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CFSC redefines its purpose

By Erik Tanouye | April 11, 1996

The Coed Fraternity Sorority Council voted unanimously to adopt a revised purpose statement, in addition to outlining plans for a new advisory committee, at its meeting Tuesday. The new purpose statement demonstrates the council's growing ability to work together as a unit, according to CFSC President Martin Dengler '97. "It's a big step because of how it came into being," Dengler said of the revised statement, noting the significance of the unanimous vote. The statement calls for the CFSC to be a group "that unites the leaders of Dartmouth's CFS system into a proactive and, if necessary, reactive body." The statement concludes, "the Council shall work to promote respect for all members of our Greek system and the Dartmouth community as a whole; the presidents sitting on the Council shall honestly commit themselves to this purpose in order to earn the respect of Dartmouth's students, administration and faculty, and of the Hanover community." The CFSC also voted in favor of setting up an advisory committee which would be separate from the current Coed Fraternity Sorority Judicial Committee. The advisory committee, according to Dengler, will provide a forum for problems to be dealt with in a confidential manner within the Greek system. "It's not antagonistic or a review board," Dengler said of the advisory committee, which is tentatively planned to include two fraternity presidents, two sorority presidents and the president of a coed fraternity. "Basically, its idea is to regulate activity within the houses of the Greek system," said Joanna Whitley '97, president of the Kappa Delta Epsilon sorority. Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority president Cai Boldt '97 said, "I think this is something that a lot of the houses have been interesting in doing for a while." The CFSC also discussed the possibility of a party during Green Key weekend that would involve all the Greek organizations. "If it's done well, it could be really successful and we're planning on doing it well," Whitley said.

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Earthwatch's Rosborough examines education

By Lillie Ng | April 10, 1996

Brian Rosborough, founder and chairman of Earthwatch, a nonprofit organization that sponsors scientific field research projects, urged students last night to examine the real purpose of education and to be prepared for entrepreneurial opportunities that will arise in the future as the world changes. He spoke about "Getting from here to there" to a to-capacity crowd in Room 3 of the Rockefeller Center. "The difference between you and me is that you have time to engage in service or education," he said. "I think that you will conclude by the end of my presentation that you have a front row seat on the 30 years ahead of us," he said. Rosborough said new situations emerging in the world lead to a need for new ideas.Social disorganization around the world today creates a need for extensive management as these problems arise, he said. "The complexities of life and the management of this complexity is one of the things that is the hallmark of your generation," Rosborough said. "Life is about change," Rosborough continued.

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Former Channel Tunnel manager talks to students

By Robert Isaacs | April 10, 1996

Peter Behr, former manager and consultant for the Channel Tunnel project, discussed the process of building the tunnel and his involvement in it to about 50 people last night as part of this year's senior symposium. The Channel Tunnel is an underwater tunnel linking England and France. The Channel Tunnel project, Behr said, is "an example of what can be done ... it can certainly be done better, but to have done it at all is an accomplishment." Behr's speech, held in 105 Dartmouth Hall, was titled "Linking England and France: 'The Chunnel.'" Behr, who graduated from Stanford University in 1950, worked on the Channel Tunnel project until 1990 as an employee of Bechtel Corporation, an international engineering and construction company.

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Aspirants to Assembly helm meet on common ground

By David Pichler | April 10, 1996

Attempting to distinguish themselves from the seemingly infinite pool of Student Assembly presidential and vice presidential candidates, eight of the nine students running for the two positions presented their visions for the Assembly at last night's candidate's forum. About 40 students attended the Green Key Society's forum in Collis Common Ground. Presidential candidates Sarah Cho '97, Jon Heavey '97, Unai Montes-Irueste '98, Scott Rowekamp '97 and Steve Salemi '97 spoke after vice presidential candidates Joan Ai '98, Bill Kartalopoulos '97 and Chris Swift '98.

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Motions lead members to quit Assembly meeting

By Erin Loback | April 10, 1996

Some Student Assembly members left last night's meeting slamming doors behind them after it ended with votes to table both an attendance resolution that removed truant assembly members, and a set of resolutions on community at Dartmouth. "We were discussing a motion supposedly to increase responsibility and effectiveness of the Assembly," Assembly member Scott Jacobs '99 said after the meeting.

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Founder forged unique path

By Lillie Ng | April 10, 1996

Brian Rosborough, founder of the environmental watchdog organization Earthwatch, never much liked investment banking. In an interview prior to last night's speech, Rosborough said he was "not very interested in the pursuit of assets." "It was more fun to give money away than to make it," he said with a chuckle. He said what interested him more was the opportunity to be of service to others, and since then he has devoted himself to this pursuit. Earthwatch offers its members opportunity to work with scientists studying life on earth in a program called EarthCorps, Rosborough said. "I started the organization when I recognized that problems were best solved by people who were willing to work with them," he said. Members, ranging in age from 15 to 85 years, volunteer their time and funds to the projects, he said. Since the organization started in 1972, it has funded more than 2,000 community service expeditions, Rosborough said.

