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NAP searches for new leadership

By Carol Lee | June 29, 1995

After the search to find a permanent head of the Native American Program failed at the end of last term, the College is juggling interim directors and preparing to reopen its search later this summer. John Sirois, who served as acting director this year, left the position Wednesday to go to the Coleville Reservation in Washington state, where he will work as a paralegal.

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New International Director selected

By Aran Toshav | June 29, 1995

The College announced Monday the appointment of Guilan Wang as the new Director of the International Office, ending a nationwide search. Wang is currently the Director of the Eisenhower International Leadership Program at West Virginia University. Wang will start as director on Aug.

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Interim dean to replace Tillman

By Maggie Fritz | June 27, 1995

Dean of Freshmen Peter Goldsmith said yesterday he hopes to appoint an interim replacement for Associate Dean of Freshmen Tony Tillman by mid-July. In May, Tillman announced he will resign July 1. Goldsmith said he hopes to create a search committee this fall to find a permanent replacement for Tillman. Goldsmith said he will select the interim dean after discussions with other administrators. "The interim associate dean will almost certainly be someone who is already affiliated with the College," he said. "Arguably the most challenging activity is seeing that the Community at Dartmouth Program ... comes off with the same thought and care that Dean Tillman took with it," he said. The "Community at Dartmouth Program," once known as "Social Issues Night," is presented to freshmen during their orientation.

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Alcohol task force finishes review

By Maggie Fritz | June 27, 1995

The College's alcohol task force will not release its final report until Aug. 1, after Dean of the College Lee Pelton has a chance to look over its contents, co-Chair of the Alcohol Task Force Dr. Jack Turco said yesterday. Turco, who also heads the College's Health Services, said he would not comment on the task force's findings until the report was released. The task force, which was chaired by Turco and Emily Jones '95, was scheduled to complete its report at the end of last term.

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Bollinger reflects on passing of former Chief Justice Burger

By Rebecca Siegel | June 27, 1995

In 1972, Provost Lee Bollinger worked as one of four law clerks for former Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger, who died Sunday of congestive heart failure at the age of 87. "I think it is the passing of a particular moment of history as well as an individual," Bollinger said. While Bollinger said Burger was well-intentioned, he also noted the paradoxical facets of some of Burger's actions. Bollinger described Burger as "generous and kind" to law clerks but also as "a man who was filled with contradictions." "[Burger] could be quite insensitive to interests of other justices or people -- but not intentionally so," he said. Bollinger described a time when the Chief Justice moved his desk into the Supreme Court conference room.

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Beta creates its own Good Samaritan rule

By Rebecca Siegel | June 27, 1995

In May, Beta Theta Pi fraternity started covering the medical costs of drunken brothers who spend the night at Dick's House or the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center for safety reasons. "If one Beta finds a brother dangerously inebriated, he will take appropriate steps to see that he is treated as needed," Jason Fanuele '96, Beta's spring president, said in an electronic mail message. "Beta will in turn cover the cost of the overnight stay at one of the two medical facilities," Fanuele wrote. The new policy is similar to the "Good Samaritan Clause" in the College's alcohol policy, which was designed to allow students to seek professional medical help for dangerously intoxicated peers without risking College discipline. But Beta goes one step further: it eliminates the financial risk as well. "If anybody gets in a situation where you are contemplating going to Dick's House, it's a pretty stressful time," Tom Macejko '97, Beta's summer president, said.

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Coaltions make recommendations

By Colin Grey | June 23, 1995

The two student groups that came together to reform the College's sexual abuse procedures following the College's alleged mishandling of a sexual abuse charge, have now filed reports with the administration. Last term, Emily Stephens '97 pointed a finger of blame at the administration, alleging they had pressured her into seeking mediation rather than a Committee of Standards hearing when she filed a sexual abuse charge against another student last year. Her action prompted a group of students to examine how such cases are treated by the College.

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Search for sexual abuse coordinator fails

By Amy Semet | June 23, 1995

The year-long search to replace Sexual Abuse Awareness Program Coordinator Heather Earle continues as the four candidates evaluated at the end of last term failed to meet the qualifications necessary for the job. "In the search, we found candidates with great experience working at the basic level, but our program goes far beyond that," Coordinator of Health Education Programs Gabrielle Lucke said.

