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Professors bring the primaries into the College's classrooms

By Karen Rose | February 8, 1996

With the constant flow of presidential hopefuls through Hanover, the primary's reverberations can be felt throughout the campus from fraternity houses to classrooms. From the latest poll to the flat-tax, Dartmouth professors take advantage of the College's national importance during primary season, using the political current to fuel class discussions.

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Seniors elect their Executive Committee

By Jennifer Matthews | February 8, 1996

With the new program allowing them to vote over the Internet, seniors have elected their 20 representatives to serve on the Senior Executive Committee. The committee acts primarily as a liaison between the class and the Alumni Council. The members of the committee serve for five years until the fifth year class reunion in 2001. Every graduating class elects its own committee, and this was the first year seniors could vote through the World Wide Web, said Tom Caputo, vice president of the Class of 1996 and a newly-elected member of the committee. "Approximately 337 students voted -- which is a strong turnout," said Linda Kennedy, associate director of Student Activities and chair of the Election Advisory Committee.

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Hillel construction set for spring

By Charles Davant | February 7, 1996

Construction of the proposed Center for Jewish Life at Dartmouth may begin as soon as the ground thaws, Associate Director of Major Gifts Karen Blum said. The $3 million facility, which will be built in an empty lot on Occom Ridge Road near Delta Delta Delta sorority, will replace the current home of Hillel on Summer Street near Hanover High School.

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Panel discusses hate speech code efficacy

By Erik Tanouye | February 7, 1996

College Provost Lee Bollinger said it would be difficult to make new rules that governed hate speech on campus fairly, before about 100 students in yesterday's panel discussion about hate speech. College President James Freedman opened the symposium by discussing the connection between law and the liberal arts. "I have always been disturbed that law and liberal arts have been separated," Freedman said of the current state of education. Addressing the possibility of developing rules governing hate speech, Bollinger said it is important to examine each instance of hate speech individually before making overall decisions.

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Honey Alexander talks on campaign

By Rebecca Siegel | February 7, 1996

Honey Alexander, wife of Republican presidential hopeful Lamar Alexander, told students of her positive feelings toward her husband's campaign in Iowa and New Hampshire in a lunch discussion yesterday. "I was just in Iowa and I am very upbeat about how the campaign looks there," Alexander said to a group of about 30 students in Morrison Commons in the Rockefeller Center for the Social Sciences. "The feeling [in Iowa] is very good," she said.

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SA to ask Pelton for new committee

By Erin Loback | February 7, 1996

The Student Assembly voted last night to establish a committee to facilitate and encourage communication between students of diverse backgrounds. The Assembly also passed a resolution to endorse the Dartmouth Rainbow Alliance's Winter Carnival drag ball and spoke to Director of Health Services Jack Turco about intoxication charges at Dick's house. Proposed by Chris Swift '98, who is not an Assembly member the resolution that addresses communication and diversity calls for the creation of a committee to "provide the College community with proactive measures to encourage communication, awareness and respect among individuals with different backgrounds, perspectives and experiences." The committee will determine the nature of these measures once it is formed. Assembly President Jim Rich '96 said the resolution will be given to Dean of the College Lee Pelton along with a letter requesting Pelton to consider forming the committee. The resolution proposes the committee be comprised of an equal number of students, faculty members and administrators, and be co-chaired by Pelton and a student elected by the Assembly. Rich stressed the importance of the community's keeping the promises it made during last week's town meeting and "Rally Against Injustice." He said the resolution shows "the Student Assembly is willing to be an active participant in the process." They voted to voice their support for the Dartmouth Rainbow Alliance's Winter Carnival drag ball.

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Students with learning disabilities thrive at the College

By Elizabeth Tedesco | February 7, 1996

To some, the terms "Ivy League" and "learning disabled" may seem like phrases that do not belong in the same sentence. But Student Disabilities Coordinator Nancy Pompian said the College's 127 registered disabled students are just as smart as their classmates. Most have long since learned to compensate for their disability, she said. "Some people are surprised to hear there are students with learning disabilities at Dartmouth," she said.

