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Abzug speaks on environmental policy

By Kathryn Bieneman | April 24, 1995

Speaking on the weekend commemorating the 25th anniversary of Earth Day, former U.S. Congresswoman Bella Abzug said more women should be involved in helping determining the United Nations' environmental policy. Before a full house in Collis Common Ground on Friday evening, Abzug said since women do not own large-pollution creating companies, they do not have a vested interest in maintaining environmentally damaging policies. "Women are not superior to men," she said.

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Freedman to speak at Colby-Sawyer College

By Maggie Fritz | April 21, 1995

Colby-Sawyer College announced yesterday that College President James Freedman will speak at its 157th Commencement ceremonies on May 13. Freedman, along with Carol Browner, the Environmental Protection Agency's commissioner, will speak to Colby-Sawyer's graduating class.

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Rich holds meeting of new Assembly

By James M> Hunnicutt | April 21, 1995

Just one week after student elections, next year's Student Assembly met last night to elect officers and hear Assembly President-elect Jim Rich '96 present his agenda. James Horowitz '98 beat out Class of 1998 Vice President Tom Franks to become next year's Assembly secretary.

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Lightfoot '92: Author of hate mail or just 'a decent person?'

By Jeffrey Beyer | April 21, 1995

While some acquaintances describe Anthony Lightfoot '92 as angry and impulsive, others say the 25-year-old student who is currently in police custody in connection with a hate mail incident is a "decent person" with a strong worth ethic. On Friday, the Hanover Police Department named Lightfoot a suspect in the case of a hate letter sent to Morris Whitaker '74, the treasurer of the Black Alumni of Dartmouth Association. According to criminal complaint filed by the FBI in U.S.

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Koestner addresses rape

By Neil Desai | April 20, 1995

Katie Koestner, a recent graduate of the College of William and Mary, recounted her personal experience as a rape victim in a speech last night and urged the audience to "yell and scream" to make America more aware of the problem of rape. "My goal is to inspire you," Koestner said in her address to about 55 students in Cook Auditorium.

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Enrollment committee alters D-Plans

By Charles French | April 20, 1995

For the first time in recent memory, not every student will receive their first-choice Dartmouth-Plan. The Enrollment Committee decided yesterday to deny 65 freshmen their first-choice enrollment pattern to try to break the recent trend of Fall term over-enrollment. The eight-member committee, which handles issues related to the D-Plan, randomly chose the freshmen out of a group of 225 students who requested to be enrolled in their remaining three Fall terms. All 65 will receive their second-choice D-Plan that had one Fall term marked as an off-term. The committee's action is part of a coordinated effort by several areas of the College to curtail rising Fall term enrollments, which in recent years have contributed to long wait-lists for housing.

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Lightfoot told Hanover Police he sent hate mail

By Rini Ghosh | April 20, 1995

Anthony Lightfoot '92, who is accused of sending a hate letter to the treasurer of the College's black alumni association, confessed to the Hanover Police department that he wrote the letter, according to a complaint filed in U.S.

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Cases raise questions about admissions

By Michael Posey | April 19, 1995

With many of the nation's colleges and universities mailing the bulk of their acceptance letters to prospective students this month, two cases have surfaced which can realistically be described as an admissions officer's worst nightmare. In one case, Harvard University rescinded an early admissions acceptance to an honors student who killed her mother at the age of 14.

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The invisible, unnoticed head of the class: graduate-student teachers

By Rini Ghosh | April 19, 1995

Although Dartmouth prides itself on its commitment to undergraduates and the fact that professors -- not students -- teach courses, each year a handful of classes are taught by graduate students with master's degrees. But many students who have taken classes taught by graduate students say they did not mind the fact that their teacher did not have a doctorate. Graduate students teach five to 10 courses per year, according to George Wolford, associate dean of the faculty for the social sciences. Wolford noted this is far less than any comparable university.

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Ivory towers a la Playboy: provoking some protests

By Jack Vaitayanonta | April 19, 1995

What could cause some of the smartest college students in the country to do such bizarre things as run naked across campus as a form of protest or ignore a chemistry final to frolic naked in a hot tub? Playboy Magazine, of course. The opportunity to be a featured model in Playboy's "Women of the Ivy League" October 1995 pictorial has stirred up reactions ranging from outrage to apathy throughout the Ancient Eight. For instance, at Yale University a group of students offered to pay women selected by Playboy $600 not to pose. But since Playboy photographers began interviewing Monday at Harvard, there has not been any protest against the magazine and "no one really cares," said junior Sarah Scrogin, The Harvard Crimson's managing editor. Playboy has currently interviewed and photographed women at four of the Ivies -- the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia, Princeton and Yale Universities.

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SA to tackle Commencement move

By Chin Yoo | April 19, 1995

The Student Assembly unanimously voted last night to conduct a BlitzMail poll asking seniors whether they would prefer to have Commencement ceremonies on the Green or at Memorial Field. "It seems that a lot of seniors have complained they were left out of the process," Assembly Vice President John Honovich '97 said."This is something that will put seniors directly in the process." The College decided to move Commencement from the lawn in front of Baker Library --where it has been held for the past 42 years -- to Memorial Field due to President Bill Clinton's visit.

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Senior Executive Committee formed

By Karen Rose | April 18, 1995

Eight officers were elected last night for the 1995 Class Executive Committee, the body that is in charge of fund-raising and organizing reunions for the Class of 1995 during the next five years. Newly elected Senior Executive Committee President Kaja Shuppert said the group works to ease the transition from being Dartmouth students to alumni. "We will serve as the leaders of our class for the next five years, until our first reunion," she said. Students are selected to membership on the committee by their classmates.

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Speaker talks about sex

By Jacqueline Rose | April 18, 1995

Dr. Robin Sawyer, a health educator at the University of Maryland and sexuality specialist, said in a speech last night that improved communication will help prevent date rape. Sawyer's speech, titled "Let's Talk About Sex: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly," took place last night in Collis Common Ground and kicked off Sexual Assault Awareness Week. Sawyer began the discussion by asking the audience of about 30 people to consider how they communicate about sex. "Communication of sexuality is especially difficult on college campuses," Sawyer said. He said many of people's problems talking about sex stem from where they learn about it, according to Sawyer. He said most people learn about sex from friends and television rather than from parents or in school.

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Ferraro says human rights are linked to democracy

By Allison K. Hoffman | April 18, 1995

Geraldine Ferraro, the first female vice-presidential candidate on a major national ticket, said last night in a speech that there is a strong link between democracy and human rights. "Building strong and democratic nations is critical," she told an audience of more than 300 people assembled in Webster Hall. In her speech, titled "Human Rights: a Guarantee for Peace or a Source of Conflict?" Ferraro said democratic nations are much more likely to support the rights of their citizens. Ferraro's speech kicked off the Rockefeller Center for the Social Sciences' Susan B.

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