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Jody Watley returns to pop scene

By Marjorie Thurlow | February 28, 1996

Fans of 1980s music remember Jody Watley's solo debut in 1987 as a moment when rhythm and blues, dance and top 40 pop collided in her music and high-fashion image. In fact, the biographical insert included in her latest CD "Jody Watley's Greatest Hits" features a photo shoot reminiscent of Victoria's Secret. But in her album, Watley is much more than a gorgeous dance diva recapturing previous successes.

Opinion

East Wheelock Renovation an Important First Step

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | February 28, 1996

The Dartmouth Experience plan, recently approved by the College's Board of Trustees, is a watered-down adaptation of the proposals of the Committee on the First-Year Experience, but an important first step in integrating students' intellectual and academic experiences with the College's residential program. The plan's goals -- creating a "marriage of intellectual and social life," increasing faculty-student interaction and enriching the students' residential experiences -- are ambitious but admirable. Under the plan proposed by Dean of the College Lee Pelton, the East Wheelock Cluster will have a faculty associate living near the cluster, a cluster dean, additional programming money and improved academic and social facilities. A cluster dean and resident professor will make advising more accessible for both first-year and upperclass students. The increase in programming funds will allow the cluster to more adequately address the needs of its residents.

News

Parker talks on multiculturalism

By Erin Loback | February 28, 1996

Star Parker, an African-American writer, speaker and radio host, told about 30 students she does not think students should be forced to take multicultural classes, in a speech in the Rockefeller Center for the Social Sciences. She said she sees "no common merit in forcing multicultural studies." The speech was the first event sponsored by the new campus group Ivy Leaguers for Freedom, a conservative organization seeking to increase intellectualism on campus. Parker, who once received welfare from Aid for Families with Dependent Children and who has appeared on the television shows 20/20 and Larry King Live, is the founder of the Coalition on Urban Affairs, formed in response to the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Parker said multicultural studies should not be pushed on all students, "especially when they are taken to one-sided extremes." "We have stolen freedom from others in the name of freedom" in requiring students to take multicultural classes, she said.

Opinion

Mired in Manure

By Rachel R. Gilliar | February 28, 1996

So the "moral elite" on campus agrees again -- shit is offensive. Let me be the first to congratulate certain members of the Dartmouth community -- the ones who are willing to blindly condemn the group responsible for delivering manure to Alpha Chi Alpha's and Beta Theta Pi's respective doorsteps, the group purportedly responsible for the flyer, "The Shit You Don't Hear About," that appeared outside many students' doors Monday morning.

News

College may approve new minor

By Erica Thrall | February 28, 1996

The Committee on Instruction will review a proposal to create a new minor in public policy today, said Director of the Rockefeller Center for the Social Sciences Linda Fowler.

Sports

Ski team disappointed with weekend results

By Brian Fleming | February 28, 1996

The Eastern Intercollegiate Skiing Championships were not quite the springboard the Dartmouth ski team had expected heading into the NCAA Championships next month -- the team finished a disappointing third. The University of Vermont returned to the top spot after being temporarily dethroned last weekend by the Big Green.

News

Favor discusses black culture and definition

By Sara Burch | February 28, 1996

English Professor Martin Favor told 13 students it is difficult to define "black culture," in a discussion last night in Casque and Gauntlet senior society's library. Favor spoke for a large portion of the discussion, which was sponsored by Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. Alpha Phi Alpha is a historically black fraternity. Favor, who also teaches African-American studies courses, said "I'm increasingly dubious about there being such a thing" as black culture. "It's nice to pin down 'What is black culture,'" Favor said.

Opinion

Vox Clamantis

By Anita Farahany | February 28, 1996

To the Editor: Tonight at 8 p.m. on the Green will be a "Candlelight Vigil for Acceptance and Understanding: An Appeal to the Intellect." Professor Steve Cornish will be speaking and will then lead a candle-lighting ceremony.

News

Alpha Chi discusses pledge skit

By Charles Davant | February 27, 1996

About 250 students crammed into Brace Commons last night to hear officers of Alpha Chi Alpha fraternity read from what members of the audience called a racist and sexist script, which new members of the house wrote and acted out in November. Members of the house decided to release the document to the public on the recommendation of Dean of the College Lee Pelton, according to Matt Richardson '97, Alpha Chi's president. Richardson said he did not know a copy of the script existed until two weeks ago, when he heard Pelton had received a copy anonymously.

