Board approves newly elected Trustee
Newcomb '68, head of publishing giant, to join Board in June
Newcomb '68, head of publishing giant, to join Board in June
Alvaro de Soto, assistant secretary of the United Nations, said yesterday the United Nations needs to undergo reform if it is to survive in the changing international climate. "The U.N.
Alumni: changing tradition good
Raman Soobrian '95 abandoned his car late Thursday night or early Friday morning after veering off Old Tuck Drive and hitting a tree sometime during the evening, injuring two of the three people in the vehicle. Soobrian "lost control of the vehicle possibly from going to fast," according to College Proctor Bob McEwen.
David Grelotti '96 announced Friday he will run for Student Assembly president as a write-in candidate on a ticket with Ping-Ann Addo '96.
Eric Marcus, co-author of Greg Louganis' biography "Breaking the Silence," said at a Saturday night speech that stereotypes about homosexuals will continue to exist until gays, lesbians and bisexuals become more publicly open with their sexuality. "By keeping secrets, we don't give those around us a chance to change and deny those who are like us a chance to know there are others like us," Marcus said. Marcus was scheduled to deliver a lecture titled, "Secrets: Why We Keep Them and How They Hurt Us," to an audience in 105 Dartmouth.
Columbia Journalism School Professor Ari Goldman ended the first day of the Senior Symposium yesterday by stressing the importance of religion as something that "binds us back, ties us back." "Religion is the force that connects us to something larger and more permanent than ourselves," he said in a speech to about 50 students in 105 Dartmouth Hall.
The job of Student Assembly president could hardly be described as the most sought after position on campus this year. Just three candidates have placed themselves on the ballot for the job that could arguably make them the most powerful student on campus.
Topics include First-Year Report, housing and Assembly reform
Both of Dartmouth's debate teams lost in the quarterfinals of the National College Debate Tournament at Western Georgia College, which wrapped up on Wednesday. The question for this year's tournament was, "Resolved: Criminal procedure in Federal courts with respect to pretrial detention and sentencing." Although both teams were upset by lower-ranked teams in the tournament on Monday, Debate Director Ken Strange said the teams performed well. "We were debating against people a little older," he said.
Although both of its teams were defeated in the quarterfinals of the National College Debate Tournament, the Dartmouth Forensic Union had yet another wildly successful season under the guidance of coach Ken Strange. Strange has been at the helm of one of the country's strongest programs since 1980.
The College's Board of Trustees will arrive this afternoon for a quiet Spring-term meeting, where they will elect a new Alumni Trustee, College spokesman Alex Huppe said. Jonathan Newcomb '68 was elected by the College's alumni to serve on the Board.
As soon as a prospective student decides to apply to Dartmouth, the long and sometimes grueling application process where each application is carefully scrutinized by a team of admissions officers, begins. The applications first arrive in the Admissions Mail Room, located in the basement of Parkhurst administration building.
Once again, College administrators say next year's class will be the smartest group of first-year students ever, as the College's acceptance rate for the Class of 1999 dipped to 21.6 percent. A little more than 10,000 high-school students applied to be members of the Class of 1999.
Two juniors have started a journal that will publish academic works dedicated to feminist issues, the College's second publication aimed at addressing women's concerns. The journal, Intersections, will present a comprehensive view of feminism by publishing papers written by students in Women's Studies and other courses, according to founders Cassie Ehrenberg '96 and Shilyh Warren '96. "Intersections will recognize the excellent feminist scholarship produced throughout the Dartmouth curriculum," Ehrenberg and Warren wrote in an electronic-mail message. Professors teaching courses pertinent to the journal's focus will recommend papers. The College's other women's issues publication, Spare Rib, was started in 1992. French Professor Marianne Hirsch, who helped Ehrenberg and Warren organize the journal, said, "Everyone has different ideas about what feminism is.
The Committee on Organization and Policy met yesterday to discuss the results of questionnaires sent to students and faculty members last term to assess the effectiveness of the College's Academic Honor Principle. COP Chair and Geography Professor Richard Barff said the results of the questionnaire are "encouraging" but declined to give specific details until the committee meets again in two weeks. "There is quite a lot of unanimity in how the faculty perceives the honor principle and how the students perceive the honor principle," Barff said.
Despite ruling against Brown, officials say Dartmouth is in compliance
At its first meeting this spring, the Student Assembly discussed its projects from last term and passed a motion calling for a task force to investigate the College's advising system. Meredith Epstein '97 proposed a motion asking the Assembly to form a task force charged with revising the advising system for first- and second-year students.