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The Dartmouth names editors, 1st president

By Jason Casell | November 21, 1994

Justin Steinman '96, a 20-year-old history major from Columbia, Md., has been named the first president of The Dartmouth. The newly-created president position combines the duties currently performed by the editor in chief and publisher, posts held by Yvonne Chiu '95 and Jonathan Landy '95. The president will oversee both the news and business divisions of the newspaper. "The Dartmouth's Board of Proprietors created the new president position in order to provide a better defined chain of command, to increase accountability and to make more efficient the financial management of the corporation," Chiu said. Steinman, who is studying in London this term, and the incoming Senior Directorate will assume leadership of the nation's oldest college newspaper for one year beginning Jan.

News

COI approves Morocco FSP

By Jack Vaitayanonta | November 21, 1994

The proposed foreign study program in Fez, Morocco cleared a major hurdle last week but will face two more before it can become a reality. Last Tuesday the Committee on Instruction approved the program for only one year, said Registrar Thomas Bickel, who presided over the meeting. Last month the Committee on Off-Campus Activities also granted the proposed program, which will be associated with the Asian Studies Program, provisional approval for one year. The FSP must now gain the approval of the Committee of Chairs of the Arts and Sciences, which has a meeting scheduled for Dec.

Sports

Football finishes season tied for last place

By Seth Abramson And Steve Zrike | November 21, 1994

In a heartbreaking end to a long and difficult season, the Big Green failed to convert numerous opportunities and fell to the Princeton Tigers 20-13 Saturday. With the loss, Dartmouth dropped to 4-6 overall and 2-5 in the Ivy League, ending the year in last place for the first time since 1956.

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Ivy Council meets

By Charles Davant | November 21, 1994

Student government representatives from all eight Ivy League schools passed several resolutions at this weekend's Ivy Council, which members called the group's most productive meeting ever. The resolutions covered a variety of topics, mostly related to improving social services on campuses. The Council, which met at Dartmouth this weekend, passed a motion to invite "a distinguished public figure to speak via satellite to all Ivy League Schools on an issue common to all campuses." Another resolution called on Ivy League schools to "release all information relative to campus debate in the name of responsible debate and freedom of information." Student Assembly Communications Co-chair Brandon del Pozo '96, who drafted the resolution, cited the refusal of Dartmouth Dining Services to release its financial information as an impetus for the resolution. The Council also passed resolutions calling on schools to have a firm sexual assault policy and a 24-hour rape crisis center. Another successful motion called for mandatory peer educational programs about sexual assault, eating disorders and alcohol for sports teams and first-year students. The Council passed a resolution in support of the creation of a campus center to address women's concerns at each school. The resolution called for a center with "sufficient programming space, that is centrally located, adequately funded, and staffed by trained and professional counselors." Assembly Vice President Rukmini Sichitiu '95, one of Dartmouth's representatives, said the College's Women's Resource Center is not centrally located or adequately funded. Sichitiu proposed a successful resolution recommending each Ivy student government advocate the creation of an administrative position to serve "as an advisor and advocate for gay, lesbian and bisexual issues and concerns." Although an Ivy Council resolution, like an Assembly resolution, has no legislative power, del Pozo said a resolution by the Council has greater clout than one passed by an individual school's governing student body. Ivy Council President Justin Bekelman, a senior at Princeton University said the challenge is for individual student governments to make the best use of the resolutions and for the leaders to apply what they have learned from the other schools. Sichitiu said the resolutions "reflect the fact that Dartmouth is so far behind other institutions," citing the College's lack of a rape crises center or an administrator for gay, lesbian and bisexual issues. The Council's Vice President of External Affairs, Lance Rogers, a senior from the University of Pennsylvania, said the Council had three purposes: to serve as a support group among students, a "platform of action" for national issues and a "forum for communication" that allows student organizations to learn from each other. Bekelman said, "we haven't had as successful an Ivy Council as we've had this weekend at Dartmouth." Council Secretary Meredith Epstein '97's organized the Council.

Arts

Natalie Merchant shows off new songs, new band

By Susan Zieger | November 21, 1994

Natalie Merchant's sold-out Friday night performance was less a concert than an informal evening of music during which the singer, formerly of the 10,000 Maniacs, experimented with new songs. "You're the guinea pigs," she told the audience, who seemed more than happy to hear the unreleased work that Merchant has written since the dissolution of her band. Merchant, who complained lightly of a cold, sat at a keyboard and sipped tea through the first third of the show.

Opinion

Moore, Honovich Elected; Stay the Course

By Todd Johann | November 18, 1994

To the Editor: The resignation of Daniel Moore '95 and John Honovich '97 would only prove that partisan politics can rule the Student Assembly. The student body last spring elected Moore as president of the Assembly.

