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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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Early Phi Beta Kappa members inducted

By Beth Duncan | November 15, 1996

Twenty two members of the Class of 1997 were inducted into the Dartmouth chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society on Tuesday at a ceremony at the home of College President James Freedman. Each fall roughly 20 members of the senior class get an early invitation to the society, which whose academic rank is among the highest," according to the organization's charter. Come spring, the top 10 percent of the class will be invited to become members of the society. Seniors already inducted into the society are Kenneth Allen, Monu Bedi, Tait Bergstrom, Kendra Buzzell, Kathryn Celenza, Christopher Dorros, Bryan Farrow, Daniel Fehlauer, Theodore Jones, Nakul Krishnaswamy, Shari Lipner, Elizabeth Lipson, Alison Lokey, Dana Luthy, Sachin Mehta, Kathryn Miller, Cailin Nelson, David Sadoff, Jessica Sin, Daniel TenPas, J.Brooks Weaver and Ellen Wight. This year's inductees had different reactions after being elected to the Society. Kenneth Allen, an engineering major, said that he was thrilled when he found out he had been selected. "I knew I was kind of up there and my relative position in class," Allen said.

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Early applications see 5 percent rise

By Lauren Ambrose | November 15, 1996

The number of early applicants to the College rose 5 percent this year, about at par with increases at other colleges. Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Karl Furstenberg said 1,310 students applied early for admission to Dartmouth's Class of 2001. The College plans to admit about 375 to 400 students early. The female to male ratio in early decision applicants is about the same as last year, Furstenberg said. This year, 715 applicants were male and 595 were female. In 1995, of 1,247 students who applied early, 675 were men and 572 were women. Furstenberg said because of recent media attention surrounding early applications to colleges, he expected to see a early applications rise by more than 5 percent. Furstenberg said Harvard University, Yale University and Williams College all experienced about a 5 percent increase in early applications. "The speculation was that there would be a huge surge in applying early, which didn't materialize," Furstenberg said.

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The Dartmouth names new editors

By Jodi Priselac | November 15, 1996

Jeffrey Beyer '98, a 20-year-old history major from Woodmere, N.Y., has been named the next president of The Dartmouth. Beyer, who will succeed Maggie Fritz '97, and the incoming senior directorate will take control of the College's only daily newspaper beginning January 1, 1997. The Board of Proprietors of The Dartmouth, Inc., the student-run corporation that puts out the paper, approved the new directorate last Friday. As president, Beyer will oversee both the news and business side of the paper, paying particular attention to the long-term health of the publication. Charles Davant '98, a 20-year old comparative literature major from Blowing Rock, N.C., will replace Siobhan Gorman '97 as the paper's managing editor. The managing editor is in charge of the daily operations of the paper, assigning stories and managing the news staff. The next assistant managing editor will be Jeff Giuffrida '98, who will take over for Tim Fitzgibbons '97. The duties of the assistant managing editor include working closely with the managing editor to determine the news content of the paper. David Pichler '98, replacing Aran Toshav '97, will become the new associate editor, coordinating the design and layout of the paper. James Hunnicutt '98 will replace Colin Grey '97 as the editor of The Dartmouth's Weekend Gazette. Rachel Gilliar '98 will be the new comment page editor, taking over from Mary Ellen Moore '97. Jon A.

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Winter Carnival to go medieval

By Robert Isaacs | November 13, 1996

Getting an early start this year, the Winter Carnival Council will announce today the theme for this year's Winter Carnival -- " 'Twas a Cold and Snowy Knight: A Medieval Carnival." Winter Carnival will run from Feb.

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Woodwell discusses environment

By Jean Blackerby | November 13, 1996

George Woodwell '50 discussed yesterday the potential impacts of several current environmental problems and said it is the scientific community's responsibility to defend the public interest in the environmental arena. Woodwell, an environmental scientist who is the founder, president and director of the Woods Hole Research Center in Woods Hole, Mass., is this term's second Montgomery Fellow. Woodwell gave a speech to a 70-member audience, titled "The Co-Evolution of Science and Democracy: Has Anyone Seen the Public Interest Recently?" in which he discussed potential impacts of overpopulation, biotic impoverishment and global warming. "This series of environmental transitions has the potential for shaping the world and bringing major changes in civilization, even reducing the level at which it can proceed," Woodwell said. He said overpopulation is one problem currently changing the nature of the environment. The global population, which stands at 6 billion people, has doubled since 1960 and is expected to double again before 2050, he said. Increasing immigration pressures on already-pressured Western nations will be the initial effect of this rise in population, Woodwell said. The long-term consequences involve the population's exceeding the earth's carrying capacity, he said. Woodwell also identified the "progressive biotic impoverishment of the earth" as a major problem facing the global community. "There is an accumulation of land that has fallen out of the economic system, reducing the capability of the earth to support people," he said. Global warming was the the third major environmental problem Woodwell addressed.

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Garber: Legal policies do not affect abortion stances

By Eun Lee Koh | November 13, 1996

University of Maryland Government Professor Mark Graber '78 said legal policies do little to change people's stances on abortion in a lecture last night. Graber delivered his lecture, titled "Rethinking (Everything but) Abortion: Constitutional Law and Reproductive Politics," to approximately 60 people in 3 Rockefeller Center. "The democratic notion is that people can best judge for themselves what is right for them," Graber said.

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Assembly starts rolling membership

By Erik Tanouye | November 13, 1996

The Student Assembly last night amended its constitution to allow new members to join the Assembly on a rolling basis, and it prepared letters that explain refund possibilities for Dash card accounts. Case Dorkey '99 proposed a constitutional amendment, which will negate a rule that prohibited membership petitions after the third Sunday of a given term. With the new amendment, the constitution now reads, "All petitions may be received on an on-going basis." "It really opens the door for a lot more flexibility," Assembly Vice President Chris Swift '98 said, because it makes the Assembly more open to students who wish to participate. "It's continuing the theme that we want to improve the internal structure," Swift said. The letters, addressed to freshmen and transfer students, inform students that they can receive refunds for money they deposited in discretionary accounts because they believed it could be used to purchase books. In addition, money students had intended for dining options, which they had mistakenly placed in discretionary accounts, will be refunded. "Transfers are not normally permitted," according to the letter, "and these are the only two exceptions which will be made for this term only." The Assembly prepared the letters for distribution at last night's meeting, and they should appear in students' Hinman boxes today or tomorrow. The Assembly did not have a parliamentarian at last night's meeting, but it hopes to have one by next week.

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Freedman discusses Thurgood Marshall

By Erik Tanouye | November 12, 1996

College President James Freedman explained why former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall was one of the four most important African-Americans in this century in a discussion last night in the Cutter-Shabazz Hall lounge. "I think his standing ... when history gets a little distance ... is going to be very high," Freedman said. Freedman discussed Marshall and the current status of civil rights with about 12 students and Assistant Dean of the College Sylvia Langford. Freedman served as a law clerk under Marshall in his first year out of law school.

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