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Beta house has no tenants yet

By Erin Loback | June 27, 1997

Although the Beta Theta Pi alumni corporation last month invited several parties, including the College, to lease the house owned by the corporation and formerly occupied by the fraternity, no decisions have been reached yet about the future of the property at 6 Webster Ave. "We haven't decided anything yet," Beta Advisor Bill Glos '58 said.

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Student organizations awarded for successes

By Lillie Ng | June 25, 1997

The Council on Student Organizations recognized student groups, publications and organizations at its second annual COSO awards at the end of last term. The winners, who were nominated and decided by the administrators, faculty and student members of COSO, received a $250 credit to their group account, Director of Student Activities Linda Kennedy said. The '99 Class Council took home the Milton Sims Kramer Group Award for "the group on campus which has contributed the most to student life on campus," Kennedy said. The award for Best Academic Competition Group went to Dartmouth Formula Racing, the group of undergraduate and graduate students at Thayer School of Engineering's chapter of Society of Automotive Engineers. Doug Fraser, research engineer at the Thayer School, who has worked for 10 years with the racing team, was recognized as Advisor of the Year. Mike Wilson '97 won the Outgoing Leader of the Year award for his work with Sheba Dance Troupe. The Aires, an all-male a capella group celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, captured the award for Best Performance Group. The Event of the Year (Issue-Oriented) Award went to Students for a Free Tibet for organizing the lecture by Bhadko, a Buddhist monk who fled from Tibet. The Sports Weekly was named Best COSO Publication of the Year.

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Prof. offered $6 million in scam

By David Kung | June 25, 1997

As enticing as a six-million-dollar gift may seem, Safety and Security Crime Prevention Officer Rebel Roberts posted a BlitzMail bulletin warning members of the Dartmouth community not to accept such an offer from a group purporting to be a Nigerian oil firm. Last month, a Dartmouth professor received a letter from Lagos, Nigeria soliciting banking information.

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Nagare and Zitha to lead summer CFSC: Bell, Dosunmu, McCarter, Muckle, also elected

By Erin Loback | June 25, 1997

The Coed Fraternity Sorority Council elected Delta Delta Delta sorority sister Melissa Nagare '99 as Summer term president yesterday evening. Risana Zitha '99, a brother at Alpha Delta fraternity, was elected the CFSC summer vice president. Nagare, who served for two terms as CFSC secretary, said her goals for the term will depend on the concerns of the presidents of each Greek house. "I want to make sure each house makes it through the summer," Nagare said.

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Students will paddle 100 miles

By Nicole Tsong | June 25, 1997

One dog and 28 students will have a unique opportunity this weekend to canoe 100 miles down the Connecticut river as a part of the Sophomores from the Source canoe expedition. Today and tomorrow, 27 members of the Class of 1999, one member of the Class of 2000 and one pet dog belonging to students will depart on a trip from 100 miles upriver, arriving back home on Sunday.

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Former DMS prof's license suspended

By Elysa L. Jacobs | June 23, 1997

The New Hampshire Board of Medicine last month suspended the medical license of Hanover psychiatrist and former Dartmouth Medical School professor Michael Gaylor for one year as a result of Gaylor's sexual involvement with a student. The Board concluded Gaylor had been involved in a sexual relationship with a female student at the medical school while he was a professor there. This was an unusual decision by the Board because it involved a professor-student relationship rather than a doctor-patient relationship. According to the report issued by the Board of Medicine, Gaylor "engaged in professional misconduct between September 1984 and September 1991" in his roles as a psychiatrist and faculty advisor at the medical school. During his time as a professor at DMS, Gaylor also had an office at Dick's House and served as the Director of the Office of Counseling and Human Development, according to the report. The female medical student met with Gaylor four times during her first year at the medical school at his office in Dick's House, according to the report, in order to discuss "stress management issues for personal, mental health reasons." Over the next three years, 1984 to 1986, the student met with Gaylor 22 times and discussed a variety of issues in sessions that "went well beyond the scope of ordinary 'academic counseling,'" the report stated. The Board of Medicine concluded that the content of those sessions involved "substantial elements of 'psychological' or 'mental health' counseling that is typically used by licensed psychiatrists and thus put Gaylor and the student in the roles of physician and patient, according to the report. During the counseling sessions a "dual relationship and eroticized transference issues" developed and a sexual relationship between the two parties commenced approximately eight weeks after the last counseling session, the report stated. The sexual relationship between Gaylor and the student lasted from 1986 until 1991. Gaylor resigned from the medical school in 1994 and had a private practice in Hanover afterward. Gaylor's attorney declined to comment on the status of Gaylor's case.

