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Registrar to take 6-mo. sabbatical

By Jacqueline Rose | September 21, 1995

Registrar Thomas Bickel will leave the College next month for a six-month sabbatical at the University of California at Santa Cruz tostudy mathematics. Associate Registrar Mary Farrington will serve as acting registrar until Bickel returns in mid-April. Bickel, who is a mathematics professor, said he decided to go on sabbatical last year when he agreed to serve as registrar for four more years instead of returning to teaching. He said he plans to continue several projects for the College while in California.

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'99 orientation ends

By David Pichler | September 20, 1995

Members of the Class of 1999, many arriving in Hanover from their Dartmouth Outing Club trips unwashed, unshaven and even a little jittery, were welcomed with a week-long orientation program aimed at easing the transition from high school to college. "The primary purpose of orientation is to get students ready to start classes," Dean of Freshmen Peter Goldsmith said.

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Hossfeld leaves Kiewit

By Jeffrey Beyer | September 20, 1995

Nancy Hossfeld, Computing Services' director of user communications, resigned from her post earlier this month to travel with her husband and to "seek other pursuits outside of the area," Computing Services Director Larry Levine said. Hossfeld, whose resignation took effect Sept.

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Math Professor Rockmore to receive Presidential award

By Amy Semet | September 20, 1995

President Bill Clinton recently named Mathematics Professor Daniel Rockmore one of 15 American scientists who will receive a 1995 Presidential Faculty Fellow Award. The award annually recognizes young faculty members who demonstrate excellence in scientific or engineering research and in teaching. Each Presidential Fellow receives a grant from the National Science Foundation of up to $100,000 a year for five years to allow the researcher to pursue self-designed research and teaching projects. Rockmore said he plans to use some of the award money to improve the mathematics environment at Dartmouth. "I plan to use some of the money to buy more equipment and to bring visitors in," Rockmore said in a telephone interview from Princeton, N.J.

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SA forms joint venture with student-run firms

By James M> Hunnicutt | September 19, 1995

Students going to the Hopkins Center for the Performing Arts for registration today will be greeted by Student Assembly members working in conjunction with representatives from the Hanover Green Card and College Promo-Pack. The Assembly's Executive Committee decision to work with the two organizations, which Assembly President Jim Rich '96 termed an attempt to "provide service to the students," caused some controversy yesterday within the Assembly because of a misunderstanding between members. Members of the Student Assembly manned booths for the Green Card and College Promo-Pack yesterday at the Hop for freshman registration. The Green Card is a discount and debit service that lets students use a declining balance account at many Upper Valley businesses.

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Little impression left

By Charles Davant | September 19, 1995

Despite brisk sales of Playboy's "Women of the Ivy League" pictorial, most students said the issue is not making much of an impression on campus. Kate Berkeley '99 said the spread does not bother her.

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Devens '96, outstanding College athlete, dies at 21

By Justin A. Steinman | September 19, 1995

Sarah McKnight Devens '96, one of the best female athletes ever to attend Dartmouth, died unexpectedly this summer at her home in Essex, Mass.She was 21. Essex Police Inspector Donald Wolfe said the Massachusetts state medical examiner ruled Devens' death a suicide.

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Dartmouth women grace Playboy

By Charles Davant | September 19, 1995

Playboy Magazine's "Women of the Ivy League" issue, which includes pictures of Xantha Bruso '97 and Shannon Smith '96, is rapidly disappearing from the shelves of local stores. "Usually we sell 20 [issues of Playboy] per month," said Terry Walz, the Dartmouth Bookstore's periodical manager.

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Freedman gets award

By Jeffrey Beyer | September 19, 1995

The Yankee Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America presented College President James Freedman with its Yankee Award last night in Bedford. The award recognizes individuals who understand and use public relations principles in their careers, but are not public relations professionals. "It's really a tribute to Dartmouth for the way the College has handled public relations in my eight years here," Freedman said in a telephone interview last night.

