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United way kicks off fundraising campaign

By Jennifer Hickey | October 29, 1996

The United Way at Dartmouth College has officially kicked off its annual fundraising campaign, aimed to benefit 24 human and social service agencies in the Upper Valley. This year the UWDC aims to raise $140,000, roughly one-fifth of the United Way of the Upper Valley's total goal of $750,050. UWDC Campaign Co-Chair Kathie Savage said the goal is "extremely realistic and not outrageous." But only five percent of the UWDC's goal has been raised in the first two weeks, Savage said.

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Cameron speaks to new fraternity men

By Beth Duncan | October 29, 1996

Nonnie Cameron, "house mom" of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity at Purdue University in Indiana, spoke about gender relations and dating to about 100 new fraternity members last night. Cameron is one of a series speakers invited to campus by the Interfraternity Council for new member education this term. The IFC invited Cameron to Dartmouth to teach fraternity members ways to improve their relationships and apply what they learn from the fraternity system to their lives. Cameron began the session by stating her goal for the evening. She said, "My primary objective is to have fun." She expressed this before the meeting began as she handed out Tic-Tacs and said to members walking in, "We're going to have fun!

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Medic Downing is not just another '99

By Elinor Actipis | October 29, 1996

Danielle Downing '99 is not the typical sophomore for many reasons, not the least of which is the fact that she is 26 years old and has received five marriage proposals from men in Kenya. After three years of active service in the army, stints as a Mary Kay skin care consultant and an Emergency Medical Technician and a summer in Kenya, Downing ended up at the College. "I'm here at Dartmouth and it still shocks the hell out of me," Downing said, smiling. But however unexpected, a four-year stay at Dartmouth is hardly the most exotic stop on this adventurous sophomore's journey. Her path to Dartmouth took many twists and turns. After graduating from high school in Plymouth, Mass.

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Ed. department decision delayed

By James M> Hunnicutt | October 28, 1996

The final decision regarding the future of Dartmouth's embattled education department has been delayed until later this week. Originally scheduled to be resolved by last Friday, the negotiations still need to sort out a few last- minute details and should be complete by Wednesday, Dean of Social Sciences George Wolford said Friday. He said there had been a "tiny glitch" but "things are on a fairly good course and there are no problems." For the past couple of weeks, Wolford has been negotiating with Education Chair Andrew Garrod about what will happen to the department. Over the past several years the education department has periodically come under fierce criticism -- most recently last March when the Council of Social Sciences recommended eliminating the department. Last week, both Garrod and Wolford said the department will most likely not be abolished, but will probably be changed. "Students will be relieved, but not ecstatic, if things go as planned," Wolford previously told The Dartmouth. Last March, the council recommended the department's abolition but did not fully divulge the reasons behind the proposal. Some members of the council -- composed of the eight chairs of the social sciences departments -- cited administrative problems, interpersonal conflicts, the department's low production of scholarly work and its pre-professional slant as reasons for their recommendations. In response, many students rallied behind the besieged department.

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Alumni clubs sustain school spirit nationwide

By Elysa Jacobs | October 28, 1996

Stretching across the country and varying in size from 6,700 to 50 people, alumni clubs keep the Dartmouth spirit alive. While each club has unique qualities, most aid in the admissions process, aid in job searches, provide scholarships and perform community service.

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Alumni clubs win awards

By Elysa Jacobs | October 28, 1996

David Orr, senior associate director of Alumni Relations, awarded club-of-the-year status to the Dartmouth Clubs of Indiana, Long Island, Rochester and Washington at the annual Dartmouth Club Officers' weekend, which was held at the College this weekend. Alumni Club President of the Year is Michael Carter '77, president of the Dartmouth Club of Indianapolis. Orr said these clubs "demonstrated in all the various roles alumni clubs play, these four clubs have played an outstanding role in the last year." He said the weekend consisted of a series of workshops for the club officers that will hopefully give them a better understanding of their role and running an effective club. "There were workshops about building an effective executive committee, marketing and management," Orr said.

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Fieger defends assisted suicide

By Erin Loback | October 28, 1996

Geoffrey Fieger, the attorney who represents Dr. Jack Kevorkian, defended assisted suicide as being "simply right" in his speech on Friday. Kevorkian is a former Michigan pathologist who has gained notoriety in the last six years for assisting the suicides of more than 40 known patients, defending what many call the "right to die." Fieger gave a speech, titled "The Prosecution and Persecution of Dr. Kevorkian and Right Not to Suffer," before more than 100 people and several television cameras in Collis Commonground. "If we're talking about rights at all, we're talking about the rights not to suffer, to be free from governmental regulation," he said. Fieger said he thinks the term "right to die" is inappropriate. "I'm standing up for some little Armenian doctor ... who is standing up for the rights of each and every one of us ... about how long we have to suffer," Fieger said. "When you know the way you are going to go is to choke on your own spit when your neuromuscular system fails, don't you want to say 'I want to die in my own way?'" he asked. "Some of us aren't going so gently into that good night," Fieger said.

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Students concerned over COS rulings

By Jean Blackerby | October 28, 1996

A group of students, spurred by concerns about recent rulings of the Committee on Standards, has started to examine the committee's handling of sexual abuse cases. After reading COS's annual report, which the College released this term, Anat Levtov '98 discussed the rulings on sexual abuse cases with Susan Marine, the coordinator of the Sexual Abuse Awareness Program, and other concerned students. Concern "started the minute we read [the report]," she said.

