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'Save Webster Hall' campaign is misguided

By Kathryn Balink | January 13, 1995

To the Editor: The recent SA drive to "save Webster Hall" is misguided. I enjoy events such as the Natalie Merchant concert as much as anyone, but is a shame that a building as beautiful as Webster sits empty so much of the time.

Opinion

A time to refocus

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | January 13, 1995

Students must realize that blind cries of "Save Webster Hall" will fall on deaf ears, and instead should refocus their energy to convince the administration that students want a medium-sized programming venue. Like it or not, the administration is not likely to budge on its plan to convert Webster into a new home for Special Collections.

News

CS profs like new home

By Nathaniel Leclery | January 13, 1995

Computer science faculty and students are still buzzing with excitement over their one-year-old home: the Sudikoff Computer Laboratory, on Maynard Street across from the old Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital. The building is home to classrooms and offices for professors, along with computer labs that have some of the most advanced technology on campus. Chair of the Computer Science Department Robert Drysdale said he believes Sudikoff's construction "has increased the availability of much better machines." Sudikoff "is a huge step for both faculty and students," Drysdale said. The building's first floor consists of classrooms and computer labs with dozens of state-of-the-art workstations, like 20 Sun workstations and 15 Digital Alpha workstations. One of the highlights of the building is the Dartmouth Experimental Visualization Laboratory, where research and development of multimedia technology is conducted. The second and third floors are divided into faculty and graduate student offices. "It is great to have the offices mixed.

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CFSC elects officers

By Charles Davant | January 13, 1995

Matt Raben '96, a brother in Theta Delta Chi fraternity, was elected president of the Coed Fraternity Sorority Council at a meeting in Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity yesterday afternoon. Raben beat out April Whitescarver '96, a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority, and Phil Ferrera '96, former president of Beta Theta Pi fraternity, to head the internal self-governing body of the College's Greek houses. Raben, who is Theta Delt's vice president, said he hopes the CFSC can "help improve the image of the whole system." He said he hopes to accomplish this goal by dispelling the system's negative stereotypes and emphasizing the diverse aspects of each house.

News

Webster Hall conversion likely

By Siobhan Gorman | January 13, 1995

After about four years of planning the conversion of Webster Hall into a Special Collections library, administrators say the project is too far along for them to change their plans. On Tuesday night, the Student Assembly passed a resolution that calls for the administration to either halt the project or make plans to construct a building similar in size to Webster to hold programming events. But because the College has already committed itself to the project, it seems very unlikely that the Assembly's first demand will be met. Director of Facilities Planning Gordie DeWitt said the plan was conceived about four years ago and the College has been working on the conversion since then. "We've done two levels of planning," DeWitt said "It's a long way down the planning stages at this point." Webster has been a home for many speakers and concerts over the last several years.

Opinion

Leave politics behind

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | January 12, 1995

It's time for the Student Assembly to leave its bickering in the past. With the election of John Honovich '97 as Assembly vice president Tuesday night, the potential for continued conflict in the Assembly looms larger than ever. President Rukmini Sichitiu '95 and Honovich -- who were at each other's throats all Fall term -- should now be mature enough and realistic enough to know they must work together. They should pick non-political, achievable goals for the Assembly to work towards this term, such as the establishment of a Rape Crisis Center, an issue that both leaders say they support. Both Sichitiu and Honovich said all the right things after Honovich's election.

Sports

Northeastern skates past Big Green

By Erika Tower | January 12, 1995

Despite excellent team play throughout the entire game, the women's ice hockey team was unable to pull off a win last night in its first home game since winter break, sending Northeastern home with a 3-1 victory. The Huskies arrived in Thompson Arena last night with an 8-1-4 record.

