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College responds to charges from alumni

By James M> Hunnicutt | May 11, 1995

The College, the Board of Trustees and College Alumni Association Secretary Patsy Fisher-Harris '81 last week officially denied allegations that changes made to the Alumni Association's constitution in 1990 were done illegally and should be invalidated, College Counsel Cary Clark said. Seven alumni led by William Tell, Jr.

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The mechanics of litigation at Dartmouth

By Jeffrey Beyer | May 11, 1995

When a person or a group brings a lawsuit against Dartmouth, the College has a set procedure but no set strategy for handling the case. The three top officials of the Legal Affairs Office -- Assistant College Counsel Alegra Biggs, College Counsel Cary Clark and Associate College Counsel Sean Gorman -- meet to discuss the College's strategy, Clark said. The three discuss defense strategies, which sometimes involve "engaging an outside lawyer to participate in the defense litigation," Clark said. According to Clark, the method of defending the litigation depends on the nature of the lawsuit, and there is no stated strategy the College employs to defend the litigation. "There is a whole range of types of litigation and each type requires a different way of preparing a defense," Clark said. Clark said where the suit is filed and the type of lawsuit are major issues in preparing a defense. The Legal Affairs Office can act independently, and is under no obligation to contact the College President's Office or other administrators. But Clark said the College Counsel often contacts administrators depending on the nature of a specific case. "If there are significant decisions to be made regarding the handling of the litigation then obviously I and the others on the legal staff would consult with the appropriate administrator," Clark said. Gorman said the money used to defend the College against lawsuits comes from the yearly operating budget, and no money is set aside in a special legal defense fund. Clark added that an additional budget is set aside for the payment of legal fees for outside counsel. "There is no real way of anticipating what's going to happen from one year to the next," Gorman said.

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Playboy calls back nine women to pose

By Jack Vaitayanonta | May 11, 1995

Playboy Magazine photographer David Mecey finished his first round of interviews with Dartmouth women Tuesday and said he called back nine women yesterday to pose in two-piece bathing suits and lingerie. Mecey said he was so pleased with the quality of the women who arrived during the preliminary interviews on Monday and Tuesday, he called back most of the 15 women who came to see him. Of those 15 women, Mecey said he suspected three were not serious about posing.

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Faculty utilize D-Plan to facilitate research interests

By Amy Semet | May 11, 1995

Just like everybody else on campus, Dartmouth faculty members have very divided and strong opinions on the Dartmouth-Plan, the College's unique enrollment system that allows it to operate year-round. While many Dartmouth professors laud the Dartmouth Plan for the extended research opportunities and flexibility it offers to them, some faculty members say they feel the D-Plan is a threat to the College's intellectual community. According to Deputy Provost Bruce Pipes, faculty members largely support the D-Plan because it allows them to teach in the summer and take a term or two off during the year to do research. Taking terms off during the "regular" school year to do research is particularly attractive to faculty because they do not have to compete with professors from all around the country for library space, Pipes said. On the other side of the issue, perhaps the biggest complaint faculty members have about the D-Plan is that it severely disrupts educational continuity.

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Scientists get $7 million grant: 11 Dartmouth professors receive funds to investigate toxic metals

By Charles Davant | May 11, 1995

A group of 11 Dartmouth scientists led by Acting Dean of the Faculty Karen Wetterhahn will receive more than $7 million over the next five years from the federal government to research how toxic metals in the environment affect the human body. The grant was awarded by the National Institute for Environmental Health Services, one of the National Institutes of Health.

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Tovell proposes overhaul of finance group

By Chin Yoo | May 10, 1995

In an attempt to increase student input in determining how the $35-per-term Student Activities Fee is appropriated, Undergraduate Finance Committee member Bill Tovell '96 has devised a way to change how the UFC works. Currently, the UFC divvies up all proceeds from the fee to nine campus organizations, like the Programming Board and the Student Assembly.

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Rich '96 rebuffed over SA application process

By James M> Hunnicutt | May 10, 1995

Student Assembly President-elect Jim Rich '96 last night addressed the Assembly about his plans to seek applications from members of the Class of 1997 for the positions of chair and vice chair of the Summer Assembly. But Rich was challenged by several Assembly members when he announced his intention to open the application process up to the entire Class of 1997. After Rich said "I'll run an ad in [The Dartmouth] to open it to the entire '97 class," Assembly President Rukmini Sichitiu '95, Stacie Steinberger '98 and other Assembly members quickly spoke out against his proposal because it apparently violates the Assembly's constitution. Sichitiu said the Summer Assembly chair and vice chair must be selected from either this year's or next year's elected Assembly. After acknowledging the correction, Rich said he would instead contact only sophomore members of both Assemblies about filling out applications. "My goal was to make this process fair," Rich said.

