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Students protest 'Singled Out' event

By Neil Desai | January 29, 1996

A group of students protested Dartmouth's rendition of MTV's dating game "Singled Out" on Friday night because they felt it was racist, sexist and heterosexist. The event, sponsored by the 1997 Class Council and held in front of a near-capacity crowd in Brace Commons, featured single male and female contestants who were out to win a date. In the dating game, contestants ask a group of people about their likes, dislikes and personal features in order to shrink the pool of potential dates.

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Telethon raises record amount

By Erin Loback | January 29, 1996

This year's Alumni Telethon, which ended Thursday night, raised $518,246 -- making it the most successful telethon in the event's 20-year history. The nine-day event also set records for the greatest number of student volunteers and the greatest number of pledges. More than 500 students volunteered their time to call alumni from phones set up in the top of the Hopkins Center for the Performing Arts.

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Freshman Office changes to First-Year

By Amy Yamner | January 26, 1996

Starting this term, freshmen in need of guidance will go to the Dean of First-Year Students' Office rather than the Dean of Freshmen's Office. Peter Goldsmith, dean of first-year students, said he made the change after discussion with the faculty and administrators over the past few years. Goldsmith has been anticipating the change for some time and he printed business cards more than a year ago with the new title. There is no difference in the office's responsibilities, only in its title, he said. "It is about how I want the office to be referred to, no more or less than that," Goldsmith said. Goldsmith discussed effect of language on our every day habits. He said he feels women do not necessarily mind the term "freshman," but that it is sometimes important to think about how words function subconsciously in everyday life. "To me," Goldsmith said, "the word 'freshman' suggests that the people who naturally fall into the category are men and that women fit in as an after thought." The change in nomenclature demonstrates the College's commitment to gender-neutral terms, Director of the Women's Resource Center Giavanna Munafo wrote in an electronic-mail message. This change "reflects the institutions' commitment to using gender-neutral language whenever possible so that women are not directly or indirectly excluded from any programs, ideas or initiatives," she wrote. "It makes official a change that has been taking place over time." Dean of the College Lee Pelton said he saw the "title change as something inevitable and evolutionary" and noted that it fits with other changes, such as renaming the freshman trips program the Dartmouth Outing Club trips.

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Ski patrol protects students on slopes

By Sara Burch | January 26, 1996

A new and improved ski patrol has been protecting the lives of skiers up and down the slopes of the Dartmouth Skiway. One patroller, Carrie Kuss '96, cited an amusing incident where she was told by a knee-injury patient that the patrol was "just like Baywatch but on skis." Matt Fulton '96, director of the ski patrol, has worked to revamp the patrol by instituting new training programs and motivating freshmen to join. The patrol provides first aid coverage for various events both during the ski season and in the off season and operates "under the auspices" of the Dartmouth Outing Club, Fulton said. "We're responsible for checking slopes to make sure they're safe and that we could evacuate skiers with ropes if the chair lifts broke down," Fulton said. "There have been noticeable changes in the program.

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Hillary Clinton speaks at school in Lebanon

By Jeffrey Beyer | January 26, 1996

LEBANON -- Leaving behind the Whitewater affair and presidential campaigning, First Lady Hillary Clinton spent yesterday afternoon with about 30 local girl scouts at Lebanon Junior High School. Clinton, who was once a girl scout herself, spoke to Swiftwater Girl Scout Troops 456 and 659 of Lebanon in the school library for about an hour before departing in her motorcade. She spoke about her experiences as first lady, White House family life, her role models and the importance of reading. Her only reference to the re-election campaign of her husband, President Bill Clinton, was a joke about his driving skills. "Anyone who knows how my husband drives," she said, "will know one of the reasons to re-elect Bill Clinton to public office is so other people can keep driving him around, to keep the roads safer," she joked. She did not take questions from the media, though when one reporter asked her if she was nervous about her upcoming appearance before a grand jury, the first lady simply smiled and answered, "no." Clinton was subpoenaed by Whitewater independent counsel Kenneth Starr to testify before a grand jury investigating the Whitewater affair earlier this week, and she is scheduled to appear before the grand jury in Washington D.C.