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Most student interim workers say they were paid to sit

By Siobhan Gorman | June 23, 1995

While many students went home for break during Commencement and Reunion, others stayed behind to work for the College and earn some extra money. During interim period, the College paid students to clean up and maintain dormitory rooms for the Office of Residential Life and work for Dartmouth Dining Services and Safety and Security. Many of the students workers said they felt like they were paid to sit, read and nap. Some students who worked for Safety and Security said they appreciated having free time but others said they found it insulting to just sit and guard empty tents. "It was demeaning for an Ivy League student to get paid for doing nothing," Amy Stein '97 said.

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Sigma Delt is homeless

By Tim Fitzgibbons | June 23, 1995

This summer Sigma Delta sorority has become a house without a home. The College-owned house will be closed for renovations all summer, said Sigma Delt Summer President Jodi Scarpa '97. The College informed the sisters of Sigma Delt about three weeks before the end of Spring term that the house would be unavailable for the summer while fire alarms, sprinklers and handicap entrances were installed, Scarpa said. "Had we known ahead of time, we could have gotten an off-campus house," Scarpa said. The women who applied to live in the house were not allowed to withdraw their Office of Residential Life housing contracts, she said.

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Science grad students get federal grants

By Aran Toshav | June 23, 1995

The chemistry and biology departments will each receive research grants of $167,251 from the United States Department of Education. The grant will allow seven graduate students each year to receive doctorates in biology and chemistry. John Winn, chairman of the chemistry department and co-author of the proposal said, "the money is to allow both departments to increase graduate student enrollment by providing money to allow us to recruit more students each year." The College was one of the 70 schools chosen out of a pool of 285 to receive a grant through an Education Department program, called the Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need. In 1991 the chemistry and biology departments received a similar grant for three years. This grant will allow the two departments to maintain the same level of students enrolled in the program. "The grant's purpose is to attract students of the highest academic ability and demonstrated financial need with an emphasis on increasing the number of traditionally underrepresented minorities," Winn said. The program is also designed to increase the proportion of women studying for a doctorate in each department. In a press release issued by the College, Winn said "Our chemistry department has long had a percentage of women graduate students that is about twice the national average." Biology Associate Professor Carol Folt co-authored the proposal with Winn.

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President's visit received warmly

By Aditya K. Dutt | June 21, 1995

Although Commencement and Reunion at the College is generally known to attract large crowds, the celebrations this spring drew an unprecedented number of visitors. More than 12,000 people, including media and secret service officials, gathered on Memorial Field to attend President Bill Clinton's address to the graduating class on June 11. "He received a rousing reception," College spokesman Alex Huppe said.

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Charges against Finn dismissed

By Maggie Fritz | June 21, 1995

Vermont District Court Judge Marilyn Skoglund dismissed charges of allegedly growing marijuana against College Mathematics Lecturer John Finn on May 31, due to lack of evidence. John Finn, his son Forrest, his wife Holly, who is also known as "Jahni" Finn, and her live-in companion Carla Schauble were charged last November with growing 198 marijuana plants in their Thetford, Vt., home. The charges against Forrest Finn were dismissed last year, but warrants for the arrest of Holly Finn and Schauble are still out, according to Orange County District Court, where Skoglund presides. Finn said his lawyer, Charlie Buttrey, petitioned the court to have the charges dismissed against him three times because of insufficient evidence. In January, at the time of the first petition, police testimony during the court hearings indicating the presence in the Thetford house of drug paraphernalia as well as receipts for items "bearing the initials of John Finn, Jahni Finn and/or Carla Schauble," which could be used to grow marijuana-like plant lights and water cans led to Skoglund's decision to allow the charges to remain. But in May, Skoglund wrote that the receipts do not directly implicate Finn. Finn, who denied his guilt from the outset, said he has not used marijuana for 30 years but also said he does not consider growing the hemp plant a crime. Finn has characterized the episode as the result of the country's "so-called war on drugs," which he referred to as a "witch hunt." Finn said he feels the charges were a "deliberate attempt to deprive me of my civil liberties." Finn, who paid $5,000 to defend himself against the charge, said he has spoken with a local lawyer and the American Civil Liberties Union about filing charges against the state of Vermont.

