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Pelton, Reinders lose school board elections

By Maggie Fritz | March 27, 1995

Dean of the College Lee Pelton and Assistant Dean of Residential Life Deb Reinders both lost elections for local district school board seats on March 14. Pelton finished third out of four candidates in the Hanover School Board elections, six votes shy of a seat. Pelton, who received 529 votes, said he was pleased with the outcome of the elections.

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Pelton to bring proposals to Trustees in June

By Maggie Fritz | March 27, 1995

Dean of the College Lee Pelton will delay bringing his final recommendations on the First-Year experience to the Board of Trustees until June. Originally, Pelton had planned to release a set of final recommendations at the end of February and present them to the Board at its April meeting. But Pelton said he delayed the release because he wanted to give students more time to express concerns about the final proposals.

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Brennan drops out of Assembly race

By Maggie Fritz | March 27, 1995

Jim Brennan '96 withdrew from the Student Assembly presidential race at the end of last term because he said he wanted to have time for more "enjoyable pursuits." Brennan also said running for Student Assembly office is "very difficult." "The election process has become very tortuous," he said.

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Emily Jones '95 will co-chair alcohol task force

By Maggie Fritz | March 27, 1995

Emily Jones '95 will co-chair the newly created alcohol task force this term with College Health Services Director Dr. Jack Turco, Dean of the College Lee Pelton said yesterday. Pelton said he asked Jones, the past-president of Delta Delta Delta sorority, to co-chair the task force because she had been "highly recommended." Jones, who also served as a member of the Committee on Standards, said she is happy to serve as co-chair during her final term at the College. The task force, created by Pelton in the winter, will examine the problems caused by alcohol at the College. Pelton said the task force will examine four aspects of alcohol on campus: underage drinking, the effect on alcohol on gender relations, the College's alcohol programs and the membership and charter of the College Committee on Alcohol and Other Drugs. Jones said she believes at least 10 students will serve on the task force, along with administrators and faculty. Pelton said last term the task force will be comprised primarily of students. Jones said she met with Turco last term and will meet with him in the next few days to discuss how the group should attempt to fulfill its charge.

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Alcohol report released

By David Pichler | March 8, 1995

A group of students and administrators charged with revising Greek social procedures released a report yesterday recommending adjustments that would reaffirm the responsibility of Greek houses at their own social events. The "Committee to Revise CFS Social Procedures" approved 29 recommendations during a retreat last month.

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Bickel accepts a second term as College Registrar

By Jack Vaitayanonta | March 8, 1995

Registrar Thomas Bickel recently accepted an appointment for another four-year term from the Dean of the Faculty office. He has served as the College's Registrar since 1987. Bickel's job entails maintaining records of students' academic work and transcripts and handling the registration of undergraduates.

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Linguistics major approved

By Jack Vaitayanonta | March 8, 1995

Last week the Committee on Instruction approved a proposal to allow students to major in linguistics, according to Committee on Instruction Chair Gary Johnson. Russian Professor Barry Scherr, the chair of the linguistics and cognitive science program, said the move was in response to the increased number of students who wished to major in linguistics and the high enrollment in the program's introductory courses. Scherr said during the program's early years, there were only one or two students wishing to major in linguistics, compared to about 6 juniors this year. He said there was an enrollment of about 60 students in introductory linguistics this year. Scherr said the program's next step is "to get more courses, and round out the major." Previously, students wishing to major in linguistics had to apply for it as a special major. Scherr said allowing students to major in linguistics cuts out much of the administrative paperwork and red tape required to apply for a special major.

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College may create new administrative positions

By Aran Toshav | March 8, 1995

Dartmouth Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Organization co-Chair Earl Plante '94 said yesterday that the College is tentatively planning to hire two part-time administrators to advise minority groups on campus. Although Plante said the specific details have not yet been worked out, he said one administrator would advise the gay, lesbian and bisexual community and one would advise the Latino community. But Dean of the College Lee Pelton, who said he ultimately would make the decision whether to hire an administrator, refused to comment on specific details on any potential positions last night. "The College will provide the appropriate support for the gay, lesbian and bisexual community, but to say specifics at this point would be getting out in front of the person who makes the decision," Pelton said. But Pelton added, "Philosophically, as we look at the needs of the diverse groups [on campus], we will look at our existing sources to provide support." Pelton said he has brought up many ideas to address the needs of the Latino and homosexual communities, but he said "the conversations I had in staff meetings were not supposed to be for public consumption." Plante said he is pleased with the progress.

