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ORL awards Greek for service

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The Office of Residential life and the Coed Fraternity Sorority Council recently gave two Greek houses awards for volunteer efforts and community service. Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and Delta Delta Delta sorority received the first 15 Webster Avenue award for their involvement with the West Fairlee Village School, an elementary school in Vermont. The $2,000 award, which will be given annually to Greek houses that support charity and community service projects, was established through an endowment created by alumni of three now-defunct Greek houses. Sig-Ep and Tri-Delt members volunteered at West Fairlee since last winter, providing academic and moral support for students. "We help children in the classroom and work one-on-one with the students," said Amy Palmer '94, Tri-Delt's president.


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Battle lines drawn as Greek vote nears

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With the Student Assembly-sponsored referendum on single-sex Greek organizations only four days away, a group supporting the single-sex system struck the first blow in the yes-no battle yesterday, plastering the campus with posters. A group opposed to single-sex houses met last Thursday to discuss a plan of action for persuading the student body to vote against the Greek-letter system. The Assembly-sponsored referendum asks: "Do you support the continued existence of single-sex fraternities and sororities at Dartmouth?


Sports

Erratic Big Green push past Columbia; Penn victory over Princeton could hurt Dartmouth drive for fourth consecutive Ivy Title

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NEW YORK, Nov. 6 -- Both Dartmouth and Columbia thoroughly dominated two quarters of today's match-up between one of the Ivy League's Prince Charmings and the foulest of the league's ugly step sisters. That Dartmouth, which came away with a 42-25 victory, happened to dominate the second and the fourth quarter better than Columbia did the first and the third did little to ease a very frog-like performance by the aptly-monikered Big Green. Despite the win, Dartmouth's title hopes suffered a severe set-back in Philadelphia.


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College opens women's health center

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The Department of Women's Health at Dick's House opened this term with a new philosophy that has received good reviews from students. Janice Sundnas, a nurse practitioner hired in August to run the department, said the new department allows Dick's House to offer women better care and "increase communication with other student services." As department director, Sundnas sees women clinically everyday and is responsible for program planning and development. The department only treats women and specializes in women's medicine.


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Forum seeks to increase female leadership

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A weekend workshop in Rockefeller Center explored the political involvement of women and how the female role in leadership positions should evolve. The workshop, called "Women in Public Leadership: An Exploration of Women's Political Involvement," sought to explain how women can increase their representation in elected offices and other leadership roles. In a keynote address, former Concord Mayor Liz Hager, who ran for governor of New Hampshire in 1992 but lost in the Republican primary, spoke about the need for more women role models and mentors in "traditionally male positions such as high political office." "Though the number of women in Congress has more than doubled in one decade, women have always been and continue to be under-represented in this and other political realms," Hager said. The key to success in future elections is leadership and the ability of women to state their beliefs and stand firm, according to Hager, who was attacked in the republican gubernatorial primary for her pro-choice position on abortion. "Leadership is not an academic enterprise," she said.



Opinion

Refendum is beginning of student input on Greeks

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For the past three years, the Student Assembly told the student body what to think. On issue after issue ranging from supporting the censorship of the Hovey murals to condemning an Oregon state ballot referendum, the Assembly ignored the wishes of its constituents in order to further the members' personal political agendas. On Thursday, the Assembly will ask the student body what it thinks.


Opinion

Moderates left out in the cold on Greek referendum

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The proud and mighty Reform SA! sent out the call. They said political bickering was holding the Student Assembly back from doing something productive. Let's do something!" they shouted. The result: a referendum on the Greek system that is so poorly worded as to be utterly pointless and downright stupid. As it now stands on Nov.




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Phi Beta Kappa inducts 26 seniors

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Twenty-six seniors were inducted into Dartmouth's chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa honorary society on Tuesday at a formal ceremony in the home of College President James Freedman. The seniors were selected based on their grade point average at the end of junior year which placed them in the top 20 in the Class of 1994. At the ceremony in Freedman's basement library, Phi Beta Kappa officers donned formal academic robes. The students were notified last week of their selection to the society. "There were people raising motions and passing them and then we all signed a book and got a certificate," said Brook Brouha '94. A reception in Freedman's dining room followed the induction. "We all chatted because we didn't know each other since we had spent more time studying," Brouha said. "It was very nice to actually meet President Freedman, who normally I don't have much personal contact with," Kevin Spurway '94 said. "Twenty-six students were eligible because of dead flat out ties in rank," said Economics Professor William Baldwin, the vice president of Phi Beta Kappa.



Sports

Big Green weekend preview

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As the Fall athletic season winds down, several teams square off in the final games of the term. With hopes of post-season play burning in their minds, the Big Green looks to close their record books with notches in the win column.


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Football at Columbia

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It's fairly rare that you head to a football game hoping it turns into a 41-7 blowout. But after two weeks in which the Dartmouth football team effectively doubled the blood pressure of anyone who dared to enter the heart-pounding confines of Memorial Field, that's just what anyone who is making the trip down to New York City for the Big Green's match-up with the Columbia Lions is hoping for -- a boring, reach-for-the-No-Doz thrashing. Even the Miracle Man himself, Jay Fiedler '94, admitted at the end of last week's 39-34 come-from-17-points-down clipping of Harvard that, "We have to stop doing this to ourselves." Dartmouth (4-3 overall, 3-1 Ivy League) certainly couldn't have a more apt candidate for a trouncing.


Opinion

Minority views lead the way

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The question of whether or not the single-sex Greek houses should continue to exist has nothing to do with whether or not a majority of the students at Dartmouth like it.



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Speech contest mixes emotions, hot issues

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In a talk that won an annual speech contest yesterday, Chris Powers '94 gave a moving account of his battle with cancer and encouraged College students to take advantage of life and its opportunities. Powers tied with Jennifer Kim '94 for first prize in the annual Barge Oratorical Contest for seniors last night in Dartmouth Hall. More than 70 students listened to eight finalists speak about their life experiences and controversial issues such as interracial dating and deteriorating American morals during the annual fall speech contest held in Dartmouth Hall. The speech contest is comprised of two different competitions -- the Class of 1866 Oratorical Contest for sophomores and juniors and the Barge Oratorical Contest for seniors.


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Donation to expand Jewish studies

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Dean of Faculty James Wright will appoint a new committee to examine the College's offerings in Jewish studies and possibly increase the number of classes offered in the discipline. Dick Page, a trustee and the chair of the Will to Excel Capital Campaign, announced a donation from Leon Black '73 last month, $200,000 of which is earmarked for funding the expansion of the Jewish studies program offered here. "The Jewish Studies program at Dartmouth right now is about half-way between nothing and where it's supposed to be," Rabbi Daniel Siegel said.



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Gift will fund curriculum, museum

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At the dedication of the Hood Museum in 1985, former College President David McLaughlin lauded the family that made the building a reality. "Good judgment, generosity and discretion seem to be the Hood family character traits.


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