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Voice-mail may be offered

By Jennifer Whetsell | May 10, 1995

As part of a new telephone system Dartmouth installed at the end of Fall term, the College may offer students voice-mail service starting this fall. Director of Administrative Services Marcia Colligan said, "We ... hope to be able to make [voice mail] available in the fall." Voice mail is a feature that allows callers to leave messages at a central electronic storage location.

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Interest in science expands at Dartmouth

By Neil Desai | May 10, 1995

As nationwide interest in biotechnology fields and medical school grows, the interest in science-related fields at the College has also increased dramatically in recent years. "I think science interest has increased because society is becoming more technically based and run," physics major Chadwick Cook '95 said.

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Lightfoot '92 still detained

By Rini Ghosh | May 10, 1995

Three week after federal officials took Anthony Lightfoot '92 into custody as a suspect in the case of a hate letter sent to the treasurer of the Black Alumni of Dartmouth Association, Lightfoot still has not been arrested or formally charged with the offense. A clerk in the U.

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DG, in rush overhaul, tries to gain members

By David Pichler | May 10, 1995

In an attempt to draw new members into its organization, Delta Gamma sorority is allowing up to 30 freshman women to forego formal Greek house rush next fall by committing to join the house now. DG President Abbey Henderson '96 sent a letter to all women in the Class of 1998 this week, saying the house is offering them "a unique opportunity to join a sorority without going through the formal rush process this fall." The letter was also signed by Panhellenic Council President Dani Brune '96 and Panhell Vice President Jess Drolet '96.

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Defying stereotypes, photographer returns

By Jack Vaitayanonta | May 9, 1995

As students marched on the Green and chanted anti-Playboy slogans yesterday, they probably imagined a seedy, unshaven man with greasy hair, gold chains and chest hair protruding from a tacky disco-era shirt, snapping away with his camera at some helpless Dartmouth coed. But Playboy photographer David Mecey said he is just a regular sensitive guy.

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After scaled-down report is released, students react

By Maggie Fritz | May 9, 1995

Students received the final recommendations of the Committee on the First-Year Experience with a mixture of disappointment and relief yesterday. In a report released to the College community yesterday, Dean of the College Lee Pelton drastically scaled down the committee's original proposals.

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Students protest Playboy arrival

By Jack Vaitayanonta | May 9, 1995

As photographers from Playboy Magazine interviewed Dartmouth women yesterday at the Hanover Inn, about 35 students marched around the Green and rallied outside The Hopkins Center for the Performing Arts to protest the magazine's visit. Playboy photographer David Mecey and two assistants arrived in Hanover Sunday to interview women interested in posing for the magazine's upcoming "Women of the Ivy League" pictorial that will be published in the October issue. Mecey said he conducted preliminary interviews with nine women yesterday and will speak with another four today at the Hanover Inn.

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Dedicated to battling sexual assault, Veto '93 helps women

By Allison K. Hoffman | May 9, 1995

When asked to imagine someone who dedicates her life to battling sexual assault, most would imagine a woman ready to use a sword of harsh words and armor of emotional withdrawal to fight male violence. Liza Veto '93, assistant coordinator of the College's Sexual Awareness and Abuse Program, with her warm smile and welcoming personality, in no way resembles this stereotype.

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D-Plan made coeducation possible in 1972

By Jacqueline Rose | May 9, 1995

College students often grumble about the problems that the Dartmouth-Plan causes in their lives: long separations from significant others, a lack of stability in housing and the destruction of the community at the College. But when the College adopted the D-Plan in 1971, the program was actually seen as the solution to a rather difficult problem the College faced at the time. When the College finally decided it was ready to take the plunge and become fully coeducational in the early 1970s, it faced a dilemma: how to admit 1,000 female students without building new facilities or decreasing the number of male students at the College. The D-Plan solved this dilemma by creating a year-round academic calendar that included a summer quarter, which maximized the usage of the College's facilities.

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