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Dick's House aims to become more student-friendly

By Erin Loback | November 25, 1996

Director of Dick's House Jack Turco is creating a Dick's House student advisory board to obtain student input on issues such as the admissions policy for intoxicated students and making Dick's House of better service to students. Turco said the advisory board of seven to 12 students will provide student input from "a relatively small group of students with hopefully a wide spectrum of opinions." He said the advisory group will serve as "a way for student issues to be brought to my attention" as well as a "regular board to bounce issues off of." Turco decided to start the advisory board because "I have often struggled trying to find a way to get student input," he said.

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Students generally oppose Prop 209

By Jess Jacob | November 22, 1996

With this week's flurry of campus activity promoting discussion of California's Proposition 209, many Dartmouth students said they support affirmative action and the repeal of the measure, the California Civil Rights Initiative. Proposition 209, which Californians passed by a 54 to 46 percent vote on Nov.

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DG adviser complains of Panhell misconduct

By Erik Tanouye | November 22, 1996

Delta Gamma sorority's adviser has accused the Panhellenic Council of violating its constitution in its handling of Delta Pi Omega, which is currently working with the administration to become a new sorority. But Panhell claims all its actions have been constitutional. Celeste Viscardi, DG's adviser, said she addressed her concerns in a letter to Dean of the College Lee Pelton and Dean of Residential Life Mary Turco. Viscardi said the letter was not written specifically to protest Delta Pi Omega. "I know that it ends up being a problem because people think we're doing this" because DG is small and "'we're mad at everyone,'" Viscardi said. Viscardi said she and DG president Kim Papa '97 both wrote letters because they are "opposed to the way it's being handled." Papa declined to comment. "It was essentially focusing on the violation of the constitution bylaws by Panhell with regards to starting a new organization," Viscardi said. Viscardi said if Panhell violates its constitution, there will be serious repercussions "for the women involved in the new organization and the rest of the women." Viscardi said she pointed out the violations not because she is DG's adviser, but because of her obligation to the National Panhell. "It's a simple fact -- they have a constitution and they have to follow that," Viscardi said. But Panhell claimed it has violated no rules. "We are not violating anything," Panhell President Jess Russo '97 said of the formation of the new sorority.

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Alumni fund to raise goal 50 percent

By Elizabeth Dziadik | November 21, 1996

The Alumni Fund hopes to raise its annual goal to $20 million by the year 2000, an increase of almost 50 percent from this year's goal of $13.5 million. Next year's goal will be raised to $15.5 million, up 11 percent from this year's goal. "We have a long-term goal in the Alumni Fund to have sustainable growth over the next four years," Alumni Fund Director Jennifer Williams said. Williams said a new committee has been formed to help with the efforts to meet the $15.5 million goal. The committee is comprised of about 35 of Dartmouth's top volunteers, business leaders and community leaders, she said, including four College Trustees. To meet their more challenging goal, the group "will focus more energy than in the past on about 1 percent of the population--about 500 people--who are targeted based on their capacity to give," Williams said. Williams said that they were asking for large, four-year commitments to the fund. "The gifts that have been coming in are four-year gifts anywhere from a couple of thousand dollars to individuals who have pledged $300,000 over four year period.

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Student rally mourns Calif. Proposition 209

By Beth Duncan And Erik Tanouye | November 21, 1996

A group of students, faculty members and administrators, including Dean of the College Lee Pelton, denounced Proposition 209 to an audience that was at times as large as 200 people in front of the Collis Center yesterday. The "speak out" started at noon after about 50 students conducted a mock funeral procession marching around the campus carrying a coffin that had "Here lies affirmative action" painted on its side before arriving in front of Collis. A group calling itself the Dartmouth Coalition for Equal Access and Opportunity planned the event, which started with presentations by speakers followed by an open microphone. Pelton said he was speaking "as one who has proudly benefited from the American principle to act affirmatively." "Proposition 209 is neither social nor is it just.

