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Turco named as head of alcohol task force

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Dean of the College Lee Pelton announced yesterday that College Health Services Director Dr. Jack Turco will co-chair a task force aimed at examining the problems caused by alcohol at the College. A student will co-chair the task force, but Pelton said he would not release the student's name yet. Pelton said he chose Turco because "he has been very involved in this issue at Dartmouth." "He, in fact, was the originator of several alcohol programs that have in the past received some national attention, so he brings to this a lot of experience and knowledge," Pelton said. Pelton said the task force, which will convene at the beginning of next term, will look at four aspects of alcohol on campus. He said the task force will look at underage drinking on campus, evaluate the effect of alcohol on gender relations, make recommendations concerning the membership and charter of the College Committee on Alcohol and Other Drugs and will make suggestion on the effectiveness of the College's current programs dealing with alcohol. In addition to the two co-chairs, Pelton said the task force, which should be finished with its work by the end of Spring term, will be composed of other administrators and faculty members.


Opinion

Implement Munafo's Task Force

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With the 25th anniversary of coeducation fast approaching, the time is right for theCollege to create a task force to seriously evaluate the status of women on campus. Women's Resource Center Director Giavanna Munafo approached the administration earlier this term with a plan for a task force, made up of administrators, faculty and students, to examine the "environment for women at Dartmouth." While the College has made great strides toward reaching gender equity, both administrators and students say there is work to be done in and out of the classroom.


Sports

Hockey to host Yale, Princeton

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The men's hockey team has only two more games to show it deserves a spot in the ECAC playoffs. But, unfortunately, it may be too late. A three-game losing streak has left the Big Green (5-13-2 ECAC, 7-16-2 overall) entrenched in last place in the ECAC and on the brink of elimination.


Opinion

The Review Is Not the Problem

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The power that the Dartmouth Review has over this school is amazing. If one actually believed the whining that goes on, it would appear as though the Review is at the heart of every problem that exists on campus.


Sports

Blackwell '91 signs with Celtics

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James Blackwell '91 signed a 10-day contract with the National Basketball Association's Boston Celtics Tuesday, beefing up the Celtic's beleaguered collection of point guards. Celtics point guard David Wesley is out for a month recuperating from knee surgery performed last Thursday, while point-guard Jay Humphries is out indefinitely, also with knee problems. The injuries left the Celtics with only one point guard, Sherman Douglas. This is Blackwell's second stint in the NBA.


Arts

More parking facilities recommended

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A planning board subcommittee recently submitted a proposed chapter for Hanover's master plan recommending increased parking facilities to nurture commercial development. The planning board will review the chapter, titled "Business and Economic Stability," on March 21.


Arts

Pelton, after requests, joins school board race

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Dean of the College Lee Pelton recently announced his intention to run as a write-in candidate for the Hanover School Board. Pelton, who told the Valley News people have been asking him to run for the school board for several years, said he is running for the position because he feels a sense of civic duty to the community. Pelton's daughter currently attends the Bernice A.


Opinion

Awaiting Social Equity

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As I read Monday's article on gender equity at Dartmouth, I was glad to learn that many of the issues surrounding the Greek system are at least being discussed.


Opinion

'Reject hatred and affirm community'

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To the Editor: Two weeks ago some of the members of the Dartmouth Area Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Organization receive an anonymous flyer in their mailboxes proposing this question: "Is it okay to shoot homosexuals?" In response to this frightening and threatening piece of hate mail, DaGLO organized a community forum on campus homophobia.





News

Health dept. points to Collis as the source of Fall term virus outbreak

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Health Service Director Dr. Jack Turco said the New Hampshire Department of Public Health concluded there was some form of contamination at Collis Center that led to more than 100 students getting sick at the end of Fall term. But Turco said Dartmouth Dining Services was not necessarily responsible for the rapid spread of the illness. The Health Department inspected DDS facilities after the outbreak of the illness, which cased vomiting, nausea and diarrhea. Turco said the Health Department gave questionnaires to students and found out many of the people who succumbed to the illness ate at Collis beforehand. He said the Health Department came to the conclusion that the virus was spread at Collis. But he stressed that though there may have been a common source of contamination, viral infections also pass from person to person through the air. "I don't think it had anything whatsoever to do from improper technique over" at Collis, he said. DDS Director Pete Napolitano said "if we are responsible, we would own [up to] that ... I would take every possible measure to curtail that from happening again." He said "nothing conclusive" has been determined to link the spread of the virus to DDS. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta and the state epidemiologist examined DDS procedures and gave them a "90-plus score overall," he said. Napolitano said DDS currently employs "tight standards of operation." Employees wear gloves, restrain their hair and are not allowed to smoke, he said. According to Napolitano, leftovers are frozen, thrown away or used within 24 hours. He said food is not allowed to remain in the "danger zone," or in temperatures of 40 to 140 degrees Fahrenheit, which stimulate bacterial growth. He said self-service food items, such as the bagel bins or the salad bars, would be the most likely sources of contamination. Students should be educated to refrain from using their bare hands to choose food items, he said. "I've been thinking of putting up signs ... don't just use your fingers and pick," he said. Turco said though "there was a lot done at" the time of the outbreak to rule out obvious places of contamination, the College can only speculate what the source was. "Maybe someone coughed at the salad bar," he said. Harvard University suffered a similar outbreak in December and identified the cause as the Norwalk Virus after receiving results of DNA tests performed by the CDC. "We didn't have enough specimens to definitively say it's the Norwalk virus," Turco said.


News

Police investigate hate crimes

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The Hanover Police Department is looking into a letter allegedly containing racial slurs that a black College student recently received in his Hinman Box. The letter was postmarked from White River Junction, Vt., and was signed "Jim Crow." So-called Jim Crow laws were enacted in the United Sates after the Civil War to segregate blacks. Hanover Police Sgt.


News

Women still need support groups

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Twenty-three years after coeducation, women at Dartmouth still say they experience the disadvantages of the College's male-dominated heritage. Or as Sue Kim '96 said, "We start talking about gender issues and people start rolling their eyes." But both administrators and students say there is a true commitment to providing adequate support for the College's female population, which is creeping closer and closer to 50 percent of the campus. Support systems span the entire campus -- from administrative organizations like the Women's Resource Center to academic programs like Women in Science to student groups, such as the Untamed Shrews. But no student will admit things are perfect.




Sports

Rochat '95 provides offense, leadership

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Fans of the women's hockey team hardly bat an eye anymore when the announcer at Thompson Arena drones "Dartmouth goal scored by number four, Rachel Rochat." Rochat, the captain and lone senior on the women's hockey team, showed the Dartmouth community and beyond what she was made of this past season. Rochat finished the season as the team's second leading scorer, only six points behind teammate Sarah Howald '96.