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Taylor visits for Reagan's birthday

By Aaron Lisman | February 6, 1996

Republican presidential candidate Morry Taylor swung into Hanover last night to tell members of the Dartmouth community about his plan to stimulate the economy by significantly cutting the size of the federal work force, and to celebrate former President Ronald Reagan's birthday at the Conservative Union at Dartmouth's fifth annual bash. Taylor spoke in the Hinman Forum of the Rockefeller Center for the Social Sciences after about 35 students had enjoyed cake and hors d'oeuvres in honor of the Gipper's birthday. Taylor called Reagan the "best thing that could have happened for America," at the time he was president. Taylor is the Chief Executive Officer of Titan Wheel International -- the nation's largest manufacturer of tires for farming vehicles.

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Faculty debate Berry book storage at meeting

By Charles Davant | February 6, 1996

Requesting an "ongoing dialogue" with College Provost Lee Bollinger during the planning process, faculty members concerned about the fate of the proposed $50 million Berry Library project took center stage at yesterday's faculty meeting. Many of the faculty are concerned the 80,000 square-foot building, which will be attached Baker Library and next to Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, will devote too much space to computers and meeting areas, and not do enough to alleviate the College's overflow of books. Yesterday's faculty meeting was prompted by a petition signed by 64 members of the faculty concerned Berry's design "could adversely affect the future of both teaching and scholarship at Dartmouth," according to the petition. "No decisions have been reached," Bollinger said.

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Commencement moves to Green

By Elysa Jacobs | February 6, 1996

After a long debate, the Commencement committee has decided the College will hold this year's Commencement, scheduled for June 9, on the Green, marking the second straight year the location of the ceremony has been changed. Last year, acting President James Wright opted to move Commencement from its traditional location on the lawn in front of Baker Library to Memorial Field. The move was made in order to accommodate the unusually large number of people expected to attend because President Bill Clinton gave the keynote address at last year's Commencement. This year's ceremony will be on Green -- just south of Baker lawn -- rain or shine. The new location will seat 10 to 12 thousand people compared to the 8,700 seats that fit directly in front of Baker. "The farthest chair is much closer [to the podium] than it ever was on Baker lawn," said Barbara Whipple, chair of the committee. She added that the seating arrangement "does better job of accommodating graduates and their families." The rows in the new arrangement are three times as long as they were in front of Baker and this positioning allows a greater number of people to be seated in an area close to the podium, Whipple said. College President James Freedman said he favors the slight location change. "I think it is a good plan," he said.

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President Freedman dines with students

By Amy Yamner | February 6, 1996

Ten lucky students were able to share their views on racism and other relevant campus issues over lunch with College President James Freedman last week at the Collis Cafe. "Both the students and the president brought up and discussed many important and current issues on campus," said Student Assembly Vice President of Communications Jonah Sonnenborn '99, who attended the lunch. The bulk of the discussion focused on the recent occurrences of racism on campus. Monica Oberkofler '96, the intern in the President's Office, said Freedman was glad he had the opportunity to discuss the issue of hate speech. As a legal scholar, Freedman has done research on First Amendment rights and is an excellent resource for students concerning these issues, she said. "Freedman urged all students to attend [last Friday's] rally against racism," Sonnenborn said. Freedman said he felt the luncheon went well and, according to Oberkofler, who also attended the lunch, Freedman thought the students were engaging and their opinions were interesting. Last October, the Student Assembly began setting up the luncheons for whenever Freedman's schedule permitted. Last Thursday's meeting was the third such luncheon students shared with Freedman. Although Freedman has a busy schedule this term, Oberkofler said he plans to continue with the luncheons and increase the number of them during Spring term. Freedman is extremely interested in student opinions, likes to interact with students and hopes to have the luncheons as often as possible, Oberkofler said. "We hope to be able to set up discussions more frequently after seeing the diverse range of students that attended and opinions that were voiced," Sonnenborn said.

