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Rockefeller director search almost done

By Scott Anthony | August 15, 1994

The committee searching for a new head of the Rockefeller Center for the Social Sciences will meet early this week, armed with the recommendations of administrators, faculty and students. Five candidates to replace Geography Professor George Demko as the center's director have visited campus this summer to meet with the search committee. Jim Brennan, the student intern at the Rockefeller Center, said the Rockefeller Student Council recommended Colgate University Psychology Professor Jack Dovidio '73 to be the new head of the center. "We grouped our recommendation in some sort of rank order," Brennan said.

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D.O.C. receives $100,000 grant

By Christopher Kao | August 15, 1994

The Outdoor Programs Office recently received a $100,000 grant to improve facilities along the Appalachian Trail, including cabins, shelters and the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge. "This all takes money," Outdoor Programs Director Earl Jette said.

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Alums run summer info booth

By Justin Steinman | August 15, 1994

Spending eight hours a day in an information booth may seem like a boring way to spend the summer. But then, appearances can be deceiving. "We joke that this is the best job in town," said Jay Evans '49, who has worked in the information booth for the past five summers.

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Beta fails in bid to regain charter

By Scott Anthony | August 15, 1994

Beta Theta Pi fraternity's national convention decided against returning the Dartmouth chapter's charter at its national convention last weekend. Beta District Chief William Hunt said the local chapter did not get its charter back because it has yet to meet all of the sanctions placed on it. "Basically, there are things in the sanctions that won't occur until later on in the year," Hunt said in an interview from his home in Bangor, Maine. After a hazing incident last fall, the College, Beta's national organization and Beta's trustees all imposed harsh sanctions on the house. For example, the College suspended the house's recognition for a year and the trustees and the College both banned alcohol in the house for two terms. Beta Summer President Philip Ferrera '96 said because of the recent problems of the house, he is not surprised that the house did not get its charter back. Three years ago, Beta also was severely sanctioned after 10 brothers kidnapped and tormented a Chi Gamma Epsilon fraternity brother. "I don't think our behavior has merited getting our charter back," Ferrera said.

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Debaters like to copy

By David Hemmer | August 15, 1994

Jeff Clune, a soon-to-be high-school senior from Detroit, Mich. with the unique talent to spew out facts at the rate of about 100 words a minute, has spent somewhere between $150 and $200 on photocopying in the past three weeks. Clune is just one of the 112 students in the Dartmouth Debate Institute, a group whose hot summer hangout spots include Baker Library's photocopy machines and microfiche viewers. "They go out of here ... with trucks of Xerox boxes each," said Reference Librarian Greg Finnegan, who works as the liaison between the debate camp and the library. Finnegan estimates that the debaters have made 800,000 photocopies so far.

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Bassett '78 fights for seat in House of Reps

By Alexander R. Edlich | August 11, 1994

No one ever said running for Congress is easy. Jim Bassett '78 said yesterday afternoon that he did not know when he would be home for his four-year-old daughter's birthday later that night &emdash; but the only thing he is sure of is that he would be there after his debate in Milford. Bassett, 37, a moderate Republican lawyer, is stumping New Hampshire's first district, fighting to win the primary against nine other contenders.

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Fox now on cable

By Justin Steinman | August 11, 1994

Dartmouth students can watch their favorite National Football League teams on Sunday afternoons and "Melrose Place" on Monday nights this fall. Twin State Cable, which provides cable service to the College and the Upper Valley, has added the Fox television network to its basic cable service.

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Women talk about professional world

By Scott Thomas | August 11, 1994

About thirty women gathered Tuesday night in the Wren Room of Sanborn House to discuss the role of women in the professional world. Helen Burnham '96 and Heidi Corderman '96, programming chairs for the Dartmouth Panhellenic Council, organized the event. Assistant Dean of Students Sylvia Langford, Dr. Donna Discipio, a dermatologist at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Olympic luger Cammy Myler and Jane Morgan, the program manager at the Listening Center, were on hand to answer questions and share their personal career experiences. Myler, who has competed in three Olympics, said she thought it ironic that she was chosen to speak at a panel on professionalism. "I'd like to see the Olympics as far removed from professionalism as possible," she said. "Certainly the Olympics is something you do because you enjoy it and I don't think that is true of all professions today." Myler said she spends as much time practicing her sport as many people spend on their careers. Myler said she was glad to point out that women can participate on a serious level in athletics. Burnham said she thought the discussion "focused on different directions women can take, the choices they face and how they make those decision." Langford, who has three children, Morgan, who has two children and Discipio, who had her daughter during the second year of her first residency, discussed their experiences balancing a family with a career. The women offered a positive attitude on juggling family and careers, but said they felt they had compromised their careers at times for the benefit of their husbands. Langford said she moved here with her husband, Biology Professor George Langford, but said she felt their relationship was a give and take.

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Epstein says glass ceiling exists

By David Hemmer | August 11, 1994

City University of New York Sociology Professor Cynthia Epstein said yesterday although women have made progress penetrating the ranks of large law firms, many are stranded at the level of associate partner or what she called "non-equity partners." Epstein, who is one of the finalists to succeed George Demko as Rockefeller Center for the Social Sciences director, addressed a crowd of 40 in the 1902 Room of the Rockefeller Center.

