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Students find COS difficult to navigate

By Colin Grey | July 5, 1995

Two student groups recently filed reports recommending the College provide students with more information on how to file charges with the COS -- which tries not only sexual abuse cases, but also cases involving plagiarism and theft, among other issues. Currently, four College documents give information relating to sexual abuse: the Student Handbook, a pamphlet on the COS, another on sexual abuse, and a letter on how to file a sexual abuse complaint put out by the COS. Many administrators feel these four documents are enough.

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Departments undergo review

By Aran Toshav | July 5, 1995

External review committees recently completed evaluations of the chemistry, French and Italian, German, government and Spanish and Portuguese departments. The results of the reviews, which are part of an on-going, four-year-old evaluation process to evaluate College departments, may be made public when all departments have been reviewed, former Dean of the Faculty Karen Wetterhahn said. Associate Dean of the Faculty in the Social Sciences George Wolford said the College has finished reviewing all the science and social science departments.

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Secret of biological clock found

By Maggie Fritz | July 5, 1995

Researchers at Dartmouth Medical School have moved one step closer to understanding the human biological clock. Through their research, Professor Jay Dunlap, Research Associate Professor Jennifer Loros and Research Associate Susan Crosthwaite discovered the working of the mechanism that enables living organisms to synchronize their internal daily cycles with the earth's rhythm of sunrise and sunset. By studying a simple organism called Neurospora, the researchers found that short bursts of light cause an increase in the gene product that regulates the body's internal pacemaker, resetting the organism's clock according to the time of day. While researchers have long known the effects of light and other time-cues on the behavior of plants and animals, this discovery is perhaps the first step in directly connecting the effects of light to a genetic component of the biological clock, according to a College press release. Several molecular clock components are now known and some researchers believe that all the biological clock's intricate workings will be mapped out within the next decade. "This is a molecular model that may hold true for all organisms," Loros said in a recent College press release.

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Summer Montgomery Fellows visit, lecture

By Maggie Fritz | July 5, 1995

Richard Lamm, a former three-term governor of Colorado and Director of the University of Denver's Center for Public Policy, has returned to the College this summer for his second term as a Montgomery Fellow. Lamm's wife Dorothy, a social and political activist and 16-year Denver Post columnist, will also be a Montgomery Fellow this term. Richard Lamm last served as a Montgomery Fellow for six months in 1987. As part of their current fellowship, the two will each give public lectures, visit classes and meet students. Dorothy Lamm will lecture on "The Road from Cairo to Beijing: Population Pressures/Women Power (The Crucial Connection)" on July 13. On July 25, Richard Lamm will speak about "The Challenges of an Aging Society: Infinite Needs, Finite Resources." Prior to being elected governor of Colorado in 1975, Richard Lamm served as a member of the House of Representatives from 1966-1974.He was an attorney and professor of law at the University of Denver. Richard Lamm has also served appointments at the University of Colorado, the University of Pittsburgh, the University of New Orleans and the University of California Medical School, San Francisco. Lamm has been called "one of the new breed of political analysts" who argues that the challenge of the 1990s is to meet new public needs with an ever limited pool of resources, according to a College press release. The author of five books, Lamm was named one of Time magazine's "200 Young Leaders of America" and in 1993 was awarded the American Humanist Associations "Humanist of the Year" award. Dorothy Lamm has been in many lines of work.

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DOC offers summertime adventure

By Abigail Klingbeil | July 5, 1995

For some students lying out in the sun on the docks is just not enough. For those who need a little bit more adventure in their lives, the Dartmouth Outing Club makes having fun in the sun infinitely easier. The DOC's Ledyard Canoe Club offers students many opportunities to enjoy the vast resources of the Connecticut River. Kathryn Scharbach, '97, a member of the club since the end of Spring term, said "yesterday was the first day I hadn't been out in the river" this term. Mary Hollendoner '98, Ledyard's summer director, said the club is popular in the summer because "instead of just swimming or sunbathing which gets boring after a while, [students] want to take out boats to do something more fun." Hollendoner said the "majority of our business is canoe rental." A student can rent a canoe or two kayaks for $5 per hour or $15 per day during the week and $25 per day during the weekend, she said.

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Library proposals finalized

By Rebecca Siegel | July 5, 1995

The Task Force on the Library of the 21st Century released its recommendations late last term for the new Berry Library, part of a $50 million building and renovations project, which is scheduled to be constructed by the year 2000. The new library is part of the College's north campus expansion plans and will be built adjacent to Baker Library. The task force's recommendations stressed emerging technological advances and the College's responsibility to create integrated space for faculty, staff and students to best take advantage of the College's facilities. Some of the technological advances which the task force cited as being integral to the future of the College include scanners, color printers and photocopiers, high-resolution monitors and microtext readers -- all of which will be available in Berry Library. Since College President James Freedman created the task force in October 1993, its members have worked to determine what would be the best course for the future of the College's library facilities. Freedman asked the 19-member task force, composed of administrators, faculty and students "to think creatively about Dartmouth's library of the future, considering the needs of students, faculty, and others in relation to the impact of electronic information on the library user," the report states. The basic goals for Berry Library, as developed by the task force, include its construction in coordination with the renovation of Baker Library, so as to create two integrated and functional buildings. In its recommendations, the task force stressedthe importance of storing printed information, which would be available to users seeking specific books and articles. The task force also recommended expanding study spaces with access to the printed material and the technological resources.

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Students to create Hindu group

By Colin Grey | July 5, 1995

Sophomores Geeta Bahl and Amitabh Chibber saidthey hope to get a new Hindu student group up-and-running by the end of the summer. Although Chibber said few of the College's Hindu students are deeply religious, this group would allow those students to explore their faith in ways that Milan, the Southeast Asian students organization, does not allow because of its broader focus. "When living at home it is very easy to take parents' religious rituals for granted, and a few of us realized last year that we didn't all just have similar memories -- we also missed the presence of religious worship here at school," Bahl and Chibber wrote Friday in an electronic-mail message seeking student interest. Chibber emphasized the group is only beginning.

