or the physical sciences, to concentrate on and better understand the links between math and science. Physics and Astronomy Professor Delo Mook, who is the head of IMPS, said the program was made to help students transfer knowledge between courses. "The faculty realized that many students were having difficulty transferring what they had learned in their math courses to their physical science courses," Mook said. The program, which was initiated this fall, requires freshmen to take two science classes each term of their freshman year. The students take Math 8, 13 and 23 Fall, Winter and Spring terms respectively, according to the course syllabus.

Opinion

Current Rush Process is Best Option

By Joanna Whitley | October 24, 1996

As an individual, I cannot defend the rush process. As a sorority president, I know that we must have some form of rush because we have no other way to introduce underclass women to the sorority system.

News

Former Review editor accused

By Erin Loback | October 24, 1996

A former editor of The Dartmouth Review and current ABC News employee was recently accused of illegally taping a doctor in Maryland for a television expose and could face five years in prison if convicted. Assistant Network Producer Deborah Stone '87 is being charged, along with four other ABC employees, with illegally recording Dr. Grace Ziem for a special program on "junk science." While at Dartmouth, Stone was involved in the 1986 attack on anti-apartheid shanties, which had been erected on the Green by students. The taping incident has been reported on by the Associated Press, The New York Times and the Valley News. Ziem, who is an expert on illnesses caused by toxic chemicals, said she discovered phony patients had been sent to her, and one of her representatives said he heard Stone and ABC News Reporter John Stossel, also charged with illegal taping, say a meeting with Ziem had been recorded. Maryland is one of 12 states in which it is illegal to tape record a conversation without the permission of both parties, according to the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. According to a statement of the spokesperson for ABC News, Ziem "has filed a baseless application for criminal charges.

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