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Dartmouth sees resignation as opportunity

By Jacqueline Rose | May 16, 1996

While College faculty and students expressed surprise at Senator Bob Dole's (R-Kans.) decision to resign from the Senate, they said it may resuscitate his bid for the presidency. President of the Conservative Union at Dartmouth Isaac Thorne '96 said while he anticipated Dole would relinquish his position as Senate majority leader, "it is pretty amazing he stepped down in general." "I was surprised Dole gave up something he has been doing for so long," CUAD Vice President Mark Cicirelli '96 said.

Arts

Annual Frost plays open tonight

By Lee Istrail | May 16, 1996

From people trapped in a bus station to trapped in a subway train to running away with the circus, this year's Eleanor Frost plays deal with some ordinary people facing extraordinary situations. But this year's winning playwrights, directors and the thespians they have assembled to stage their plays are more than up to the challenge of performing these works. The Eleanor Frost Playwriting Competition was established in 1950 by a gift from Eleanor Louise Frost, which has been supplemented by gifts from Henry Williams. Frost was a member of the Dartmouth community who enjoyed and encouraged the Dartmouth Players Experimental Theater, according to the Hopkins Center. The annual Frost Play Festival is a contest open to all Dartmouth classes from all majors.

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Students assigned to 'supercluster'

By Elysa Jacobs | May 16, 1996

The "Supercluster" took a step closer to becoming a reality this week when 100 upperclass students received notification that they will live in the East Wheelock cluster next fall and become the first students to experience the Dartmouth Experience program. Associate Dean of Residential Life Bud Beatty said 183 upperclass students applied to live in the cluster and that pool was then narrowed to 168, after improperly filed applications and students who became UGAs and ACs were weeded out. There are 235 beds in East Wheelock.

Sports

Mitchell to leave for higher ed

By Erika Tower | May 16, 1996

Women's Swim Coach Betsy Mitchell will not be back next season to continue to lead her team to the recent success it has seen. Instead, Mitchell will explore another side of college life.

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HBs will broaden student services

By Erin Loback | May 16, 1996

Starting Monday, the hours of the mail window in the Hinman Post Office will be extended, and by Fall term other new mail services will be available for students, Assistant Director of Facilities Services Bill Hochstin said yesterday. Hochstin said a postage stamp vending machine will be installed in the Hinman Post Office in the Hopkins Center in the near future and by the beginning Fall term students will be notified by BlitzMail when they have received a UPS package. Student Assembly President Jim Rich '96 said the Assembly has been "working closely with both Bill [Hochstin] and Howard [Durkee, who manages campus mail operations] all year on various projects that stemmed primarily" from the Federal Express issue Winter term. Winter term the Hinman Post Office announced it would cease accepting deliveries of Federal Express packages because the company was "unwilling to meet the College terms required for the Hinman Post Office in order to ensure the most economical and efficient delivery of packages," according to a letter sent to students in the winter. The Assembly worked with Hochstin to keep Fed-Ex available to students. Hochstin said the Hinman mail window will be open from 7:30 a.m.

Arts

'Fisher King' looks at sin and redemption

By Tom Jawetz | May 16, 1996

Dante once wrote in his "Purgatorio," "Not by the malediction of bishop nor priest is Eternal Love so lost, as long as hope hath still a speck of green." It is with this in mind that we look to director Terry Gilliam's "The Fisher King," a film about sin and redemption, despair and hope. Jack (Jeff Bridges) is a brash talk radio D.J.

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150 students on housing waitlist

By Elysa Jacobs | May 16, 1996

About 150 students receiving Fall term housing assignments this week will reach into their Hinman boxes only to discover they have been placed on a waitlist by the Office of Residential Life. But one-third of these students will be able to take advantage of the 48 empty beds still available through affinity programs. Associate Dean of Residential Life Bud Beatty said last year's waitlist began with 132 students, all of whom received fall housing by mid-July. "The students on the waitlist are our number-one priority," said Beatty, who urged waitlisted students not to panic. Beatty said this year there were 1,717 applicants for the 2,809 beds available on campus in residential halls, special interest housing and affinity housing.

Arts

'Last Dance' short on originality

By Michael R. Lee | May 16, 1996

This time, it's Dead Woman Walking. "The Last Dance" was doomed from its release to be compared to that other death row movie -- "Dead Man Walking," in which the main actress garnered a Best Actress Academy Award.

