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Freshman Parents Weekend to stay in April: Goldsmith, College drop proposal to move weekend to Fall term

By Jeffrey Beyer | March 31, 1995

Dean of Freshman Peter Goldsmith announced that the College decided to drop a proposal to move Freshman Parents Weekend to Fall term, meaning the weekend will remain in the spring. But the College may still eventually move the weekend or institute a new weekend in the fall for parents of students in all four classes. Goldsmith, who released a memo with the decision on March 9,said Freshman Parents Weekend would stay in the spring, but said he is concerned not enough parents will be able to make a special trip up to the College to attend a spring meeting. Last May, the College announced Freshman Parents Weekend would move to Fall term, beginning with the Class of 1999.

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Alumni sue Trustees: Objection is raised over nomination process

By David Pichler | March 30, 1995

Seven Dartmouth alumni, led by William Tell, Jr. '56, filed a class-action suit against the College, the Board of Trustees and Patsy Fisher-Harris '81, the secretary of the College Alumni Association, at the end of Winter term. The suit, filed in New Hampshire Superior Court on behalf of the College's entire alumni body, charges that changes made in 1990 to the Alumni Association's constitution are invalid.

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Rowekamp joins SA VP race

By Maggie Fritz | March 30, 1995

Scott Rowekamp '97 became the fourth candidate to place his name on the ballot for Student Assembly vice president at the end of last term. Rowekamp, who was off-campus last term, has served four terms on the Assembly, one as Assembly treasurer.

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CUAD asks for earlier Greek rush

By Jack Vaitayanonta | March 30, 1995

The Conservative Union At Dartmouth will hold a petition drive to try to show the administration there is strong student support for moving Greek rush from sophomore fall to freshman spring. CUAD will organize student volunteers to set up tables for the drive in The Hopkins Center for the Performing Arts during the afternoon and in Thayer Dining Hall in the evening today, Friday and Monday, according to CUAD President Bill Hall '96. "We want to show the administration there is a lot of student support for this," Hall said. Hall said the idea of the petition drive was suggested during CUAD meetings last term.

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Dickey Center to host U.N. conference in April

By Jacqueline Rose | March 29, 1995

The John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding will hold a conference commemorating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations this April 9th and 10th. Dickey Center Senior Fellow and Government Professor emeritus Gene Lyons said the purpose of the conference is "to get people thinking about the United Nations and, more importantly, to understand what has happened globally over the past 50 years." Speakers for the conference, titled "The United Nations: 50 Years After San Francisco," include many Dartmouth alumni. Lyons, who is a specialist on the U.N.

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Ferrera may have sought early Greek endorsements

By James M> Hunnicutt | March 29, 1995

Two sorority presidents said yesterday Student Assembly presidential candidate Phil Ferrera '96 approached them at the end of Winter term to ask for their endorsement in the upcoming campaign, which could violate election guidelines. Election guidelines stipulate that "Campaigning shall be defined but not limited to ... seeking an endorsement from a student or group of students; and similar activities ... Students can organize their campaigns in advance, but actual campaigning may begin no earlier than seven days prior to the election date." Student elections are on April 11, which means candidates can not begin campaigning until April 4.

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Number of tenured women at Amos Tuck School: One: Task force finds women face 'chilly climate'three years after Tuck ranked last for the number of tenured women

By Jacqueline Rose | March 29, 1995

Dartmouth's Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, constantly ranked as one of the top business schools in the country, has only one tenured women on its faculty and a task force formed to examine the status of female professors at Tuck found they face a "chilly climate." According to Associate Dean Mary Munter, the single tenured women places Tuck -- the oldest business school in the country -- in "about the bottom four percent" of the nation's business schools in terms of number of tenured women professors. An article in Business Week three years ago that revealed Tuck had no tenured female professors was a source of embarrassment for the school, and sent administrators scurrying to try to fix the problem. The fact that Tuck still has only one tenured women is another slap in the face to the administration. Interim Dean of the Tuck School Colin Blaydon said, "Clearly the number of tenured women professors is not where it ought to be, and we are aware of that." Tuck Professor Kaye Schoonhoven, the first and currently the only tenured woman professor at Tuck, said since her arrival she has felt very welcomed by her colleagues and said her gender does not play a large role in her work as a professor. "Little of what I do seems gender-specific, given the nature of a professor's job, other than wearing an occasional suit with a skirt," she said. Schoonhoven, who has been at Dartmouth since last January, also said she would welcome more women on the faculty. "My perception is that Tuck may still have the fewest women faculty of the major schools of business," Schoonhoven said.

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After a year of debate, citizens propose wider bridge for safety

By Charles Davant | March 28, 1995

Resurrecting an old debate, a committee of citizens from Hanover and Norwich, Vt., recently asked the New Hampshire Department of Transportation to widen the proposed replacement for the Ledyard Bridge by two feet to accommodate crash railings to protect pedestrians. New Hampshire Department of Transportation Project Manager Bob Barry said, "I believe the only faction who opposes widening the bridge will be the governor of Vermont." Residents of New Hampshire and Vermont have argued over the width of the proposed structure since last year when some Hanover residents pushed for a 55-foot span, saying a wider structure would lead to too much traffic passing through the town.

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Clinton brings college journalists to White House for 'Media Day'

By Justin A. Steinman | March 27, 1995

WASHINGTON, D.C., Mar. 23 -- President Bill Clinton brought about 120 editors and reporters from college newspapers to the White House today in an attempt to reconnect with college-aged voters. "We are now having a great debate about how we can best assure the American Dream for our generation and for your children," Clinton said, speaking in the East Room of the White House.

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A look back at the top stories from the warm, event-filled winter

By Maggie Fritz | March 27, 1995

An alleged sexual assault incident, an outbreak of spinal meningitis, an unidentified intruder in residence hall rooms over Winter Carnival, and a controversy following a homophobic flier were some of the hot stories this Winter at the College. Overall, the College had a fairly quiet Winter term, as administrators tried to stay the course while College President James Freedman was on sabbatical.

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Srimurthy '95 found guilty of sexual assault

By Rebecca Siegel | March 27, 1995

Vikram Srimurthy '95 was found guilty of a sexual assault misdemeanor in Hanover District Court on March 8, after allegedly touching the breasts of a freshman without her consent. John Barrett '96 plead guilty in Hanover Court on Mar.

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