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Ambassadorial legacy helps Bosworth smoothly guide the Trustees

By Jodi Priselac | November 21, 1996

Having just come from a breakfast with students with only a half-hour until his next meeting, a well-poised Chair of the Board of Trustees Stephen Bosworth took 20 minutes out of his schedule to discuss his role as "College custodian." A member of the Class of 1961, Bosworth took up his new position and its hectic schedule in June. The duties of the chair include helping the College's president to set the agenda for board meetings, in addition to serving as a facilitator between the board and the administration. A smooth transition to the chair The explanation behind Bosworth's smooth transition so far could lie in his 25-year career in the U.S.

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Posters attacking '99 put up in College buildings

By Jake Elberg | November 20, 1996

Between Monday night and yesterday morning, posters were put up across campus labeling a male member of the class of '99 a "rapist". Dean of the College Lee Pelton said no incident of sexual assault has been reported to the College involving the alleged assaulter; he has no knowledge of who is responsible for the posters, and it is unlikely the College will take action against those who put up the posters. Hanover Police Chief Nick Giaccone said no one has filed a complaint with Hanover Police regarding an incident of sexual assault that involved the student on the poster. "The College has not received, as of today, a complaint from an alleged victim of sexual assault," Pelton said yesterday.

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Trustees oversee critical College issues

By Elysa Jacobs | November 20, 1996

Since its inception in 1769, the College's Board of Trustees has encountered many issues that have defined its role and demonstrated the ways in which it has tried to act in the College's best interests. In the history of the board, there are a number of key Trustee issues -- the Dartmouth College case, coeducation, sex-blind admissions, the board's Committee on Student Affairs and investment in South Africa -- that illustrate the changing focus of the board and the interests it must balance in trying to ensure the long-term well-being of the College. Robert Kilmarx, who was a member of the Class of 1950 and a Trustee from 1972 to 1982, said the Board of Trustees is the guardian of the long-term well-being of the College. In fulfilling its charge as guardian, the board has often been forced to balance the College's financial interests with the interests of students, faculty and alumni.

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Burnett: College derecognizes Beta

By Jake Elberg | November 20, 1996

Dean of Residential Life Mary Turco has decided to derecognize Beta Theta Pi fraternity, said Jack Burnett, president of the board of trustees of Beta's Dartmouth chapter. "For the house to be derecognized is a serious measure," Burnett '71 said.

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SA works for greater access to registrar

By Erik Tanouye | November 20, 1996

The Student Assembly last night announced an arrangement with the registrar's office to increase the availability of the office during the lunch hour. In the report from the student services committee, Dominic LaValle '99 announced that committee member Susan Barbour '00 met with Registrar Thomas Bickel to discuss increasing student access to the registrar's office. "There is limited regular service from 12 to 1," LaValle said, but currently no one can access computer records during that time. At the beginning and end of next term and perhaps at the end of this term, the registrar's office will increase the number of services available between 12 p.m.

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Students to hold Prop. 209 'speak out'

By David Horowitz | November 19, 1996

The Dartmouth Coalition for Equal Access and Opportunity will host a "speak out" tomorrow to protest the passage of Proposition 209 in California. The coalition, a student organization conceived last Thursday night in response to the passage of Proposition 209, is encouraging students to gather in front of Collis Center at 11:30 a.m.

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Heavey juggles many hats as president and student

By Erin Loback | November 19, 1996

Jon Heavey '97, president of the Student Assembly, wears several hats, including clown hats, and has much more going for him than just his presidency. A pre-med engineering major with a psychology minor from Buffalo, N.Y., Heavey said his role as Assembly president is "to kick and scream ... on behalf of the students," which is "pretty fun sometimes." As a transfer student who came in his sophomore year from Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pa., Heavey said he has seen some "different angles on how things have to operate at a college." Jumping in, getting things done He said while there are very few things he likes better about Carnegie-Mellon than Dartmouth, his previous school had better dorm life. "It was vastly different.

