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Task force presents survey results

By Jess Jacob | January 28, 1997

The Task Force on Social Life presented the results of a survey it took earlier this term and solicited opinion from about a dozen students last night at a forum in Collis Common Ground. The students who took part in the discussion suggested several ways to improve social life at the College, from extended athletic facility hours to more flexible recreational sport workshops. Most of the students present said they participate in events that they plan themselves, and they suggested the College help create more places for students to engage in self-initiated activities. Erin Walsh '98 said, "planned events are like forced fun" -- referring to the fact that many students do not attend events planned by the College. In addition, the students discussed the methods by which information about campus events reaches them and said they were fairly well informed. But Millie Cho '99 said people are motivated to attend an event based on the event itself and not "awareness" of the event. According to Director of Dartmouth Dining Services Pete Napolitano, implementing some of these new ideas would be difficult because of a lack of funding. "Administrative circles say there just isn't any money left," said Napolitano, a member of the task force. The forum was preceded by an analysis of the survey results by John Pryor, coordinator of Evaluation and Research. The survey questioned students about their satisfaction with their social lives, perceptions of social life at the College, current social involvement and the activities they would like to see available. About one-third of enrolled students completed the survey.

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Five sororities will not co-sponsor

By Neil Desai | January 28, 1997

Five sororities individually have decided not to co-sponsor open parties with fraternities during Winter term, with all five citing liability issues as a major reason. Delta Delta Delta, Epsilon Kappa Theta, Kappa Delta Epsilon, Kappa Kappa Gamma and Sigma Delta sororities will not co-sponsor with any fraternity for at least the duration of the term. Delta Gamma sorority will still co-sponsor open parties, according to social chair Kim Papa '97, and Delta Pi Omega sorority will assess each offer of co-sponsorship for a party as it arises, according to president Andrea Stenger '99 This is the first term KKG has voted not to co-sponsor a party with a fraternity, according to president Kristen Hinman '98. Under the definition of co-sponsorship, a sorority would normally just provide funds for the disc-jockey but not participate in any of the "party duties," Hinman said. But according to College policy, both the sorority and the fraternity can be held liable and be subject to appear before the Coed Fraternity Sorority Council Judiciary Committee to answer for any alleged CFS rules violations, she said. Four fraternities are currently on probation, and the College de-recognized Beta Theta Pi fraternity last term. "The Judiciary Committee has seen too many cases recently, and Kappa feels it does not need to align itself with the risky behavior being presented [before the committee]," she said. Spiros Maliagros '98, president of the Interfraternity Council, said he does not blame the five sororities for declining to co-sponsor with fraternities. "It's only common sense for [sororities] not to co-sponsor if most of the fraternities are already on probation," Maliagros said. Maliagros calls the recent actions, "a wake up call" for fraternities to be more responsible. He said the 14 fraternity presidents are planning on meeting this term to find out how the fraternities can get off probation and also to discuss how they can be more responsible. "And as we try to change, we are going to have to work closely together with the sororities," he said. Tri-Delta President Jessica Ellsworth '98 said the sorority presidents met earlier in the term and discussed a number of issues relating to the Greek system, including co-sponsorship. "We decided that each individual house could decide whether or not to co-sponsor open parties with fraternities this term," Ellsworth said. Susan O'Bell, president of Sigma Delt, said the house had already been voting on the issue every term. O'Bell said Sigma Delt did vote to co-sponsor smaller, closed social events involving only "our membership and that of the co-sponsoring Greek organization." Another reason some sororities chose not to co-sponsor is that local sororities can hold open parties in their houses. O'Bell said, "If we do co-sponsor we'd want to ask the national sororities first because they are not allowed to hold open parties in their houses." Aside from liability concerns and the fact that some sororities can throw open parties in their house, Hinman said Kappa can use its money more efficiently.

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Alumni telethon raises $568,000; sets record

By Elinor Actipis | January 27, 1997

The Alumni Fund student telethon, which ended last night, shattered all previous records this year, with 400 student callers raising a total of more than $568,700. "'Shattering' is the word we like to use," said Alumni Fund Student Intern Sam Keating '97.

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College Courses rise in popularity

By David Horowitz | January 27, 1997

While old favorites like Shakespeare and Introductory Psychology remain popular, a new kind of class is surging in popularity. A total of 239 students are enrolled in five "College Courses" this term, courses which have drastically increased in popularity since the new curriculum was implemented in 1994. The courses, referred to as COCO classes, are team-taught by more than one professor and attempt to draw connections between two or more disciplines. The COCO courses were implemented for two reasons, according to Russian Professor Barry Scherr, head of the College Course Steering Committee. First, the past few decades have seen a relaxation in the traditional boundaries that existed between academic disciplines, Scherr said.

