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Gender equity discussed

By Mary Ellen Moore | May 24, 1995

Five former sorority presidents who released a statement on Monday calling for sex equity within the College's social system led a discussion last night in 105 Dartmouth Hall to get feedback on their proposal for a seventh sorority. About 45 students participated in the discussion, along with Panhellenic Council President Dani Brune '96, Dean of Residential Life Mary Turco and John Embelmen, co-chair of the Coed, Fraternity and Sorority system advisers group and adviser to Alpha Delta fraternity. The five senior women kicked off the discussion by stating their goal of sex equity and explaining why they are bringing up the proposal now, less then three weeks before they graduate. "We want our feelings and hopes documented so that next year they can say that this issue has already been brought up," said Julia Bowen '95, former president of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.

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Former sorority presidents, calling for gender equity, ask for new house

By Scott D. Anthony | May 23, 1995

The former presidents of five of the College's six largest sororities yesterday issued a public statement calling for the College to establish gender equity in the social system by creating parity among the number of single-sex fraternities, sororities and coeducational houses. The two-page statement, titled "Statement on Sex Equity in the Coed Fraternity Sorority System at Dartmouth," went to many top administrators, including Acting College President James Wright and Dean of the College Lee Pelton. In the statement, the sorority leaders call for the College to find "ways to encourage the formation of more women's and coeducational organizations so that the size of organizations within the sorority system will decrease." There are six sororities, three coed fraternities, two coed undergraduate societies and one historically black sorority, compared with 15 fraternities and two historically black fraternities.

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COCO accomplishes goals

By Katy Bieneman | May 23, 1995

One year after its formation, the Coalition of Class Officers has achieved many of the goals it set out to achieve, according to Senior Class Vice President Hosea Harvey, who founded the group last spring. Harvey said COCO has "really been able to make a difference in student life.

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ROTC, one year after Board decision, quietly survives at Dartmouth

By Jack Vaitayanonta | May 23, 1995

A little more than a year after surviving a near-death experience, Dartmouth's Army Reserve Officer Training Corps program is still alive and the debate over the decision whether to keep the program has largely subsided. ROTC, derided by some as the embodiment of institutionalized homophobia, sparked tensions on campus last spring as the College's Board of Trustees prepared to vote whether to continue the program. The Board was forced to address the ROTC issue because the military's "don't ask, don't tell" military policy conflicted with the College's equal opportunity principle.

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The D, launching on-line version, enters cyberspace

By Charles Davant | May 23, 1995

The Dartmouth, America's oldest college newspaper, is now the newest Ivy League newspaper to publish an on-line edition on the World Wide Web. As part of a continuing effort to move into the electronic publishing age, the editors of The Dartmouth announced last week they have created a weekly on-line edition of the College's daily newspaper. The Universal Resource Locator for The Dartmouth On-Line is: http://www.dartmouth.edu/pages/thed. The Dartmouth On-Line, which incorporates highlights of each week's arts coverage, cartoons, features, news, opinions and sports, is updated every Sunday evening. "A lot of other newspapers are going on-line, and we felt The Dartmouth shouldn't be left out," President of The Dartmouth Justin Steinman '96 said.

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DDS head elected as food services regional president

By Jason Casell | May 23, 1995

Director of Dartmouth Dining Services Pete Napolitano was recently elected to a two-year term as president of Region I of the National Association of College University Food Services, an institutional organization of about 500 universities and private schools that operate their own food services programs. "I feel pretty honored to be elected by the membership," Napolitano said. Napolitano said 106 schools are members of Region I, which includes New England, New York and the eastern part of Canada.

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College, police both report busy Green Key weekend

By Charles Davant | May 22, 1995

The Hanover Police Department and Safety and Security both reported a busy Green Key Weekend, handling almost 40 alcohol violations, 15 noise violations and one felony burglary charge. Hanover Police charged Christopher Ely, a 20-year-old resident of Clifton Park, NY, with burglary Saturday afternoon in Mid-Fayerweather Hall. Sergeant Michael Evans said Ely, who is not a Dartmouth student, was charged with stealing "personal belongings of an occupant," a Class B felony.