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Students debate Proposition 209

By David Horowitz | November 19, 1996

Students discussed Proposition 209 and affirmative action policies at a debate last night about the California Civil Rights Initiative, which was passed by California voters on November 5. The debate drew so large an audience that the venue had to be moved to a larger auditorium in the basement of the Rockefeller Center.

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Trustees function as ultimate authority, College caretakers

By David Kung | November 19, 1996

To many students, the Board of Trustees is an enigmatic body. At its quarterly meetings, the Board discusses all aspects of the College -- aspects that have recently included tuition raises, the Will to Excel capital campaign and the Supercluster. While much of the board's activity takes place behind closed doors, the basic functions of the body, and occasionally some of its decisions, are public information. Final authority The board is granted final authority under the original Dartmouth charter to establish "... ordinances, order and laws as may tend to the good and wholesome government of the said College." The board has the ultimate responsibility for the academic, administration, financial and social affairs of Dartmouth. Board of Trustees Chairman Stephen Bosworth, a member of the Class of 1961, said "the Trustees are basically responsible for the governance of the institution." "They have two important functions: they choose a president who runs the institution and they oversee, with the assistance of the president, the financial resources of the College," Bosworth said. The board's duties include the appointment of faculty and administrative officers, the purchase and sale of property, the establishment of salaries and the awarding of degrees. College President James Freedman said the Board of Trustees has the final say on all matters at the College. Freedman said, "They are the legal authority of the College.

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Five seniors toil over 'ambitious' senior fellowships

By Cindy Jwo | November 18, 1996

Five students are devoting their senior year to self-initiated projects like writing a musical drama on Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment or writing a fictional novel about manic depression. These students are this year's senior fellows.

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CDC finds itchy rash virus afflicts nearly half of students

By Elysa Jacobs | November 18, 1996

Nearly half the students at the College have now reported symptoms of the virus that causes upper respiratory problems and an itchy rash. Director of Health Services Jack Turco said the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta asked 1,000 students to participate in an Internet survey last week to determine what kinds of symptoms students with this virus have.

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Profs, students attend Pelton dinners

By Sarah Gerry | November 18, 1996

Students and faculty now have the opportunity to dine together and discuss professors' research after dinner over a slice of apple pie at Dean of the College Lee Pelton's home. Pelton is trying to improve faculty-student interaction by hosting informal "Works in Progress" dinners for the Dartmouth community. Pelton said he began having these dinners last month to provide an "opportunity for students and faculty to engage one another in an informal setting." About 12 people have attended each dinner. Some students who attended the dinners said they enjoyed the presentations, but felt slightly uncomfortable during dinner. Pelton said the dinners are "going very well" and because they take place in a "small setting, outside the classroom over meals it makes students very comfortable." Two professors have given presentations and Pelton said he plans to have more dinners in the winter. Italian and Comparative Literature Professor Walter Stephens gave a presentation in October on his research about witch-hunting during the Middle Ages. Physics Professor Marcelo Gleiser spoke last week about a nonfiction popular science book he wrote about views of the universe from the beginning of time to the present. Pelton said about three dozen faculty have agreed to participate. Stephens said the dinners differ from classes or seminars as "there's really nothing at stake here other than to hear faculty talk about something they're interested in passionately." Gleiser said his presentation was "interactive and very informal.

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NCAA visits, finds College complies with its regulations

By Erik Tanouye | November 18, 1996

After its visit to the College last week, a certification review team from the National Collegiate Athletic Association found Dartmouth in "substantial compliance" with the qualities the NCAA requires of its members. A group of four NCAA representatives visited the College from Nov.

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Black Alumni Assn. plans 25th birthday bash for next May

By David Horowitz | November 18, 1996

Continuing its efforts to make the College a welcome environment for black students and alumni, the Dartmouth Black Alumni Association will bring hundreds of alumni, students and faculty to Hanover on Memorial Day weekend to celebrate the association's 25th anniversary. The theme of the celebration is empowerment.

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