Sports

Water polo teams will change set-up next year

By Sarah Hood | May 16, 1996

The men's and women's water polo club teams have completed another year of competition and decided to make some changes in their program in the interest of more success next year. The men, who fielded two teams for their fall season, are aiming for a national championship in the coming year, and the women will look to build on advances they have made in their first two years as a program. During the fall, the traditional season for the men, the two men's teams were joined by a team of women who competed in the men's league.

News

New lawn policy creates levels of transgression

By Aaron Lisman | May 16, 1996

The Coed Fraternity Sorority Council voted last week to revise a policy that punishes Greek houses for leaving garbage and party debris on their lawns so that the punishment fits the severity of the transgression. The original clean grounds policy, passed one year ago, was widely considered unreasonable by members of the Greek system because it made little distinction between major and minor violations. The old policy judged violations strictly by the number of items of trash on the grounds, CFSC President Marty Dengler '97 said. "It really tied the hands of the judiciary committee," he said.

Sports

Men's rugby ends strong season

By David Kung | May 16, 1996

This year proved to be a golden year for the men's rugby club. Under the leadership of co-Captains Todd Aaron '96 and Dan Kalafatas '96 and President Douglas Asano '96 the men's rugby team completed its second straight undefeated year in the New England Division I League. "In the fall, for the second straight year, we went undefeated," Asano said.

News

Panelists share Fullbright experience

By Jacqueline Rose | May 16, 1996

College faculty and students said they learned a great deal about themselves, other cultures and American culture while completing Fulbright Scholarships at yesterday's panel discussion commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Academic Exchange Program. Members of the panel included Mary Bachman '90, Alexander Edlich '96, Religion Professor Hans Penner, John Sargent '94, Holden Spaht '96 and English Professor Brenda Silver. The panel was held in 3 Rockefeller and moderated by Director of the Dickey Center Gene Lyons. College President James Freedman addressed the Fulbright Scholars at a reception after the discussion in Hinman Forum, which honored the 45 members of the Dartmouth faculty who were Fulbright Scholars. Speaking first, Edlich said he is traveling to France next year to research how France's experience during World War II affected its current foreign policy and conceptions of national security.

Opinion

Class Affiliation Important for Alumni

By Stanley Colla | May 16, 1996

To the Editor: In Joshua Mooney '98's Letter to the Editor ["Politicians Should be Held Responsible for their Actions," The Dartmouth, May 14], Senator Slade Gorton of Washington is incorrectly identified as a member of "Dartmouth Class of 1950" when, in fact, he is a member of the Class of 1949. A small point, perhaps, in relation to the rest of Mooney's letter, but a significant one, nevertheless, to alumni for whom class affiliation is important.

News

Professors share thoughts on feminism

By Erin Loback | May 16, 1996

Several professors spoke last night about what feminism means to them in a panel discussion before about 30 people. The panel, part of a series titled "What is Feminism?" sponsored by the Women's Resource Center, was moderated by Director of the Women's Resource Center Giavanna Munafo. The panelists were Spanish Professor Agnes Lugo-Ortiz, Susan Fraiman, an English professor at the University of Virginia, French and Comparative Literature Professor Marianne Hirsch, Director of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Mary Childers and Physics Professor Delo Mook. Munafo, who introduced the panelists, said it is "interesting to hear what feminism means to different people so you can explore your common ground." Lugo-Ortiz said as a child in Puerto Rico her grandmother told her she should have been a boy because she liked to climb trees and ride horses. "My gender restricted my energy," she said. Lugo-Ortiz said throughout her youth she was taught by teachers that Puerto Ricans were inferior and by her father that women and children were inferior. "I was all three," Lugo-Ortiz said. Later she spoke about the "penguins in ties" who run Congress and the United Nations.

Sports

Disc has best finish in 10 years

By Eric Petitt | May 15, 1996

Everyone has seen this die hard bunch with their multicolored flying saucers in hand, practicing "hammer" tosses and long cuts come rain or shine on the Green. But who has seen the rag tag bunch of ultimate Frisbee players actually compete? For those who don't know, the Dartmouth ultimate Frisbee team, a club sport supported by only a $500 per year stipend from the athletic department, wrapped up its best season in 10 years this spring ranked 30th nationally -- quite an improvement from 95th last year. This year's team is heavily manned by '99s who have been working hard to learn the tools of the trade.

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