Arts

P.S. 122 Field Trips: a new school act

By Jack Vaitayanonta | February 27, 1996

P.S. 122 Field Trips, an offbeat variety show heralded as "Ed Sullivan for the avant garde," will perform tonight and Wednesday night in the Moore Theater. The acts will include award-winning artists who utilize the traditional musical and TV variety show format and add their own experimental twist in this powerful and entertaining forum. This program will feature Tiye Giraud, performing her high energy routine of excerpts from "Sugar Tit," Danny Hoch presenting excerpts from "Some People" and "Evolution of a Home Boy," Molissa Fenley choreographing her segment and Reno playing excerpts from her own piece, "Citizen Reno." The P.S.

News

Bright seeks to advance discourse on Latino culture: In June, Bright will end her two-year term as a Mellon professor in Latin American and Caribbean Studies

By Michelle Gregg | February 27, 1996

Posted on the door of Mellon Professor Brenda Bright's office, along with her office hours, is a sign patterned after a graffiti-style mural in Los Angeles which espouses her own personal philosophy: "Study your CULTURE and learn to be proud of it." For Bright, who said she takes pride in "understanding how culture works and in working to make it better," the sign affirms her belief that people should study their own cultures. Bright, who will leave the College in June when her Mellon professorship expires, said she has been especially delighted to be teaching at the College because she has been able to teach Latin American and Caribbean Studies, her area of expertise. "It's not always the case that anthropologists get to teach their specialty.

Opinion

Racism and Sexism Warrant Intelligent Discussion, Not Pranks

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | February 27, 1996

The Beta Theta Pi fraternity poem and the Alpha Chi Alpha fraternity pledge script are evidence of serious flaws in Dartmouth's fraternities: students must stop playing games and discuss the grave issues of racism and sexism that the writings raise. While the contents of the Alpha Chi pledge script are deplorable, last night's open discussion about the script organized by the fraternity is encouraging.

Sports

Hockey falls just short

By Erika Tower | February 27, 1996

A 3-3 tie with Brown two weekends ago proved crucial this weekend when the women's hockey team went head to head with Ivy opponents Yale and Princeton. Despite wins over both Yale (2-0) and Princeton (2-1), the team ended regular season play just one point behind Cornell, leaving the Big Red, rather than the Big Green, Ivy League Champions. Dartmouth closed the season with a 19-8-3 record overall, 7-1-2 in the Ivy League. The team will have to put the disappointment of falling just short of the Ivy League championship behind them quickly, for the Big Green on Saturday afternoon host Northeastern in the quarterfinals of the ECAC Postseason Tournament. The third-seeded Big Green will face off with sixth-seeded Northeastern at Thompson Arena at 12:30 p.m.

News

SASH strengthens relations with students

By Sara Burch | February 27, 1996

The College's Sexual Abuse and Sexual Harassment committee, created in 1987, is working to strengthen its relationship with students and to address a more varied list of concerns. "The College had very few policies and very little coordination" in 1987, Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Director Mary Childers said.

News

Students unsure about Dartmouth Experience plan's potential

By Jonathan A. Lee | February 27, 1996

Although several students support the goals Dean of the College Lee Pelton's Dartmouth Experience plan proposed, others expressed doubts about the plan's methods and its potential to meet its goals. The College will implement Pelton's supercluster proposal in the East Wheelock cluster this fall and will require $600,000 in renovations and improvements.

Opinion

A Trip to the Stacks

By Carolyn Wachsman | February 27, 1996

So what's up with Baker? Can I say that trying to find a book in the dungeon commonly referred to as the stacks is like trying to find a Big Mac in Hanover? So I'm sitting at the computer at Baker staring in disbelief at the call number which On-Line Library swears will lead me to the book, "Tribes In Iceland Actively Engaged in the Production and Consumption of Coconut Extract and How it Affects the Economy of Japan" which will guarantee an "A" on my research paper for the class Tribes In Iceland Actively Engaged in the Production and Consumption of Coconut Extract and How it Affects the Economy of Japan 101.

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