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Divestment history

By By Christopher Kao | November 15, 1993

In January 1986, at the height of debate over Dartmouth investments in South Africa, 12 students armed with sledgehammers attacked four student-built shanties on the Green. The attack took place on Jan.

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Planner to address Alumni Council

By Christopher Kao | November 12, 1993

Denise Scott-Brown, the designer of the College's "concept plan" for north campus expansion, will meet with the alumni council in two weeks to discuss how future developments will remain faithful to Dartmouth's architectural history. Gordon DeWitt, director of facilities planning, said Scott-Brown and Timothy Rub, the director of the Hood Museum, will be part of a panel discussion addressing the alumni council on Dec.

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Great observations

By Colin Grey | November 12, 1993

Although the Shattuck Observatory's 139-year-old telescope is too old to be used to conduct any significant research, students and members of the Stargazers club can still catch an occasional glimpse of a celestial object. The telescope is far less powerful than the more modern 30-foot mirror telescopes used today and the frequently overcast skies of Hanover also prevent any extensive research at the observatory. "I think the thing that's really striking about it is that even though we don't have this modern, state-of-the-art equipment, when we're looking through it, it's real light from real objects that you're seeing," said Astronomy Professor John Thorstensen, the director of the observatory. Graduate stduents in Astronomy and Physics conduct advanced astronomical research about two times a year at the Michigan-Dartmouth-MIT Observatory in Arizona, Thorstensen said. "Classes just look at nice things in this observatory," Thorstensen said.

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In referendum, vote is 'yes'; 80 percent of voters support single-sex Greek organizations

By Scott Anthony | November 12, 1993

Students voted overwhelmingly in support of the continued existence of single-sex Greek houses in yesterday's Student Assembly-sponsored referendum, but groups on both sides of the issue are claiming victory. Eighty percent of the students who voted answered yes to the question: "Do you support the continued existence of single-sex fraternities and sororities at Dartmouth?

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The Dartmouth names '95 Directorate

By Scott Anthony | November 12, 1993

Yvonne Chiu '95, a 20-year-old history major from Freeport, N.Y., has been named the next editor in chief of The Dartmouth. Chiu succeeds David Herszenhorn '94 in the top post of the nation's oldest college newspaper.

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Weekend preview

By Richard Petty | November 12, 1993

As the fall sports season comes to a close and winter begins, some teams are looking to place well in the league championships and finish the season with a victory while others look to open the season with one. Cross country After a successful season which saw the men and women ranked among the top New England teams, Dartmouth closes it season with the IC4A Championships at George Mason. The women also travel to George Mason for the Eastern College Athletic Conference Championships.

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Poet opens conference on Russion democracy

By Colin Grey | November 11, 1993

Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko captivated a capacity crowd at Lowe Auditorium last night with readings from his works. The recital, followed by a showing of Yevtushenko's film "Stalin's Funeral," opened a conference on "The Future of Russian Democracy," sponsored by the Dickey Endowment. "We removed Stalin from the mausoleum / But how do we remove Stalin from Stalin's heirs," Yevtushenko read from his poem "Stalin's Heirs," gesturing passionately while his voice first roared through the auditorium and then dropped to a subdued whisper. Yevtushenko led the struggle against the superficial poetic optimism which followed Stalin's death in 1953, and in the 1960s he toured the U.S.

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Committee elects to end FSP

By Christopher Kao | November 11, 1993

A committee of department chairs voted yesterday to terminate the College's exchange program to Budapest University of Arts and Social Sciences because no academic department will take responsibility for running the program. The exchange, which is not an official College Foreign Study Program, allows students to spend a term in Budapest studying history, government or economics.

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Greek vote to gauge opinion

By Scott Anthony | November 11, 1993

After sifting through a tug of war between supporters and opponents of the Greek system, students head to the polls today to vote on a question that many say will not provide a definitive answer. From 9:30 a.m.

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SA arranges more debate

By Scott Anthony | November 11, 1993

Following today's referendum, the Student Assembly plans a discussion series to gather student input on Greek houses and present data in a report to the Committee on Student Life. The nine-part series, culminating in a town meeting in Webster Hall on January 28, is called "Men and Women and the CFS: How Does the System Serve the Students", Assembly President Nicole Artzer '94 said. The first discussion will be next Wednesday at 8 p.m.

Opinion

SA question doesn't get at problem

By Brandon Del Pozo | November 11, 1993

Regardless of how the referendum turns out, the debate over the Greek system will not end as long as there are drunken students vomiting up their guts in basements and on the street and stealing each other's furniture for fun. We lack a clear analysis of what the problem is, in simple English.

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Environmental Studies finds permanent spot

By Jason Casell | November 11, 1993

After three years in temporary facilities, the environmental studies department has moved from the Murdough Center to the Steele building. The department moved into Steele in June after renovations to the building were completed. "The finishing touches for the move were last Friday," said Anita Brown, the academic assistant for the environmental studies department.

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Professor wins award for bird research

By Angela Crossman | November 11, 1993

The American Ornithologists' Union awarded Dartmouth Professor Richard Holmes the 1993 William Brewster Award, which goes to the author of the best work on birds of the Western Hemisphere published during the last 10 years. Holmes, a native Californian with a Ph.D.

Opinion

Take direct action

By The Dartmouth | November 11, 1993

Today the Student Assembly is conducting a poll to gauge student sentiment on whether single-sex Greek organizations should remain on campus. The poll is not constructive, because the question is weighted in a way that ignores the grey areas of a complex issue, seeking instead an artificial determination of black or white.

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