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Bronco driver exposes self twice

By Jason Casell | October 11, 1994

An unidentified white male in his 30s driving a dark Ford Bronco has been spotted around Hanover asking females for directions and then exposing himself when they approach his vehicle, Hanover Police said yesterday. The detectives division of the police department is currently investigating two incidents reported this month, Sgt.

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Nichols advances to tournament

By Jason Casell | October 11, 1994

Government Professor Tom Nichols won $11,990 on Jeopardy! yesterday, qualifying him for the show's "Tournament of Champions" and a chance at its $100,000 prize. Nichols' triumph last night, in which he came back from second place going into the Final Jeopardy round, brought his total winnings to $57,680. Last night marked Nichols' sixth appearance on the game show.

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SA to investigate appointments

By Maggie Fritz | October 11, 1994

The Student Assembly will form a Committee on Procedure at its general meeting tonight to investigate the appointments of four new members to the general Assembly. The Assembly voted to form the committee following the appointments of Lischa Barrett '95, Shakari Cameron '96, Sue Kim '96 and Nada Payne '96 to the general Assembly. At the Assembly's first meeting two weeks ago, Secretary John Honovich '97 questioned the appointments on the basis that they are not in accordance with the Assembly's constitution. But Assembly Vice President Rukmini Sichitiu '95 said she believes the appointments are valid, although the constitution is unclear on the point.

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College tries to control sweep, bonfire building

By Aran Toshav | October 11, 1994

In response to damage wrought on the town of Hanover during last years freshman sweep, the College is taking a more active role in this years' Homecoming celebration. A letter sent by Dean of the College Lee Pelton to all students warned that the future of both the sweep and the bonfire depends on the outcome of this year's events. Pelton's letter contained a warning that, "Large numbers of students marauding around the town of Hanover presents a very real threat to the future of the entire Homecoming celebration." Last year, a mob of '97s uprooted traffic signs and stomped on cars while waiting for the Homecoming parade to begin. The freshmen sweep is a relatively new tradition in which the freshman class parades from dorm to dorm, gathering all the freshmen and heading out to the parade area. "At a meeting of the bonfire committee this year, it was decided that the College would work in conjunction with the students to prevent a repeat of last year's mob," said Lalitha Otterness, an intern in the office of Alumni Relations. This year, the sweep will begin at two points on campus and be timed so the freshmen will not arrive at the parade area until 7:40 p.m.

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Midnight scrawlers advocate gay rights

By The Dartmouth Staff | October 11, 1994

Messages advocating homosexual rights were scrawled in chalk on the steps of Parkhust Administration building and near the Hinman Box entrance to the Hopkins Center for the Performing Arts late last night. The Dartmouth received two anonymous telephone calls at approximately 11:45 p.m.

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'97 council selects its officers

By Anne Renna | October 11, 1994

The Freshman Council last night elected Randi Barnes President of the Class of 1998 and Thomas Franks Vice President. Barnes defeated five other freshmen: Joan Ai, Peter Bastian, Amit Malhotra, Douglas Young and Clair Jones.

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Chairs discuss housing, budget

By Maggie Fritz | October 11, 1994

Academic department heads met with top administrators yesterday and discussed the Fall term housing crisis, the budget and transcript changes. Dean of Faculty James Wright reported that the Committee on Enrollment is concerned that this fall's student housing crisis may occur again next year. "For a whole range of reasons ... and I am convinced there are quite a few, the Fall term is a more attractive term for students," Wright, who chairs the committee, said. Wright said there are a number of ways the College can reduce the number of students who elect to be in residence during the fall term.

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Greeks redo new member education

By Breeanne Clowdus | October 11, 1994

All new members of Greek organizations will assemble tonight for the first of three workshops in a series aimed to educate new members on issues of hazing, sexual harassment and alcohol abuse. Tonight at 7 p.m.

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Scott calls for reconsideration of societal view of feminism

By Rini Ghosh | October 11, 1994

In a speech yesterday, Joan Scott, professor of Social Sciences at Princeton University, urged people to reconsider the way society views feminism. Scott spoke about her recent book "'Women Who Have Only Paradoxes to Offer:' French Feminists, 1789-1944" to faculty and students yesterday afternoon. "The book is an attempt to rethink the history of feminism," she said. She said one of the paradoxes of feminism is the need to both accept and refuse sexual differences. Universalist discourses, such as individualism lead to feminism, she said.

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Couch in Sigma Nu catches fire; none hurt

By Steven Hoffman | October 10, 1994

A couch caught fire at Sigma Nu fraternity early Saturday morning but the house's automatic sprinkler system extinguished the blaze by the time the Hanover Fire Department arrived at the scene. The fire department responded to a call from the fraternity at 5:09 a.m.

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Nichols returns to 'Jeopardy!' tonight

By Michael Lee | October 10, 1994

Answer: This Darmouth professor will appear on Jeopardy tonight for the sixth time. Question: Who is Government Professor Tom Nichols? Nichols accumulated $45,690 during a four-day winning streak on "Jeopardy!" last February but was invited back because the game show inadvertantly penalized him for a correct response he had given during his fifth appearance. If victorious tonight, Nichols, who lost that fifth game by $110, will advance to the Tournament of Champions. Jeopardy airs twice tonight at 7 p.m.

