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Area hotels register full houses for '97 graduation

By Elysa Jacobs | October 14, 1996

Seniors who haven't made arrangements for their relatives visiting Hanover on Commencement weekend better get cracking or they will find themselves with a couple extra roommates on hand for the occasion. Some hotels, motels and bed and breakfasts in the area are already booked solid for the Class of 2000 graduation. Hotels in Norwich, White River Junction, Queechee, Lyme and Hanover itself are already booked solid for the weekend of June 8 this year. The Hanover Inn is already booked up all the way through the graduation of the Class of 2000. Hanover Inn Bellman Peter Clancy said, "It is usually required that freshmen make reservations four years in advance." The Dowd's Country Inn in Lyme, Vt., is fully booked for the graduation this June. Jennifer Engle, a receptionist at the inn, said "I know a lot of the country inns are fully booked in the area.

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Michigan will not release list of nominees

By Jacqueline Rose | October 14, 1996

A temporary restraining order will prevent the University of Michigan from releasing its shortlist of nominations for university president, which was scheduled to be publicized today. The Detroit Free Press reported that College Provost Lee Bollinger is on the list of nominees, although university officials refuse to validate the rumor. A temporary restraining order was imposed on Friday compelling the university to temporarily abandon the search because of complaints the rules guiding the next stage of the search are not in compliance with the university's open meetings act, Vice President of Media Relations William Harrison said in a telephone interview from Ann Arbor, Mich. Since the spring, the presidential search committee has accumulated a list of 300 nominees for president.

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Kissling speaks on reproductive choice

By Nataly Gutshtein | October 14, 1996

The president of a Catholic abortion-rights group said the Catholic Church's opposition to abortion is a reflection of its long-standing fear and hostility towards women and sexuality in a speech Friday night. Frances Kissling, who has led the Washington D.C.-based group Catholics for Choice since 1982, presented her views in a speech titled "Lost in the Pelvic Zone -- Roman Catholic Opposition to Reproductive Choice." The speech was part of a weekend-long seminar on "Choosing Choice: Perspectives on Reproductive Freedom." Kissling, who spoke for an hour to a group of about 20 people in Dartmouth Hall, said the current papacy's thinking is a throwback to the thinking of the 5th century, when at the forefront of Catholic teaching were views such as the sinfulness of pleasure and the denial of one's body as a necessity for having a good soul. "What we're talking about is the Church's distrust of the capacity of women to make good decisions," Kissling said.

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Search for Latino Studies professor unsuccessful

By Michelle Gregg | October 11, 1996

The Latino Studies courses planned for this year will go untaught because the Latin American and Caribbean Studies department has not yet found someone to teach them. "When we decided to add the four Latino courses to the curriculum two years ago, we hired Brenda Bright to do that for two years," Associate Dean of the Social Sciences George Wolford said.

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Michigan to announce presidential nominees

By Jacqueline Rose | October 11, 1996

The University of Michigan will confirm or deny the rumors circulating that College Provost Lee Bollinger has received a nomination for the position of university president when it releases its short list of nominees for president of the university on Monday. In a telephone interview from Ann Arbor, Michigan, Vice President of University Relations Walter Harrison said although he has not seen the long nominee list of 300, he would be surprised if Bollinger were not included.

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College forms affinity housing committee

By Erin Loback | October 11, 1996

Dean of the College Lee Pelton has established an advisory committee on affinity housing and the committee will hold its first meeting later this term. Dean of the College Lee Pelton said the committee will be "composed of the faculty who are in those academic programs connected with the academic affinity houses." He said it is not a "committee that will issue a report or take action," but rather one that will meet only once or twice a term to discuss issues concerning affinity housing. One of the first issues Pelton said he would like the committee to discuss is whether the College should regularize the way affinity houses operate. He said all houses currently differ on many issues such as residence requirements. Some houses only allow students to reside in the house for a certain amount of time, Pelton said. "In some ways this makes a lot of sense to me," he said.

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Kessler condemns tobacco industry

By Jess Jacob | October 11, 1996

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner David Kessler last night held Joe Camel up as an example when he condemned the tobacco industry for deliberately directing cigarette advertisements toward youth markets. In his speech, titled, "Tobacco Policy and Children," Kessler told a crowd that filled Cook Auditorium that an FDA investigation found tobacco industries appeal to young people by using cartoon characters and other images to promote their products. "Children are bombarded by whimsical images of Joe Camel," he said. Kessler said R.J.

