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Rockapellas kick off term with super tunes

By Sebastian Barreveld | October 17, 1996

In case you missed the commotion last week when the Rockapellas were selling CDs in the lobby of the Hopkins Center, you should know that the album marks a great achievement for campus a cappella. The new Rockapellas album, "Think on These Things," is packed with familiar songs that have been excellently adapted to the a cappella style. These 20 songs represent a rich and diverse array of musical styles embedded with a social consciousness. In this, their eighth year as one of the campus' premier female singing groups, (and third CD), the "Rocks," as the girls have dubbed themselves, have maintained their pledge to "combine music with messages of social awareness" as their liner-note credo states. At the beginning of every term, the Rockapellas come together, each with suggestions for songs to add to their repertoire. Afterwards, they vote to decide which tunes will be featured in their musical line-up for the term. The tunes can be divided into two distinct groups -- "freedom songs" and "oldies," the latter of which defines the overall tone of the CD. The "oldies" section is comprised of a diverse selection of fun songs ranging from The Bangles' "Walk like an Egyptian," Dusty Springfield's "Preacherman" and Alanis Morissette's "Hand In my Pocket." All are certified sing-alongable. Ordinarily packed with energy, these songs are amplified by crisp, clear voices, brilliant adaptation and a superb quality of recording. The "Pulp Fiction" soundtrack hit "Preacherman" by Dusty Springfield is a good example of how the group managed to preserve, even amplify, the emotion in these songs.

News

College to honor coeducation

By Elysa Jacobs | October 17, 1996

The College has planned several activities to commemorate the 25th anniversary of coeducation at the College and to encourage the Dartmouth community to reflect on changes at the College over the past 25 years. "I think the anniversary is the perfect opportunity to assess where [the College] has been and where we are now and begin to envision where we want to go next," Women's Resource Center Director Giavanna Munafo said. Munafo, who is chairing the 25th Anniversary of Coeducation Commemoration Committee, said she hopes the commemoration activities will also help the Dartmouth community look at the College has changed over the last quarter century. "One of the things we have been stressing is that this is not only the 25th anniversary [of coeducation]," Munafo said.

Arts

Rothko piece belies simplicity

By Kelly Sidley | October 17, 1996

Mark Rothko's impressive color-block painting titled "Orange and Lilac Over Ivory" (1953) (298.5 x 232.4 cm) dominates the second floor foyer of the Hood Museum of Art.

News

Freshman members get intro to Assembly

By Lillie Ng | October 16, 1996

Recently elected freshmen representatives gathered with upperclass members at last night's Student Assembly meeting, the first such meeting after the implementation of last week's attendance resolution. The meeting was dedicated primarily to introducing the freshmen to the Student Assembly. The Assembly also discussed student service projects. Campus phones were placed in all dormitory lounges and student phone books produced by DarTalk are now available at Collis Center, said Dominic LaValle '99, vice president of student affairs. Student Advantage discount cards were distributed to every student through Hinman mail, LaValle said. In addition to the distribution of Mugshots, the upperclass students facebook, to freshmen, copies will be sold in lobby of Thayer Dining Hall starting tonight, said Assembly President Jon Heavey '97. Other service plans include a local dining guide for students and subsidized bus transportation to Boston and New York City for students during the Thanksgiving break, Heavey said. The faculty relations committee is working on placing a student representative on the Board of Trustees, said Meredith Epstein '97, chair of the committee. Lunches with faculty members organized by the committee are open to all interested students, Epstein said. The academic affairs committee will be meeting with the and Associate Dean of Faculty George Wolford this week to discuss the professor tenure process, the non-recording option and the current situation of the Latino Studies and Korean Studies programs, said Sarah Cho '97, chair of the committee. The Assembly has plans to organize an Ivy League blood drive, Heavey said. Although there is a separate mascot committee, the Assembly will help coordinate the recently announced search for a new mascot project, Vice President of Communications Jonah Sonnenborn '99 said.