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Heinrichs leaves Alumni magazine

By Erik Tanouye | January 27, 1997

After more than 10 years as Editor of Dartmouth's Alumni Magazine, Jay Heinrichs will resign next month to launch a new in-flight magazine for the airline USAir. Heinrichs, who has been in charge of the award-winning Alumni Magazine since 1986, has been using vacation time to work on the still-untitled in-flight magazine.

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Miller, Lord create cartoons for credit

By Erika Patrick | January 27, 1997

There are two seniors on campus who spend their days watching cartoons -- and they're getting credit for it. But there is no Bugs Bunny or Fred Flintstone for Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who watch only the cartoons they draw, frame by frame, for 2,500 meticulous frames. Lord, who draws "Loudmouth" for The Dartmouth, and Miller, who draws "Sleazy the Wonder Squirrel" for The Dartmouth, are making full-length, video cartoons that will be shown in the Loew Theater May 22 for the Dartmouth Animation Festival. Both cartoonists have received major accolades for their work; Lord's "Self-Mambo," a "3 minute self-portrait" appeared on the Cartoon Network this past October, and Miller took Sleazy to the International Animation Festival in Stuttgart, Germany last Spring. Lord and Miller became friends in an animation class their freshman year, and they now share an animation studio in Clement Hall, behind the Hood museum. The walls of the studio are covered with sketches and color drawings of their latest projects.

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Muslim students fast for month of Ramadhan

By Elysa L. Jacobs | January 24, 1997

Muslims all around the world are currently celebrating Ramadhan, the Islamic month of fasting. Each day, the observing Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset. At the College, members of Al-Nur, Dartmouth's Islamic Society, have been meeting in Collis Student Center each night to break the day's fast in each other's company. According to Kashif Ali '95, Ramadhan helps us "empathize with those that don't have anything to eat," he said.

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Probation has become a part of Greek Life

By Erin Loback | January 24, 1997

Some fraternity and sorority houses are discovering that probation is as much a part of Greek life as parties and Wednesday meetings. Currently, four Coed Fraternity Sorority houses are under full social restrictions, and one house, Alpha Delta fraternity, is on probation for the rest of the term, according to the Office of Residential Life. From fall 1995 to fall 1996, the CFS Judiciary Committee heard about 60 cases, according to former Marty Dengler '97, the former chair of the JC. But he said of those 60 violations, over 20 were "filling out forms" violations or clean grounds cases, and 30 to 35 were alcohol or other serious violations. Dengler said he thinks it is important to put the violations in perspective.

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English FSP undergoes a rocky start

By Elysa L. Jacobs | January 24, 1997

While long-existing Foreign Study Programs in departments such as government, history and religion remain tried and true, the English FSP in Trinidad is undergoing some growing pains following a rocky first offering last term. Many of the students complained about issues ranging from inconvenient dining hall and library hours to an overall feeling that there was a lack of organization. More than half of the students who participated in the program last term said they would only enroll in the trip again if more information were available before the trip and organizational problems were solved. "It was a worthwhile program but it needs some major changes," Holly Eaton '98 said. Students call program disorganized The University of the West Indies -- the Trinidad school with which the program was affiliated -- scheduled classes a week earlier than the College had originally expected, which caused the students on the FSP to miss the university's orientation period. The students did not find out until very late in Summer term that the class schedule had been moved up a week, and many were upset by the mix-up, which they said made the initial adjustment period more difficult. Shavon Fields '98 said "no one knew who we were or why we were there." Fields said she wished someone from UWI had taken the time to greet the Dartmouth students and give them some of the general information they had missed during the orientation. "The university was just not prepared for us," Eaton said. But Carline Dorcena '98 said representatives from UWI did try to accommodate the Dartmouth students, given the orientation mix-up.

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Hungarian describes going home

By Michelle Rosen | January 24, 1997

Susan Rubin Suleiman, a Harvard University professor of Romance and Comparative Literatures, last night recounted the difficulties of returning to her native city of Budapest, Hungary after living elsewhere for 34 years. In a lecture titled "Can You Go Home Again?

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Stavis wants national attention for Dartmouth

By Maura Henninger | January 24, 1997

Not everyone would associate a career singing classical leider and oratorio with a career promoting Dartmouth in the national media, but Laurel Stavis, the College's first director of the newly established Office of Public Affairs, sees a connection. Though she spent 15 years as a classical music singer, Stavis most recently worked in public affairs at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Mass.

