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Artists honored

By Will Lockwood | May 27, 1993

Tuesday afternoon the College arts community convened for The Arts at Dartmouth Awards Ceremony. College artists, actors, filmmakers, writers and musicians received awards in recognition of their achievements at Dartmouth. The ceremony opened with musical performance by Kojiro Umezaki, which was followed by a welcome and a key note address by Deborah Sale, the Chief of Staff to the New York Lieutenant Governor.

News

James Hornig delivers inaugural lecture

By Paul Hung | May 27, 1993

Chemistry Professor James Hornig delivered an Inaugural Lecture honoring his endowment as the Dartmouth Professor of Chemistry and Environmental Studies yesterday. Speaking to a crowd of about 40 administrators, professors and graduate students in 13 Carpenter Hall, Hornig focused on the integral role of environmental studies in the global agenda and in the Dartmouth education. He said environmental studies is ideally designed for Dartmouth's liberal arts education.

News

North campus plans finalized

By Christopher Kao | May 27, 1993

College officials and the architectural planners behind the northward expansion of the campus will submit their final plans to the Trustees at one of the Board's next two meetings in Hanover, according to Provost John Strohbehn. "We're down to the very last stages," Strohbehn said.

Opinion

Moving sports team to Division III is a mistake

By Jeffrey English | May 27, 1993

The explanations for the Committee on Admissions and Financial Aid's recommendation that Dartmouth change from NCAA Division I-AA to Division III are dubious and discriminatory. The report endorses the change because it would eliminate 100 recruited athletes, who average $2,525 more per year in financial aid than non-athletes.

Opinion

Fruit punch on Class Day

By John Strayer | May 26, 1993

Today's issue of The Dartmouth reports that a clay mugs and toast ceremony will replace the old clay pipe smashing ceremony at Class Day. I was instantly enraptured by this idea of participating in a toast with a clay mug and then smashing the mug on the stump of the Lone Pine.

News

Summer Assembly president named

By Scott Anthony | May 26, 1993

Student Assembly President-elect Nicole Artzer '94 yesterday appointed Lara Phelps '95 as Assembly president for the Summer term. Artzer said she chose Phelps after working with her on the Assembly's project committee, which addresses student services issues. Phelps served as co-chair of that committee for part of this year. The Assembly traditionally takes on a project-oriented focus during the summer, Artzer said. Phelps is currently in Japan and could not be reached for comment. Artzer said the Summer Assembly will concentrate on the student discount card and a menu book of local restaurants.

Sports

Bob Bennett '93 on track for the major leagues

By Scott Anthony | May 26, 1993

While his fellow seniors are preparing for the final week of their College careers, Bob Bennett '93 is busing across the country fulfilling every child's dream of playing professional baseball. Bennett, a strapping six-foot-four right-handed pitcher from Rapid City, S.D.

News

Gov. Merrill toughens N.H.'s anti-hazing laws

By Alexander R. Edlich | May 26, 1993

New Hampshire Governor Steve Merrill signed into law a bill that makes hazing illegal on college campuses. The bill had languished for months in the State Senate and House of Representatives before passing early this month. An earlier version of the bill would have applied only to colleges and universities.

News

Srodes '93 arrested for assault

By Ethan Sawyer | May 26, 1993

Hanover Police arrested Michael Srodes '93 at Psi Upsilon fraternity Monday morning on the charge of second degree assault, according to Officer Patrick O'Neill. The arrest occurred more than three weeks after Srodes allegedly struck Jeffrey Schumacher, a visitor to the College, in the head with an aluminum baseball bat early in the morning on May 2 during a Psi U party. Police said Schumacher was treated for serious head lacerations. If brought to trial and convicted, Srodes could face jail time and a major fine, O'Neill said. The arrest report schedules Srodes, who could not be reached for comment, for a June 8 arraignment in Hanover District Court.

News

Rugby collects for clubhouse

By Brad Parks | May 26, 1993

The Men's and Women's Rugby Clubs have received permission from the Board of Trustees to solicit funds to build a new clubhouse as part of the Will to Excel Campaign. According to Rugby Coach Wayne Young, the men's and women's clubs must raise $500,000 between them before they can begin construction on the clubhouse, which will be located behind Garipay Field.

News

Panelists discuss the future of liberal arts

By Paul Hung | May 25, 1993

Participants in a panel discussion last night called "Dartmouth Undying" lashed out against the College's current liberal arts education and offered visions of the future. Religion Professor Susan Ackerman, Senior Class President Doug Chia, English Professor William Cook, Susie Lee '94 and Dean of Student Life Holly Sateia comprised the panel, which often focused on how much emphasis the College should give to traditionally marginalized academic voices. Jay Heinrichs, editor of the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine and moderator of the event, opened the panel by saying that while the traditional liberal arts concept has changed, it still focuses on the national elite. Lee said there is a syndrome of "preaching to the choir" at discussion events like last night's panel.

News

President's quest: Freedman strives for intellectualism

By Steve Hoffman | May 25, 1993

Second in a series of articles about James O. Freedman. Dartmouth's Board of Trustees hired James Freedman as the 15th President of the College with one goal in mind: to improve the intellectual atmosphere of a school that ranked as the least academic of the Ivies. Freedman took over the presidency from David McLaughlin '54, a businessman and CEO without a doctoral degree who was heavily criticized by the faculty for his lack of intellectual leadership. In January 1985, an ad hoc committee formed by the faculty to examine the governance of the College released a report sharply criticizing McLaughlin's leadership style.

News

Faculty told of provost

By Joe Berger | May 25, 1993

At the only full faculty meeting scheduled for this term, College President James Freedman officially announced his selection of Michigan Law School Dean Lee Bollinger to be the next provost. At the meeting, Freedman describing and briefly defended a search process that came up with a short list of four male candidates. The faculty also heard Director of Admission Karl Furstenburg report on the Class of 1997.

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