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Summer Assembly wraps up term

By Amy Semet | August 22, 1995

By expanding student services, the Summer Student Assembly accomplished many of its goals this summer and hopes to serve as a model for this year's Assembly. Summer Assembly adjourned with a list of accomplishments including an internet version of the student course guide, a Scholastic Assessment Test preparation course for high school students. "The Assembly is now moving in the right direction of being an effective student voice, knowing what the student body wants, and working actively to meet those needs and wants," said Summer President Matt Shafer '97. Summer Assembly Vice President Scott Rowekamp '97 said that the Summer Assembly should be an inspiration for Student Assembly. "We spent less time on politics, and concentrated more on student services," Rowekamp said. With the exception of the SAT preparation program, Student Assembly President Jim Rich '96 and Vice PresidentKelii Opulauoho '96 set the agenda for the summer, Shafer said. The Summer Assembly accomplished its goal of placing the student course guide on the World Wide Web. "The course guide [on the web] will be smaller, and won't have comprehensive coverage," said President Matt Shafer.

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Freedman readjusts to College life

By Maggie Fritz | August 22, 1995

Two weeks ago, sorority sisters and fraternity brothers ate hamburgers and mingled on the well-kept lawn of the nicest house on fraternity row at the invitation of College President James Freedman. Having only recently returned from his six-month sabbatical, Freedman said he was more than happy to get back into the routine of the College's top administrator. "There are two things you miss," said Freedman, who spent his sabbatical in Cambridge, Mass.

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Professors selected for College tenure

By Rini Ghosh | August 22, 1995

Fourteen professors, including five new faculty members, received tenure at the College effective July 1. Classics Professor Roger Ulrich said "being tenured offers a lot of security for a faculty member at the College." Tenured professors have a "more lasting influence on [the] College," said Ulrich, who received tenure this year. He said professors are usually approached by the Dean of the Faculty and asked to serve on College committees after they receive tenure. Engineering Professor Ulf osterberg said he also feels "pretty good" about receiving tenure. osterberg, who has taught at Dartmouth for five years, said he particularly enjoys "the atmosphere, the importance of teaching and the smallness" of the College. Associate Dean of the Faculty for the Humanities Mary Jean Green described the tenure approval process as complicated. The candidates must be recommended by their departments, Green said. Ulrich described the process as "arduous," and called it "a great turning point in your career." Other professors who received tenure are Geography Professor Adrian Bailey, History Professor Steve Ericson, Physics and Astronomy Professor Marcelo Gleiser, Russian Professor Lenore Grenoble, Physics and Astronomy Professor James La Belle, German Professor Ellis Shookman and Asian Studies Professor Alan Tansman, according to an electronic-mail message from June Sweeney, the administrative assistant in the Dean of the Faculty office. In addition to Skinner, Asian Studies Professor Sarah Allan, Native American Studies Professor Colin Calloway, Director of the Rockefeller Center for the Social Sciences Linda Fowler and Dean of the Thayer School of Engineering Elsa Garmire are new tenured arrivals to the College, according to the message.

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Tucker Foundation selects grant recipients

By Siobhan Gorman | August 22, 1995

Six students will travel across the globe to places like Calcutta, Katmandu and Ethiopia to do community service as Tucker Fellows this fall. Daniel Dalseth '97, Kari McCadam '97, Jeneil Palmer '97, Clare Pinkert '97, Sara Snyder '98 and Jennifer Whetsell '97 were named the fall Tucker Fellows last week, said Deanna Gordon, an administrative assistant for the Tucker Foundation. The Tucker Fellowship Program, sponsored by the Tucker Foundation, provides information and a $1700 stipend that allows students to join up with an agency that sends people throughout the world to serve the welfare of others. Dalseth will travel to the Katmandu Valley in Nepal to work for Educate the Children, he said. As part of this program, he will teach English and possibly science and math at a boarding school in Katmandu, Dalseth said. Gordon said Dalseth will also serve as a "big brother" to impoverished children at the school, organize field trips and assist in an adult literacy program. He said he chose this project after hearing about it from a friend. "I knew someone who went on Educate the Children and I knew I wanted to go to a third world country," Dalseth said.

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