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Carnival theme chosen

By Michael A> Posey | November 20, 1995

The Winter Carnival Council recently selected " 'Round the Girdled Earth They Roamed: A Prehistoric Carnival" as the theme for this year's annual Winter Carnival. The council, made up of about 40 students and advised by Coordinator of Student Programs Linda Kennedy, has been meeting to decide this year's Carnival theme since Summer term. The theme was chosen by the council this summer. "Ultimately it was the decision of Amy Henry '97 and myself," said Timothy Chow, the senior co-chair of the council. Henry is the council's junior co-chair. Chow said many themes were tossed around, but the council liked the prehistoric idea. "We found a way to incorporate this theme by using a line from the Alma Mater," Chow said. The line from the Alma Mater states: "Though 'round the girdled earth they roam, / Her spell on them remains." "The council selected this year's theme early in order to advertise the event, especially to freshmen," Chow said. With the selection of this year's Carnival theme, the council also announced its annual t-shirt and poster design contest. The deadline for the contest is Jan.

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Tiger talks about HIV

By Erik Tanouye | November 17, 1995

Lisa Tiger, a Native American educator and women's activist, said in a speech Wednesday that building self-esteem and avoiding the perils of alcohol are essential to the fight against AIDS. "Self-esteem is a fragile thing," said Tiger to an audience of about 55 people in 105 Dartmouth Hall.

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Cornish: GOP welfare reforms are misguided

By Erik Tanouye | November 17, 1995

Sociology Professor Steven Cornish said last night that the Republican party is misguided in its attempts to cut welfare programs. "It's an attempt to shift the value system of the United States in a direction that I'm not sure the majority of the population wants to go," Cornish said. Cornish was part of a three-member panel discussion on "The Effects of the Republican Agenda on Issues of Hunger," presented to a small audience in the Rockefeller Center for Social Sciences as part of Hunger Awareness Week. "They are not perfect," Cornish said of welfare programs, "but there is considerable evidence that these programs are helping." Cornish said the federal government needs to maintain its role as the "protector of last resort." He called the debate over welfare an "ideological struggle." "In this struggle, entitlements becomes a dirty word, and welfare recipients become demonized," Cornish said.

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Luxon to screen video Winter term

By Aaron Lisman | November 17, 1995

English Professor Thomas Luxon said he will not hold the second presentation of the "Hell Night" video and audio tapes until Winter term. Luxon had originally planned to show the tapes by the end of this term, but said many people were too busy with papers and exams to shift their attention to anything other than school work. Luxon said he was negotiating with sponsors to schedule the event sometime during the second week of Winter term.

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'Dialectic' promotes political discussion

By Erik Tanouye | November 15, 1995

Students looking for political discussion no longer have to search high and low to find it -- they only have to flip their radio dial to 1340 WDCR, the College's AM radio station, to listen to "Dartmouth Dialectic." "Dartmouth Dialectic," started this term by Henry Broaddus '97, is a Crossfire-style political discussion between a panel of four students.

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Sophomore starts up new women's issue publication

By Sara Burch | November 15, 1995

Lia Monahon '98, who was supposed to be an editor of the Spare Rib this term, left the publication to pioneer a new campus publication focusing on women's issues. The formal purpose of the new publication, which does not have a name yet, is "to publish a newspaper for and about women that serves as an outlet for a wide range of perspectives," Monahon said. "Other publications on campus serve a very narrow perspective," Monahon said.

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Bollinger talks about freedom of speech

By Jake Molland | November 15, 1995

Provost Lee Bollinger said yesterday that although Dartmouth is a private institution that cannot be controlled by the government, students do not abandon their First Amendment rights when they come to the College. Bollinger told a group of about 20 students in Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity that certain areas, like military bases and college campuses, are exempt from constitutional law. Although the Su preme Court allows school administrations to control the activities they sponsor, Bollinger said, "students don't give up their First Amendment rights at the schoolhouse gates." Much of the discussion centered around differences between speech laws in public institutions and private institutions, such as Dartmouth. "The Constitution does not apply to Dartmouth," Bollinger said, because it is a private organization.

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Professor talks about Unabomber

By Jacqueline Rose | November 15, 1995

Intrigued by the 35,000-word "manifesto" authored by the Unabomber, who is believed to be responsible for killing three people and injuring 22 in a series of bombings over the last 17 years, History Professor Richard Kremer decided to investigate the document for himself. And Kremer, who specializes in the history of science and teaches a course on scientific revolutions and modern society, said the manifesto provides important clues about the terrorist's identity. In June, the Unabomber sent the manuscript, which is titled "Industrial Society and Its Future," to The New York Times and The Washington Post, threatening to continue bombing unless one of the newspapers agreed to publish it.

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Hopkins Institute, Speakers Union sponsor conservative events

By Jeffrey Giuffrida | November 15, 1995

The Dartmouth Speakers Union and the Ernest Martin Hopkins Institute have taken a prominent role in the last several years in bringing visiting speakers, who are predominately conservative, to the College. Over the past year, the two organizations have both sponsored a number of visiting conservative speakers and events, including last week's debate between conservative author Dinesh D'Souza '83 and Government Professor Roger Masters.

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Survey finds that binge drinking is decreasing

By Erin Loback | November 14, 1995

While fewer Dartmouth students report binge drinking over the past year, 97 percent of students report that the social atmosphere on campus promotes alcohol use according to a recent survey. According to the third annual CORE alcohol and drug survey, frequent binge drinking declined from 35 percent of the student population in 1994 to 27 percent in 1995.

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8 Brown students arrested for rushing field

By Aaron Lisman | November 14, 1995

Showing that football fans at Brown and Dartmouth share at the very least a keen criminal mentality, eight Brown football supporters rushed Memorial Field during halftime of Saturday's Brown-Dartmouth game. According to Hanover Police Captain Chris O'Connor, all of the "gentlemen" who entered the field were from Brown University.

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Some question whether exclusion policy is effective

By Jeffrey Beyer | November 14, 1995

Despite what Greek leaders call a "concerted effort" to enforce a policy prohibiting freshmen from attending parties at Greek houses during their first term at Dartmouth, many students and administrators agree that the policy goes largely unenforced. The Coed Fraternity Sorority Council's "Freshman Visitation" policy prohibits students from attending "Tier Two" CFS events during their freshman fall.

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SA decreases infighting, productivity

By James M> Hunnicutt | November 14, 1995

During his campaign last Spring term, Student Assembly President Jim Rich '96 promised an end to bickering within the Assembly and an increase in student services. So far Rich and the Assembly have delivered on one of the two promises -- internal Assembly bickering has been almost nonexistent this term -- but progress has been slow on various projects designed to improve student life at the College. While most Assembly members admitted they have moved forward slowly this term, they said their deliberate pace will pay off next term.

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Greek houses win awards

By Charles Davant | November 14, 1995

Delta Delta Delta and Delta Gamma sororities shared top honors last night at the Coed Fraternity and Sorority Council awards banquet, as the sororities were named co-winners of the O'Connor Cup. Hanover Police Sergeant Chris O'Connor, the son of the late College Proctor for whom the award is named, presented the cup to Tri-Delta and DG for exemplifying "an outstanding organization in the areas of leadership, scholarship and programming," according to the banquet program. Tri-Delta President Jess Duda '96 said she was delighted her organization won the O'Connor Cup. "It is a wonderful award, and it goes out to every single one of our members," she said.

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