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Pelton names new CCAOD chair

By Arvidas Remeza | January 26, 1996

In an attempt to address alcohol and drug use on campus, Dean of the College Lee Pelton appointed Associate College Counsel Sean Gorman '76 chair of the reconstituted College Committee on Alcohol and Other Drugs. Health Service Program Evaluator John Pryor '84 was appointed to "review the effectiveness of our alcohol related education programs," Pelton wrote in a memo dated Jan.

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Student confesses to racist scrawling

By Charles Davant | January 26, 1996

An unidentified male undergraduate has confessed to scrawling racist slurs on the message board and door of a room occupied by two Asian-American students living in the Choate dormitories, Safety and Security said yesterday. The student, who reportedly wrote words like "chink" and "bastard" on the door earlier this month, lives in the same wing of Little Hall as the victims, College Proctor Bob McEwen said. Last week the victims, Michael Yoo '98 and Jon Jun '98, moved to the Lodge because of the incident. Jun said the perpetrator sent a formal apology to his roommate and himself that "basically said, 'I beg of you not to go to the papers about me'" and "he was drunk" at the time. Although angry about the incident, Jun said he does not hold a grudge against the vandal and said, "I'm not out to get him." Jun said he has drafted a letter regarding the incident and today will send it to both the perpetrator and to Lisa Thum, dean of the Class of 1998. McEwen said Hanover Police will have the prerogative to charge the student.

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Westpfahl '96, Johnson '97 talk about conference

By Lillie Ng | January 25, 1996

Both of the Dartmouth students who participated in the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women last term agreed that the conference was "incredible." Amy Westpfahl '96 and Miranda Johnson '97 attended the UN conference titled, "The World as Seen Through Women's Eyes," which was a forum of Non-Government Organizations held during late August and early September last year in the suburbs of Beijing. "The power and vitality of the women at the conference was incredible," Johnson said.

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Dartmouth debate pair finish fifth

By Charles Davant | January 25, 1996

Dartmouth's top pair of debaters finished fifth in a competition with the seven best teams in the country at the Hanover Inn last weekend. Andre Hylton '96 and Marc Wilson '96 lost four of their six matches in the round-robin competition.

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Panelists speak about Beijing

By David Kung | January 25, 1996

Despite mud, rain and a late panelist, the "Bringing Beijing Home" panel discussion took place last night, presenting an inside look at the events of the fourth United Nations Conference on Women held last summer in Beijing. Panelists described the Platform for Action, drafted at the conference, as both a practical solution to women's problems and a global document to more than 70 people in Dartmouth Hall. The Platform for Action is a 160-page comprehensive document detailing the obstacles to women's advancement and the progress that must be made in various areas of the world. History Professor Marysa Navarro moderated the panel discussion, which was assembled by the Dartmouth World Affairs Council. Navarro began by commenting "people heard less about the conference in Beijing than they should have." Navarro then stressed the importance of the Platform for Action drafted by the people who participated in the conference. "It's an important document," she said.

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Mankiller talks about Native American future

By Jean Blackerby | January 24, 1996

Montgomery Fellow Wilma Mankiller, former president of the Cherokee Nation, told a crowd of about 300 she thinks Native Americans will improve their lot in the next century. "We will enter the 21st century more on our own terms than we have entered any other century," Mankiller said last night in Cook Auditorium. Although she said reservations are rife with welfare dependency, poverty, alcoholism and lack of opportunity, she is not without hope. Native Americans' reluctance to abandon their traditional languages and customs will enable them to preserve their identity in the future, she said. "One of the most precious things that we have today as a people ... is a sense of interdependence and a sense of community," she said. Mankiller said she is hopeful, in part, because Native Americans have begun to trust their own unique thinking. College President James Freedman, who introduced Mankiller, said the Montgomery Fellowship has provided for a number of other distinguished guests to visit the College, such as Phillip Roth and Toni Morrison. The fellowship was established by Kenneth Montgomery '25, who passed away last week. Freedman said Montgomery was "pleased to know before his death that Wilma Mankiller was this term's Montgomery Fellow." After the speech, Native American Program Director Mike Hanitchak presented Mankiller with a pendant representing the 5-pointed Cherokee star and Dartmouth's lone pine symbol. In her speech, Mankiller also described the history of the Native American peoples since the arrival of Columbus. She said few people realize tribal governments, such as the League of the Iroquois, had existed for thousands of years before the advent of European colonization. After the arrival of Europeans in the New World, what Mankiller referred to as the "war era" began.

