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College constructing a pedestrian walkway

By Sarah Bailin | October 6, 1995

After years of discussion, the College is finally converting the street running between Massachusetts Row residence cluster and McNutt and Parkhurst administration buildings into a pedestrian walkway. Associate Director of Facilities, Operations and Management John Gratiot said the College is making the road a pedestrian walkway because "it makes the area a more pedestrian-friendly zone and it visually enhances the campus." Gratiot said there was some concern that the area was unsafe for students and other people who pass through. Facilities, Operations and Management removed the large, overgrown shrubs that grew close to the residence halls and will replace them with a grassy area this spring.

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M. RIce '94 commits suicide in hometown

By Karen Rose | October 6, 1995

Marcus Rice '94, a planned computer science major who never finished his degree requirements at Dartmouth, committed suicide last month in his home in Tarrytown, N.Y., his father Berkeley Rice said yesterday.

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Hanover High may serve as skater refuge

By Elizabeth Tedesco | October 6, 1995

Hanover High School may serve as a temporary home for skateboarders cast from town streets by a recent decision to ban skateboarding in Hanover's business district. The ban, which was approved by the Hanover Board of Selectman on Sept.

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New faculty members appointed to 14 departments

By Neeta Raghavan | October 5, 1995

Dartmouth hired 19 new professors in 14 different departments this year, some of whom were hired as part of the College's ongoing efforts to implement its new curriculum. Dean of the Faculty James Wright said the number of new recruits this year is consistent with the average number from previous years, which tends to be between 18 and 20. Wright also said after "investing a lot of time and effort in the recruitment of new faculty," Dartmouth regularly gets its top choices.

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COP to discuss questionnaire results

By Leah Campbell | October 5, 1995

The Committee on Organization and Policy will meet on Tuesday to discuss results from a survey sent in the Winter term evaluating the Academic Honor Principle, and will probably release a response to the survey later this term. Geography Professor Richard Barff, who chairs the COP, said the honor principle survey was sent to 800 students and faculty after Dean of the College Lee Pelton requested a comprehensive survey. Barff said he thinks the honor principle is "probably not in crisis" although the committee has not yet released any of the survey's findings. The point of Tuesday's COP meeting will be to draw conclusions from survey results in the hope of drafting a "response" to campus opinion of the honor principle, Barff said.

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SA discusses new projects and incoming members

By James M> Hunnicutt | October 5, 1995

The Student Assembly met last night to discuss its upcoming projects and to prepare for an influx of new members. Meredith Epstein '97, vice president of student services, said her committee is trying to implement a safe rides program and have more change machines installed. Brandon del Pozo '96, vice president of academic affairs, said the Assembly is still working on an electronic course guide, which will be put on the World Wide Web. Vice President of Communications Scott Rowekamp '97 said his committee will work to publish two newsletters each term and issue press releases. Assembly President Jim Rich '96 said next week's Assembly meeting will probably feature "slight chaos" because it will be the first meeting for the Assembly's new members. The Assembly voted to overhaul its constitution at the end of Spring term.

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Swett derides Republicans, calls for social unification

By Aaron Lisman | October 5, 1995

Former Congressman Dick Swett, a candidate for U.S. Senate in 1996, accused Republicans of using "destructive, hate filled rhetoric" to polarize society and called for social "bridges" to reunite America in a speech last night. Swett, who served two terms as a Democratic Congressman from New Hampshire's Second Congressional district, spoke to a crowd of about 40 students at a Young Democrats meeting in the Rockefeller Center for the Social Sciences. First elected to the House in 1990, Swett was the first Democrat to occupy the seat in 78 years.

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Major patterns show social sciences are gaining popularity

By Ardua Harris | October 5, 1995

More seniors today are majoring in biology and economics than five years ago, but government, history and English remain Dartmouth's most popular majors. At the start of Fall term, 155 seniors are government majors, 122 are history majors and 121 are English majors, according to Teresa Rodimon, the assistant to the registrar.

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College plans to build composting plant

By Aaron Lisman | October 4, 1995

The half-eaten pile of mush masquerading as mashed potatoes you left on your plate may soon be valuable resources for Dartmouth's composting program. Dartmouth Recycles said it plans to work with a new $150,000 composting facility, which would allow the College to turn 14 times more waste into soil than it currently does.

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ORC still marred with unoffered courses

By Jennifer Parkinson | October 4, 1995

Despite efforts to pare down the 700-page Organizations, Regulations and Courses book, nearly one out of every 12 courses listed in the tome is not offered over the next academic year. Of the 1,523 courses listed in the ORC, 105 are not offered in the period from Fall term 1995 through Spring term 1997.

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BlitzMail available for free

By Amy Semet | October 4, 1995

Dartmouth recently stopped its efforts to market its electronic-mail program to corporations and universities because no one bought the program after it had been on the market for about two years. Now, anyone who wants to use BlitzMail, which was developed at Dartmouth in 1987, can do it free of charge. In April 1993, Dartmouth Computing Services offered BlitzMail up to prospective buyers for commercial and educational use. At that time, officials said they would charge $500 for a university license.

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Author Ivanov is this term's Fellow

By Elizabeth Tedesco | October 3, 1995

Vyacheslav Ivanov, a Russian author, exile, rebel and now reformer, will be this term's Montgomery Fellow. The College invited Ivanov, who was once dismissed from Moscow State University for associating with an anti-communist Nobel Prize winner, to live and lecture in Hanover through November. Montgomery Fellows interact with students in the classroom and reside in Montgomery House, located on Rope Ferry Road by Dick's House. Barbara Gerstner, executive director of the Montgomery Endowment, previously told The Dartmouth that the endowment each year invites several prominent individuals from various disciplines to come to Dartmouth and share their academic experiences in lectures or classes. While renowned for his work in writing and linguistics, the "personal aspect" of Ivanov's resume adds to the strength and variety of his lectures, Gerstner said. Ivanov, who was an honors graduate from Moscow State University, said his association with Boris Pasternak, the author of "Doctor Zhivago," ultimately led to Ivanov's being barred from teaching and travel in 1958 and the thirty years to follow. "Life was not always easy, but still it was interesting and very vivid," Ivanov said.

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Sorority rush numbers similar to last year

By Alik Widge | October 3, 1995

Despite significantly lower participation in sorority rush this year, most of the houses added virtually the same number of new members as last fall. Approximately 220 women signed up to participate in sorority rush this year, down from last fall's initial registration of nearly 300.

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Skills Center helps students learn

By Erin Loback | October 3, 1995

For students finding college academics a problem, the Academic Skills Center sponsors a variety of programs providing academic assistance, including tutoring, aid for students with disabilities and mini-courses in learning skills. The goal of the Center is "to provide as many opportunities for students to learn the ways in which they can be successful" in academics, according to Carl Thum, director of the center. Students coming to college, "even a place like Dartmouth ... don't always have the skills and strategies necessary" to perform well at the college level, Thum said. For the second year in a row, the Center received a $10,000 grant from the Hewlett Foundation, which it will use to purchase up to six new videotapes about effective learning strategies. Students often start their searches for academic assistance by meeting with Thum or Academic Director Gail Zimmerman to discuss tutoring options.

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