Opinion

The Know-Everythings

By Matthew Lubin | October 16, 1996

This is an analysis of that class of people called the "Know-Everythings." We all recognize this sort; these are the people who would rather die than admit that they are ever ignorant in any way. They take a particular delight in referring to the neuroethnomusicology of New Guinean tribes, to Nigerian poets with whose names the four corners of the globe would ring had their brilliant careers not been cut short in Biafra and to obscure European film journals. (Here we at Dartmouth can really one-up the competition: "But of course you know Wenders' comments in the April '73 Cahiers du Cinema?" "Oh come now, darling, don't you know he recanted all that in the Spring '95 Cahiers du Dartma?") But mere accumulation of knowledge for superficial purposes is not the Know-Everythings only distinguishing feature.

Sports

Athlete of the Week

By The Dartmouth | October 16, 1996

Jenna Kurowsi '97 is this week's athlete of the week. A forward/midfielder on the women's soccer team, Kurowski i the team's leading scorer and currently on track to becoming Dartmouth's all-time leading scorer. Last night against UMass, Kurowski scored the Big Green's only two goals, as she lead Dartmouth to the upset of the number 11 nationally ranked Minutewomen. To date, Kurowski has 12 goals, tying her for first in the Ivy League.

News

Caplan defends affirmative action

By Jake Elberg | October 16, 1996

Lincoln Caplan, senior writer for US News & World Report and one of America's leading observers of legal and public affairs, defended affirmative action last night in a speech titled "A Pragmatist's Case for Affirmative Action." Caplan spoke before more than 50 people in the Rockefeller Center. "Affirmative action was born of a national sense of duty," Caplan said.

Arts

Advance Transit revamps bus services

By Reg Williams | October 16, 1996

The Upper Valley's Advance Transit system has started a major project to enhance its service, including the replacement of most of its buses. Advance Transit's improvement plan, started this spring, incorporates the use of new equipment and facilities to strengthen its customer base and satisfy commuter demand. Under the plan, Advance Transit has replaced the majority of buses in its 14-bus fleet, according to Operations Manager Phil Poirier. Provided by a variety of mass transit equipment manufacturers, the new $350,000 fleet features air conditioning and more comfortable seating, he said. The new fleet is also wheelchair lift-equipped and features "turbo-charged" and "more fuel efficient" engine systems which "burn cleaner," he said. In a project unrelated to Advance Transit's revampment program but associated with its continued success in meeting mass transit demand, a new service run between Hartland, Vt., and Hanover has been created. Designed to meet an ever-increasing demand from commuters to the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center as well as provide bus service for school children in southern Vermont, the new run has also served to alleviate parking pressures currently plaguing the Hanover area, said Advance Transit Executive Director Van Chestnut As a result of its various improvements, Advance Transit has realized substantial gains in passengers. The private, non-profit organization has experienced a 21 percent increase in passenger volume for the fiscal year ended September 30 while increasing service hours by 3 percent. Given such an increase in productivity, revenues have subsequently risen to $900,000 for the recently completed fiscal year, Chestnut said. To pay for its capital improvements, Advance Transit relied on a variety of federal, state and local sources, including Dartmouth College itself. Federal funds allocated under clean air promotion grants combined with various state clean air allocations provided a large part of the resources needed to replace Advance Transit's bus fleet. The $50,000 annual cost of providing the Hartland, Vt., service line is covered by funds allocated under CMAQ, a Vermont state program designed to encourage mass transit usage.

Arts

Local stores suffer from light fingers

By Roy Lee | October 16, 1996

Between 25 and 50 incidents of shoplifting are reported in Hanover each year, which constitutes a "serious problem," according to Hanover Police Captain Chris O'Connor. About half the reported cases involve Dartmouth students, O'Connor said. Although O'Connor said over the years there has been a gradual rise in shoplifting cases, not because the 'five-fingered discount' is growing more common but because store owners are getting smarter about fighting it. "Merchants are becoming more aware of different detection capabilities and actually catching more people," O'Connor said. Store owners are also growing less tolerant about shoplifting, he said. Though Hanover police deals with shoplifters only at the request of store owners.

News

NOW VP decries radical right

By Melissa Lafsky-Elsten | October 16, 1996

Vice President of the National Organization for Women Rosemary Dempsey outlined the history of the women's movement since the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in a speech last night, placing strong emphasis on the continued need for support today against the "ungodly radical right." Speaking to a crowd of about 30 women and five men, Dempsey delivered a speech titled "A Woman's Place is in the House (And the Senate)" held in the Rockefeller Center. Dempsey opened with a short video that briefly summarized the methods employed by NOW to put more women in Congress and enact legislation.

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