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Winter wolf being built

By Amanda Lawrence | February 7, 1995

Even though there now is enough snow to complete the traditional Winter Carnival sculpture on the center of the Green, there still is a chance the sculpture will not be completed. Patricia Bankowski '95, who is in charge of building this year's sculpture, said if enough students do not come out to help construct the sculpture, it will not be finished in time for Carnival. "I do have some concerns about the timing of the snow sculpture," she wrote in an electronic mail message.

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When the phone rings at night, the deans-on-call are there

By Michelle Kraemer | February 7, 1995

When Slade Ellis '98 collapsed in his residence hall and had to be rushed to the hospital two weeks ago, the College's "dean-on-call" system sprang into action. The Department of Safety and Security immediately contacted "dean-on-call" Teoby Gomez, the sophomore class dean, to inform him that Ellis was in critical condition with spinal meningitis, a highly contagious and potentially fatal infection. Director of College Health Services "Jack Turco, the doctor on call, was already at the hospital when I found out," Gomez said.

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SA execs vote down motion to adjourn

By Siobhan Gorman | February 6, 1995

The Student Assembly's Executive Committee last night voted down a proposal to have the Assembly adjourn until Spring term in an effort to attempt to institute sweeping structural changes. The motion, sponsored by Assembly Vice President John Honovich '97, failed to pass an executive committee vote on its research and style.

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CUAD honors Reagan's birthday

By Karen Rose | February 6, 1995

Against the backdrop of 1980s music, about 30 students gathered in the Hyphen to eat pizza, play games and commemorate former President Ronald Reagan's 84th birthday on Saturday night. The party was hosted by the Conservative Union at Dartmouth, and CUAD president Bill Hall '96 said it was the fourth annual party in Reagan's honor.

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Krauss: many languages could soon be extinct

By Michael Posey | February 6, 1995

Speaking to a standing-room only audience in the Rockefeller Center for the Social Sciences, University of Alaska Professor Michael Krauss said more than half of spoken languages in the world today are close to extinction, Krauss' speech on Friday was the keynote address for a weekend-long seminar called "Endangered Languages: Current Issues and Future Prospects," which brought scholars together from across the country to discuss the future of languages. Krauss said only about five percent of birds are endangered, but about "40 to 75 percent of mankind's languages are endangered." Also, human languages are declining even while human population is booming, he said. Krauss gave several reasons why languages and their dialects are on the decline. He said in communities where languages are fading out, about 39 percent of language is sustained by a group of elders and about 33 percent of the language speakers are only a handful of people. The diversification of dialects may be declining because of technological advances.

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College looks at honor principle

By Colin Grey | February 6, 1995

The Committee on Organization and Policy recently sent out questionnaires to students and faculty to assess the effectiveness of the College's Academic Honor Principle. Eight-hundred random undergraduates received the questionnaire, which asked how thoroughly they have been informed about the honor principle in class, what they believe would violate the principle and if they would report such violations. The questionnaire sent to all faculty members was similar to the one sent to students.

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Freedman appears on television

By Charles Davant | February 6, 1995

College President James Freedman, currently on a six-month sabbatical, appeared on a local television show yesterday, offering opinions on issues related to higher education. Katrina Switt and Betty Tamposi interviewed Freedman on "Beyond Politics," a television show produced by an ABC affiliate in Manchester and probed his views on campus trends, college administration and the transition from academic to political life. Switt and Tamposi asked Freedman about the Donald Silva legal case, in which Silva won a lawsuit against the University of New Hampshire. Silva had been fired for "verbal sexual harassment" after comparing writing to sex and belly dancing to "Jello on a plate with a vibrator under the plate." Freedman said he agreed with the judge's decision that Silva should not have been fired and said the remark is "the kind of speech that must be permitted under the first amendment to the Constitution." Silva's observation, which Switt and Tamposi likened to hate speech, "is not the kind of speech that everyone feels comfortable with or everyone likes, but the purpose of a college is not to keep people comfortable.

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Jemison to become College professor

By Jackie Rose | February 3, 1995

Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman astronaut, will join the faculty of the Environmental Sciences department this month. Jemison will also head the new Jemison Institute at Dartmouth College for Advancing Technology in Developing Countries. Environmental Studies Department Chair Ross Virginia, confirmed Jemison's appointment yesterday, but said the College is still finalizing Jemison's contract. The new institute will allow Jemison to continue her research in the relationship between advanced technology, health and environment to find solutions for problems facing lesser developed countries, according to the Environmental Studies newsletter. "The objective of the institute is to evaluate, identify and promote the development of technology for developing countries," Virginia said. Jemison, reached at her office in Houston yesterday, declined to comment on her appointment or the Jemison Institute. Jemison's appointment "adds an exciting interdisciplinary dimension to our curriculum and new topics for undergraduate research," Virginia wrote in the newsletter. Jemison and Professor Carol Goldburg are scheduled to co-teach Environmental Studies 82, "Natural Resources, Development and the Environment," in the summer of 1995. Jemison spent Winter term of 1993 at Dartmouth as a Montgomery Fellow. While at the College, Jemison taught College Course 4, "Space Age Technology in Developing Countries." The Jemison Institute is a spin-off from that course, Virginia said. In Fall term of 1994, Jemison was a guest lecturer for Environmental Sciences 2, "Earth as an Ecosystem." Jemison flew on the NASA Spacelab-J, the first cooperative mission between the United States and Japan. She also worked as a Peace Corps medical officer in West Africa for two years, managing rural health care. Jemison has a degree in engineering from Stanford University and a medical degree from Cornell University. In a January 1993 interview with The Dartmouth, Jemison said, "I accepted the [Montgomery Fellowship] as an opportunity to go to a new environment and do some reality testing.