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Panel discusses white male privilege

By Robert Isaacs | February 6, 1996

The Interracial Concerns Committee sponsored a panel discussion in Collis Common Ground last night to discuss the question "Is White Male Privilege a Myth or Reality?" Director of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Mary Childers moderated the panel.

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Carnival sculpture braves the weather

By Tom Arnold | February 6, 1996

Despite unusually warm weather earlier in the term, little student help and a scarcity of snow to work with, this year's Winter Carnival sculpture is nearing completion, sculpture committee members said. The sculpture, patterned after this year's Carnival theme of "'Round the Girdled Earth They Roamed: A Prehistoric Carnival," is a stegosaurus standing atop a large block of ice. "We finished the base on Friday -- the animal is now ready to be slushed," Sculpture Committee Chair Sara Paisner '96 said. Slushing refers to the act of applying a snow and water mix to the burlap sacks surrounding the wooden frame of the stegosaurus. Paisner said rain and warm weather, neither of which is conducive to building a snow sculpture, are the main reasons so few people have volunteered to help with construction. For the last few weeks, it has been either pouring or 50 degrees which has discouraged potential sculptors from joining the cause, Paisner said. "When there is no snow on the ground people don't get psyched for Carnival," she said. "Of course, more people work as Carnival gets closer," Beth Bloodgood '96, the sculpture publicity chair, said. "The last week everyone is like, 'Oh, we want a sculpture this year," she said. Paisner agreed the number of people willing to help with the construction has increased over the past few days -- including 15 volunteers on Friday and 10 to 12 yesterday.

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400 attend Colors' rally against injustice

By James M> Hunnicutt | February 5, 1996

Standing below a banner reading, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere," about 400 people braved the frigid cold for two hours Friday afternoon outside the Parkhurst administration building to rally against injustice. More than 40 students, faculty members, administrators and community members spoke before the crowd -- often very emotionally -- and condemned the recent spate of hate-speech incidents. In the past three weeks, two Asian-American men in Little Hall and two Asian-American women living off-campus found racial slurs, such as "chink," written on the doors of their residences. Jeff Link '98 was arrested by Hanover Police for disorderly conduct in connection for vandalizing the door in Little Hall.

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Freedman speaks to Jewish community

By David Pichler | February 5, 1996

College President James Freedman spoke about 30 members of Dartmouth's Jewish community Friday, after attending Sabbath services. Speaking at Hillel House, the Jewish students' organization, Freedman recalled that when he was an undergraduate at Harvard University, there were virtually no Jewish faculty. "What a different America," he said. Freedman compared the situation then to Dartmouth today, where "we don't have a lot of Jewish faculty," he said. Freedman said Dartmouth tries to recruit both Jewish faculty and students and cited the proposed construction of a Center for Jewish Life, which is scheduled to be finished in two years, as evidence. He said it is important to have diverse faculty because it is important to give minority students more role models. He mentioned Dartmouth's "reputation for anti-semitism" and the fact that Jews are "urban people" as the reason Dartmouth's Jewish population has hovered among the lowest in the Ivies. Much of his talk dealt with the success Jews have had in a society that traditionally regards them as outsiders. He cited the prominence of Jews in America, saying they were a driving force in many professions, as evidence that Jews have "arrived." While this is good, Freedman said it may lead to a tendency for Jews to be less critical of society, now that they are successful in it. Freedman also spoke about the future of Jews in America.

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Sen. Lugar holds town meeting

By Jeffrey Beyer | February 5, 1996

Republican presidential hopeful Sen. Dick Lugar told an audience of 150 people about his campaign plan of "prosperity, security and integrity," in a town meeting last night at Alumni Hall in the Hopkins Center for the Performing Arts. Following a dinner held at Beta Theta Pi fraternity, the Indiana senator addressed the community, outlining his campaign platform, highlighted by his proposal for a new tax code. In an interview with The Dartmouth following the town meeting, Lugar said he has stayed clear of the negative campaigning typical of some of his competitors for the Republican presidential nomination because it has been his experience that people in New Hampshire do not favor such "attack ads." "I think we've had opportunities to speak to enough people so they have an idea of who I am and what I'm for," Lugar said.

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