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Kahn speaks on Proposition 187

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Ronald Kahn, a political science professor at Oberlin College, lashed out against Proposition 187, which seeks to restrict social services for illegal immigrants in California. The speech, "Proposition 187 and the Rights of Illegal Immigrants -- the Supreme Court and Social Change" was given to about 100 students and professors in the Rockefeller Center for the Social Sciences. Voters in California approved Proposition 187, which would deny educational and health service rights to undocumented immigrants, in November.



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Affinity groups will hold 'sit-in' on Sunday

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Several affinity groups will stage a sit-in at the Collis Center on Sunday to protest potential cuts in federal spending on education by the Republican-led Congress. "By protesting against the spending cuts, we hope to also raise campus awareness of what is going on in the government," said Ana Henderson '94, president of La Alianza Latina.


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College, NHCLU, police agree on internal possession policy: Police would take students into custody and then call College

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The New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union, the Hanover Police Department and the College have come to a tentative agreement over the "internal possession" controversy that will give the College a greater role in dealing with undergraduate inebriates. Attorney Steve Borofsky, who represented the NHCLU in the negotiations, called the solution an "overhaul of the HPD protocol." He described the changes as a combination of procedural modifications and increased College involvement. Borofsky said under the agreement, Hanover Police would stop forcing students to take breathalyzer tests and would inform students of their rights to refuse a breathalyzer test. In addition, Borofsky said police would place nonviolent suspects into protective custody rather than arresting them and would inform the College of their offense. Hanover Police Sergeant Chris O'Connor confirmed that an agreement had been reached, but declined to comment on the details. "After a number of meetings there was an agreement" on an alcohol policy, O'Connor said.


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Freshman's condition improves to stable

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Freshman Kathryn Malone is now in stable condition at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center after being hospitalized Tuesday morning with spinal meningitis. DHMC Administrative Coordinator Ken McDaniels said Malone is "significantly improved." "She's been moved out of the Intensive Care Unit to a regular hospital bed," McDaniels said. Malone is the second Dartmouth student in less than a month to contract spinal meningitis, a potentially fatal disease caused by the meningococcus bacteria.


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DDS, despite monopoly, needs subsidy to survive

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Even though Dartmouth Dining Services has government-subsidized labor and operates in a near monopoly, College officials say DDS cannot break even without some form of subsidy because it provides a wide range of special services to students. Under the College's new meal plan, announced by Vice President and Treasurer Lyn Hutton about two weeks ago, students will pay a sliding scale of fees based on their class year to keep DDS from losing money. Hutton said in the past DDS covered its losses by the freshman punch plan, which makes more than $800,000 a year.


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Speaker brings the Bosnian conflict home

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Gary Shapiro passed a mortar shell that was fired in the Bosnia-Herzegovinan conflict around a room at Panarchy undergraduate society last night so students could "feel what war is." Shapiro, who has made several trips to the war-ravaged Eastern European state, spoke to a handful of students last night about his experiences in the conflict. Shapiro, who is affiliated with Montpelier, Vt.-based Conflict Resolution Catalysts, has spent time in Bosnia setting up "conflict resolution centers." The mission of these centers is to begin "programs oriented towards empowering citizens to make a difference in their community," Shapiro said. A new center, called "Ljudska Provezanost," or "People Connection," will open in Sarajevo this spring and will be followed by the opening of a second center in Banjaluka in June. Banjaluka is in the interior of the Serbian held area of Bosnia, known as the Republika Serbska.


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Near deadline, train has no replacement

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With one week left before Amtrak officially terminates the Montrealer train line, negotiators still have not worked out a way to save the train. But Vermont officials are continuing their efforts to save the Montrealer, which is the only train that stops in White River Junction, Vt.


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Dartmouth's tuition is average: Since 1987, Dartmouth has lowered its price relative to the Ivies

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Even for a school ranked eighth in the nation by U.S. News and World Report magazine, this year's $25,720 price tag seems a little hefty. But the College's cost places it in a more modest position than in 1987, when Dartmouth stood alongside Yale as the most expensive school in the Ivy League. Currently, the College sits in the middle of the Ivy League in terms of cost. Next year the total cost for tuition, fees, room and board will be $27,039.


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Kiewit hardware, worth $8,200, stolen

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Last Thursday night, thieves broke into a room in the lower level of the Kiewit Computation Center and stole $8,200 worth of computer hardware. Hanover Police Detective-Sergeant Frank Moran said the incident happened some time between 9 p.m.


