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DaGLO to hold community discussion

By Maggie Fritz | February 20, 1995

The Dartmouth Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Organization is planning a community discussion to address the ramifications of a flier found in the organization's Hinman Box last Thursday, DaGLO co-Chair Earl Plante '94 said last night. The flier was sent to inform the group of a discussion scheduled for Saturday night titled "Let's talk about faggots." No one attended the discussion, which was supposed to be in held in the lounge of French residence hall. The flier said some of the topics for discussion would be "Is it OK to shoot gays?

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Students rally against GOP education cuts

By Michelle Kraemer | February 20, 1995

More than 50 students gathered in the lobby of the Collis Center Sunday night to protest proposed federal government cuts in educational funding and to urge other students to contact their Congressional representatives. The rally, sponsored by the Afro-American Society, La Alianza Latina and Native Americans at Dartmouth, drew together students of varying ethnicity and class to voice concerns about the prospect of cutting funds. "Because Congress is scheduled to vote on the proposals as early as February 22, we had to act fast," said Ernesto Cuevas '98, one of the event's organizers. Organizers said the event addressed a problem affecting all students, regardless of race and ethnicity. "This is not just an issue of color, but as minority students, we will be disproportionately affected by the cuts," AAm President James Hunter '95 said. The cuts are also a socioeconomic issue, Unai Montes-Irueste '98 said.

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Dole kicks off campaign with N.H. visit

By James M> Hunnicutt | February 20, 1995

WEST LEBANON, Feb. 18 -- Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole kicked off his presidential campaign Saturday with a "town meeting" here attended by a capacity crowd of more than 250 people. "I just feel I have to do this -- be president of the United States," Dole said at the Radisson North Country Inn. The Kansas Republican, who failed to win the nomination for president in 1980 and 1988, said he feels more relaxed now than he did during his previous campaigns. He talked about the Republican-controlled Congress as the "second chapter of the Reagan Revolution" and a major factor in his decision to run in 1996. He said he hoped to be elected as a Republican president who would work closely with a Republican Congress.

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Assembly execs call for new administrator

By Rini Ghosh | February 20, 1995

Members of the Student Assembly Executive Committee passed a resolution last night calling for the creation of an administrative position to address gay, lesbian and bisexual concerns and another resolution to form an external committee to examine the Assembly's structure. The two proposals will be discussed at the general Assembly meeting tomorrow night. Assembly President Rukmini Sichitiu '95 said the executive committee wants to create the new administrative position to counteract the "hostile environment" on campus against homosexuals and bisexuals. She cited last week's flier advertising an anti-gay meeting that was found in the Dartmouth Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Organization's Hinman Box. "That incident punctuates and brings to the forefront the hostility present toward members of this community," she said. The creation of a full time administrative position would provide counseling and support and fulfill advocacy roles, she said. Sichitiu said the proposal also calls for a full-time health professional at the College Health Service who has the special training to address specific gay, lesbian and bisexual issues. The external committee resolution said the committee will "examine all aspects of the Student Assembly and provide the general Assembly with a report on its findings and recommendations at the conclusion of its examination." The committee will be composed of nine people, Sichitiu said.

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Speakers debate future of Cuba

By Rebecca Sullivan | February 20, 1995

Two Cuban reformers debated yesterday about the future of their country and offered their differing opinions on how to save their country's culture and independence. Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo, president of Cambio Cubano, said without economic reform, Cuba will soon lose its nationality. Maria Elena Cruz Varela, poet and professor at Universidad Interamericana in Puerto Rico, said Cuba needs to reinvent its culture if it wants to have a future. "We must rebuild the nation, the human side of it," Varela said.

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Kahn speaks on Proposition 187

By Rebecca Siegel | February 17, 1995

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

By Caroline Timbers | February 17, 1995

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

By Michael Ross | February 17, 1995

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

By Rini Ghosh | February 16, 1995

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

By Jeffrey Beyer | February 16, 1995

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

By David Pichler | February 16, 1995

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

By Jennifer Matthews | February 16, 1995

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

By Colin Grey | February 15, 1995

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

By James M> Hunnicutt | February 15, 1995

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

By Jeffrey Beyer | February 15, 1995

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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