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Student Assembly reaches crossroads

By Jack Vaitayanonta | January 12, 1995

The election of John Honovich '97 as Student Assembly vice president leaves the organization at a crossroads, and its future now depends on whether the two top Assembly leaders can forge an uneasy alliance that will allow them to work together to serve students. After winning an internal run-off election Tuesday night over Jesse Russell '96, Honovich pledged his commitment to cooperate with Assembly President Rukmini Sichitiu '95. But just two months ago, Sichitiu signed a letter demanding Honovich's resignation, and said "He has lost my ... confidence," and "It doesn't matter what position that we hold, he disagrees with it." Members now say the Assembly faces a choice.

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WRC looks for home

By Marisa Howe | January 12, 1995

After spending seven years in a "temporary" location in the Choates dormitory cluster, the Women's Resource Center is looking for a new home closer to the center of campus. "Physiologically our location is not far away, psychologically it is," said Giavanna Munafo, the Women's Resource Center director. "If someone already knew where the building was located, such as Collis, then when they saw some of the programs we sponsor, they would be more likely to come." But the Women's Resource Center is not the only organization on campus that is looking for a new home. "There are other things that are taking precedent over the WRC," said Gordie DeWitt, director of facilities planning.

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Webster Hall resolution passes

By Siobhan Gorman | January 11, 1995

The Student Assembly unanimously passed a resolution yesterday calling for students to rally on the steps of Webster Hall tonight to try to keep it as social space. In her first meeting as Assembly President, Rukmini Sichitiu '95 announced an informational campaign on Webster Hall's planned conversion into a special collections library will begin tonight with a gathering on the steps of Webster Hall at 11 p.m. Supporters will then cover the campus with informational posters about the College's plans that urge students to blitz the Assembly with comments, Sichitiu said. The resolution calls for "the College to find alternative housing for the library's Special Collections or to provide adequate funding to create a new programming space of comparable size and quality." The resolution states that Webster Hall is the only facility suitable for crowds of 400 to 800 people and it is a centrally located, historically significant and alcohol-free social programming space. Sichitiu said she was not surprised the resolution passed so easily.

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Computerized GRE halted

By Aran Toshav | January 11, 1995

Educational Testing Service recently announced a massive reduction in the availability of their new computerized Graduate Record Exam after a leading test preparation company suggested the test is vulnerable to cheating. The GRE is used as a critical marker for evaluating students who wish to enter graduate school.

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Morton named director of corporate relations

By Jeffrey Beyer | January 11, 1995

A. Kent Morton was recently named as the new director of Dartmouth Foundation and Corporate Relations, an office which seeks monetary gifts from private foundations and corporations. Stanley Colla, vice president for development and alumni relations, appointed Morton at the start of Winter term.

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Webster: 33 years without a purpose

By Colin Grey | January 11, 1995

For the last 33 years, Webster Hall has been a building looking for a home. Ever since the construction of the Hopkins Center for the Performing Arts in 1962, the College has searched time and time again for new ways to use the centrally-located, architecturally-imposing Webster Hall that stands on the corner of Wentworth and College Streets. Despite the impressive roster of performances that have taken place in Webster, College officials have continually searched for a new use for the building. In the last year alone, Webster has been host to speeches by William Buckley, Jr.

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Greeks to hold rush: Brune '96 elected Panhell president

By James M> Hunnicutt | January 11, 1995

Several Greek organizations will hold rush this week and the entire Greek system will elect new leadership before the end of the week. Many of the College's fraternities and coed houses will be holding informal rush this week, but the sororities will not hold any formal rush period, said Deb Reinders, assistant dean of residential life. Although some organizations will hold informal rush, "this is not a College formal rush period," Reinders said. "If they want to do intake, it's up to the individual sub-councils.

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Sichitiu announces her agenda

By Colin Grey | January 10, 1995

Student Assembly President Rukmini Sichitiu '95 yesterday unveiled an ambitious agenda for the Student Assembly, starting with an attempt to save Webster Hall. Sichitiu, in an interview with The Dartmouth, said she believes the Assembly would be able to move beyond its history of infighting and take on as many as 27 goals for the remainder of the academic year. She said saving Webster Hall, which is scheduled to be converted into a Special Collections library, tops her list of goals.

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Enrollment Committee limits D-Plan flexibility

By Breeanne Clowdus | January 10, 1995

The College's Enrollment Committee yesterday unveiled a set of provisions to be implemented immediately to help prevent another Fall-term housing crunch. Although there will be no sweeping changes, the College will attempt to make Fall-term enrollment less desirable for students and limit some of the flexibility of the Dartmouth plan. The plan is broken down into eight parts aimed at reducing the number of students, specifically juniors, that are on-campus during fall term 1995.