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AAm hosts discussion of Tri-Kap poster

By Jake Elberg | October 25, 1996

About 60 students gathered in Shabazz Hall last night to discuss the posters Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity used to advertise its party last Saturday, which many members of the African American society found offensive. The discussion ended with students talking about ways to improve communication on campus. The posters featured "Good Times" star Jimmy Walker. AAm President Llezlie Green '97 opened the discussion.

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Bollinger interviews at Michigan

By Jake Elberg | October 25, 1996

College Provost Lee Bollinger visited the University of Michigan yesterday to participate in a series of meetings, which University Regents will use in their evaluation of him as a candidate for Michigan's presidency. Bollinger participated in a two-hour public interview with the Regents and then a two-hour town meeting in which he answered questions from students, faculty, staff and alumni. He was the third of four candidates to visit the Michigan campus during the university's two-week campus interview period. Thomas Dunn, chairman of the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs, said Bollinger "told the Regents why he wanted to be the President of the University of Michigan." "He said it is a very special place," Dunn told The Dartmouth.

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'99 Council sponsors leadership retreat

By Michelle Gregg | October 25, 1996

The 1999 Class Council will sponsor a weekend retreat for campus leaders beginning today at Pierce's Inn in Etna. "This weekend provides an opportunity for a lot of interaction between leaders, and a chance for a lot of them to get to know one another on the personal level," said Nahoko Kawakyu '99, vice president of the 1999 Class Council and co-chair for the conference committee. Kawakyu said 40 campus leaders will attend.

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College seeks term-long Montgomery fellows

By Erik Tanouye | October 25, 1996

The Montgomery Endowment will continue to search for term-long Montgomery Fellows, even though none of the last four have stayed for prolonged periods. Consultant to the Department of the Interior Joseph Sax, one of this term's Montgomery Fellows, arrived Monday and will depart today. George Woodwell '50, founder and director of the Woods Hole Research Center in Massachusetts, will visit as a Montgomery Fellow in November for 11 days. Though the two Montgomery Fellows prior to Woodwell and Sax also stayed only for brief period, Executive Director of the Montgomery Endowment Barbara Gerstner said this is not a sign that Montgomery Fellows who stay for an entire term are a thing of the past. "Since the beginning of the program we've had various visits of various lengths of time," Gerstner said. The Montgomery Endowment, established in 1977 by Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth F.

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Six finalists named for Dickey Center head

By Joseph C. Scott | October 24, 1996

A search committee looking for a director for the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding has narrowed down its list of candidates to six and hopes to announce the new director by the end of the term. Former director of the Dickey Foundation, History Professor Martin Sherwin, left the College in August, 1995, to work as a history professor at Tufts University.

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Former Review editor accused

By Erin Loback | October 24, 1996

A former editor of The Dartmouth Review and current ABC News employee was recently accused of illegally taping a doctor in Maryland for a television expose and could face five years in prison if convicted. Assistant Network Producer Deborah Stone '87 is being charged, along with four other ABC employees, with illegally recording Dr. Grace Ziem for a special program on "junk science." While at Dartmouth, Stone was involved in the 1986 attack on anti-apartheid shanties, which had been erected on the Green by students. The taping incident has been reported on by the Associated Press, The New York Times and the Valley News. Ziem, who is an expert on illnesses caused by toxic chemicals, said she discovered phony patients had been sent to her, and one of her representatives said he heard Stone and ABC News Reporter John Stossel, also charged with illegal taping, say a meeting with Ziem had been recorded. Maryland is one of 12 states in which it is illegal to tape record a conversation without the permission of both parties, according to the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. According to a statement of the spokesperson for ABC News, Ziem "has filed a baseless application for criminal charges.

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IMPS encourages science focus

By Eun Lee Koh | October 24, 1996

Dartmouth's new Integrated Math and Physical Science program is enabling 46 freshmen, who are primarily interested in majoring in engineering, math or the physical sciences, to concentrate on and better understand the links between math and science. Physics and Astronomy Professor Delo Mook, who is the head of IMPS, said the program was made to help students transfer knowledge between courses. "The faculty realized that many students were having difficulty transferring what they had learned in their math courses to their physical science courses," Mook said. The program, which was initiated this fall, requires freshmen to take two science classes each term of their freshman year. The students take Math 8, 13 and 23 Fall, Winter and Spring terms respectively, according to the course syllabus.

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College's first sorority celebrates 20th anniversary

By Jess Jacob | October 24, 1996

Many male students were not ready for a sorority when the first sorority at Dartmouth, Sigma Kappa, now Sigma Delta, was created in 1976. In its first years, the sorority was harassed by obnoxious announcements broadcasted on a public address system and many men were unwilling to let the sisters join in Greek activities. Despite such adverse beginnings, the sorority has endured and celebrated its 20th anniversary last weekend. Origins of Sigma Delta The Zeta Lambda chapter of Sigma Kappa had a successful first year with women.

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Sax offers his insight into environmentalism

By Lillie Ng | October 23, 1996

Sitting back in a plush couch in the Montgomery House, Joseph Sax, one of this term's Montgomery Fellows, already seemed at ease with the Dartmouth atmosphere. "There seems to be a very strong interest in environmental issues here and that is encouraging for me," Sax said. Sax, a legal and policy consultant to the U.S.

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Director of development chosen

By Lauren Ambrose | October 23, 1996

The College has tapped Carolyn Pelzel, Harvard University's senior development officer, to be the College's new director of development. Pelzel, the associate director of development and director of external relations at Harvard, will assume her position at Dartmouth on Jan.

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