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Drbohlav describes migration trends in Central Europe

By David Kung | April 5, 1996

Dr. Dusan Drbohlav, a visiting lecturer, discussed the problems inherent in political and economic changes as well as immigration and migration in Europe yesterday to an audience of approximately 30 people in 101 Fairchild. Drbohlav is visiting Dartmouth from the Czech Republic where he helps run the geography department's Foreign Study Program.

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College accepts 2,204 to Class of 2000

By Erin Loback | April 4, 1996

The admissions office mailed acceptance letters to more than 1,800 high school seniors yesterday, admitting a smaller percentage of applicants than ever before, according to Director of Admissions and Financial Aid Karl Furstenberg. Along with the 381 students accepted under the early decision plan, Dartmouth accepted 2,204 students, only 19 percent of the total number of applicants. The admissions office received 11,398 applications this year, up from 10,006 last year.

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Fowler speaks on media punditry

By Jake Molland | April 4, 1996

Director of the Rockefeller Center Linda Fowler told about 15 students last night in Sanborn House that her work during the New Hampshire primary introduced her to the "glitzy" and "ahistorical" world of media punditry. In the speech, which was sponsored by Voices, a group that sponsors speeches by faculty and students, Fowler said she is tired of being a pundit. Fowler said that during the primaries she became the "mouth" for the Dartmouth-WMUR polling survey and found herself "sucked" into the public eye. "I heard from old friends, received indecent proposals from Kentucky, Kansas," she said.

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Lascinsky named assistant dean of residential life

By Christopher Chang | April 3, 1996

Mary Lascinsky will become the College's new Assistant Dean of Residential Life at the end of this term. Lascinsky, who was previously an area director at the College, said she is looking forward to returning to Dartmouth. "Dartmouth students are fabulous, they bring a bright challenge to me," she said. Lascinsky will replace Alison Keefe, who announced in July she would leave Dartmouth to accept a position as assistant director of residential life at Salem State College in Salem, Mass. Lascinsky said she is looking forward to continuing her work with the College's residential education programs -- particularly through the implementation of Dean of the College Lee Pelton's Dartmouth Experience plan in the East Wheelock cluster. She also said one of her goals is to let students take the lead in discovering what they want and what is best for them in terms of residential life. Lascinsky said the current area directors at Dartmouth College, Chris Chambers and Chris Foley, are both superb. Lascinsky said, "I am honored, and I look forward to working with them." Beatty said Lascinsky was chosen for the position because she had significant experience, especially in the areas of diversity, sexual harassment and interaction with students at all levels. Beatty said the College invited Lascinsky to visit Dartmouth a day to speak with the search committee which consisted of Assistant Dean of the College Sylvia Langford, Assistant Dean of First-Year Students Gail Zimmerman and himself.

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Pelton discusses supercluster

By Jean Blackerby | April 3, 1996

At last night's information session about his Dartmouth Experience plan, Dean of the College Lee Pelton told a group of 25 students that the goal of the plan is to better integrate intellectual and social life at the College. The plan renovates the East Wheelock cluster and it also establishes a nearby residence that will house a faculty associate for the cluster, a cluster dean and $25,000 for programming. "We've been talking about something like this for about three years," Pelton said, adding that he has discussed his idea with faculty, students and alumni. Last summer, Pelton received the approval of the Board of Trustees to pursue the plan and find the necessary money and an appropriate site for the program.

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Hanover police arrest two more students for drug possession

By Erin Loback | April 3, 1996

Hanover police arrested two students yesterday on drug charges, bringing the total number of students arrested for drug possession this week to four, said Detective-Sergeant Frank Moran of the Hanover Police Department. Peter Navarro '98 and David Puritz '96 turned themselves into Hanover police yesterday after the police notified them that they were wanted for arrest, Moran said. On Monday, police arrested Josh Winterhalt '97 and Paul Manger '97 of Bones Gate fraternity for possession of marijuana which was recovered from their rooms during a search following a fire drill Winter Carnival weekend, the same evening of the search which recovered marijuana and LSD from Puritz's room. Navarro was charged with possession of marijuana.

