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SA Execs call for Baker ceremonies

By Chin Yoo | April 17, 1995

The Student Assembly's Executive Committee unanimously passed a resolution last night calling for the College's Commencement ceremony to be moved back to the Baker Library lawn from Memorial Field and for graduates and their families to be given seating priority. "The purpose of the resolution is to acknowledge that this is meant to honor members of the graduating class," Assembly President Rukmini Sichitiu '95 said. Acting President James Wright announced last week Commencement would be moved from Baker Lawn to Memorial Field in order to accommodate the large crowds expected due to President Bill Clinton's visit.

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Beckley '96 hangs fliers attacking Review

By Jeffrey Beyer | April 17, 1995

Michael Beckley '96 plastered the campus with fliers Saturday, accusing The Dartmouth Review of "tabloid journalism" for printing an article in Friday's edition alleging three student leaders committed sexual improprieties and one student leader committed plagiarism. The article in The Review, an off-campus conservative weekly, made allegations against Jim Brennan '96, Hosea Harvey '95, James Hunter '95 and Earl Plante '94. Brennan is the student intern in the Rockefeller Center for the Social Sciences and a former leader of the Conservative Union At Dartmouth.

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Lightfoot '92 named suspect in hate mail case, charges pending

By Rini Ghosh | April 17, 1995

The Hanover Police Department on Friday named Anthony Lightfoot '92 a suspect in the case of a hate letter sent to a member of the Black Alumni of Dartmouth Association. Although Lightfoot has not been formally charged or arrested, he remains in state custody awaiting arraignment in the U.S.

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Russell Sage will be renovated

By Jeffrey Beyer | April 14, 1995

Facilities Operations and Management plans to renovate Butterfield and Russell Sage residence halls this summer, pending College budget approval. Director of Residential Operations Woody Eckels said the renovations to Russell Sage and Butterfield would be similar to work done on the Fayerweather residence hall last summer. "The plans haven't been finalized yet," said Steve Mischissin, assistant director for engineering and utilities. If the plan receives approval, Mischissin said Russell Sage and Butterfield would be completely shut down near the end of June.

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Jewish holiday starts tonight

By Jeffrey Beyer | April 14, 1995

As Dartmouth students get ready for another weekend of studying and partying, the College's Jewish population is preparing for Passover, an eight-day holiday that celebrates the freeing of the Jewish people from slavery many centuries ago. College Rabbi Daniel Siegel said Passover, which begins tonight at sundown, is the annual remembrance and re-enactment of the founding moment of the Jewish people, when they were liberated from slavery in Egypt. There are several events at the College to celebrate Passover, and many Jewish students will head home for the weekend.

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College begins Poet-in-Residence program

By Jeffrey Beyer | April 13, 1995

Adrienne Su, a 27-year-old poet, will be on campus until the end of the term as the first participant in the College's new Poet-in-Residence program. David Samuel '67 established the program this year as a way to bring young poets to Dartmouth.

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Few reserve readings are on-line

By Chin Yoo | April 13, 1995

Two years ago, the Student Assembly initiated a project to eradicate one of the quintessential Dartmouth experiences: waiting frantically in line and fighting to check out a coveted reading in the Reserve Corridor of Baker Library. Now, legal, technical and other barriers have stopped the Assembly in its quest to enable students to obtain reserve readings on their computer screens from the comfort of their rooms. According to Circulation Services Librarian Pamela Ploeger, a fully functioning on-line database of reserve readings is not a strong possibility in the near future. "All the issues make me believe that it is not a good time to put many library resources towards this project," she said.

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Graduation move upsets '95s

By Jeffrey Beyer | April 13, 1995

One day after Acting College President James Wright announced the College will move Commencement ceremonies from Baker Library's front lawn to Memorial Field, seniors said they are disappointed with the decision and think the College should not move the ceremonies. Wright said Tuesday he decided to move the ceremonies because the space between Webster Hall and Sanborn Library will not be able to accommodate the expected huge crowds who will want to see U.S.

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Castaneda examines Mexico

By Janelle Garrett | April 12, 1995

Jorge Castaneda, a prominent political scientist and intellectual leader in Latin America, harshly criticized the reform plan of former Mexican President Carlos Salinas in a speech last night. Castaneda, the Montgomery Fellow this term, gave his speech, "Mexican Meltdown," to a packed crowd in Cook Auditorium.

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Academic programs on the rise with the new curriculum

By Charles Davant | April 12, 1995

As the College continues to implement the new curriculum, which stresses increased interaction between departments, some professors say academic programs are the wave of the future. For instance, Women's Studies Program co-Chair Diana Taylor said she would like "to see more departments become like programs," because their diversity gives the curriculum "a much broader range of courses." The academic programs -- groups of classes that are of interest to multiple academic disciplines -- are important to the College's intellectual mission, Acting Dean of the Faculty Karen Wetterhahn said. The academic programs currently consist of African and African-American Studies, Asian Studies, Comparative Literature, Environmental Studies, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Linguistics and Cognitive Science, Mathematics and Social Sciences, Native American Studies and Women's Studies. Students can major in all academic programs except for African and African-American Studies, Environmental Studies and Native American Studies. Wetterhahn said the programs are organized outside of traditional departments because they "tend to be very interdisciplinary in nature." The strength of programs Taylor said it is the interdisciplinary nature of programs that makes them an important part of the College's curriculum. "We could share more faculty and offer more creative courses," she said.

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Former VP hopeful Ferraro to speak in April

By Allison K. Hoffman | April 11, 1995

Geraldine Ferraro, the first female vice-presidential candidate on a major national party ticket and a delegate to the United Nations Human Rights Commission, will speak on April 17 in Webster Hall. Ferraro's speech, titled "Human Rights: A Guarantee for Peace or a Source of Conflict?" will kickoff the Rockefeller Center for the Social Sciences' new Susan B.

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Panelists forecast future of the U.N.

By Chin Yoo | April 11, 1995

Four panelists gave various forecasts for the future of the United Nations yesterday but agreed that reform is essential if the organization is to retain its vitality as a viable international force. The panelists described the U.N.'s 50th anniversary as a time of uncertainty in a discussion titled, "Peacekeeping Plus: The U.N.

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