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Climber follows his dream up the 'Tower'

By Jake Elberg | October 10, 1996

With breathtaking pictures on the screen behind him, world-renowned climber Todd Skinner spoke to more than 250 students at the Cook Auditorium last night. A dream he said began 10 years ago, led Skinner, along with three others, to climb the East Face of the Nameless Tower in the Himalayas.

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Freedman heads out on the highway

By Jess Jacob | October 10, 1996

College President James Freedman's traveling shoes may be wearing thin, but his off-campus itinerary remains long and diverse. From addressing the alumni club of Iowa to opening a business program in Hanoi, in addition to his work on campus, Freedman is on call for Dartmouth around the country and overseas. But Freedman remains dedicated to his office-related tasks while on the road.

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Students: Kemp impressive in debate

By David Kung | October 10, 1996

Students watching the vice-presidential debate last night were impressed by the performance of Republican candidate Jack Kemp but rated the debate as a draw overall. About 25 members of the Conservative Union at Dartmouth and Young Democrats gathered together in the Hyphen last night to watch Kemp and Democratic candidate Al Gore swap comments and rebuttals. An atmosphere of almost funereal silence was observed during the hour-and-a-half screening of the only vice-presidential debate. Young Democrats President Brian Reilly '99 said the debate was well presented but was a hopeless cause for the Republicans. Reilly said he "would bet money" on the Republicans losing in November. "I thought on Kemp's side it was very well packaged but mostly empty," Reilly said. Reilly said Gore seemed "a bit too stiff and choppy but had more substance." Reilly said both sides put themselves in a good position for running for president in the year 2000.

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Students ponder 'Foodhenge:' ancient mystery or modern marker?

By Jodi Priselac | October 10, 1996

Tour guides for the College will have a new stop on their itinerary this year, the four newly erected brick pillars standing in front of Thayer Dining Hall. A verifiable "Foodhenge," the new addition has crowds wondering. While several students commented on the practical uses of the pillars, such as bike supports and brick depositories, many explored their possible cosmic dimensions. "I say aliens put them there," Rolando Lopez '00 said. Vince Cannon '99 explained the pillars served as a "guide for space aliens into Full Fare, or whatever it is called now, where they can get all the chicken they can eat." Jason Gracilieri '99 said, "it is like one of those things in "Ghostbusters" for channelling ghost energy." Students pondered that perhaps the posts could mark an ancient landmark. "Maybe it's an ancient sacrifice spot where that new door to Robinson is the mouth of some strange pseudo-Mayan god and the pillars are braziers for burning incense," Noah Phillips '00 said. Alex Magleby '00 agreed with that assessment, adding "these are the foundations for a virgin sacrifice balcony." Randy Rutherford '99 explained, "if there were five of them, it would be for some satanic ritual." The placement of the pillars, forming a square outlined by a foot-wide brick inlay, did not go unnoticed by students. Doug White '97 explained, "there is the Bermuda Triangle ... and now we have the Dartmouth Square," he said. Many students saw the pillars as possible shrines to Dartmouth tradition. Freshman Curran Stockwell hypothesized, "I think they are for a really big pong table." The College is "going to mount sculptures of Jimmy O., Dean Pelton, and Mr. Wheelock on them," Spencer Jones '00 said. Larelin Cartaya '97 suggested the podiums could support a statue of the Cat in the Hat. One of the most common hypotheses behind the structures saw the square 'arena' as some sort of new athletic facility. Robert Rees '97 said the distance between the mystery objects "would be a perfect professional wrestling ring ... I can just see someone climbing up on there for a body slam." Bethany Crenshaw '99 envisions "a big boxball court, you know, you used to play that in elementary school." "At some point, they [the College] are going to get the Editor-in-Chief of the Dartmouth Review and James O.