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Doctors discuss 'Women in Health'

By David Kung | April 3, 1996

Five female doctors affiliated with the Dartmouth Medical Center discussed issues that confront women who administer health care with an audience of about 30 people last night. Career Services sponsored the discussion titled "Women in Health," which was held in 101 Collis. The members of the panel included Dr. Joan Barthold, an obstetrician/gynecologist; Drs.

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Assembly discusses attendance

By Erin Loback | April 3, 1996

The Student Assembly discussed the creation of an ad hoc committee on sponsorship and funding, the Academic Honor Principle and member attendance at its meeting last night. Case Dorkey '99 and Dominic LaValle '99 sponsored and introduced a resolution to create an ad hoc committee on sponsorship and funding. LaValle said the purpose of this committee would be to look at ways to responsibly decide how to allocate Assembly funds. In a discussion following the resolution proposal, Bill Kartalopoulos '97 said he thought the Assembly does not need another ad hoc committee but rather a "more detailed piece of legislation" about allocation of funds. Della Bennett '96 said allocating funds "has always been a big problem" with the Assembly and it "needs a committee to decide how to spend the money SA gets." After the Assembly passed the resolution, Rich announced the vote was unconstitutional because the constitution states the decision to create an ad hoc committee must be voted on by the executive committee.

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Students arrested for possession of drugs

By Erin Loback | April 2, 1996

Two members of Bones Gate fraternity were arrested and charged by the Hanover police yesterday afternoon for possession of marijuana, and two more students will be arrested for possession soon, said Detective-Sergeant Frank Moran of the Hanover Police Department. Hanover police arrested Josh Winterhalt '97 and Paul Manger '97, who both live on the second floor of the Bones Gate house, yesterday. Moran said police have an arrest warrant for another member of Bones Gate for possession of marijuana as well as "another narcotic substance." As of yesterday evening, that arrest warrant had not yet been served. Moran said he also has an arrest warrant for a member of Zeta Psi fraternity for possession of marijuana.

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Panhell President Russo '97 works to clarify council's role

By Sara Burch | April 2, 1996

When Jessica Russo '97 was elected president of the Panhellenic Council this winter, she was in the middle of her off-term here in Hanover after participating in a Fall term exchange program . "I can't possibly imagine being away from Dartmouth for two terms," she said, laughing. Last term, Russo, a Biology major and a Chemistry minor, was juggling an internship at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, teaching figure skating and assuming the role of running the Panhellenic council, the governing body of the College's six sororities. Having attended small East Catholic High School in Hartford, Connecticut, Russo said she was "a little afraid" about going off to college. The jazz band, choir, track, figure skating and student assembly all played a part in Russo's high school experience. Dartmouth seemed the perfect place for her, she said. Upon visiting the College, her father told her "I see you in every single person around here," Russo said, mimicking his comment. "The location was perfect and I'm more on the conservative side," she said. "Boston was too scary for me," Russo added jokingly. She has furthered her commitment to music since she has been at Dartmouth, singing for both the Glee club and the Rockapellas since her freshman year. "My time's basically split between Panhell and singing," she explained. Russo thought the Rockapellas were a distinctive choral group when she was initially auditioning. "I liked their freedom songs," she said.

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Fogelin debates the 'rational animal'

By Sara Burch | April 2, 1996

In the first of a series of three lectures on the human condition, Sherman Fairchild Professor in the Humanities and Philosophy Department Chair Robert Fogelin examined whether contradictions in our social systems render them useless. Fogelin delivered his speech titled "The Precarious Life of a Rational Animal: Why Obey the Laws of Logic?" to an audience of about 100 people in Loew Auditorium. The speech was a part of this year's Romanell-Phi Beta Kappa Professional Lecture Series. College President James Freedman kicked off the series by introducing Fogelin, who previously chaired the philosophy department at Yale University and taught philosophy at Pamona College. Fogelin has received "wide recognition for powerful work in various areas of philosophy," Freedman said.

