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Students gear up for elections

By Erin Loback | March 26, 1996

Student Assembly presidential and vice presidential candidates as well as students running for class president, class vice president, Green Key Honor Society and the Committee on Standards are starting up their campaigns with student elections only three weeks away. The candidates for president are Sarah Cho '97, Jon Heavey '97, Unai Montes-Irueste '98, Scott Rowekamp '97, Steve Salemi '97 and Jeremy Segal '97, according to Associate Director of Student Activities Linda Kennedy. The vice presidential candidates are Joan Ai '98, Bill Kartalopoulos '97, and Chris Swift '98, Kennedy said.

Opinion

The Registration BLues

By Katie Shutzer | March 26, 1996

Registration, what a pain! Everybody lines up three hours before it even begins, just to sign up for some Miniversity class like ballroom dancing or healthy cooking, only to find out three days later that they have Orgo lab and can't even take the class. And, of course, they have to fill out 6 million forms to get a refund.

Sports

Softball team gets off to slow beginning

By Austin Whitman | March 26, 1996

The women's softball team returned to Hanover Saturday after a week of practice and competition in Florida. Under the guidance of new Head Coach Steffany Bender the women played in eight games during the week, finishing with an overall record of 1-7. The team first met with Niagara on March 18 and posted a 0-7 loss.

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Rare comet visible in skies for next two weeks

By Charles Davant | March 26, 1996

What might be the brightest comet in decades will be visible with the naked eye in the northern sky during the next two weeks -- if the weather is agreeable. Comet Hyakutake, which can be seen near the North Star any hour of a clear night, looks like a fuzzy star with a faint tail smeared across the night sky. The comet, which was discovered earlier this year by an amateur astronomer in Japan, is about 10 million miles from earth, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab. Astronomy Professor Gary Wegner said the comet, which only comes near the earth every 25,000 years, has been visible with the naked eye the past few days. "It is probably one of the best ones I have seen," he said.

Opinion

Underground Adventures

By Debbie Carbonaro | March 26, 1996

I always liked those posters that read, "All I ever needed to know about life I learned..." Please insert poster of your choice here: from my cat, in kindergarten, etc.

Opinion

On Women and Philosophy

By Kenji Hosakawa | March 26, 1996

I shall make a polemical statement because I find it unfortunately true: compared to men, a vastly smaller percentage of women are philosophical intellectuals -- those attempting to discover the meaning of life.

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Students robbed during break

By Neil Desai | March 25, 1996

Two burglars, who took advantage of unlocked windows in students' rooms in the Lodge residence hall, stole several pieces of electronic equipment over spring break. The intruders burglarized two rooms and attempted to enter a third, but were thwarted when the occupant frightened them away, according to the Valley News. College Proctor Bob McEwen said the Hanover Police Department is conducting an extensive investigation and Safety and Security is assisting the police with the investigation. Michael Yoo '98, who lives on the first floor of the Lodge, said he returned to his room on March 19 to find about $7,000 worth of his and his roommate's electronic equipment missing.

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Racial issues and primaries dominate Winter term

By David Kung | March 25, 1996

Racial slurs, student deaths and political campaigning dominated the headlines last term and made Winter term an eventful and controversial one. College officials also made moves toward significantly changing residential life when the Board of Trustees implemented Dean of the College Lee Pelton's Dartmouth Experience proposal and the Office of Residential Life recommended that the College build more beds. Hate speech The College became embroiled in controversy after Jeffrey Link '98 wrote racial slurs on the door of two Asian-American students in the Choates cluster.. A couple weeks later, two other Asian-American students experienced similar vandalism on the door of their off-campus apartment. The concern about race relations at the College led to the formation of the group Colors. Colors is a student group composed of the leaders from seven campus minority organizations. According to its mission statement, Colors is "a forum for leaders of student of color organizations to come together; discuss issues; support each other; promote interaction between our respective organizations and community; find direction, and join as one voice." The Student Assembly organized an "emergency town meeting" in Collis Common Ground to discuss issues of hate on campus. Colors held a two-hour rally against injustice the day after the town meeting. More than 400 people attended the rally.

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Furstenberg heads NCAA committee

By Elysa Jacobs | March 25, 1996

College President James Freedman has named Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Karl Furstenberg the new chair of the National Collegiate Athletic Association certification steering committee. The College is in the midst of a yearlong evaluation of its athletic program to ensure its compliance with new NCAA requirements.

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