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GLB forum tackles tough issues

By Kascha B. Semon | October 10, 1997

A panel of students moderated by English Professor Ricardo Ortiz last night recreated the Bill Maher television show "Politically Incorrect" in Collis Cafe as a forum to discuss issues related to the gay and lesbian community. The four student panelists reacted to clips of the sit-com "Ellen" and shared their favorite off-color jokes, setting an informal atmosphere where issues could be openly discussed both with each other and among the audience of approximately 20 people. After a brief introduction by Ortiz, the panel and audience watched a short segment of "Ellen" in which the main character deals with her own lesbian sexuality for the first time.

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Jenkins praises British Prime Minister Blair

By Katie Uhre | October 10, 1997

Montgomery Fellow Lord Roy Jenkins of Hillhead -- a member of Britain's House of Lords and the chancellor of Oxford University -- delivered an hour-long speech yesterday afternoon in 105 Dartmouth Hall in which he praised Prime Minister Tony Blair and sought to explain his landslide election victory last May. Jenkins's speech, which was called "Blair's Britain: Is it the Equivalent of an American 1932 or a British 1945?" was delivered to a crowd of nearly 300 people, comprised mostly of adults. Jenkins argued that former President Franklin D.

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Windows users find headaches at College

By Andrew Allport | October 9, 1997

The small minority of freshmen who brought or bought a Windows-based Intel computer are struggling to integrate themselves into the College's Macintosh-oriented network. Personal computer owners say they have had difficulty installing Windows 95 and BlitzMail and accessing Dartmouth's network services. Macintosh users outnumber Windows 95 students by a ratio of more than 10 to 1, said Bill Brawley, the Director of Communications for Computing Services.

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Seniors' scores improve retroactively

By Jen Taylor | October 9, 1997

If seniors include their Scholastic Aptitude Test scores on their resumes when they apply for jobs this fall, they should "recenter" the scores to add points, Career Services Director Skip Sturman said. The SAT was recentered in 1994 to make the average score on each section 500.

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GLB students urged to come out of the closet

By Andrew Allport | October 8, 1997

With National Coming Out Day this Saturday, gay, lesbian and bisexual students are urging students to come out of the closet -- even though the process is seldom easy. "I would absolutely encourage people to come out of the closet," said Pieter Ott '98, who came out during his first week at the College.

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Survey explores student sex habits

By Deborah Bernstein | October 7, 1997

Nearly 50 percent of Dartmouth students have engaged in sexual activity in the past year, according to a survey discussed last night at Alpha Chi Alpha fraternity. The results of the survey, titled, "Sexual Practices at Dartmouth: When Do We Say Yes?

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Takaki calls for more diversity

By Ritika Nandkeolyar | October 7, 1997

Renowned author and professor Ronald Takaki made a spirited case for multicultural diversity in curriculum last night to a packed audience in 105 Dartmouth Hall. In a speech titled "Multiculturalism and the Culture Wars," Takaki said that under the College's present curriculum, students could "graduate from Dartmouth not knowing anything about racial and cultural diversity in the United States." Due to the lack of courses which focus on cultural diversity specifically within the United States, students are unprepared to deal with what Takaki described as the "most serious racial crisis in America since the Civil War." Takaki, a professor of ethnic studies at University of California at Berkeley, claimed that many students he had spoken with while at the College had expressed discontent with the lack of diversity in the present curriculum.

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Administrators continue debate on future of cable

By Roy Lee | October 7, 1997

The College committee debating whether students should be able to watch cable television in their dorm rooms will not make any recommendations until late in the term and possibly not until next year. The 11-member committee is charged with assesing whether it is educational and affordable to turn on the cable signal to dorm rooms.

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Reich fails to declare presidential intentions

By Eun Lee Koh | October 6, 1997

Former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich '68 deflected questions on Saturday night about whether he would consider succeeding James Freedman as president of the College -- though he did not rule himself out, either. Reich -- in town to deliver a speech about "The Future of Work" in America -- elicited the strongest response from his audience when asked about a possible bid for the College presidency. "What about a woman president of Dartmouth?" he asked the audience instead, receiving in return a thunderous applause. The College has never had a woman at its helm during its entire 228-year history. But he added, "I don't want to rule myself out, though." Freedman announced just over a week ago he will step down from the presidency after Commencement this year.

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Frat rush ends as men sink bids

By Jess Jacob | October 6, 1997

Fall rush brought many fraternities significant increases in membership over last year, while some houses maintained their usual size or lost some numbers. Interfraternity President Spiros Maliagros '98 called Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity the "big winner" for doubling its membership with 34 accept bids, compared to 18 last year. Gamma Delta Chi fraternity -- itself struggling to gain new members until last year -- had 25 men accept bids, up from just six last fall. Among other increases over last year, Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity had 11 men sink bids, Psi Upsilon fraternity had 22 accept bids and Sigma Nu fraternity had 14 accept bids. Phi Delta Alpha gained 19 new members, while last fall's rush brought the house only five new members. Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity had another big year, adding 32 men this fall.

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