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Senior art exhibits open at the Hopkins Center

By Gisela Insuaste | May 17, 1995

Every year, at the end of the Spring term, studio art senior majors display several selected works at the Jaffe-Friede Gallery at the Hopkins Center. This year's student exhibition, which opened yesterday, comprises works by a strongly talented and innovative group of 20 artists. The pieces currently on display are representative of many months of work in each individual artist's preferred concentration.

News

Officials say Career Services is well equipped despite departure, leave

By Jason Casell | May 17, 1995

Although the head of Career Services is leaving the College in August and one of its other top administrators is on medical leave, officials say the office remains well equipped to serve the needs of Dartmouth students. Career Services Director William Wright-Swadel will leave Dartmouth in August to become director of Career Services at Harvard University and Assistant Career Services Director Susan Wright has been on a leave of absence this term while undergoing chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer. Wright handles graduate student advising and Wright-Swadel said Career Services has continued to run graduate advising programs during Wright's absence, but has not hired an interim replacement for her. "We've been using other staff in the office and a number of faculty members have been providing coverage," he said. Wright's husband, Acting College President James Wright, acknowledged his wife's treatment has been difficult, but said she is doing well enough to return to the College next term. "She will be back this summer," Wright said.

Opinion

Blood and Iron

By Abiola Lapite | May 17, 1995

Thepast few weeks have seen the marking of the end of the Second World War. Thus it seems timely to examine one of the chief causes of this war, as well as of the Great War which preceded it: The creed of militarism. The word "militarism" has acquired in our age quite negative connotations, and its very mention is enough in some circles to bring on uncomfortable silence.

Arts

'Southern Exposure: 2% jazz, 98% funk'

By Gabriel Schlumberger | May 17, 1995

You have probably heard Maceo Parker, even if you haven't heard of him. He is a veritable Forrest Gump of soul music for the last 20 years, packing a resume which reads like a who's who of the jazz/funk/soul recording industry. His contribution to the colloquium of cool cannot be overstated; adding flame to James Brown, flavor to Bootsy Collins, and soul-power to George Clinton.

News

Review committee suggests radical overhaul of SA

By James M> Hunnicutt | May 17, 1995

A committee charged with reforming the Student Assembly released its final report yesterday, calling for a new "Undergraduate Council" to replace the current Assembly. The Student Assembly External Review Committee presented its 24-page report to the Assembly last night.

Sports

Women's hockey attracts four recruits to replace Rochat '95

By Erika Tower | May 17, 1995

Concerned that five Sarahs and one Sara were not enough for the women's hockey team, Coach George Crowe brought in one more of each among his four recruits for the Class of 1999. Sarah Halsell and Sara Nelson along with Wendy Soutsos and Kathleen O'Keefe will join the team next fall in an attempt to repeat the success of this past season when the team made the quarterfinals of the ECAC tournament and shared the Ivy League title with Princeton.

News

Women give views on Dartmouth

By Jacqueline Rose | May 17, 1995

Last night, six senior women spoke about their different perspectives of life at the College to about 100 people in 105 Dartmouth Hall. Jen Collins '94, a computer science major and co-chair of the Dartmouth Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Organization, said being DaGLO's co-chair has had a heavy influence on her Dartmouth experience. Being co-chair of DaGLO is "hard and rewarding in small and incredible ways," Collins said.

News

'96 Class forms list for Symposium: Gingrich, Mandela, Turner on invite list for speakers

By Michael Ross | May 17, 1995

Although the 1996 Senior Symposium is about a year away, the 1996 Class Council already has a list of potential speakers for the event, which will be titled "They Said It Couldn't Be Done." Leslie Jennings '96, a member of the Class Council, said it will invite prominent figures from entertainment, politics, sports and numerous other fields to speak about their extraordinary achievements that were once thought impossible. She said the 1996 Class Council will mail letters to about 20 "first-round" speaker choices on June 1. The crew from the Apollo 11 moon landing, Roger Bannister, the first person to run a four-minute mile, Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., South African President Nelson Mandela and Cable News Network founder Ted Turner are among the council's top choices, Jennings said. Class of 1996 Vice President Tom Caputo acknowledged it is not likely that many of these speakers will actually come to the College, but said the symposium will still be successful with less famous speakers. "The beauty of the topic is that there are a lot of lesser known names that have great stories," he said. Caputo said the council will meet Fall term to review the responses and determine if more speakers need to be invited. Jennings said the council is also hoping to expand the symposium. "We'd like to make the symposium an event and not just a speakers series," she said. Despite the difficulties inherent in attracting well-known achievers, Caputo said the council decided to avoid giving money to the speakers, although it will pay for travel expenses and lodging.