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Students work with prison inmates

By Jason Casell | July 5, 1995

While many Dartmouth students are spending hot summer days sunbathing by the docks, others are dedicating their free time to tutoring prison inmates in the Upper Valley as part of the Tucker Foundation's Prison Project. "Part of the importance of tutoring is showing the inmates how most law-abiding citizens live," said Matt Clavel '97, the student coordinator for the Prison Project this term. Clavel, who has been a part of the Prison Project since his freshman year, said the crimes of inmates vary, but students should not be deceived by the appearances of the prisoners. "A lot of them are hard to recognize -- they wouldn't strike you as different," Clavel said.

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CFSC elects summer officers

By Amy Semet | July 3, 1995

The Coed Fraternity and Sorority Council elected its summer officers last week. Theta Delta Chi fraternity member James Freeman '97 will serve as CFSC president. "I am exceedingly pleased to have a hand in the maintenance and possible improvement of the Greek system for the summer," Freeman said. Freeman said that the CFSCwill work on the issues such as the creation of a new sorority and Greek education programs for fall rush. "We have been asked by year-long [CFSC] President Matt Raben '96 to begin to orchestrate the Greek and rush education programs for the fall," Freeman said. "Issues such as the creation of a new sorority are definitely a concern to our class and will certainly be on our agenda, although any sort of final decision will rest on the shoulders of the year-long CFSC," Freeman continued. Freeman said the CFSC will also plan a Greek week, "similar to the one that occurred last summer." "But many issues that will likely become prominent this term will probably stem from the presidents of the individual houses who bring their members' concerns to the CFSC," Freeman said. Bryan Diederich '97, a member of Zeta Psi fraternity, was elected Vice President. "As VP, my primary job deals with judicial affairs within the CFSC system," Diederich said.

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Orientation to undergo changes

By Maggie Fritz | July 3, 1995

Dean of Freshmen Peter Goldsmith said his office has already begun to implement many of the orientation recommendations made by the Committee on the First-Year Experience. Inthe committee's final report, which was released in May, Dean of the College Lee Pelton recommended that Goldsmith, in consultation with others, put into practice the recommendations contained in the orientation sub-section of the report. The committee's orientation proposals include restructuring the first and second class meetings, delineating the role of Undergraduate Advisors in academic advising and ensuring that the vital discussions initiated during orientation continue throughout the year. Goldsmith said he will follow most of the committee's recommendations but he will not institute a common reading requirement for the freshman class as the committee recommended. The reading requirement, which was brought back for the Class of 1998, will not be implemented as a part of this year's orientation. Goldsmith said he decided not to continue the common reading requirement for freshmen because he said having a mandatory reading was not a constructive activity in some ways. Instead, Goldsmith said the Class of 1999 will have the option of participating in a series of lectures during the orientation period. Each lecture, he said, would be led by a faculty member and followed by a discussion. In the final report, the committee recommended the name of the Freshman Office be changed to the Office of First-Year students and that the title of the dean be changed to Dean of First-Year students, but Goldsmith said he does not believe this change will happen in the near future. Before such a change is made all interested parties must be consulted, Goldsmith said. The committee recommended that the first and second class meetings be restructured to add more substance to the event. In the past, Goldsmith said, the second meeting was formal and ritualized like the first. "This year we are going to try and give it a topical focus," Goldsmith said.

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Student Assembly plans summer projects

By Abigail Klingbeil | July 3, 1995

The Student Assembly met last Thursday for the first time this summer to outline its goals and projects for the new term. Summer Assembly President Matt Shafer '97 began the meeting by declaring the Summer Assembly would not be plagued by politics or infighting. It will be an opportunity "to get a lot of good things done," he said. Though 21 students attended the meeting, the number of voting members was not enough to elect the Summer Assembly secretary and treasurer.

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Freedman resumes presidency

By Rebecca Siegel | July 3, 1995

College President James Freedman returned to Hanover on Thursday following his six-month sabbatical, which he spent writing a book about liberal arts education at Harvard University. "It was wonderful in every respect," Freedman said about his sabbatical, which he spent in Cambridge, Mass.

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Towns will hold parade and fireworks tomorrow

By Jason Casell | July 3, 1995

Whether you are looking for a creative or traditional way to celebrate the Fourth of July, the Upper Valley will offer several alternatives for those who want to commemorate tomorrow's national holiday. The Third Annual Hanover Old-Fashioned Fourth of July, which will include a parade, bands, concession stands, games on the Green and a petting zoo, will begin early tomorrow morning. According to Chris Vitale, assistant director of Hanover Parks and Recreation, the parade will begin at 10 a.m.

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Freshman computer package decided

By Amy Semet | June 29, 1995

The Council on Computing will recommend that incoming freshmen purchase a Macintosh Performa Model 636 computer instead of the Power Macintosh. Chemistry professor John Winn, who chairs the council, said the College just finalized the deal with Apple Computers late Tuesday evening. Previously this spring the Council on Computing reported that they would recommend that incoming members of the Class of 1999 purchase a Power Macintosh. "We negotiated with Apple over about four different versions of Apple Macintoshes, but Apple could not guarantee any of them in sufficient quantity," Winn said.

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ORL optimistic about wait-list

By Rini Ghosh | June 29, 1995

In less than a month the College has reduced the number of students on the wait-list for Fall term housing from 96 to 40. "To be down to 40 at the end of June is encouraging for us," said Bud Beatty, associate dean of residential life.

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