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Police question Theta Delt

By Alexander R. Edlich | August 11, 1994

Hanover Police officers are questioning and fingerprinting Theta Delta Chi fraternity brothers in their investigation of the break-in at Thayer Dining Hall two weeks ago. Police Chief Nick Giaccone said the police actions are "normal procedures" and that Theta Delt is the starting point for the investigation. Theta Delt Summer President Matt Bush '96 said the police contacted members in the house to question them.

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DOC picks leaders

By Maneesh Shrivastav | August 9, 1994

The Dartmouth Outing Club has successfully increased the diversity of its freshman trip leaders, according to Gen Kanai '95, director of the D.O.C.

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Missing sophomore summer

By Scott Anthony | August 9, 1994

While most of the Class of 1996 was enjoying a leisurely afternoon floating down the Connecticut River during Tubestock two weeks ago, Sara McKinstry '96 was in Sturbridge, Mass.

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Koop Institute gets $91,000

By Alexander R. Edlich | August 9, 1994

The Corporation for National Service recently gave $91,000 to the C. Everett Koop Institute at the Dartmouth Medical School to support a program that allows medical students to teach children at local schools. The program, Partners in Health Education, has operated as a pilot program for the past two years. Dr. Joseph O'Donnell, an associate dean for student affairs at the medical school and one of the project's directors, said the grant will help continue the innovative approach to doctor-patient relations. O'Donnell said C.

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College to study housing situation

By David Hemmer | August 9, 1994

A College committee that looks at issues related to the Dartmouth Plan will recommend today that a committee of administrators, faculty and students study the Fall-term housing shortage. The recommendations, which remain subject to formal approval this morning from the enrollment committee, came out of a meeting yesterday afternoon, said Dean of the Faculty James Wright, who chairs the enrollment committee. Registrar Thomas Bickel, who is on the enrollment committee, said he expects the new committee to have its recommendations ready by November. But the committee's recommendations will not provide a solution to the immediate problem of the more than 180 people who still remain without housing for the Fall term. "I certainly am sympathetic with them," Wright said.

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Alumni return to study creation myths

By Christopher Kao | August 9, 1994

During the next two weeks, alumni and others with close ties to the College will be returning to very familiar surroundings &emdash; the classroom. As part of this year's Alumni College, about 160 people are in Hanover this week to study cosmology and creation myths and another group of about 95 will come up next week to study literary works, such as "The Heart of Darkness," by Joseph Conrad and "The Tempest," by William Shakespeare. The 31-year-old Alumni College program allows alumni and parents and relatives of Dartmouth students to spend a week in Hanover studying a specific topic taught by several professors. The participants in the program come for a variety of reasons. David Wrisley '67, whose daughter Katherine is a '95, said he came to this week's program because he received the flyer and was interested in the topic. Wrisley added that he and his wife enjoy spending time in Hanover. "We love to come back to Hanover," he said.

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Instructional, Computing services merge

By Scott Anthony | August 9, 1994

The Office of Instructional Services and Computing Services recently merged to streamline planning for the next generation of classrooms and teaching. Deputy Provost Bruce Pipes, a key figure in the merger, said he does not expect there to be any big, short-term changes because of the merger. "This is the kind of merger that is planning for the future," Pipes said. The merger, which occurred in the beginning of July, was a result of Instructional Services increasingly being asked to do things related with computers, Instructional Services Director Mike Beahan said. "More and more, what people want is computer-based," he said.

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Telephone numbers now public

By Alexander R. Edlich | August 9, 1994

The Dean of the College Office recently began giving out students' phone numbers to be people who request it from the office. Though the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 allowed universities to release student telephone numbers, the College previously did not disclose them because it thought doing so would invade students' privacy, Assistant Dean of the College Teoby Gomez said. The office is currently allowed to release information on a student's major, awards received, address, extracurricular activities and degrees. Gomez said students can request that the office not give their personal information out.

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Police end investigation

By Scott Anthony | August 5, 1994

Hanover Police after investigating Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and Sigma Delta sorority will not file any charges against the houses. Hanover Police Detective Rick Paulsen said the police are currently investigating several other Greek houses, but declined to name them. In the SAE and Sigma Delt case, police were looking into the arrests of three underaged, non-Dartmouth students on July 21 for possession of alcohol. Paulsen said the investigation is closed because of "the unavailability of the witnesses." He said three students arrested are now "all over the country" and it is too much of a hassle to have them return to Hanover. "Basically this case is going to be closed because the county attorney is not going to fly them up here," he said. Sigma Delt President Lauren Currie '96 said Sigma Delt would continue to comply with state and College alcohol guidelines. Paulsen said he expected the town to file charges against at least one of the "other" houses within the next two months.

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ORL: First time housing denied

By David Hemmer | August 5, 1994

For the first time in Dartmouth's history, the College has turned away on-time applicants for on-campus housing, and there are few other housing options in Hanover. Due to the housing shortage and grim outlook for getting pulled off the waiting list, students may now have to change their Dartmouth Plans because they will have nowhere to live in the fall. The Office of Residential Life last week wrote to about 200 students tell them they would not receive College housing for Fall term. "For the first time, we cannot house all students who wish to reside on-campus for a Fall term," Associate Dean of Residential Life Bud Beatty wrote in the letter.

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