News

Sherwin may testify on 'Enola Gay'

By James M> Hunnicutt | May 17, 1995

History Professor Martin Sherwin may testify before the Senate this week on what he calls the "blatant censorship" of a Smithsonian Institution exhibit marking the 50th anniversary of America dropping the atomic bomb in Japan. Sherwin, also the director of the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding, has been at the forefront of the controversy over the so-called "Enola Gay" exhibit.

Sports

Nelson turns lacrosse team around with patience, touch coaching

By Amy Hatch | May 17, 1995

Men's lacrosse Coach Tim Nelson took on the impossible and has proven that the Dartmouth men's lacrosse team can be as successful as any other Big Green sport. Six years ago if someone predicted the team would sport a winning record and be nationally ranked, few on campus would have believed it. Nelson, however, came to Dartmouth and was determined to bring respect back to the Big Green men's lacrosse team.

News

Chairs discuss faculty complaints

By Jeffrey Beyer | May 16, 1995

The College Faculty's Committee of Chairs, at their meeting yesterday afternoon, remained divided over a proposal to codify the procedure for handling grievances against faculty members. The COC, which is composed of the chairs of all of the College's departments and academic programs, debated the proposal at its meeting last month but reached no conclusion. Currently, the College's procedure for handling complaints against faculty members is not explicitly stated.

News

Jack Turco works for College and community health

By Jeffrey Beyer | May 16, 1995

When Dean of the College Lee Pelton needed someone to chair a task force he created to comprehensively evaluate the problems alcohol causes at Dartmouth, it was only natural that Pelton chose Dr. Jack Turco. Turco, who has been the director of Health Services at the College for more than 13 years, has studied alcohol and its effects for more than 20 years.

News

Playboy finishes photo shoot

By Jack Vaitayanonta | May 16, 1995

Playboy Magazine photographer David Mecey and his assistants packed up their cameras and left Hanover yesterday, taking with them photos of three Dartmouth women that will appear in the magazine's "Women of the Ivy League" pictorial this fall. The Playboy representatives arrived at Dartmouth last week to interview women interested in appearing in the magazine's Ivy League pictorial, scheduled to run in Playboy's October back-to-school issue. Mecey said he interviewed with about 15 prospective models last week and took pictures of the three women selected to appear in the magazine over the past few days. One model, Xantha Bruso '97 said the Playboy photographers took her to a country home in Etna owned by a student at the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration. She said in the photos, she is seated in a chair on a porch with her legs stretched over the porch railing.

Opinion

Parental Paranoia

By Brian Deaner | May 16, 1995

Myparents have a penchant for over-reacting to everyday situations. Whether I come home for fall, winter or spring break, I can always count on Mom accusing the check-out person at the supermarket of taking our family carton of Cheese Whiz or Dad asserting that the bank cashier unconscionably shortchanged him $10. Usually, Mom finds the Cheese Whiz carton half-opened on Dad's lap and Dad locates the missing money in Mom's purse, but their perception of the original situation never changes.

News

CFS, DaGLO hold discussion

By Jaime M. Bedrin | May 16, 1995

About 55 people gathered last night at Sigma Nu fraternity for a discussion on homophobia in the Greek system, the first event the Dartmouth Area Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Organization has ever sponsored with a fraternity, according to DaGLO co-chair Earl Plante '94. The discussion, moderated by Rahul Mathur '95, a Sigma Nu brother and the Coed Fraternity Sorority Office intern, started with a 10-minute film portraying gay life in fraternities at other schools. The film featured interviews with gay men in fraternities who discussed how their houses inhibited their ability to "come out," or announce their homosexuality, by creating a fear of rejection among brothers. The video showed one man who "came out of the closet" and was strongly supported by his fraternity brothers, while other men in the film said membership in a fraternity inhibited their ability to express themselves. One male audience member said during the discussion after the film, he felt the men in the video were honest but he believed it was too easy to simply say the fraternity system is a tough environment for homosexuals. He said the problem of homophobia is deeply rooted in our society and is not just a by-product of the Greek system. Other students also said it is unfair to the open-minded members of fraternity houses to be immediately labeled as homophobic. Jeff Middents '93 said although he agreed it is unfair to stereotype all fraternities as homophobic, it is important to remember that many communities bond together on hate. Student Assembly President-Elect Jim Rich '96, who spoke at the event, said he applauded the initiative of DaGLO and Sigma Nu to educate members of both the Greek system and the homosexual community who might not have gotten a chance to hear both sides of these issues.

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