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Students discuss role of multiculturalism

By Breeanne Clowdus | October 10, 1994

While most people slept in, about 46 students representing various Dartmouth organizations climbed out of bed early Saturday morning to attend an all-day workshop on multiculturalism that began at 10 a.m. The forum, called "Strategies for Success: Incorporating Multiculturalism into the Campus Community," was designed to "focus on how the Dartmouth community can work together to move beyond mere tolerance to a community in which each individual is able to celebrate and affirm differences and commonalties," said Tim Moore, director of Student Affairs, who organized the event, which was funded by the Bildner Endowment. Honest discussion was made a priority at the workshop.

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Hulsy '97 arrested for 'threatening'

By Steven Hoffman | October 10, 1994

A sophomore was arrested this weekend for allegedly threatening a Safety and Security officer. Hanover Police arrested Michael Hulsy '97 Saturday morning at Dick's House and charged him with the misdemeanor of criminal threatening, "for threatening to commit a crime against [Safety and Security Sgt.] Mark Lancaster with the purpose of terrorizing him," a police spokeswoman said. Hulsy, 18, said he was "relatively inebriated" when Lancaster found him asleep in the kitchen of the Lodge dormitory and brought him to Dick's House.

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Kim talks on 'Bad Women'

By Maggie Fritz | October 10, 1994

Elaine Kim, a Korean-American political activist, feminist and renowned Asian scholar, told students to acknowledge the 'bad women' of their past and to make Asian-Americans a stronger, more visible part of the community. Her speech Saturday night, titled " 'Bad Women': Ruminations of an Asian American Woman in the Academy," kicked off a year-long Student Assembly-sponsored symposium about "Women, Leadership and Activism." A "bad woman," according to Kim, is a female who does not live up to society's definition of a woman's role. "I am descended from a long line of 'bad women,' " Kim told more than 70 students who attended the speech in Carpenter Hall. Kim said her grandmother fled South Korea alone and pregnant for Hawaii in 1930.

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Map aims to welcome

By Michael Ross | October 7, 1994

In an effort to make Dartmouth more welcoming to visitors, the College's newest map has taken on the tone of a tourist guide, displaying information about the school, a list of things to see and do, and an artistic rendition of the campus in three-dimensional perspective The new map, an 18 inch by 24 inch fold-out booklet, will supplement the older version, an eight inch by 11 inch map with three folds, which features a traditional footprint image of the campus and contains basic information about the College and its parking regulations. "If you go to Harvard, if you go to Cornell ... they have very expensive and beautiful maps," said Alex Huppe, director of the College News Service and the driving force behind the project. "We should be welcoming people just as well as they do -- better in fact," he said. The new map booklet, called the "Campus Guide," features slick graphics and the latest in computer-design technology. The booklet contains more details about the College than the bare bones information provided on the older version.

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Peer educator training enhanced

By Marisa Howe | October 7, 1994

Based on the concept of students helping each other, the Peer Educator program begins another year by increasing training and expanding its efforts in academic advising. The Peer Educator program consists of two portions -- one for academic advising and one for health advising. A common complaint among upperclass students is that the Dean of Students Office is not all that accessible to students.

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College makes $61 M, praised for savvy endowment investing

By James M> Hunnicutt | October 7, 1994

The College earned a return of 7.7 percent on its nearly $800 million endowment last fiscal year, which ended June 30, by investing its money in ways not typical for educational institutions. Dartmouth's return, which translates into approximately $61 million in profits, comes at a time when many schools are struggling financially with smaller returns on their endowments. "I'm pleased with how we've done so far.

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Kim kicks off symposium Sat.

By Liz Nolan | October 7, 1994

A year-long Student Assembly-sponsored symposium called "Women, Leadership and Activism" will kick off with a keynote address tomorrow about the experiences of minority women in academia. Elaine Kim, an Asian American Studies professor at the University of California at Berkeley, will speak tomorrow at 7 p.m in 13 Carpenter.

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United Way kicks off campaign

By Jack Vaitayanonta | October 6, 1994

The United Way of Dartmouth College will kick off its 1994 campaign next Tuesday to raise $146,000 for the benefit of local health and social service agencies. The campaign will formally begin with a traditional solicitor luncheon beginning at noon on Tuesday in Alumni Hall in the Hopkins Center.

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Lack of funds stalls Webster's conversion

By Jeffrey Beyer | October 6, 1994

The $10 million project to convert Webster Hall into a Special Collections section of Baker Library remains on hold because of inadequate funding, leaving the facility available to programming events for the next two terms. The overall project, which includes the construction of an underground connection between Webster and Baker, contains three phases, two of which have already been completed, Director of Facilities Planning Gordon DeWitt said. The final portion, the "working drawing" phase, entails formulating the final blueprints and submitting them to the contractors for construction.