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Two students get sick

By Jeffrey Beyer | February 3, 1995

Two College students were taken away in ambulances yesterday after falling ill while in College facilities. The first student was taken out of Collis Student Center at 11 a.m., according to Pete Napolitano, director of Dartmouth Dining Services. The second student, an unidentified Asian female, was carried out of Thayer Dining Hall on a stretcher at about 12 p.m., Napolitano said. The female student taken from Thayer had a preexisting condition and was not in one of the dining halls when she became ill, said Tucker Rossiter, associate director of DDS. No further details were available about the condition of either student last night.

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Panhell President Brune wants to reach out to all women

By Aran Toshav | February 3, 1995

Dani Brune '96 is trying to reach out to all the women on campus. "What I like about the sororities at Dartmouth is that they are only one aspect of your life, not the only thing," Brune said. "The women I have met as a member of the sorority system have enriched my Dartmouth experience." Brune, the recently-elected president of the Panhellenic Council, said she is constantly working to improve the sorority system at Dartmouth. Panhell is the self-governing body of the College's sororities. Brune previously served as Panhell president during her sophomore summer.

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Telethon gets $426,000 from alums

By Mary Ellen Moore | February 3, 1995

The annual Alumni Fund telethon raised $426,000 in contributions from 3,933 alumni, but fell short of its announced $500,000 goal. Although the 10-day telethon, which ended last night, fell short of its goal, organizers said they were pleased. Joe Whitworth '91, assistant director of the Alumni Fund, said this year was only the fifth time the telethon has raised more than $400,000. Last year the telethon raised $517,000, he said. "The interns did a fabulous job," said Alumni Fund Director Jeff Sassorossi '75.

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Young Dems, CUAD debate death penalty

By David Pichler | February 3, 1995

About 30 spectators gathered in the Rockefeller Center for the Social Sciences last night to watch representatives from the Young Democrats and the Conservative Union debate capital punishment. Chris Swift '98 and Sabrina Serrantino '95 of Young Dems argued against the death penalty and CUAD members Jim Brennan '96 and Matt Nisbet '96 argued for the death penalty. The crux of the CUAD team's argument was the idea that if the death penalty saves at least one life, then the penalty is worthwhile. Their argument also focused on the issue of "community choice," wherein a punishment is acceptable if the community finds it appropriate.

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Computer pioneer Stibitz dies at 90

By David Pichler | February 2, 1995

Physiology Professor Emeritus George Stibitz, one of the leading computer pioneers of his generation, died at his home Tuesday at the age of 90. His most significant accomplishment was the invention of the precursor to modern-day computers. Stibitz built the "binary adder" in 1937 from dry cell batteries, metal cans and light bulbs soldered to wires from two telephone relays, according to his memoirs, "The Zeroth Generation." The title of his memoirs stems from the categorizing of his machine as a part of the "zeroth," as opposed to the first, generation of adding machines. The binary adder made it possible for computers to add numbers, a revolutionary development that allowed computing to evolve into its present form, according to Andrew Daubenspeck, a physiology professor and friend of Stibitz. "Not many people had the impact on the world that George had," Daubenspeck said.

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ORL releases plan: Housing proposal based on one number

By Rini Ghosh | February 2, 1995

The Office of Residential Life is finalizing sweeping changes to the housing assignment process that would give students a single housing number and seniors top choice of on-campus housing. Associate Dean of Residential Life Bud Beatty said ORL will finalize the draft proposal by the middle of February and will go into effect for the Fall term. The major changes in the process include a $100 dollar non-refundable application fee, housing numbers prioritized by class year and the inability to pull in clustermates, Beatty said. The current housing plan works under a two number system and assigns no priority to any class for securing on-campus housing.

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Trustees to consider tuition raise

By Maggie Fritz | February 2, 1995

The College's Board of Trustees arrives in Hanover today for its annual winter meeting, where it will set next year's tuition, and discuss computing services and several ongoing projects. Tuition and room and board increases are set by the Trustees every winter.

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SA fails to draw quorum

By Siobhan Gorman | February 1, 1995

The Student Assembly adjourned early last night and could not vote on a proposed bylaw amendment because it did not have a quorum. The amendment would allow for a question-and-answer session after Assembly members speak for and against resolutions. Assembly President Rukmini Sichitiu '95 attributed the lack of attendance to midterms, sickness and a short agenda.

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