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Thayer School receives fellowship grant

By Colin Grey | June 21, 1995

The Thayer School of Engineering will receive $530,000 from the Clare Luce Booth Program to pay for a new female faculty position and to fund the last year of study for eight female engineering majors. Associate Dean of the Thayer School Carol Muller said the money will keep the number of women graduating from the College with a bachelor of engineering degree on the rise. Thayer was one of 10 schools selected to receive approximately $5 million dollars of grants to be given out by the nine-year-old program next fall. The national program for women in the sciences awarded Thayer a total of $205,000 to pay tuition for four fifth-year women for each of the next two years. "Female students will complete the degree who would not otherwise do so," Muller said.

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Clinton emphasizes merits of education

By Jason Casell And Maggie Fritz | June 21, 1995

President Bill Clinton stressed the importance of education in a rapidly changing global economy and the role graduates will play in society in his Commencement address to the Class of 1995 on June 11. Though the Clinton's Dartmouth appearance was slightly upstaged by his highly publicized meeting with House Speaker Newt Gingrich, (R-Ga.), in Claremont that afternoon, more than 12,000 people attended the ceremonies on a rain-drenched Memorial Field. Clinton, who received a standing ovation from the crowd at the outset of his 28-minute speech, expressed his gratitude for being invited to the College and spoke of his friendship with College President James Freedman before shaking the hand of every graduate. "I am delighted to be back at Dartmouth, but I am especially grateful to be here seeing my good friend President Jim Freedman looking so very well and back here at this graduation," Clinton said. Freedman returned to the College to preside over Commencement after a six-month sabbatical following chemotherapy treatments for testicular cancer.

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Fewer professors visit during summer term

By Mary Ellen Moore | June 21, 1995

Although having fewer students on campus seems like the perfect time for Dartmouth professors to leave teaching in the hands of visiting professors, there are fewer visiting professors teaching in the summer than in other terms this year, according to Assistant Dean of the Faculty Sheila Culbert. "Visitors are used to cover for faculty leaves such as a sabbatical or a medical emergency," Culbert said.

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Senior exposes Clinton to meningitis at graduation

By Siobhan Gorman | June 21, 1995

The day after graduating from Dartmouth and shaking hands with President Bill Clinton during Commencement ceremonies, Peter Hecht '95 fell ill with meningitis. Complaining of flu-like symptoms, Hecht was admitted to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center June 12, where he was diagnosed with meningitis -- a potentially fatal disease that causes inflammation of the brain and spinal cord, according to College spokesman Roland Adams. Hecht was released from DHMC on June 15 "with a clean bill of health," said Hecht's mother Joanne. Director of College Health Services Dr. Jack Turco said he contacted the President's physician immediately. He said Clinton's chances of contracting meningitis were zero, but he thought he should still notify the White House. "Both the Center for Disease Control and all experts I talked to said they wouldn't have notified him, but we felt obligated to inform his physician," Turco said. He said meningitis is transmitted via oral secretions of the meningococcus bacteria, such as coughing, which can then be inhaled by others and colonize in their throat or nasal passages. To ward off the disease, Clinton took a pill form of cipro, an antibiotic that would eliminate any of the bacteria from his throat or nasal cavities, Turco said. Clinton is reported as being in good health. "The President is in excellent health, and his doctor knows he is considered low-risk for being inflected," Deputy White House Press Secretary Ginny Terzano told The Associated Press last week. The College also notified Hecht's close friends or others Hecht may have exposed to the disease, Adams said. Hecht's was the fourth reported case of meningitis on campus this year. Turco said meningitis usually strikes during the winter when people tend to stay in confined areas for longer periods of time.

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Von Rittmann '95 towers above all obstacles

By Rebecca Siegel | June 11, 1995

James von Rittmann '95 will be celebrating Commencement along with the rest of his classmates, but with a different perspective on graduation -- von Rittmann is a 34-year-old businessman who enrolled at the College at the age of 29. "I am such a non-traditional student -- I've had some really phenomenal life experiences," he said.

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