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Students toil hard to bring in money

By Erin Loback | January 24, 1996

Each nigh this week, nearly 50 students have convened around a large table at the Top of the Hop to call former Dartmouth students to raise money for the nine-day annual Alumni Telethon, today in its eighth day. Senior Intern of the telethon Charlie French '96 said money from the Alumni Fund, which the telethon benefits, goes towards professors' salaries, financial aid, the athletic endowment, the Dartmouth Outing Club, Foreign Study Programs and other campus organizations. According to Assistant Director of the Alumni Fund Joe Whitworth, the full Dartmouth tuition covers only about half the actual annual cost per student. Whitworth said, "Almost everything that goes on here is Alumni Fund supported." French said callers had raised more money in the first five days of the telethon than in any other year. "The '94 Alumni Telethon set the record for all nine days; we are on the course to beat them," French said. After seven days, 413 callers, raising $436,786.08, had volunteered, said Adam Medros, member of the Greencorps.

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Students respond to ORL report

By Neil Desai | January 24, 1996

Students have mixed reactions to the proposals in the Report to the Community on the Future Housing Needs of Dartmouth College, released last week by the Office of Residential Life. While some like the prospect of having a new residence hall, others are concerned about prohibiting sophomores from living in Greek houses. Associate Dean of Residential Life Bud Beatty and Dean of Residential Life Mary Turco prepared the report last term and recommended the College construct a new 125 to 225-bed residence hall. The report also proposed that both freshmen and sophomores be required to live in on-campus housing, and that the 331 beds that exist in privately-owned coed and fraternity houses should no longer be considered part of the College's on-campus housing accommodations. Addressing seniors' tendencies to venture off campus, the report recommends the College decompress some of its rooms to improve the standard of living in residence halls. Building new dorms Greg Tufaro '97 said he supports the College's plans to build a new residence hall in light of its recent housing crunch. In the spring of 1994, 400 students were on the waitlist for on-campus housing.

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Administrators have lives and hobbies too

By James M> Hunnicutt | January 24, 1996

Shaking hands with Bill Clinton, holding candlelight vigils on the Green, haranguing dipsomaniacal students -- the job of a College administrator is never done. Although many students may find it inconceivable, when deans and directors go home after a hard day of spending students' tuition money, they actually lead relatively normal lives. Dean of the College Lee Pelton said he has been running a lot lately because he is training for the Boston Marathon, scheduled for April 15.

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Freedman's book hits the bookstores

By Cindy H. Jwo | January 24, 1996

President of the College James Freedman's new book of essays, "Idealism and Liberal Education," is now on the bookshelves at The Dartmouth Bookstore. The book, much of which Freedman wrote during his sabbatical last year, is an autobiography of Freedman's intellectual career in the world of higher education. The book consists of a collection of essays which are grouped into three sections: Life and Letters, Content and Character in Liberal Education and Models for Shaping a Life. Domenic Calaiacomo, a Dartmouth Bookstore manager, said the book is selling well.

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Black faculty connect on Internet

By Jeffrey Giuffrida | January 24, 1996

Disheartened by the lack of black faculty in the University of California at Berkeley's College of Engineering, a group of black graduate engineering and science students at the university is attempting to remedy the problem by creating an on-line directory of black doctoral candidates and recipients in the sciences. The directory, titled "The Future Black Faculty Database: A Registry of Tomorrow's Teachers," is intended to increase the number of minorities in academia by making their presence known to colleges and universities -- the people who do the hiring, said Robert Stanard, treasurer of Berkeley's Black Graduate Engineering and Science Students association. "We wanted to develop a database of Ph.D.

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Kuypers keeps Speech alive

By Heather Bell | January 24, 1996

When asked about the challenges his job presents, Speech Professor James Kuypers responded that the only drawback to his job is that it is a little lonely -- after all, he essentially is the Office of Speech, Dartmouth's smallest department. "I don't have colleagues that engage in the same type of work I engage in," Kuypers said.

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