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After stops and starts, this winter Dragon will move

By Erica Thrall | October 18, 1995

After more than two years of discussion and numerous delays, the Dragon senior society will move into a new building next to Delta Gamma sorority this winter. The College originally planned to actually move the Dragon's physical plant, which is currently located between Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and Gerry Hall.

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Env. Studies professor leaves for Cambridge

By Case Dorkey | October 16, 1995

After leaving the College in June after 27 years, Environmental Studies Professor Jonathan Brownell is headed to Cambridge University in England in two weeks to teach at the Global Security Fellows Initiative. Cambridge's Global Security Program is headed by former Environmental Studies Professor Jack Shepherd and focuses on helping "potential leaders" of countries in Central and Eastern Europe deal with problems such as the environment, conflict resolution, the economy and migration. Brownell said he is very excited about the opportunity.

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Punches rare in new plan

By Michael A> Posey | October 16, 1995

Although it is too early to assess the impact of the College's new meal plan, Dining Services Director Peter Napolitano said the plan has served to reduce the number of students opting to get punches. Approximately 800 students chose a 14, 10, or five-punch meal plan this fall, according to Napolitano said, compared to about 1500 last year. The new meal plan, which took effect this summer, eliminated the freshman punch requirement and instituted a sliding scale of fees for declining balance accounts. Sophomores were charged $25 this term, juniors paid $38 and seniors had to pay $70. "As anticipated," more students chose to purchase a DBA, Napolitano said, creating a considerable drop in the numbers of students choosing punches. Napolitano said the effects of the new dining plan and the reduction in the number of students opting for punches will be assessed Winter term. "Everything has been working out pretty good," he said.

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United Way campaign kicks off

By Michelle Gregg | October 13, 1995

United Way at Dartmouth officially kicked off its term-long $150,000 fundraising campaign on Tuesday, having already raised almost 33 percent of its goal. The College's contributions represent about 20 percent of the United Way of the Upper Valley goal of $732,000.

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Is Dartmouth the home of the Frisbee?

By Charles Davant | October 13, 1995

"In the beginning there were tin lid covers and pie pans, ... lids from paint cans or phonograph records." Or at least in the beginning as written by Victor Malafronte. According to Malafronte, back in the 1950s, enterprising Dartmouth men had to find some way to amuse themselves in the sleepy town of Hanover. And one item to which Dartmouth men turned were flying discs.

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Dartmouth United will have official members

By Aaron Lisman | October 13, 1995

Dartmouth United, a student organization founded a year ago with the goal of increasing social options at Dartmouth in a substance-free environment, is now seeking to become a College-recognized organization with official members. This new policy represents a reversal of its original intent to not have formal membership.

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Boskin talks on economy

By Lauren Brenner | October 13, 1995

Michael Boskin, the former head President George Bush's Council of Economic Advisers, said last night that government bureaucracy stands in the way of economic growth. "A highly bureaucratic, centralized, totalitarian manner of government cannot produce a successful economy," Boskin said. "Decentralization is not an easy battle, especially when it deals with governmental regulation on local, state and national levels," he said. Boskin, who is an economics professor at Stanford University, gave a speech titled "The Sense and Nonsense in American Economic Policy" to an audience of about 60 people in the Rockefeller Center for the Social Sciences. Boskin discussed ways to decentralize the national government and decrease the national deficit while also balancing the federal budget. Boskin said the United States has had a huge problem balancing the budget in the later part of the 20th century.

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Mankiller named Montgomery Fellow

By Allison Brugg | October 13, 1995

Wilma Mankiller, the first female chief of a major Native American tribe, will be at the College this winter as a Montgomery Fellow. A respected Native American leader who was chief of her Cherokee Nation tribe from 1985 to this past August, Mankiller will spend the entire term at the College, participating in classes and hosting smaller, informal discussions. "I anticipate a lot of activity," Executive Director of the Montgomery Endowment Barbara Gerstner said.

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Students mingle with Phil Gramm

October 12, 1995

MANCHESTER, Oct. 11 -- Waving banners of "N.H. Gun Owners for Gramm" and "Gramm '96 for President," about 40 students from the Conservative Union At Dartmouth had a chance to meet Republican presidential contender Phil Gramm up-close and personal. The Republican entourage, which was sponsored by the Gramm camp, was bused from Kappa Chi Kappa fraternity to the poster-plastered Holiday Inn ballroom in downtown Manchester. Gramm was one of 10 Republican presidential candidates to speak in a nationally televised forum tonight.

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Zonana feels College is liberalizing

By Erik Tanouye | October 12, 1995

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services Victor Zonana '75 said in a speech last night that the College has undergone a "profound transformation" it its treatment of gays, lesbians and bisexuals. "Dartmouth has really emerged from the closet," said Zonana, who is homosexual, to an audience of about 30 people in the Collis Common Ground.

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BlitzMail bulletin causes system crash

By Jonah Sonnenborn | October 12, 1995

An extremely long message posted to one of the BlitzMail bulletins caused the College's electronic-mail system to crash Tuesday and Wednesday for students monitoring that group's bulletin. When students monitoring the group's bulletin signed on to their accounts, BlitzMail immediately shut down, according to Jim Matthews, chief programmer for Computing Services and one of BlitzMail's developers. Matthews said Computing Services fixed the problem by about 4:00 p.m.

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