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Colors set to ratify its constitution on weekend

By Charles Davant | March 28, 1996

Colors, a new student group composed of the presidents and vice-presidents of eight minority groups, will meet this weekend to ratify its constitution and discuss possible goals for the Spring term. "We're going to meet sometime this weekend.

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Senior symposium plans nearly complete

By Michelle Gregg | March 28, 1996

They said it couldn't be done, but this year's senior symposium is in the final stages of planning with only minor details left to be worked out, according to Senior Class Vice President Tom Caputo '96. The senior symposium, first held in 1978 as an intellectual gift to the College from the senior class, will this year focus on that exact theme -- "They Said It Couldn't Be Done" -- and its planners have invited to the College a host of individuals who accomplished that which was thought to be impossible. Invitees who have accepted their invitations to the symposium, which will run from April 8 to April 13, include: keynote speaker Roger Launius, NASA Chief Historian; Jack Lemley, Chief Engineer of the Chunnel Project; baseball player Art Shamsky; Sir Roger Bannister, the first human to break the four-minute mile; and Virtual Reality Surgery expert Dr. Joe Rosen. Also speaking at the symposium are Dr. William DeVries, the first doctor to implant an artificial heart; Chief of Endangered Species, U.S.

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New Film course examines diversity

By Erik Tanouye | March 27, 1996

"Creative Video," a course offered through the film studies department as part of a national project that examines the issue of diversity on campus through documentaries, met for the first time yesterday. A program known as "--ism(n.)" is sponsoring classes like "Creative Video" at 12 colleges across the country, including Dartmouth, through funding by the Ford Foundation. All of the --ism(n.) courses will involve students making both individual videos and group videos that explore the effects of diversity on their lives according to a brochure published by --ism(n.). Director of the Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Mary Childers, one of the course's three instructors, said Creative Video will focus on technical aspects of the documentary process. Assistant Director of Media Productions Michael Murray and co-Director of Consultation and Multicultural Services Sandra Spiegel will also teach this team-taught course. Childers said she was pleased with the turnout for the first day of class. "A very good group of students showed up ... with a variety of interests," she said.

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COP releases survey, seeks feedback

By Karen Rose | March 27, 1996

Seeking feedback from the Dartmouth community, the Committee on Organization and Policy released the results of its 1995 Winter term survey about the College's Academic Honor Principle along with a list of recommendations for how the College should improve the honor code. The report compiled the results of questionnaires, completed by 310 randomly selected students and 220 members of the faculty, about the effectiveness of student-professor communications regarding the honor code. According to the COP report, which was released on March 11, the survey's findings indicate that no major changes in the College's honor principle are necessary. "The consensus was that the honor principle is a valued and important aspect of the Dartmouth experience, and is respected by the vast majority of both students and faculty," the report states.

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Sleazy goes to Germany for international contest

By Charles Davant | March 27, 1996

Sleazy the Wonder Squirrel is going to Europe. The walking, talking, chain-smoking cartoon rodent who stars in a comic strip in The Dartmouth is taking an all-expense-paid trip to Germany for the week-long Stutgart International Animation Festival, where he and his creator, Chris Miller '97, will compete with students from around the world for up to $3,000 in prizes. Sleazy is the star of a five-minute, full-color animated film Miller created for a Film studies independent study project.

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Assembly reshapes policies, goals

By James M> Hunnicutt | March 26, 1996

After a relatively sedate fall, the Winter term Student Assembly took a more active role as it responded to campus issues, provided more student services and passed pragmatic resolutions. Assembly members have avoided the infighting which nearly destroyed the body last year, but the dawning of Spring term with the upcoming elections has some worried that the harmonious nature of the Assembly may be threatened. "Spring term will be difficult," Dean of Student Life Holly Sateia said.

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Rare comet visible in skies for next two weeks

By Charles Davant | March 26, 1996

What might be the brightest comet in decades will be visible with the naked eye in the northern sky during the next two weeks -- if the weather is agreeable. Comet Hyakutake, which can be seen near the North Star any hour of a clear night, looks like a fuzzy star with a faint tail smeared across the night sky. The comet, which was discovered earlier this year by an amateur astronomer in Japan, is about 10 million miles from earth, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab. Astronomy Professor Gary Wegner said the comet, which only comes near the earth every 25,000 years, has been visible with the naked eye the past few days. "It is probably one of the best ones I have seen," he said.

