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From snow and mud to a Green worthy of its name in 9 weeks

By Charles Davant | April 11, 1995

Despite last week's flurries and cold weather, Facilities Operations and Management is gearing up for a hectic nine weeks of pruning and planting leading up to Commencement and Reunion in early June. "There is a huge amount of work that has to happen before Commencement," Associate Director of Facilities Operations and Management John Gratiot said. Gratiot estimated that the College spends about $100,000 a year "summerizing" --or cultivating and planting grass, pruning trees and cleaning up the mess left after winter. "In a week or two we'll start spreading seed for when we have warmer temperatures," he said.

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More active U.N. role proposed

By Eryn Macdonald | April 11, 1995

Three panelists called upon the United States government to take a more active role in the United Nations and improve global relations. The panel discussion titled "Order or Chaos?: The U.N.

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Student crashes car, 2 injured

By Abigail Klinbeil | April 10, 1995

Raman Soobrian '95 abandoned his car late Thursday night or early Friday morning after veering off Old Tuck Drive and hitting a tree sometime during the evening, injuring two of the three people in the vehicle. Soobrian "lost control of the vehicle possibly from going to fast," according to College Proctor Bob McEwen.

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Marcus: homosexuals should be more open

By Caroline Timbers | April 10, 1995

Eric Marcus, co-author of Greg Louganis' biography "Breaking the Silence," said at a Saturday night speech that stereotypes about homosexuals will continue to exist until gays, lesbians and bisexuals become more publicly open with their sexuality. "By keeping secrets, we don't give those around us a chance to change and deny those who are like us a chance to know there are others like us," Marcus said. Marcus was scheduled to deliver a lecture titled, "Secrets: Why We Keep Them and How They Hurt Us," to an audience in 105 Dartmouth.

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Goldman speaks on religion

By Janelle Garrett | April 7, 1995

Columbia Journalism School Professor Ari Goldman ended the first day of the Senior Symposium yesterday by stressing the importance of religion as something that "binds us back, ties us back." "Religion is the force that connects us to something larger and more permanent than ourselves," he said in a speech to about 50 students in 105 Dartmouth Hall.

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Why no one wants to run for president

By Maggie Fritz | April 7, 1995

The job of Student Assembly president could hardly be described as the most sought after position on campus this year. Just three candidates have placed themselves on the ballot for the job that could arguably make them the most powerful student on campus.

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Debate team loses in tournament

By Jackie Rose | April 7, 1995

Both of Dartmouth's debate teams lost in the quarterfinals of the National College Debate Tournament at Western Georgia College, which wrapped up on Wednesday. The question for this year's tournament was, "Resolved: Criminal procedure in Federal courts with respect to pretrial detention and sentencing." Although both teams were upset by lower-ranked teams in the tournament on Monday, Debate Director Ken Strange said the teams performed well. "We were debating against people a little older," he said.

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Coach Strange leads team

By Karen Rose | April 7, 1995

Although both of its teams were defeated in the quarterfinals of the National College Debate Tournament, the Dartmouth Forensic Union had yet another wildly successful season under the guidance of coach Ken Strange. Strange has been at the helm of one of the country's strongest programs since 1980.

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Trustees arrive today for spring meetings

By Jack Vaitayanonta | April 6, 1995

The College's Board of Trustees will arrive this afternoon for a quiet Spring-term meeting, where they will elect a new Alumni Trustee, College spokesman Alex Huppe said. Jonathan Newcomb '68 was elected by the College's alumni to serve on the Board.

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Tracing an application

By Jaime M. Bedrin | April 6, 1995

As soon as a prospective student decides to apply to Dartmouth, the long and sometimes grueling application process where each application is carefully scrutinized by a team of admissions officers, begins. The applications first arrive in the Admissions Mail Room, located in the basement of Parkhurst administration building.

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Class of 1999 to be 'smartest ever'

By Michael Posey | April 6, 1995

Once again, College administrators say next year's class will be the smartest group of first-year students ever, as the College's acceptance rate for the Class of 1999 dipped to 21.6 percent. A little more than 10,000 high-school students applied to be members of the Class of 1999.

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New journal to publish

By Heather Bell | April 5, 1995

Two juniors have started a journal that will publish academic works dedicated to feminist issues, the College's second publication aimed at addressing women's concerns. The journal, Intersections, will present a comprehensive view of feminism by publishing papers written by students in Women's Studies and other courses, according to founders Cassie Ehrenberg '96 and Shilyh Warren '96. "Intersections will recognize the excellent feminist scholarship produced throughout the Dartmouth curriculum," Ehrenberg and Warren wrote in an electronic-mail message. Professors teaching courses pertinent to the journal's focus will recommend papers. The College's other women's issues publication, Spare Rib, was started in 1992. French Professor Marianne Hirsch, who helped Ehrenberg and Warren organize the journal, said, "Everyone has different ideas about what feminism is.

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