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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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Hunger Awareness Week kicks off with charity run

By Sarah Burch | November 13, 1995

In an effort to raise students' awareness of hunger issues, Students Fighting Hunger has planned week-long program aimed at relieving the Upper Valley's hunger crisis. "Hunger Awareness Week" kicked off yesterday with a Race Against Hunger and will end this Saturday with a Community Food Drive at local supermarkets. More than 40 students participated in yesterday's race, a five-kilometer run/walk through Hanover.

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Buchanan to speak tonight

By Jeffrey Beyer | November 13, 1995

Although the New Hampshire primary is only three months away, tonight's visit by conservative commentator Patrick Buchanan is the only the second stop in Hanover by a Republican presidential candidate. Buchanan, a special assistant to President Richard Nixon and the former communications director for President Ronald Reagan, will speak tonight in Webster Hall. Lamar Alexander, the former governor of Tennessee and President George Bush's education secretary spoke to a capacity crowd at Collis Common Ground 10 days ago. Both speeches are part of the Rockefeller Center for the Social Sciences's Daniel Webster lecture series. According to Jim Brennan '96, the Rockefeller Center's political programs intern, all of the Republican candidates have expressed interest in coming to campus, but it has been difficult to get them to commit to a specific time. "Their schedules are so fluid and change so often," he said.

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College hosts leadership symposium; Pelton, Rosenwald discuss their tenure as leaders in symposium

By Jeffrey Giuffrida | November 13, 1995

Dean of the College Lee Pelton and E. John Rosenwald, the chairman of the College's Board of Trustees, discussed what they believed to be their biggest mistakes in a panel discussion Saturday afternoon. The discussion, held in 101 Collis, was part of the weekend's Ivy League Leadership Symposium, which featured panels and activities for student representatives from each Ivy League school. Dean of Student Life Holly Sateia, who moderated the panel, said the discussion focused on mistakes so that student leaders could avoid making them in the future. Pelton spoke about the difficulties he faced and the mistakes he made in securing support for the Report of the Committee on the First Year Experience. Pelton said he made a mistake by not getting "up-front support." "I got support in the middle of the process," Pelton said. The report, released in the spring of 1994, recommended a number of changes designed to improve the first-year experience by restructuring the College's residential system, enhancing intellectualism and revising the orientation process. The report stimulated heated debate on campus, especially about the proposal for freshmen-only residence halls, and caused Pelton to modify "the original vision I had" after more than a year of community discussion. Pelton said he was tempted to incorporate the changes proposed by the first-year committee without any discussion. "I thought about just doing it," Pelton said.

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Students discuss 'homphobic attacks'

By Jean Blackerby | November 13, 1995

About 15 students gathered in the lounge of the New Hampshire residence hall last night to discuss what members of the Dartmouth Rainbow Alliance termed "homophobic attacks" and why the attacks have received little attention from students. Members of the DRA and other students spoke informally about the incidents, noting that issues concerning race and gender are debated often on campus, while issues of sexuality are ignored or put to the side. The discussion focused on the story of a woman who said she was harassed in Lord residence hall two weeks ago because she had a DRA flag hanging in her window. The woman, who wished to remain anonymous, told The Dartmouth previously that people were yelling and throwing dirt at her first-floor window.

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The Dartmouth names new directorate

By David Pichler | November 13, 1995

Maggie Fritz '97, a 20 year-old history major from Mottram St. Andrew, England, has been named the next president of The Dartmouth. Fritz, who will be the eighth woman to head the newspaper, will succeed Justin Steinman '96.

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Students hold leadership conference

By Allison Brugg | November 10, 1995

Student leaders from the eight Ivy League schools will flock to Hanover this weekend to participate in the first-ever Ivy League symposium on leadership, examining the "Bestiality of Leadership." The symposium, which was organized by Theresa Ellis '97 and Sarah Lenczner '97, will look at the "unspoken difficult things that go along with being a leader," like stress and personal costs, Ellis said. The idea for the symposium came from a conversation the two women had with Dean of Student Life Holly Sateia about the resignation of Student Assembly President Danielle Moore '95 last fall and a leave of absence Harvard University President Neil Rudenstine took last year because of fatigue. The conversation concerned issues from the "other side" of leadership. "People didn't feel there was enough support for student leadership," Sateia said.

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Sigma Delta revises constitution

By Erin Loback | November 10, 1995

Sigma Delta sorority announced that it reworked its constitution to restructure its executive council and redefine the house's purpose, addressing issues concerning sexual orientation. A committee of 15 Sigma Delts wrote the new constitution last spring, and the sisters unanimously passed the constitution, according to Sigma Delt President Lauren Currie '96.

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Tuck holds panel on implants

By Karen Rose | November 10, 1995

Colleen Swanson, who suffered severe health problems she believes are directly related to her silicone breast implants, said last night that women need to be warned about the danger of breast implants. "We don't need breasts to be healthy, and we don't need breasts to be smart, but we do need the right to make informed decisions," said Colleen Swanson, who is the wife of a Dow Corning executive.

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Crane: Greeks need to change to survive

By Michelle Gregg | November 10, 1995

Mitch Crane, a retired federal judge and the former district governor of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, said in a speech last night that the Greek system desperately needs to change to survive. "We can't be afraid to change," Crane said to nearly 200 students in 105 Dartmouth Hall. "People's perception of the Greek system is based on their knowledge of what happened in the '60s, what they read in the newspaper, what they see on television and what they actually witness on campuses," Crane said. Crane talked extensively about the risks caused by alcohol and drug abuse, hazing and rape within the Greek system. Crane told several true stories about individuals who were killed in hazing practices, about men who died of blood-alcohol poisoning and of women who were raped after attending Greek-sponsored events. "People read about these tragedies in the newspapers and they don't think of them as isolated incidents -- they view them as the norm," Crane said.

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Trustees arrive in Hanover today

By James M> Hunnicutt | November 9, 1995

The Board of Trustees arrives in Hanover today for what should be a quiet weekend of meetings, College spokesman Roland Adams said. "A lot of the agenda is going to be informational," Adams said. He said the Board will convene several meetings with students and committees to learn about the status of the College to prepare the Board for the rest of the academic year. "This is going to be the Board's first regularly scheduled meeting since June -- making it the first of the current academic year," Adams said. Student Assembly Jim Rich '96 said he plans to address the Trustees this weekend.

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