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Launius kicks off senior symposium

By Sara Burch | April 9, 1996

NASA Chief Historian Roger Launius kicked off this year's Senior Symposium last night by telling about 80 people in Collis Common Ground that almost nothing is impossible. Someday, we may ourselves journey to the moon, he said. Launius's remarks were part of the opening ceremony for the Class of 1996 Senior Symposium, titled "They Said It Couldn't Be Done." The symposium will feature eight more speakers who have demonstrated persistence "through criticism and doubt, disturbing the equilibrium and ultimately contributing to the common good," according to the Senior Symposium Committee. "This year's symposium is an intellectual gift to the College from this year's senior class," remarked Leslie Jennings '96, a member of the symposium committee, prior to the opening remarks. If something can be conceived in our society, it can be done, Launius said last night. "When someone of importance says that something couldn't be done, it almost inevitably will be," Launius said. "Perhaps what we're doing today is paving the way for a future Columbus to set sail," he said. Because predictions about future advances have so frequently been wrong, skepticism is not always appropriate, Launius said. "It's probably not a great idea to make a lot of sweeping anecdotes about what the future will hold," he said. For example, he said, people who doubted the possibility of space travel, mass communication and the computer have all been proven wrong. Perhaps no scientific advancement was more doubted than the possibility of traveling to the moon. Science Digest printed in 1948 that "landing and moving around the moon offers so many serious problems for human beings that it may take science another 200 years to lick them," Launius said. Fifty percent of Americans in 1949 believed nothing would ever be sent to space during their lifetimes, he said. Launius said attitudes toward space travel began to change only a few years later. "In the 20th century people began to realize that we did have the potential to fly beyond the Earth's atmosphere," he said. "The rocket technology was coupled with a public relations campaign to convince individuals that it could be done," Launius said. Changes in missile technology, namely the creation of the "V2" missile in Nazi Germany, showed the public rocket travel might be possible. "Because of the V2's success, people began to talk about the capabilities inherent in this type of technology," Launius said. Launius said Wernher von Braun, the German engineer who defected to the United States after World War II, was instrumental in changing American perception of space flight. In 1952, von Braun "articulated a broad-based sweeping plan of space exploration," Launius said. A "wheel-space-station" that appeared in Collier's Magazine in the late 1950s catapulted von Braun into the spotlight, where he was a vocal advocate of space travel. Launius said space travel became a household concern for Americans in the 1960s.

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Veto '93 to leave College to pursue masters degree

By Jacqueline Rose | April 9, 1996

After spending six years at the College, four as a student and two as an administrator, Liza Veto says she is ready to move on. Veto, the coordinator of the Sexual Abuse Awareness Program, and a member of the class of 1993 will be leaving the College in July to pursue a masters in social work.

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Faculty talk addresses rush process

By Erin Loback | April 9, 1996

In the first of a series of faculty talks, Dean of Residential Life Mary Turco led a discussion last night at Epsilon Kappa Theta sorority along with Religion Professor Amy Hollywood about exclusion in the sorority rush process. About 25 women attended the discussion, which was sponsored by the Panhellenic Council, the governing body of the College's six sororities. Turco said she has had many women approach her "in devastation," because they felt "social exclusion by a group they so much wanted to be a part of," when they were not extended a bid by the house they had hoped to join. She said other than victims of assault or students who had suffered family tragedies, some of the most upset students she has dealt with have been women who had just gone through the sorority rush process. "The ethical dilemma of the sorority system is its tremendous exclusivity because of its size," Turco said.

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Student board protests Collis proposals

By David Kung | April 9, 1996

The student-run Collis Governing Board criticized Dartmouth Dining Service's plan to change the menu at Collis Cafe in a letter last week to Director of Dining Services Pete Napolitano. Last term, Napolitano suggested changing the menu at Collis to reflect the dining area's reputation as a meeting and gathering place and to make up for losses in sales. Napolitano told The Dartmouth last term that suggested changes included an expansion of the bakery program and the gourmet coffee line and the addition of fresh squeezed juices. After conducting a student survey over BlitzMail last term, the Collis governing board, an eight-member student board created to represent the interests of those who use Collis as a student center, released a letter criticizing the suggestions. "Based on the student survey conducted last term, the Collis Governing Board strongly recommends that Dartmouth Dining Services reconsider any planned changes to the Collis Cafe," the letter states. Chris Swift '98, a member of the governing board, said the letter was composed primarily because Napolitano had "not made any changes to his plans or started a dialogue with the students." The board wanted Napolitano to hear students' voices, said Ruth Morgan '96, a board member. DDS sponsored several "round table" discussions during Winter term, in order to give students a chance to voice their opinions about proposed changes in campus dining. "Even though they've had the 'round table' discussions and have met with the Student Assembly, we didn't want a change to be made without the students," Morgan said. Although Napolitano acknowledged that the decision to change the cafe stems from financial considerations, he said he is very interested in what students want. "The Collis menu that currently exists has been in existence for over a decade," he said.

