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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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Panhell opts to start new sorority

By Jacqueline Rose | April 1, 1996

At the Panhellenic Council's meeting today, members will begin making plans to promote another sorority, Panhell President Jess Russo '97 said. At its first meeting of the term on Thursday the Panhellenic Council voted down the rush proposal formed last term and decided instead to focus on the formation of a new sorority, said Russo, who is a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. The rush proposal combined elements of the traditional rush process with a random lottery system. Russo said the vote reflected Panhell's belief that the formation of a new sorority was of greater importance than changing the rush process. "The vote decided what needed to be done, not whether the proposal was good or bad," Russo said.

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Students support new billing plan

By Jacqueline Rose | April 1, 1996

While some students feel a new billing system that divides student expenses into two separate bills unnecessarily complicates the billing process, most students are supportive of the changes which the College hopes to implement by Fall term. Under the new system, the College will send parents a bill that includes "cost of attendance charges" including tuition and room and board and the College will send to students' Hinman boxes a separate bill for miscellaneous expenses such as fines and College ID charges.

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College rules out speech code

By Erin Loback | April 1, 1996

While students proposing a hate speech code in response to recent incidents of hate crime on campus have made little progress, the student effort to create a mandatory class on tolerance and diversity has prompted new ideas for multicultural training. Reactions to recent hate crime incidents, students circulated two petitions at the town meeting on Feb.

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Assembly discusses spring agenda

By Erin Loback | March 29, 1996

In last night's informal first meeting of Spring term, the Student Assembly elected Robin Nunn '99 as its new secretary and discussed its agenda for the term. Nunn, who ran for the position unchallenged, said she was "willing to take on the responsibility" of being Assembly secretary and "really excited about it." Nunn will replace Jim Horowitz '98, who is not on campus this term. Nunn, the Assembly cluster representative for Topliff and New Hampshire residence halls, was elected secretary of the Ivy Council last term. At the meeting, committee heads discussed their plans for the term. Laura Bennett '96, vice president of administration and faculty relations, said her committee is evaluating ways to improve the Academic Honor Principle and comparing Dartmouth's Committee on Standards to similar organizations at other Ivy League colleges. She also said her committee is trying to persuade the admissions and financial aid committee to allow students to be members and have a vote on the committee. Della Bennett '96, vice president of student life, said her committee is meeting with the Committee on Environmental Policies for College Operations soon to discuss conservation and environmental issues on campus. She also said her committee is trying to get intra-campus phones installed on the first floor of each residence hall. Vice President of Academic Affairs Dominic LaValle '99 said the on-line course guide, unveiled by the Assembly last term, should be completed in five to six weeks. LaValle also said he received permission from the economics department to make a presentation regarding offering the Non-Recording Option on more economics courses. The Assembly's newsletter came out on Tuesday, and Vice President of Communications Jonah Sonnenborn '99 said the Assembly would like to publish another one this term and to establish a weekly Assembly bulletin. Sonnenborn also said the Assembly plans to continue its study of the freshman advising system . Swift said the committee is still working with Education Professor Andrew Garrod to produce a survey for faculty and students about the advising system. Student Assembly President Jim Rich '96 said the Assembly will work with administrators on the new proposal of the Dartcard Program, which would establish a declining balance account on College Identification cards. Rich said the Assembly will give feedback to administrators as well as help inform students about the Dartcard. The Assembly will have a Parliamentarian by next Tuesday's meeting after lacking an official one throughout Winter term, Rich said. Rich said the Assembly will try to organize two town meetings this term, hopefully before the Assembly elections on April 16 and 17 because they would serve as a "good forum for the candidates to speak." Sonnenborn said the Assembly plans to address Dean of the College Lee Pelton's new supercluster in the East Wheelock residence halls, since it is a "touchy subject" among students.

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Abaris may become eighth senior society

By Charles Davant | March 29, 1996

An anonymous group of more than 30 seniors announced yesterday that they have formed another coeducational senior society. The Abaris senior society, named after an ancient Greek mystic, will become the College's eighth senior society if it is recognized by the Office of Residential life.