News

WRC looks for home

By Marisa Howe | January 12, 1995

After spending seven years in a "temporary" location in the Choates dormitory cluster, the Women's Resource Center is looking for a new home closer to the center of campus. "Physiologically our location is not far away, psychologically it is," said Giavanna Munafo, the Women's Resource Center director. "If someone already knew where the building was located, such as Collis, then when they saw some of the programs we sponsor, they would be more likely to come." But the Women's Resource Center is not the only organization on campus that is looking for a new home. "There are other things that are taking precedent over the WRC," said Gordie DeWitt, director of facilities planning.

News

Student Assembly reaches crossroads

By Jack Vaitayanonta | January 12, 1995

The election of John Honovich '97 as Student Assembly vice president leaves the organization at a crossroads, and its future now depends on whether the two top Assembly leaders can forge an uneasy alliance that will allow them to work together to serve students. After winning an internal run-off election Tuesday night over Jesse Russell '96, Honovich pledged his commitment to cooperate with Assembly President Rukmini Sichitiu '95. But just two months ago, Sichitiu signed a letter demanding Honovich's resignation, and said "He has lost my ... confidence," and "It doesn't matter what position that we hold, he disagrees with it." Members now say the Assembly faces a choice.

News

Warm winter, scarce snow on the way

By Jeffrey Beyer | January 12, 1995

Ignore the snow and the sub-zero temperatures: slap on some suntan oil and get ready to head to the beach (if there was one). It is going to be a warm winter ... for Hanover. Usually the very mention of Dartmouth causes a shiver, with images of icy sidewalks, snow-covered buildings and frostbitten students.

News

Webster Hall resolution passes

By Siobhan Gorman | January 11, 1995

The Student Assembly unanimously passed a resolution yesterday calling for students to rally on the steps of Webster Hall tonight to try to keep it as social space. In her first meeting as Assembly President, Rukmini Sichitiu '95 announced an informational campaign on Webster Hall's planned conversion into a special collections library will begin tonight with a gathering on the steps of Webster Hall at 11 p.m. Supporters will then cover the campus with informational posters about the College's plans that urge students to blitz the Assembly with comments, Sichitiu said. The resolution calls for "the College to find alternative housing for the library's Special Collections or to provide adequate funding to create a new programming space of comparable size and quality." The resolution states that Webster Hall is the only facility suitable for crowds of 400 to 800 people and it is a centrally located, historically significant and alcohol-free social programming space. Sichitiu said she was not surprised the resolution passed so easily.

News

Computerized GRE halted

By Aran Toshav | January 11, 1995

Educational Testing Service recently announced a massive reduction in the availability of their new computerized Graduate Record Exam after a leading test preparation company suggested the test is vulnerable to cheating. The GRE is used as a critical marker for evaluating students who wish to enter graduate school.

Opinion

Plan for the long haul

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | January 11, 1995

The short-term provisions released by the Enrollment Committee on Monday will not solve the campus housing crunch and fall far short of the promises made by the College this summer. In an August letter to students and parents, then-Dean of the Faculty James Wright wrote, "The Enrollment Committee recognizes that we need to look at next year and beyond in order to ensure that this year's situation never occurs again." The Enrollment Committee's provisions, developed after a full term's worth of work, do not represent any significant action to solve a problem that affects the majority of students: not enough beds in residence halls for the amount of students who want to be on campus in any given term. Though the committee thinks its actions will prevent another housing crunch from occurring, the lack of a concrete plan leaves students in limbo because they can not make concrete plans of their own. The Enrollment Committee says the Registrar will "work on a plan" to manage fall-term enrollments and "will discuss" the possibility of changing priorities for classes, the Off-Campus Programs Office "will work on" moving programs to the fall and the Enrollment Committee will "write a letter" to all sophomores alerting them of a possible housing crunch. These are not "action-steps," as the Committee calls them; they are good suggestions.

News

Morton named director of corporate relations

By Jeffrey Beyer | January 11, 1995

A. Kent Morton was recently named as the new director of Dartmouth Foundation and Corporate Relations, an office which seeks monetary gifts from private foundations and corporations. Stanley Colla, vice president for development and alumni relations, appointed Morton at the start of Winter term.

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