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Class councils set agendas

By Jake Elberg | October 10, 1996

After electing 38 members to its class council, the freshman class is looking forward to setting its agenda for the year, while upperclass councils already have a full schedule. Freshman Council Freshman class council officers will be elected next Wednesday, and "once the elections take place, the students will take charge of their own council and then it will begin to take on its own character," said Jessica Roberts '97, the First Year Office intern, who will supervise the class council's first meetings. The main activities for the council during Fall term will be organizing the bonfire and freshman sweep. "They need to make sure the bonfire lights, burns and they avoid disaster," Roberts said. As far as long-term goals, the council may look to the '99 council as a model, Roberts said. "They would like to distinguish themselves the way the '99 Council has through their amazing [attendance] numbers," she said. "It appears the [class council] may have a chance to accomplish that goal as more than 70 students attended the first meeting last Wednesday and they all seemed pretty excited about making their mark on Dartmouth," Roberts said. Casey Sixkiller '00, a new representative from North Massachusetts Hall, said his main goal for the council is to, "bring the class together and get to know who each other are." South Massachusetts Hall's new representative Rebecca Udler '00, said through the Council she hopes "to meet a lot of people and become active in the school." 1999 Class Council The 1999 Class Council has distinguished itself over the past year through both the activities it has planned and the sheer number of its members, Roberts said. While most councils have less than 10 members, the 1999 council has more than 50 members, sophomore Class President Rex Morey said. This year the council is planning a fall leadership conference at which at least 50 student leaders are expected to attend, Morey said. The conference, which will take place the last weekend October, at Pierce's Inn in Etna is "to teach the leadership of Dartmouth how to work together as well as teach them leadership skills," he said.

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Assembly resolves to halt truancy

By Erik Tanouye | October 9, 1996

The Student Assembly last night unanimously passed a resolution that amended its constitution to include a new attendance policy. The resolution allows members three absences before the Assembly takes action.

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College deans discuss student services

By Beth Duncan | October 9, 1996

After a three days of discussion about campus social issues like diversity, the Academic and Student Services Officers Network conference ended yesterday on an inclusive note. The College hosted this year's conference, which enabled representatives from some of the nation's top schools to share successes, failures and different approaches to solving problems that have arisen in their communities. Dean of the College Lee Pelton said, in an interview with The Dartmouth, he wanted to highlight the importance of moving away from the specialization of programs and groups within the college community as the focus of his keynote speech at the welcoming dinner on Sunday. "My worries are that our institutions are becoming too specialized," Pelton said. Pelton said he wants to see a movement toward programming that applies a broader notion of diversity -- "issues that are not simply related to curriculum" nor to extracurricular groups. John Pryor, Dartmouth's coordinator of evaluation and research and Dartmouth Medical School Research Professor, said Pelton's opening speech "set the tone for the rest of the conference". Pryor said, "People kept referring back to and building upon" the themes that Pelton addressed in his speech. The officers at the conference discussed "the issue of diversity and ways to grapple with it and define it," Pryor said. He said some discussions at the conference focused on Pelton's idea of creating programs that are more inclusive. Pryor said the College already has an example of such a program.

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Koop criticizes doctors for being impersonal

By Sarah Gerry | October 9, 1996

Former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop decried the doctor-patient relationship in the age of managed care and called for a "revitalization of physician professionalism" in a speech yesterday afternoon. "The once proud and dramatic Hippocratic oath is being abandoned," Koop told approximately 40 students, faculty and guests in Brace Commons at the supercluster's first programming event. Koop expressed concern over the limited amount of time that patients are able to spend with physicians and the difficulty they may experience in choosing their physicians when confronted with health management organizations. Koop said, "Only one of 52 patients ever gets to tell his story to his physician," and called for physicians to listen better, talk slowly and to realize in many cases, "patients are simply not emotionally equipped to deal with what doctors have to say." Koop also said the intrusion of lawyers and business interests into doctor patient relationships and meetings is detrimental, explaining his visits with patients are "crowded with people I wouldn't want to have there, and I'm sure my patient wouldn't want to have either." But some patients prefer HMOs, Koop said.

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Will to Excel fundraising effort ends

By Erin Loback | October 8, 1996

The Will to Excel capital campaign ended last night having exceeded its goal by more than $30 million. The five-year campaign raised money to increase endowments for facilities and student and academic programs. The campaign hit its $500 million goal in June, according to Stan Colla, vice president of development and alumni relations. The original goal for the campaign, $425 million, was increased to $500 million in October, 1994. Director of Development Publications Jack DeGange said yesterday the final amount raised will not be released until Friday, once all contributions have been processed. He said more specific details about the campaign will not be available until next week. DeGange told The Dartmouth last month the goal had already been exceeded by six percent, with $530,033,275 raised to that point. Although the campaign officially ended yesterday at 5 p.m., Colla said he expected last-minute faxes from around the country last night pledging donations to the campaign. "People were working busily dealing with last-minute calls," Colla said.

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