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Assembly candidates prepare for elections

By Erin Loback | April 8, 1996

With the elections eight days away and the Green Key candidate forum tomorrow night, Student Assembly presidential and vice presidential candidates are busy discussing the ideas and issues with their fellow students. The presidential campaigns are emphasizing campus diversity and community while the vice presidential candidates are discussing more tangible issues. The candidates for Assembly president are Sarah Cho '97, Jon Heavey '97, Unai Montes-Irueste '98, Scott Rowekamp '97, Steve Salemi '97 and Jeremy Segal '97. Joan Ai '98, Bill Kartalopoulos '97 and Chris Swift '98 are running for vice president.

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Biology professor Langford to appear in PBS program

By Neeta Raghavan | April 8, 1996

Biology Professor George Langford will appear in a Public Broadcasting Station program about minority scientists, titled "BreakThrough: The Changing Face of Science In America." The three-part program will air today and on April 15 and April 22, from 9 to 11 p.m. Langford and two other minority cell biologists, University of California at San Francisco Professor Wilfred Denetclaw, Jr.

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Students receive grants to study environment

By Carolyn Abruzzo | April 8, 1996

The College has awarded Matt Fantle '97, David Leone '96 and Joshua Mooney '98 more than $1,000 in Mellon grants to study environmental change. Fantle, Leone and Mooney will research ecosystems in Vermont, the Himalayan mountains and the desert Southwest, respectively. Environmental Studies Chair Ross Virginia, who served on the selection committee, said grants were awarded to every student who applied this term.

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Students seeking a new mascot

By Charles Davant | April 8, 1996

Tired of cheering for a large color, four Dartmouth athletes are preparing a campaign to give the College a new mascot. Hank Brier '98, Peter Halas '98, Jay Lavender '97 and Matt Sechrest '97 say they take their mission very seriously; they have already met with administrators, and they say they will bring the issue before the Alumni Council and the Student Assembly later this term. "Nothing's wrong with the Big Green, we'd still have it part of the name," said Brier.

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DRA to petition for own affinity housing

By Erin Loback | April 5, 1996

Political Queers, the political arm of the Dartmouth Rainbow Alliance, is writing a proposal to obtain affinity housing as early as next fall for gay, lesbian and bisexual students and their supporters. While the group plans to submit a proposal today, Dean of Residential Life Mary Turco said it takes a lot of time to refine a housing proposal and the deadline is soon. BreeAnne Clowdus '97, one of the group's founders, said Political Queers' housing proposal, which the group is still working on, was created mainly by herself and Melanie Popper '99. The proposal calls for "reallocation of already existing residential space for gay, lesbian, bisexual and questioning students as well as straight, supporting students," Clowdus said. Clowdus said the group is requesting a floor of a residence hall that is coed by room with eight to 10 beds. Political Queers is not seeking any particular residence hall, she said. "We have a list of 11 people very interested" in living in gay affinity housing, Clowdus said.

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Media circus encircles prof

Policemen, Safety and Security officers and reporters swarmed outside the classroom of Anthropology Professor Dale Eickelman, who told a Chicago newspaper this week that he once built a bomb with the man authorities believe to be the "Unabomber" terrorist. Eickelman, escorted by two Safety and Security officers, dodged reporters on his way into the Carpenter Hall classroom last night.

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Bollinger reshuffles Office of the Provost

By Neil Desai | April 5, 1996

Since Deputy Provost Bruce Pipes left the College at the end of last term, Provost Lee Bollinger has restructured the Office of the Provost. He said he is considering a number of adjustments to his office -- including whether or not to have a faculty member become the deputy provost on a permanent basis or to instead appoint a few people to take on the responsibilities of the position. "Any time there is a departure or change it is a good time to reflect on the needs of the office and the institution," Bollinger said. Bollinger noted that Pipes was "extremely valuable, but there may not be someone like him, so you may need to do something different," he said. As part of the restructuring, Bollinger said there have been two promotions in the office.

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