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Hunter '95 steps down as AC

By David Pichler | May 22, 1995

James Hunter '95, who stepped down as president of the Afro-American Society last weekend, resigned as Area Coordinator for the Gold Coast cluster last Monday. Sharon LaVoy, the area director in charge of the residence halls on the west side of campus, sent an electronic-mail message to all residents of the Gold Coast cluster on Thursday notifying them of Hunter's resignation. "Effective last Monday, May 15, James Hunter resigned as the Area Coordinator of the Gold Coast," the message stated. Claudia Ginsberg '96, a UGA on the second floor of Streeter will take over as AC for the remainder of the term, according to the LaVoy's electronic mail message. Hunter said yesterday he resigned from the position because he wanted to concentrate more on his studies and his future. "I resigned for the same reasons I resigned from the Presidency of the AAm," he wrote yesterday in an electronic-mail message. Hunter told The Dartmouth last week when he resigned as president of the AAm, "I just needed some time off ... to take care of my personal business," and that he had, "a lot of things to do before graduate school." Hunter came under fire in the AAn due to allegations The Dartmouth Review, an off-campus conservative weekly, made several weeks ago. The Review alleged that Hunter was brought before the Committee on Standards to face charges of sexual assault and that Hunter was convicted of credit card fraud. Hunter is also the intern in the Dean of the College Office.

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Construction on new psychology building likely to start next spring

By Charles Davant | May 22, 1995

Construction on the new $19 million psychology building will likely start next spring according to officials from the Office of Facilities Planning. "If we start in spring of 1996, we hope to have the building open in the fall of 1997 or the winter of 1998," Assistant Director of Facilities Planning Reed Bergwall said. The still unnamed building will be built across from the site of the old Mary Hitchcock Hospital on Maynard Street, which will be demolished this summer. So far the College has not been able to find a major donor for the psychology building. Vice-President of Development and Alumni Relations Stan Colla said if someone donated 51 percent of the $19 million price tag, they would be able to name the facility. To make up for the shortfall, the College Board of Trustees decided to fund the building from the College's endowment, Director of Facilities Planning Gordon DeWitt told The Dartmouth in a previous interview. But despite problems finding a large donor, there have been several smaller donations to name various parts of the building, such as classrooms, Colla said. "As we get gifts to name portions of the building they will replace the money," from the endowment, he said.

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Society marks 75 years of community service

By Suparna Dutta | May 19, 1995

The Green Key Society, a group of 20 students dedicated to service to the College community, has evolved into a much different organization today than when it was founded 75 years ago. The Green Key Society was started when the Dartmouth football team visited the University of Washington and were impressed with the hospitality of the University's service organization, "Knights of the Hook." The "Knights" greeted the football team at the train station, provided transportation and guides, and introduced the players to women in the area.

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Party weekend just for students

By James M> Hunnicutt | May 19, 1995

The typical Green Key activities, such as weekend Greek parties and events on the Green, are not attractive to those who are not undergraduates at the College, making the weekend just like any other. Faculty, administrators, Dartmouth staff and townsfolk say Green Key Weekend means very little to them -- this weekend's events are for the students. "Green Key I've never quite hooked into," Biology professor Jonathan Rothblatt said.

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Spring party weekends common around the Ivy League

By Michael Posey | May 19, 1995

Throughout the Ivy League and other prestigious New England colleges, the arrival of spring is celebrated in a similar way to the College's annual Green Key Weekend. Most colleges and universities around the country and all of the Ivy League schools, with the exception of Harvard University, host some kind of spring celebration usually designed to act as a diversion from impending finals. Princeton University features several events during the Spring which help to bolster school spirit.Communiversity Day, P-Parties, and Spring Fling are among their most recent spring parties. Communiversity Day, which was held on Earth Day, is a day for town residents and students.Stores along the college's main street closed in order to celebrate the events.Vendors and booths selling odds-and-ends (mostly art) sponsored the day, according to Colette Curran, a sophmore. The P-Party headlined the band Toad the Wet Sprocket. Spring Fling also featured area bands including Naildriver, Too much Joy, and Dead Serious.The event was sponsored by the Undergraduate Student Government. Although many officials at other schools noted the involvement of drinking and Greek events during their own respective spring festivities, many of the area's collegiate spring weekends have championed activist issues such as AIDS and environmental causes. Columbia's annual spring festival is a huge event for its students.

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