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Studio Art Department Supports All Art Forms

By Esme Thompson | July 31, 1996

To the Editor: I was sorry to see in Aaron Klein's column "An Illiberal Art Department" [The Dartmouth, July 25, 1996] that Mr. Klein had misunderstood, misinterpreted, and misquoted what I conveyed to him at our meeting in October of 1995. In answer to his accusation that the Studio Art Department "dismisses" glassblowing as an art, let me point out that there is a senior major in our department whose main area of interest is glassblowing.

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College to revamp database interface

By Charles Davant | July 31, 1996

As early as Fall term, students may be able to access the resources on the Dartmouth College Information System through the World Wide Web using web browsers like Netscape. DCIS gives access to encyclopedias, dictionaries, electronic card-catalogues, works of literature and other resources.

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Language programs in decline

By Mark Shahinian | July 31, 1996

Administrators and faculty are scrambling to figure out why enrollment numbers have plummeted for Dartmouth's Language Study Abroad programs and how to bring them back up. Enrollment in LSA programs fell to 252 students last year, from a peak in the 1982-83 academic year of 435 students, according to Assistant Dean of the Faculty and Exchange Coordinator Peter Armstrong. Among the reasons administrators offered to explain the decline in enrollment are stricter acceptance requirements, poor promotion to freshmen, and a nationwide decline in student interest in certain languages. Professor of French and Italian John Rassias said one of the greatest problems with the current system is that there is nothing that fully communicates to freshmen the benefits and opportunities associated with studying abroad. "I am really upset by the fact that incoming students are not getting enough information," Rassias said.

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Students report fun weekend

By David Kung | July 29, 1996

Parents of the Class of 1998 paddled the Connecticut, walked the campus, attended faculty lectures, sat in on foreign language drills and toured Baker Tower over the course of the three-day 1998 Family weekend, held Friday through Sunday. "The weekend was fantastic," 1998 Class President Randi Barnes '98 said.

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Sturman touts value of Dartmouth degree

By Jeffrey Giuffrida | July 29, 1996

Director of Career Services Skip Sturman told an audience of 150 that the College's reputation commands attention from potential employers in a lecture in Collis Common Ground Saturday morning. Sturman's lecture was part of 1998 Family Weekend, and the audience was mostly visiting parents. Employers "find the type of students who would be excellent employees in their organization" at Dartmouth, Sturman said.

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Disappointing finishes for Dartmouth alums

By Eric Petitt | July 29, 1996

In the Olympic rowing eight with coxswain finals yesterday, the United States Olympic men's and women's rowing teams came up just short of medal finishes. The women's rowing eight team, led by Dartmouth graduate Anna Kakela '92, finished a disappointing fourth in the final 1,500 meter race with a time of 6:29.19. The powerful Romanian contingent grabbed the gold with a time of 6:19.73, followed by Canada and Belarus. After a first-place performance in the World Championships last year, the U.S.

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N. H. official arrested in theft of College art

By Charles Davant | July 29, 1996

A New Hampshire state prosecutor was arrested Friday for possession of three works of art reported stolen from the College's collections in March 1995. Assistant Attorney General William McCallum of Londonderry was charged with possession of stolen property, a class A felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison and a $4,000 fine. McCallum was fired Thursday and is now being prosecuted by a former colleague, Senior Assistant Attorney General Michael Ramsdell. Hood Museum Director Timothy Rub said McCallum was in possession of three prints made from an etching by Piernase, an 18th century Italian artist.

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'A Time to Kill,' latest Grisham offering, entertains

By Jeffrey Beyer | July 29, 1996

Let me begin this review by saying the following: If you are looking for a comparison between the new movie "A Time to Kill" and the John Grisham novel on which it was based, you will not find it here. Not having read the book, I will be only commenting on the movie -- which was entertaining and well-acted, though a bit too long. "A Time to Kill" is essentially about the trial of Mississippi factory worker Carl Lee Hailey (Samuel L.

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