News

Robison attacks conventional methods

By Karen Rose | November 18, 1994

In typical philosophical prose, ethicist Wade Robison said last night that individuals do not have to know everything about environmental problems in order to take steps to solve it. Robison is currently an Ezra Hale Professor in applied ethics at Rochester Institute of Technology and the author of the prize-winning book "Decisions in Doubt: The Environment and Public Policy," which will be available in print soon. In his lecture, Robison attacked conventional methods of environmental public-policy making, and challenged us to look at environmental issues in a more flexible and adaptive manner. He began by outlining the traditional public policy-making methodology, which dictates we must collect all the information pertaining to an environmental problem before taking action. "It is not rational to act, and so cause harm, without a showing of greater harm if we fail to act," he said. Robison went on to explain how his contemporaries make policy decisions. "They tend to choose a solution in which the good effects are more immediate, and the bad effects come significantly later, at least after the next election," he said.

Opinion

Centrism in the Assembly

By Jim Brennan | November 18, 1994

Deep within the Student Assembly, there is the centrist. There is the dedicated woman or man who has no plans to marginalize groups with different ideas, different visions and different thoughts. There is this person who is at first a Dartmouth student before he or she is a liberal or a conservative, and who wants to better both the Assembly and the Dartmouth community not only for himself or herself, but for all of us who go to school here and who spend our incredibly important four years here. This centrist works not only on tangible products and services that the Assembly can provide, but devotes an equal amount of time to important social and community -based issues that affect the quality of life of each and every one of us. In other words, the centrist realizes the necessity of an accurate course guide, a dining guide and a student advantage card, but at the same time recognizes that there is more our student government can and should do. He or she knows the influence that the Assembly can wield in securing computers in the stacks of the library, in working with the College Procter to improve lighting and in convincing the gym to expand the weight room hours.

Opinion

Look Past Moore's Decision to the Issues

By Holly Sateia | November 18, 1994

To the Editor: As the adviser to the Student Assembly, I wanted to write in an attempt to refocus the conversation with regard to Danielle Moore '95's resignation. Many people have written challenging the rationale behind her decision, and yet the fact that other women leaders have not experienced the same treatment does not invalidate Moore's experience. It's easy to spend time second guessing her decision . It is harder to take on the challenge she presented and to look critically at the way leaders are supported on this campus. It saddens me that her situation is not unique.

Sports

Women's hockey dominates Boston College, 5-1

By Amy Hatch | November 18, 1994

The women's ice hockey team continued its scoring assault on its opponents as it dominated the Boston College Eagles 5-1 at Thompson Arena Wednesday. In their first five games of the season, the Big Green have outscored their opposition by a margin of 22 goals to seven.

Opinion

Honovich Deserves Support

By Paul Stone | November 18, 1994

To the Editor: I will be the first to admit that I haven't been to a Student Assembly meeting yet (I'm only a '98), but the only reason I know it exists is because John Honovich '97 has tried to keep me informed.

News

Assembly will host Ivy Council

By Keith Lavigne With Rebecca Siegel | November 18, 1994

This weekend, student leaders from Ivy League schools will visit Hanover to participate in the Ivy Council conference, a three-day meeting to discuss issues faced by students in the Ivy League. The discussions, made possible by bringing together representatives of all eight Ivy League schools, will focus on the topic "Defining Ourselves: Student Activism in the Ivy league." Representing Dartmouth will be Student Assembly Vice President Rukimini Sichitiu '95, Treasurer Scott Rowekamp '97, Communications Co-chair Brandon Del Pozo '96 and member Meredith Epstein '97. Three weeks ago, a steering committee met at the University of Pennsylvania to discuss the date and agenda for the conference which occurs once a term.

News

Prop. 187 discussed

By Holly Eaton | November 18, 1994

In a discussion last night, four panelists spoke out against California's recent passage of Proposition 187, a state referendum that will deny social services, like health care and education, to undocumented immigrants. The proposition, which some have called an anti-immigration initiative, passed in the Nov.

Opinion

Honovich Deserves Support

By Nina Nho | November 18, 1994

To the Editor: I think that the charges against John Honovich '97 are unfounded. I think that certain members of the SA Executive committee do not want a person who does not agree with their views.

News

Assembly will meet again

By Staff Of The Dartmouth | November 18, 1994

The Student Assembly will hold one more meeting before the end of the term to discuss and vote on the proposed meal plan resolution, Assembly President Danielle Moore '95 said. Although Tuesday night's meeting was supposed to be the last of the term, the Assembly decided that night not to vote on the meal plan proposition.

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