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Margulis reveals the living world

By Elysa L. Jacobs | January 23, 1997

Montgomery Fellow Lynn Margulis said Tuesday that college students don't know enough about sex, but the statement is hardly her first provocative theory on the facts of life. The controversial biologist is widely known for her espousal of the controversial "Gaia hypothesis," which considers the Earth as a series of interlocking ecosystems. In an interview in the sun-filled living room of the Montgomery House, Margulis said too few people understand the basic processes that sustain life. Margulis, wearing a gray t-shirt depicting colorful protozoa and bacteria, sat back in her chair and began to explain why so many people are confused about life and sex. "People are very confused about what they think sex is," she said as she sipped her tea.

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Fraternity rush totals rise from last winter

By Erika Patrick | January 23, 1997

The number of men joining fraternities during Winter term rush rose markedly from last year, with some houses accepting up to seven new members. While the majority of eligible men choose to rush fraternities in the fall, some choose to wait until winter before rushing or sinking their bids. Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity admitted the most members, with seven of the eight men who visited joining the house.

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Hage '35 suffers fatal stroke at 82

By Lillie Ng | January 23, 1997

Emeritus Director of Financial Aid Robert Hage '35, who served the College for more than 50 years, died of a stroke yesterday morning at the Hanover Terrace Healthcare Center.

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Scientist theorizes on life

By Melanie Taylor | January 23, 1997

Lynn Margulis illustrated the importance of bacteria to the study of life using slides, her video "Gaia to Microcosm" and excerpts from her book "What is Life" to a packed crowd in 3 Rockefeller Center yesterday afternoon. Margulis rejected the idea of a possible answer to the question "What is life?" But she did explain the minimum ingredients which would make a material living -- a simple system of genetic materials and minerals. Her pursuit of an answer to the question: "What is life?," has been complicated because so few books address the issue, she said.. "Apparently, biologists take life for granted," she said.

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Publications demand more funding

By Erik Tanouye | January 22, 1997

The editors of five campus publications have demanded increased funding, calling the College's current policy "unreasonable and unacceptable." In a letter to Director of Student Activities Linda Kennedy and Student Assembly President Jon Heavey '97, the editors of the Beacon, BLD, the Jack O' Lantern, screed and Uncommon Threads said the Committee on Student Organizations "and the College are doing the students and community a disservice" by giving the publications insufficient funds. Kennedy said she was not aware the editors were unhappy with the funds. "I have not heard from any one of these people" except the editors of the feminist collective Uncommon Threads, Kennedy said. According to Kytja Weir '98, the editor of Uncommon Threads, "A lot of publications have had to stop publishing, or they've had to decrease their number of issues." "In the Upper Valley and Hanover, the advertisers don't have much incentive to advertise, especially in a paper that only comes out once or twice a term," she said.

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Students: Asians need more resources

By David Horowitz | January 22, 1997

About 50 Asian-American students met with nine College administrators last night to discuss what some called "a general lack of resources" for Asian-American students at Dartmouth. Students focused most on the issue of a dean or administrator designated to Asian students. The "Pan-Asian Roundtable discussion" was organized by Erica Ryu '98 and Willy Wong '99 and attended by Dean of the College Lee Pelton, Dean of First Year Students Peter Goldsmith and Dean of the Class of 1999 Sylvia Langford. Ryu said the purpose of the meeting was to gather Asian-American students together to assess the needs of Asian-Americans on campus. "I think in terms of Asian life Dartmouth is a lot weaker than other schools," Deborah Lee '00 said. In the beginning of the meeting some students said there was a need for a dean of Asian and Asian-American students. But Pelton said it is unlikely the College will hire such a dean.

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Morality is child's play, according to Paley

By Jess Jacob | January 22, 1997

Vivian Paley, a retired kindergarten teacher whom the New York Times called "an artist whose medium is the classroom," stressed the importance of child's play to a packed 105 Dartmouth Hall last night. Paley, the only kindergarten teacher to receive a so-called "genius grant" from the John D.

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Students find that balancing babies and classes is tough but rewarding

By Erin Loback | January 21, 1997

It is 4:00 a.m. After laboring through the wee hours of the morning to finish a paper and finally thinking you can get some sleep, you are awakened by the wail of your baby in need of a diaper change. While the great majority of students at Dartmouthwill never have to live this scenario, there are a few undergraduates who must keep up with the academic demands of the College and manage to care for their infants as well. The miracle of life For the Cuevas family -- Ernesto Cuevas '98 and Natalyn Nailes Cuevas '96, who graduated in June -- the birth of three-week old Roberto Luis Cuevas completely changed their lives. "People marvel over the idea of you having a child," Ernesto said.

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