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Conference tries to join generations

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"Joining the Generations," a symposium examining inter-generational issues kicks off this afternoon in the Rockefeller Center for the Social Sciences. Acting Director of the Rockefeller Center Roxanne Waldner said the symposium will "provide an opportunity to have people from a variety of generations discussing issues that are not usually discussed between generations. Kevin Walsh '98, who is part of a student group that helped organize the conference, said it was scheduled for Freshman Family Weekend to allow several generations to take part. He said after taking part in a series of lunches with the Kendall retirement community he realized that "there is a definite lack of understanding between generations." Walsh said one of the goals of the symposium is to look at "idealism across generations and how different groups ideals have held steady across generations." Walsh said he hopes the symposium will be a first step in "creating a dialogue." The symposium will consist of presentations by a variety of speakers, including Vermont Governor Howard Dean and Barbara Dixon, the president-elect of the American Association of Retired Person. One of the most prominent issues, Walsh said, is expected to be a discussion of the future of social security and of whether it will still be available in 40 years. The symposium will open with a keynote address by Fernando Torres-Gil, the Assistant Secretary of Aging tonight at 7 p.m.


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EPA fines Dartmouth $38,000 for pollution

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Dartmouth will pay a $38,625 fine to New Hampshire's Department of Environmental Services for three violations of its air pollution control permit, the College announced yesterday. Assistant Director of Engineering and Utilities Stephen Mischissin said the infractions took place at the College's power plant between the fall of 1992 and the spring of 1994. According to a press release, the first two infringements were reporting violations.



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Lesure '97 pleads guilty, fined $200

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Sarah LeSure '97 pleaded guilty to the charge of giving false information to the Hanover Police Department and was fined $200 in Hanover District Court yesterday. LeSure waived her right to counsel at her arraignment.


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Freshman families arrive tomorrow

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The College will welcome more than 1,000 members of its extended family to campus this weekend for the annual Freshman Family Weekend. Parents and other family members of freshmen will attend a number of planned activities and share the Dartmouth experience tomorrow through Sunday. Lindsay Page '98, who co-chaired a committee that planned the weekend, said about 550 families are scheduled to come to campus this weekend. Page said the committee has been working on the weekend's agenda since Fall term.


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Marshall '96 raises funds for Oklahoma victims

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Friday morning, two days after an explosion ripped apart the Alfred P. Murrah Federal building in Oklahoma City, Okla., Life Marshall '96 decided she wanted to help the victims of the bombing. By Monday, Marshall said she and other volunteers had raised more than $4,000 for the American Red Cross. "I decided it was worth giving it a shot --and I never expected we'd raise that much money," said Marshall, who is from Los Angeles. She said she was motivated to organize the fundraising effort because she felt "extremely powerless and frustrated" as she watched the aftermath of the bombing on television. Just three days before Marshall started her fundraising campaign, she told a friend, "I don't feel like I've done anything" at Dartmouth.


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SA votes not to involve itself in Playboy visit

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The Student Assembly last night voted against discussing a proposal to pay for posters and fliers dealing with the visit of photographers from Playboy Magazine on May 8 and 9. "I'm rather disturbed the Assembly would choose not to discuss it," Assembly member Bill Karta-lopoulos '97 said.


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Review group, finished with research, working on report

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The Student Assembly External Review Committee has finished its one-month research period and in the next two weeks will hammer out its recommendations to reform the Assembly. Class of 1995 Vice President Hosea Harvey, who chairs the committee, said the group's final report will be much like a research paper because it will include both recommendations and research. The report "will represent a cohesive unit, which we hope will [be passed by the Assembly] in its entirety," Harvey said. He said it is premature to discuss specific recommendations the committee will make.


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Laser printing likely to remain free

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Because printing costs have remained steady for the last several years, Computing Services Technical Operations Manager Michael Hogan said the College has no plans to stop offering free laser printing to its students. Hogan said free laser printing has cost about $32,400 each of the last two years.


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'Seinfeld,' 'E.R.'?A question some ask

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Every Thursday night around 9, Dartmouth students interrupt their diligent studying to make a weekly pilgrimage to their cluster television rooms, lured by the hope of procrastination, socializing and, of course, free food. They gather for a Dartmouth institution as quintessential as a cappella groups and Sunday night cramming -- the "Seinfeld" study break. But even "Dartmouth institutions" can change. This winter, the River cluster switched its study breaks from the hit comedy to the drama "E.R.," becoming the first cluster to make the big switch. "We changed to 'E.R.' because it was our impression that the show had become more popular than 'Seinfeld,' at least among the residents in the River," Undergraduate Advisor Dave Hemmer '96 said.



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'Assassin,' where everyone can kill

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Sixteen students are currently lurking around campus with guns concealed in their pockets, ready to hunt down their next victims. But there is no secret military mission taking place, and you need not fear for your life or safety.


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Two students get award

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For the first time in College history, two Dartmouth undergraduates received Goldwater Scholarships, prestigious prizes given to the top mathematics and science students in the country annually. The Barry M.


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Epstein '97 to head Ivy Council next year

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The Ivy Council, at its meeting in Princeton, N.J., last weekend, elected Meredith Epstein '97 to be the group's president next year. The Council includes members from the student governments of each Ivy League school and meets twice a year to discuss campus and national problems. "I think it was clear to everyone in the Council she was the most deserving, the most qualified," said Student Assembly Vice President John Honovich '97, who also attended the Council meeting. The Council also named Dan Tennebaum from Brown University vice president of external affairs, Michelle Crames from Cornell University vice president of internal affairs, Manisha Bharti from Harvard University treasurer and Stephane Clare from Yale University secretary. Epstein said her responsibilities will include coordinating meetings, maintaining cohesion in the group and legitimizing the Council. She said many members "slacked" this past year and she hopes to remedy this in the new Council.



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Sarah LeSure '97 arrested

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Hanover Police arrested Sarah LeSure '97 last Tuesday for allegedly giving a false name to law enforcement officials during an earlier encounter with the police. According to Officer Darryl Zampieri, Hanover Police took LeSure into protective custody on Monday, April 10 at 2 a.m.


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Group forges ahead with alcohol review

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A task force formed at the beginning of the term to examine the problems caused by alcohol at the College has divided into sub-committees and is working hard to finish its report by the end of the term. Members of the task force were chosen at the start of the term, said Director of College Health Services Dr. Jack Turco, the co-chair of the task force.


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Freedman says he is enjoying his sabbatical

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College President James Freedman, in the final two months of his six-month sabbatical in Cambridge, Mass., said Friday he is in good health and is enjoying his time away from Dartmouth. "The sabbatical is going well," Freedman said in a telephone interview.


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Carter '94 calls for students to take action

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Christine Carter '94, speaking before about 100 people in Collis Common Ground on Friday, called for students to take action and start changing the way they think about sexual assault and the College's social system. Carter is the author of an anthology of personal accounts of date-rape survivors, titled "The Other Side of Silence." The book will be published next month. In her speech, Carter said the social system that worked for Dartmouth 50 years ago is no longer acceptable in the 1990s. "What people don't realize is that in defending the old, we prevent the improved," Carter said.


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Guy Dixon '95 charged with indecent exposure

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Guy Dixon '95 was arrested late Wednesday night and charged with indecent exposure and resisting arrest after he allegedly streaked the Green as part of a large group. According to a Hanover Police press release, Dartmouth's Department of Safety and Security reported at 11:37 p.m.