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College reconsiders moving freshman parents weekend

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The College is currently considering changing its plans to move Freshman Parents Weekend to the Fall term. Dean of Freshmen Peter Goldsmith, who originally suggested the move, said he is now "rethinking his position on the issues." Goldsmith said he will release a memorandum discussing the future of Freshman Parents Weekend, which is currently held in the Spring term, within the next two weeks. Goldsmith said he was originally "very much" in favor of the move, because he thought the College lacked an event in the fall for the parents of most entering students. The College announced in May that it would move Freshman Parents Weekend for the Class of 1999. But members of the Coalition of Class Officers, a group made up of the presidents and vice presidents of each Class Council, voiced objections to the move. "Freshman Parents Weekend is more of a chance for freshmen to show off Dartmouth to their parents than for the administration to orient Dartmouth to the parents," Class of 1996 Vice President Tom Caputo said. Caputo said he was concerned that if the College moved the weekend to the fall, "it would be too informational because not too many students know enough about Dartmouth in the fall." Caputo said moving the event to the fall would also prevent freshmen from planning the weekend. "The great thing about Freshman Parents Weekend is that it has been very much planned by students," Caputo said.




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Beta's board lifts sanctions

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Beta Theta Pi fraternity's Board of Trustees recently lifted the restriction on social activities in the house, meaning Beta can again have alcohol in its house. The move came after Beta passed the College's minimum standards review earlier this term and petitioned its local Board of Trustees to lift the restriction. "The local Trustees weren't going to lift any sanctions until the College was satisfied that the fraternity met its requirements," said John Burnett '71, president of Beta's Board of Trustees. The Board reviewed the sanctions this weekend and voted to restore Beta's full social privileges after citing the members' successfully fulfilling of a long list of requirements from both the College and the Board. The College suspended Beta's recognition as a College organization for one year and levied 10 other penalties for an incident on Oct.


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Cowan promotes action, not apathy

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Last night, Jon Cowan '87 returned to his alma mater to recap his battle plan in the war against apathy among twentysomethings -- and to try to gain some recruits along the way. About 100 people, mostly students, crowded into the Hinman Forum of the Rockefeller Center for the Social Sciences to listen to Cowan, the co-founder and president of Lead or Leave. Lead or Leave, according to Cowan, is the largest advocacy organization for college students in America, currently boasting nearly 1 million student members.


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Assembly reform plans proposed

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Members of the Student Assembly continue to discuss efforts to restructure the Assembly in the wake of a motion made last week to adjourn for the remainder of Winter term. At Sunday's executive committee meeting Assembly President Rukmini Sichitiu '95 unveiled a proposal to form an objective external review committee. According to Sichitiu's resolution, the committee would look at structures within the Assembly that prevent it from acting, create a constitutional process to support Assembly leadership and establish an effective representational system. Sichitiu's proposal followed a proposal by Assembly Vice president John Honovich '97 last week calling for the adjournment of the Assembly. Although the executive committee did not vote on Sichitiu's proposal, it discussed the proposal for an hour-and-a-half and deferred debate until next week's Assembly meeting.


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Board asks to find Webster replacement

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The College's Board of Trustees decided at its meeting last weekend to proceed with the planned renovation of Webster Hall but also asked the administration to look for replacement programming space. Deputy Provost Bruce Pipes said "the administration is beginning to look at a number of solutions" to replace the function of Webster Hall. "We are just in the process of looking at options," Pipes said. He said the College administration hopes to find an alternative space to use instead of building a new structure. Pipes said constructing a new programming space would be very expensive and would fall behind other priorities, like the construction of a new math building. Student Assembly President Rukmini Sichitiu '95 said when the Trustees initially decided to convert Webster Hall into a special collections library, they had been told the building was not being used. Sichitiu said the Trustees were surprised that the Assembly and the Coalition of Class Officers were able to show a need for a space similar to Webster Hall. COCO distributed to the Trustees copies of its Webster Hall report, which concluded "the elimination of a medium-capacity programming space will severely limit the diversity of programming at Dartmouth." Sichitiu also said so far more than 500 students have signed petitions and shown support for the student initiative. "It is not realistic to not convert Webster Hall into a special collections library," said Sichitiu.


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College reshuffles positions

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With the recent departure of Janet Sims, associate director of counseling and director of Health Resources, College Health Services has been forced to shuffle a number of positions. Sandy Spiegel, a counselor who had been working part-time in the counseling office, has permanently taken over Sims's counseling role. Health Educator Gabrielle Lucke has assumed Sims's responsibilities in the Health Resources department, Health Services Director Dr. Jack Turco said. The Health Resources department provides education on nutrition, alcohol awareness and sexual awareness issues. The counseling office also hired Laurie Levinger, who has experience working with gay, lesbian and bisexual affairs, on a temporary basis, said Dr. Jeffrey Hersh, the director of counseling and human development. College officials said Levinger's hiring has no relation to the recommendation made by the Committee on Diversity and Community at Dartmouth last winter that the College appoint an administrator to oversee gay, lesbian and bisexual affairs. "Levinger was hired as a counselor for her general counseling ability ... the fact that she brings a certain experience is something extra," Hersh said. Turco said Hersh "has heard the same signals as" Dean of the College Lee Pelton "and looked into the possibility of finding a suitable counselor" for winter and spring. Sims left at the beginning of this year because a position opened up in a local private practice. "It was a career choice -- the timing just seemed right to move into private practice," Sims said. During her time at the College, Sims organized and coordinated the Health Resources department.