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Students gear up for elections

By Erin Loback | March 26, 1996

Student Assembly presidential and vice presidential candidates as well as students running for class president, class vice president, Green Key Honor Society and the Committee on Standards are starting up their campaigns with student elections only three weeks away. The candidates for president are Sarah Cho '97, Jon Heavey '97, Unai Montes-Irueste '98, Scott Rowekamp '97, Steve Salemi '97 and Jeremy Segal '97, according to Associate Director of Student Activities Linda Kennedy. The vice presidential candidates are Joan Ai '98, Bill Kartalopoulos '97, and Chris Swift '98, Kennedy said.

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All Greek houses pass programming standards

By David Pichler | March 25, 1996

For the first time since the Coed Fraternity Sorority Council mandated programming requirements last summer, all of the College's Greek organizations exceeded the minimum requirements. Six houses failed to meet the requirements during Fall term and one house failed during Summer term, said CFSC Programming Liaison Jake O'Shea '97. "What this means is that the standards make sense and people are putting effort into programming," O'Shea said. Every house is required to sponsor various programming events satisfying different requirements of the "wellness wheel," O'Shea said. The "wellness wheel" is a circular diagram with radial spokes separating components of a healthy individual.

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Panhell releases new rush proposal

By Neil Desai | March 25, 1996

Within the next few weeks, the Panhellenic Council will vote on a rush proposal released at the end of last term that seeks to semi-randomize the sorority rush process. "The reason we held off until this term was because we didn't give everyone enough time to look over the proposal," Panhell President Jessica Russo '97 said.

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Furstenberg heads NCAA committee

By Elysa Jacobs | March 25, 1996

College President James Freedman has named Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Karl Furstenberg the new chair of the National Collegiate Athletic Association certification steering committee. The College is in the midst of a yearlong evaluation of its athletic program to ensure its compliance with new NCAA requirements.

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Racial issues and primaries dominate Winter term

By David Kung | March 25, 1996

Racial slurs, student deaths and political campaigning dominated the headlines last term and made Winter term an eventful and controversial one. College officials also made moves toward significantly changing residential life when the Board of Trustees implemented Dean of the College Lee Pelton's Dartmouth Experience proposal and the Office of Residential Life recommended that the College build more beds. Hate speech The College became embroiled in controversy after Jeffrey Link '98 wrote racial slurs on the door of two Asian-American students in the Choates cluster.. A couple weeks later, two other Asian-American students experienced similar vandalism on the door of their off-campus apartment. The concern about race relations at the College led to the formation of the group Colors. Colors is a student group composed of the leaders from seven campus minority organizations. According to its mission statement, Colors is "a forum for leaders of student of color organizations to come together; discuss issues; support each other; promote interaction between our respective organizations and community; find direction, and join as one voice." The Student Assembly organized an "emergency town meeting" in Collis Common Ground to discuss issues of hate on campus. Colors held a two-hour rally against injustice the day after the town meeting. More than 400 people attended the rally.

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Students robbed during break

By Neil Desai | March 25, 1996

Two burglars, who took advantage of unlocked windows in students' rooms in the Lodge residence hall, stole several pieces of electronic equipment over spring break. The intruders burglarized two rooms and attempted to enter a third, but were thwarted when the occupant frightened them away, according to the Valley News. College Proctor Bob McEwen said the Hanover Police Department is conducting an extensive investigation and Safety and Security is assisting the police with the investigation. Michael Yoo '98, who lives on the first floor of the Lodge, said he returned to his room on March 19 to find about $7,000 worth of his and his roommate's electronic equipment missing.

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College reacts to merit-based loan proposal

By Jodi Priselac | March 6, 1996

President Bill Clinton's proposal for a new merit-based college scholarship program aiming to reward the top five percent of high school seniors in the nation has generated mixed reaction by Dartmouth students, professors and administrators. According to the proposal, the government would give $1,000, one time only, to deserving recipients in both public and private schools.

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