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Conference on capitalism begins

By Lillie Ng | March 29, 1996

Richard Sklar, professor emeritus of political science at the University of California at Los Angeles kicked off a three-day conference on International Capitalism and the Future of Development last night when he spoke about "Postimperialism: Concepts and Implications." The conference includes 14 presentations from scholars from around the country concerning the concept of postimperialism, said Government Professor David Becker, who organized the conference. Becker said postimperialism examines the effect of international capitalism on the world. The conference will cover postimperialism in many areas of the world including Latin America, Africa, North Africa and Europe, he said. Increasingly, issues of development and change in every aspect of international political economy must be understood in the light of the form of an emerging international capital class, Becker said. "The most visible evidence of the existence of such a class is the tremendous growth of multinational corporations in numbers, size and countries of origination," Becker said.

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Wall speaks on Mid East peace

By Michelle Gregg | March 29, 1996

Harry Wall, director of the Jerusalem Chapter of the Anti Defamation League, spoke to about 40 students and community members last night about the future of the Middle East peace process. In addition to discussing the future of the peace process , Wall spoke about the effects of terrorism and the implications of the upcoming elections in Israel in shaping the peace process. Israelis and Palestinians began taking initial steps toward peace 30 months ago in Oslo, and Wall said the results have benefited both parties. "The peace process legitimizes all of the Palestinian's aspirations," he said.

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Borovoi describes communist agenda

By David Kung | March 29, 1996

Konstantin Borovoi, a member of the Russian Parliament and chairman of the Economic Freedom party, described economic hardship and the communist agenda yesterday to about 80 people at the Tuck School of Business Administration. Borovoi began his discussion by describing a recent vote by the communist party in the Russian Parliament. "They voted for a law to reconstruct the former Soviet Union," he said.

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Class sends students back to high school

By Heather Bell | March 28, 1996

It's rare to hear Dartmouth students say that wish they were back in high school, but about 100 students have shown that they are willing to return, signing up for a class this spring that will send them over to Hanover High School at least once a week.

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New billing system proposed

By Jacqueline Rose | March 28, 1996

The College is planning to implement a new billing system, which could be in use as early as Fall term, that would divide students' expenses into two separate bills, according to Director of Financial Services Win Johnson. Under the new system, one bill that would include "cost of attendance charges" like tuition and room and board would be sent home, while another that would include miscellaneous expenses and fines would be sent directly to students' hinman boxes. Under the proposed system, which Johnson called the Dartcard Program, students would establish a declining balance account on their College Identification cards. Dartcard program The Dartcard program would be comprised of four accounts: an administrative fee account, a discretionary account, a dining account and a Dartalk account, that would be billed to students' hinman boxes. The administrative fee account would include fines for non-compliance with College regulations such as parking fines, late registration fees, alcohol policy violations, library fines and lost ID charges. The discretionary account would include charges for concert tickets, College publications, Dartmouth Outing Club rentals, alcohol purchases at the Lone Pine Tavern and Hanover Inn, game room charges, dining service charges in excess of the selected meal plan and fraternity and sorority dues. The dining accounts and Dartalk accounts will remain essentially unchanged. Students will be able to monitor the balances of each of the four accounts, by accessing a Dartcard program file through the Dartmouth College Information System, Johnson said. Deposits to all accounts will be made through the Dartcard Office, which Johnson said will be located in what is currently the Validine Office. Validine database manager Jeannette Montgomery said students will be permitted to exceed their credit on the discretionary account plan by $100. Montgomery said deposits can be made by check or credit card and a $100 credit is necessary to establish a Dartcard account. Montgomery said Dartcard use will be available to all students with an active Dartmouth Plan. For many reasons According to the proposal, the change to the billing system was made in part to address "new federal cash management regulations which have significantly complicated the manner in which Dartmouth must process student charges." The proposal states that under the new federal regulations, which affect financial aid, many charges that are currently processed on the student bill are "non-allowable." In addition, the proposal states that the changes will allow the College to offer more opportunities for students to make cashless purchases around campus. "Furthermore," the proposal reads, "it permits the College to extend these services without relying on its own working capital to underwrite each student's entire line of credit." Johnson said the current billing system was not adequate for day-to day living expenses. The current billing system has "no credit limit.

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Apple's losses do not affect College

By David Kung | March 28, 1996

Despite reports that Apple Computer, Inc. is experiencing financial difficulty, the College does not plan to move from its Macintosh computer platform anytime soon. Apple reported an operating loss of $69 million after taxes in the first quarter of 1996 to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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