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Jewelry store robbery remains unsolved

By Robert Isaacs | June 20, 1997

At the end of Spring term, the campus and town of Hanover were blooming with flowers and burglaries. Hanover Police are still investigating the May 24 armed robbery of the Ward Amidon Jewelry Store on Main St., Hanover Police Detective Sergeant Frank Moran said. Moran said they have been able to obtain artist's sketches of the two unmasked men who robbed the store at gunpoint. "The people have not been identified yet," he said.

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College will offer PCs to 2001s

By David Kung | June 20, 1997

There may be something new in the usual sea of freshmen picking up their computer equipment next fall -- IBM boxes. The incoming Class of 2001 will be offered a limited selection of IBM-compatible computers installed with Windows 95 and BlitzMail for IBM which will be completed and available by the end of the summer. These steps, along with the hiring of a new technical consultant for IBM-compatible machines are a part of the trend of increasing support by the College for non- Macintosh computers. "We're boosting support quite actively for Windows users on campus, but we are not abandoning the Mac at this point," Director of Computing Services William Brawley said. But many members of Computing Services said the support for Windows-based Intel (Wintel) machines is also a preparation in the case of any necessary platform switch. Dartmouth is "feeling the pressures of the outside world," Peter Paplow, computing services' new PC consultant, said.

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Wetterhahn impacted many at Dartmouth

By Elysa L. Jacobs | June 18, 1997

Since Chemistry Professor Karen Wetterhahn's death on June 8, many have been amazed at the attention the loss has gained at Dartmouth and around the world. "The international outpouring of sympathy and condolence and shock, from not only the scientific community but former students of hers at all levels has been truly outstanding," Chemistry Department Chair John Winn said.

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DBA option cards no longer mailed to students

By Erin Loback | June 18, 1997

Starting this term, students will never again be mailed dining option cards from Dartmouth Dining Services, and everyone will automatically be billed the default plan of a non-refundable $700 Declining Balance Account. But at the beginning of each term, students can change their dining plans by visiting the DASH offices in Thayer Dining Hall, and once they change their dining plans, they will be billed for their chosen plan for all future terms, according to Associate Treasurer Win Johnson. Besides the $700 DBA with no option cost, students can purchase a $475 DBA with a $50 service fee or a $900 DBA for only $835. Students living off-campus can also choose a $300 DBA with an option cost of $100. All of the meal plans are non-refundable. Director of Dining Services Pete Napolitano said the changes in billing are reflective of the referendum conducted by the Student Assembly last term. Following student protest after an announcement by DDS of a mandatory $800 non-refundable DBA for all students, the Assembly held an on-line vote to gauge student opinion regarding DDS.

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Prime Minister reflects on days at the College

By Erin Loback | June 18, 1997

Finnish Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen and Valedictorians Daniel Fehlauer '97 and J. Brooks Weaver '97 addressed the audience at the Commencement ceremonies June 8, a sunny day on the Hanover Green. Lipponen, who was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree, told graduates the United States and Europe can learn from each other to "create a real transatlantic trade and investment community." Lipponen attended the College for one year in 1960-61.

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Reflections

By Hugh M. Chapin | June 8, 1997

In Hanover this weekend is the Class of 1947 celebrating its 50th Reunion and at the same time witnessing the Commencement of the Class of 1997.

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