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Assembly questions whether College listens

By Siobhan Gorman | March 8, 1995

The Student Assembly is the only group on campus that can supposedly represent the views of the entire student body to the administration, faculty and Board of Trustees. But while administrators say they usually take the Assembly's recommendations into account when they make decisions, some Assembly members say their opinions are only considered when the administration agrees with them. Assembly President Rukmini Sichitiu '95 said the Assembly's relationship with the administration varies from year to year because it is based on personal ties rather than the Assembly's structure. "It's based more on personal relations," she said.

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Greek ORL policy finalized

By Tim Fitzgibbons | March 8, 1995

The Office of Residential Life and the Coed Fraternity Sorority Council agreed on a plan to have Greek house members apply for Fall-term housing one week before the rest of the campus. Ryan Carey '96, one of the students who worked on the new plan, says it "facilitates communication between ORL and individual housing." In January, ORL released a draft proposal of a plan that would prevent Greek members from applying for on-campus housing until their house filled its beds.

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Task force examines WDCR

By Nathaniel Leclery | March 7, 1995

A faculty and student task force is currently evaluating the purpose and future format of WDCR, the College's AM radio station. At a meeting yesterday, task force members discussed possible changes to the radio station, including a switch to an all-news format. Cara Abercrombie '97, a former WDCR Disc Jockey, said the task force discussed a number of long and short-term goals for the radio station including increasing the station's visibility on campus, encouraging greater student participation and emphasizing the broadcast journalism and career aspects of the station. "It was really productive and I think [the task force] will have a lot to work with when they meet again in the spring," she said. The task force was created in response to a conflict that erupted at the end of January when WDCR's programming director, Pammela Quinn '95, resigned. Quinn said she left because Station Manager Phil Augur began to make decisions about the future of the station without consulting other station directors.

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Fox Piven gives speech on the assault on welfare

By Rebecca Sullivan | March 7, 1995

Frances Fox Piven, political science and sociology professor at the City University of New York, said last night that the shift in power from workers to business has undermined the welfare system in the United States. "The attack on welfare is caused by political forces encouraged by changes in market," Fox Piven said to about 50 people in the Rockefeller Center for the Social Sciences in a speech titled "Markets, Politics and the Assault on Welfare." Fox Piven said throughout history, the welfare state has been described as a progressive entity, but "this evolutionary, progressive perspective cannot stand up under recent events." She said that in the post-industrial era, power relations have changed from the early 1900s when "labor was becoming decomm-odified through the ability to resist the demands of the market." In the early industrial period, workers had the power to strike and unionize and big business wanted to be conciliatory toward them, she said. "Now, we're in a second phase," she said.

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College could face up to $5M budget shortfall

By Jeffrey Beyer | March 7, 1995

The College could face a $3 to $5 million shortfall for the 1997 Fiscal Year due to the rising costs of need-blind admissions and the ending of the College's capital campaign in 1996, College officials said. Although the implementation of the 1997 budget is still a year and a half away, if initial projections are correct, Provost Lee Bollinger said cuts may be necessary. "As we look at '97 and '98, we have some big gaps to close," College Vice President and Treasurer Lyn Hutton said.

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Palaeopitus may reform constitution

By James M> Hunnicutt | March 7, 1995

Palaeopitus, a group of senior leaders who advise the College President and the Dean of the College on a regular basis, is currently working on its constitution to ensure that its members are more interested and more involved in the group. "Palaeopitus' only downside is a lack of a fully active membership," said Candice Jimerson '95, who will chair the group next term. Current Palaeopitus Chair Rebecca Slisz '95 said, "Some people have been tapped and may not be interested or able to involve themselves in Palaeopitus." "We want to try and insure we have a group of interested students participating," Slisz said.

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