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Career Services aids job-hunters

By Sarah Gerry | January 10, 1997

More companies are coming to Dartmouth to recruit every year, and Dartmouth seniors seem more stressed-out than ever. The number of companies recruiting Dartmouth students increased by 186 percent last year and 137 percent the year before last, Associate Director of Career Services Kathryn Hutchinson said. Hutchinson said Dartmouth is a favorite with recruiters. "Employers are really thinking through what level of candidate and what kind of school they want to do business with," she said. Seniors have discovered that looking for a job after college is a lot of work.

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Panel discusses who runs Washington

By David Horowitz | January 10, 1997

None of the four participants in yesterday's political panel discussion "Who's in Charge?" could agree on who holds power in Washington after the 1996 elections. Answers from the panelists ranged from the American people to Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott to no one. Government Professors Thomas Nichols, Catherine Shapiro, Constantine Spiliotes and Republican political Advisor Tom Rath '67 speculated about the current direction of Washington politics before 75 people in 2 Rockefeller Center. Although the panelists disagreed on who is in charge of Washington, they said whoever is at the helm will make few daring moves. Spiliotes said that with a cautious president governing from the "sensible center," a Speaker of the House "who just received a public spanking" and a narrowly elected Congress, he is concerned about a lull in creative policy making and "furtherance of the status quo." Nichols also said he expects no dramatic action from Washington, because the citizens of the United States are not looking for change. "The group in charge is the American people," Nichols said.

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College offers Asian-American studies

By David Horowitz | January 9, 1997

For the first time in its history, the College will offer Asian-American studies classes, and some students and administrators say racist graffiti discovered last winter may have contributed to the courses' adoption. Asian-American Studies I and II, being taught Winter and Spring terms by Visiting History Professor Vernon Takeshita, will examine the Asian-American experience before and after World War II.

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Internet link to become much faster

By Jess Jacob | January 9, 1997

Those who think the Internet is too slow will be happy to learn that Dartmouth is getting a new one. In November Dartmouth became a charter member of Internet Two, a collaborative effort among 76 universities, federal research and development agencies and private firms to develop a new Internet for research and education. Director of Computing Larry Levine said the new Internet will be many times faster than the existing Internet and will be dedicated solely to educational purposes. "The Internet today is very overloaded.

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Assembly to focus on finance in coming term

By Erik Tanouye | January 9, 1997

The Student Assembly will focus this term on giving students a voice in the College's financial policies, as well as expanding student input in other policies, such as the College's minimum wage and the future of the Dartmouth Plan. "Budget concerns are the top priority," Assembly President Jon Heavey '97 said.

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Hoffman brings new vision for Collis Center

By Lillie Ng | January 7, 1997

Mark Hoffman, selected unanimously last November as the new director of the Collis Student Center and Student Activities, started his new position yesterday. Hoffman replaces Tim Moore, who left the position last January to become director of the student center at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Hoffman comes to Dartmouth from Connecticut College in New London, Conn., where he was the director of student activities for six-and-a half years. Raring to go Hoffman said he wants to be a very visible campus figure and he hopes to "make Collis a place to hang out, a destination, as opposed to a place to stop and go on the way somewhere." He said he plans to meet with a variety of campus organizations, faculty and students to help him gain a perspective on the campus and the role of the fraternity and sorority system. Hoffman said he will spend the first few weeks getting to know students and staff members and becoming familiar with the campus. "I'd like to discover, to understand and to get a feel for student life at Dartmouth," Hoffman said. He said he feels that will involve "trying to get out and about as much as possible." "I think it's important to know the campus culture.

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Survey reports rise in binge drinking

By Jess Jacob | January 7, 1997

The numbers of binge drinkers and alcohol abstainers at the College has increased among freshmen according to the Core Institute survey administered to undergraduates for the sixth time last spring. The percentage of freshmen students reporting binge drinking rose from 33 percent in 1995 to 41 percent in 1996.

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Alleged art thief arraigned

By Erika Patrick | January 7, 1997

Former State Assistant Attorney General William McCallum was recently arraigned for his alleged connection with the thefts of art from the College. McCallum was arrested in July after a search of his Londonderry home turned up three works of art stolen from the College. His trial will be scheduled for sometime this summer, according to Senior Assistant Attorney General Michael Ramsdell. Upon a further search of the house, more works were also seized.

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Vandals trash old Beta house

By Erin Loback | January 6, 1997

The house at 6 Webster Avenue formerly occupied by Beta Theta Pi fraternity members was vandalized at the end of Fall term, causing damage in excess of $15,000.

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Hachtel '96 killed in car crash

By Erik Tanouye | January 6, 1997

Heidi Hachtel '96, a 22-year-old student at the Thayer School of Engineering, and her father were killed December 20 when their car was struck in a head-on collision in Washington state. Hachtel and her father, Stephen Hachtel, 47, died at the scene, according to the Seattle Times.

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DDS to install kiosk providing nutritional information in Thayer

By David Kung | November 27, 1996

Health-conscious students will soon, with the push of a button, be able to get the nutritional information about the meal they just ate at Thayer Dining Hall. The changes Dartmouth Dining Services plans to implement next term include a nutritional information kiosk in Thayer Dining Hall and delivery services to the East Wheelock supercluster. DDS Director Pete Napolitano said DDS will basically continue with its same venue through the academic year. "We prefer to do changes in the fall," he said.

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