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Munafo calls for women's task force

By Rebecca Siegel | January 10, 1995

Women's Resource Center Director Giavanna Munafo recently approached the College with a proposal to create a panel to evaluate the progress of women at Dartmouth in the 23 years since coeducation. Munafo, who collaborated with students and College staff on the idea, submitted a formal proposal to Provost Lee Bollinger in a meeting last Wednesday. "The goals of the task force are to assess the status of an environment for women at Dartmouth and to plan for and coordinate the anniversary of coeducation at Dartmouth," Munafo said. If approved, Munafo said she hopes the task force will begin meeting by the end of the month. She said the task force's activities would tie in to a planned celebration commemorating the 25th anniversary of coeducation at Dartmouth, tentatively planned for the spring of 1997. "The products [of the task force] will be the assessment and the celebration, and out of that we hope we will be charting a course for the future of coeducation at Dartmouth," Munafo said. Munafo said she hopes the celebration will include educational and cultural programs for the College community. "I'd like to keep the celebration as organic to the history of coeducation as possible," Munafo said.

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Three alumni candidates vie to replace Fritz Hackett

By Maggie Fritz | January 10, 1995

The Alumni Council recently named three candidates as nominees for an alumni seat on the College's Board of Trustees. The Council selected Roger Aaron '64, Herbert "Barry" Grove '73 and Jonathan Newcomb '68 as the finalists to fill the alumni trustee position being vacated in June by Ann Fritz Hackett '76. A ballot with the candidates' names will be mailed to all alumni in March and the new trustee will be announced in April. Aaron is a partner in the New York City law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom. A Phi Beta Kappa, he graduated magna cum laude.

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Assembly: Save Webster Hall

By Siobhan Gorman | January 9, 1995

The Student Assembly will vote on a resolution to try to save Webster Hall and will elect a vice president at its first meeting of the term tomorrow night. The resolution on Webster Hall, sponsored by Assembly President Rukmini Sichitiu '95, calls for the College to either find an alternate storage place for Special Collections or to provide $10 million to build another auditorium of comparable size. Currently, Webster Hall is slated to undergo renovations and become the home of Special Collections. The resolution also calls for an information campaign, sponsored by the Assembly, to let students know about the administration's plans for Webster Hall. On Tuesday, the Assembly will also elect a vice president to replace Sichitiu, who became president when Danielle Moore '95 resigned. Assembly spokesman Brandon del Pozo '96 said Webster Hall is unique because it is the only building on campus that can hold about 800 people.

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Alcohol policy to be evaluated

By Jack Vaitayanonta | January 9, 1995

The College is continuing to investigate changing the current alcohol policy and will probably form a committee before Spring term to revise it. The College has been meeting with the Coed Fraternity and Sorority Council since this summer to discuss the problems and issues surrounding the policy.

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College to review Beta later this term

By James M> Hunnicutt | January 9, 1995

The College plans to review sanctions placed on Beta Theta Pi fraternity -- including the prohibition of alcohol in the house -- later this term after "some specific details" are worked out, Dean of Residential Life Mary Turco said. Beta President Jason Fanuele '96 said, "We're up for minimum standards review this term.

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College considers solutions to annual housing crunch

By Breeanne Clowdus | January 9, 1995

The ad hoc enrollment sub-committee made numerous recommendations last week to try to stave off the housing crunches that have become commonplace in the Fall term. The committee's recommendations, made to the Enrollment Committee, include moving popular courses from fall to winter and increasing the number of off-campus programs. Overcrowding has plagued the last two Fall terms.

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NHCLU names lawyer

By Colin Grey | January 6, 1995

The New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union, which is organizing an effort to overturn the Hanover Police Department's "internal possession" policy, hired a lawyer near the end of Fall term to represent minors with grievances concerning the policy. Hanover Police have used "internal possession" for the past seven years to press charges against underage drinkers by considering results from breathalyzer tests as evidence of prior possession of alcohol. Although possession of alcohol by a minor is illegal in New Hampshire, it is not illegal for a minor to be found with alcohol in his or her bloodstream. Claire Ebel, executive director of the NHCLU, said meetings about the policy between Hanover Town Manager Cliff Vermilya and Hanover Police Chief Nick Giaccone and the lawyer, Steve Borofsky, are going well. Ebel said Borofsky told her he has been very pleased with his meetings over the last four weeks. "I am optimistic that we are going to make a resolution of this problem without going through the time and expense of going to court," Ebel said. Ebel said one acceptable compromise would be an annual public forum to inform minors of their rights. "Internal possession does not exist in the law and the ACLU has not changed its position on that," Ebel said.

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