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Professor talks on race, gender issues

By Karen Rose | April 2, 1996

University of Pennsylvania Professor Kerry Haynie explored the impact of black and women legislators on state policy in a paper he presented yesterday afternoon in Silsby Hall. The presentation was the first in a series for the term, part of the government department's "faculty colloquium." Fifteen members of the government department and two students attended the presentation titled, "Another Look at Gender, A New Look at Race: The Effects of Women and African Americans in State Legislatures." Government Professor and Director of the Rockefeller Center Linda Fowler introduced Haynie and said the effects of women and black state legislators on policy is "exceptionally interesting" because there has not been much research done on the topic. Haynie said his paper, entitled "Agenda-Setting and Legislative Success in State Legislatures: The Effects of Gender and Race" was the result of a collaborative research effort he did as part of his dissertation at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Through data he collected on the bills introduced by state legislators the lower houses of Arkansas, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey and North Carolina in 1969, 1979 and 1989, Haynie sought to answer the following question, "Does the race and gender of a legislator influence what interests are brought to the agenda, and the success of those interests?" He examined the assumption that the increased presence of blacks and women in state legislators will bring race and gender issues more to the forefront of state policy. He then outlined the theoretical basis of this argument with three main points. First, the unique life experiences of blacks and women is one factor that causes their presence to have an impact on state legislatures, he said. "There are certain issues of special concern to women, whether because of biological differences, socialization, or socioeconomic status," Haynie said.

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Students experience health care field work in Nicaragua

By Erin Loback | April 2, 1996

Eight Dartmouth undergraduates and two Dartmouth Medical School students traveled to Ocotal, Nicaragua last term to aid local people in social and health care development. Rachel Wellner '97 organized much of the project, which was sponsored by the Tucker Foundation and received many grants from on-campus resources as well as companies and individuals. Wellner first visited Ocotal, a remote village 230 kilometers north of Managua, during the summer of 1994. Many of the children in Ocotal and its surrounding communities are malnourished, Wellner said.

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Hurlin brings famed editor's life to the stage

By Steven Wilson | April 1, 1996

Recreating the career of Depression-era conservative newspaper publisher William Loeb, Dan Hurlin performed his solo piece, "NO (thing as powerful as) TRUTH" this weekend. Hurlin, a New Hampshire native and the recipient of a 1994 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Solo Performance, treated a mostly older crowd to a multimedia presentation in the Moore theater at the Hopkins Center. The performance combined events from Loeb's life as a muckraking, "print now and check the facts later" newspaper publisher with stories from his own life and references to Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane," to examine the role of the media in shaping social truth. "There is a rule in journalism which states that if anything is repeated three times it becomes true," Hurlin said three times at the climax of the show. A montage of images from the show and literary works such as Lewis Carroll's "Alice Through the Looking Glass," presented in the flickering light of a movie camera highlighted the climax of the performance. Dan Froot, composer, saxophone player and recipient of a 1991 New York Dance and Performance Award for the creation of his music/theater work "17 Kilo's of Garlic," provided the music for the performance. Hayes' lighting effects, which included printed word displays on a screen behind Hurlin and the use of Hurlin himself as a movie screen, punctuated Hurlin's message about the constructed nature of the truth in media. Hurlin's message about the media seemed to come across for Dartmouth students who attended the event. "I'm not sure if he was representing a real historical figure, but it seemed he was making a statement about the media and its influence ... especially the references to 'Citizen Kane,'" said Kyle Ancowitz '98.

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New generation of professors changes face of academe

By Jodi Priselac | April 1, 1996

A new generation of professors that includes more women and minority professors has entered the ranks of higher education in the United States, according to a Chronicle of Higher Education survey, and the College's faculty composition parallel this nationwide trend. The College's 1995-1996 Affirmative Action Plan indicates that the percentage of women and minority faculty in the Arts and Sciences at Dartmouth posted a 100 percent increase in the past 20 years. Since the College turned coeducational, the number of women and minority faculty has increased gradually.

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Reeder '96 takes the helm at DRA

By David Kung | April 1, 1996

The Dartmouth Rainbow Alliance elected Scott Reeder '96 as its new male co-chair last week after the former male co-Chair, Mario Martinus '98, announced his resignation. The DRA's female co-Chair Herlena Harris said the DRA always has a male and female co-chair.

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ORL uses questionnaire to pick students for cluster

By Jacqueline Rose | April 1, 1996

In an effort to create a diverse mix of residents in the East Wheelock supercluster in the fall, the College will not select the cluster's residents based on their current housing priority numbers. In addition to its regular housing application, ORL will provide one questionnaire which students who wish to live in the supercluster must fill out, Associate Dean of Residential Life Bud Beatty said.

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