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Mothers and sons get close

By Anthony Foglia | April 17, 1996

The films "Murmur of the Heart" and "Spanking the Monkey," the components of tonight's Film Society double feature, both deal with a son's strong physical bond with his mother. "Murmur of the Heart," directed by Louis Malle, is the story of a boy in the process of becoming a young man.

Sports

Athlete of the Week

By The Dartmouth | April 17, 1996

Kim Mendelson '97 helped out the lacrosse team this past weekend, scoring six goals on the way to the team's 19-8 victory over Cornell. The Big Green tied a previous Dartmouth record for the most goals in a game with this win.

Arts

Butler '96 and Munakata '96 form a dynamic duo of jazz

By Elysa Jacobs | April 16, 1996

Every week while students sip drinks and enjoy conversation at the Lone Pine Tavern, two jazz artists provide the smooth, eloquent sounds that make people enjoy their evening. Seniors Taurey Butler and Kazunari Munakata show that as the best-known jazz duo on campus, they are birds of a feather. Butler, an engineering sciences major who hails from East Orange, N.J., began playing music when he was very young. "I started playing the piano when I was seven.

News

Panhell offers seventh sorority membership

By Michelle Gregg | April 16, 1996

Panhellenic Council representatives and sorority presidents said last night that prospective members of the proposed seventh sorority will not have to go through the formal rush process, but will be able to join on a first come, first serve basis. Members of Panhell, the governing body of the College's six sororities, discussed the rush process and the formation of the new sorority with a group of about 40 freshmen women last night. A formal sign-up will be held on April 24 for all women interested in becoming members of the new sorority. "The first 50 or so women to sign up will be invited to form the sorority," said Panhell Vice President Marcie Handler '97. Panhell President Jess Russo '97 said 50 members is just an arbitrary number, based on the number of members who signed up to form Kappa Delta Epsilon sorority three years ago. "The number of women forming the sorority will be based on how much interest there is," Russo said. One of the sorority's first decisions will be whether to apply for local or national recognition, Russo said. The new members will also have to find a permanent location for their sorority next fall. The six existing sororities have pledged their support of the seventh. "We will allow the new sorority to have activities and programming at our houses," President of KDE Joanna Whitley '97 said.

Opinion

Johnson's Depictions False

By Eric Newton | April 16, 1996

To the Editor: Miranda Johnson '97 wrote a very well written editorial about affinity housing at Dartmouth ["Dispelling Notions of Segregation," April 12, 1996]. However, I would like to respond to one of Johnson's comments.

Sports

Pelton runs marathon in just over four hours

By Jonathan A. Lee | April 16, 1996

Yesterday was one of those rare days when you just roll out of bed and get excited knowing that it's going to be a great day to play frisbee on the Green or take a nice run. Dean of the College Lee Pelton also decided to take a nice run in the Boston Marathon. Working together, Pelton and his wife, who also ran, managed to keep a steady, but comfortable pace from start to finish.

News

Police investigate the Choates

By Neil Desai | April 16, 1996

The Hanover Police Department is currently conducting an investigation in Brown Hall in the Choates cluster, Detective Sergeant Frank Moran said yesterday.

News

Yemen talk begins lecture series

By Kristin Maczko | April 16, 1996

Gabrielle vom Bruck began the Ernest Gellner Memorial Lecture series yesterday afternoon with a speech that explored two different strands of Islam in Yemen, a small country at the Arabian peninsula's southern end. The speech was the first in a four-part series that will bring scholars influenced by Gellner to the College to speak on the role of Islam in modern politics. Gellner, a British anthropologist and philosopher who died last fall, was scheduled to be the College's Montgomery Fellow this term. In lieu of his coming to Dartmouth, the lecture series was organized to commemorate his work. Anthropology Professor Dale Eickelman, who introduced vom Bruck, extolled Gellner's academic virtues. Eickelman said Gellner "was always jumping across boundaries of disciplines and ideas." Vom Bruck, lecturer at the London School of Economics and Political Science, was one of Gellner's last doctoral candidates. Drawing from her fieldwork in Yemen, her speech dealt with patterns of political interaction between Sunni and Shi'i Muslims in Yemen. Sunni and Shi'i Islam are the two major strands of that Islam. Vom Bruck began her talk with one of Gellner's main assumptions -- Muslim society is held together by mutual dependence of town and countryside. The balance between the people of each area is maintained over time in balance and unity. Within the Shi'i Sayyids and Sunni merchants show none of this togetherness, vom Bruck said. She described the Sayyids as strongly religious and holding a strong belief in self-sacrifice, charity and scholarship.

News

Koop oversees videos' production

By Lillie Ng | April 16, 1996

Former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop is supervising the production of a series of medical videos for patients diagnosed with a serious disease that he says "may change the way medicine is practiced." The "At Time of Diagnosis" series, produced by a subsidiary of Time Life Medical, will provide information from medical experts about common medical conditions. Koop, former U.S.

Opinion

The End of The Tobacco Road

By Matthew C. Nisbet | April 16, 1996

Out of the rubble of the recent negative coverage and legal action against the tobacco industry comes a little publicized government report that industry spinmeisters hope to employ on behalf of their legal and public defense.

News

Campaigns gear up for final days

By Erin Loback | April 15, 1996

While some candidates are turning to more conventional methods of campaigning in these last days before the election, others are running more hi-tech campaigns or are just trying to be different. Taking the hi-tech route, presidential candidate Unai Montes-Irueste '98 and vice presidential candidate Bill Kartalopoulos '97 are asking students to navigate the Internet to learn more about their campaigns. Kartalopoulos said he thinks he is the first candidate to present his platform on a World Wide Web page. "I think it is a creative way for candidates to get information out without spending a lot of money," Kartalopoulos said. He said students can access his Web page to find out about his experience and ideas.

News

Maynard Street to close for the week

By David Kung | April 15, 1996

Effective today, the Town of Hanover has ordered the closing of Maynard Street, a stretch of road passing in front of the old Mary Hitchcock Hospital, for this week. Keith Southworth, the assistant director of public works in Hanover, said the road will be closed because the town will be installing a storm drain and a new sanitary sewer line. "These are part of the Dartmouth project involving the old hospital site," Southworth said. According to a College News Service press release, the installation of the 12-inch sewer main will service Dartmouth College facilities in that area -- including the future Berry Library. "The project is not difficult but the sanitary sewer line is 22 feet below the ground," Southworth said. The work in that area has already necessitated the depavement of the road, Southworth said.

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