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N.H. House passes gay rights bill

By Colin Grey | February 18, 1994

The heavily Republican New Hampshire House passed a bill Tuesday prohibiting job and housing discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation by a 226-131 vote, despite strong objections from Governor Stephen Merrill. The bill extends the current anti-discrimination laws in New Hampshire to include sexual orientation. The current law already prohibits discrimination because of age, color, ethnic background, marital status, physical or mental disability, race and religious or political belief. Last month, Merrill said the gay and lesbian anti-discrimination bill was divisive and unnecessary.

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Lazar says Europe divided by wealth

By Andrew Weinberg | February 18, 1994

Arpad von Lazar, professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, said it is more accurate to divide Europe into rich and poor, rather than east and west, in a lecture held Wednesday. More than 30 people attended von Lazar's lecture titled, "Aging Europe - Emerging Europe: Politics and Business in the Mid-Nineties" in the General Motors Amphitheater at the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration. Von Lazar spoke about the recent economic problems in Europe and the inherent complications Europe will face in searching for a solution to these problems. Although the speech dealt with complex economic and political issues, von Lazar injected humor and personal anecdotes into his lecture, eliciting many laughs and applause from the audience. "He says it in a way that makes it lively and interesting," said Penny Paquette, director of the International University of Japan program office.

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Task force works to create new dormitory

By Timothy Fitzgibbons | February 18, 1994

A task force of six Dartmouth students is working to create a program within a residence hall that will focus on gender issues. Danielle Moore '95, one of six students on the task force, said the group hopes to organize a program that features speakers, films and discussions about women's, men's and inter-gender issues. Dean of Residential Life Mary Turco said she has talked with students on the task force and supports what they are doing. "I support the development of a structured program for addressing gender relations with student interest, including men's and women's views within the residence halls," Turco said. Turco said residency in the hall would be open to both men and women. "What we're looking for is something that is inclusive," Turco said.

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Collis governing board reconvenes

By Amy Semet | February 18, 1994

The 21 students recently selected to serve on the Collis Governing Board will work with Dean of Student Life Holly Sateia to determine how to use the center's space. But unlike former governing boards, the new group will no longer be in charge of programming for the Collis Center, Sateia said. The Programming Board, which took over scheduling Collis events on other parts of the campus when the building was under construction, will continue to be responsible for programming, she said. Events like Friday Night Dance Club and performances at The Lone Pine Tavern fall under the responsibilities of the Programming Board, which is headed by Programming Coordinator Linda Kennedy. Kennedy's title was changed from Student Activities Coordinator to reflect her programming responsibilities. The Governing Board, which will focus more on Collis' space allocation policy, was revived this term when the center reopened after a year of construction. Members of the Governing Board will actively seek input from the campus community on the role the student center should play and how the building should be used, Sateia said. "I want the governing board to be able to get feedback from the community on ways to accommodate the building," Sateia said.

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Panel discusses corporate morality

By David Sadoff | February 17, 1994

A finance professor, a business journalist, and two corporate executives debated whether corporations have a social responsibility to the public before more than 150 people in Cook Auditorium last night. "There is more to business than the petty jealousies, unbridled egos and ambition," said Richard Shreve, a professor at Amos Tuck School of Business Administration and moderator of the discussion. Sharon Cohen, Reebock's vice president of public affairs, said she believes it is corporate America's responsibility to look beyond profits and consider human rights. "At Reebok we're showing the world that going into business doesn't mean you have to check your values in at the door at 8 am and pick them up on the way out at 6," Cohen said.

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Herrin advises changes

By Jack Vaitayanonta | February 17, 1994

College nutritionist Marcia Herrin recommends having representatives from the nutrition education program on the Student Assembly Meal Plan Task Force because the freshmen meal plan can be dangerous for students with eating disorders. "The first-year meal plan dictates certain times for eating in order to maximize the value of the punches," Herrin said.

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Byfield talks on textiles

By Jennifer Chen | February 17, 1994

History Professor Judith Byfield spoke to a small group of students last night about the evolution of the craft of adire, a tie-dyed African textile used in America for knapsacks, shoes and wall-hangings. Byfield's speech, the second in the Black Caucus Lecture Series, detailed the history of adire in Abeokuta, a city in the Nigerian city-state Yorubaland.

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College grants volleyball, softball varsity status

By Amanda A. Amann | February 17, 1994

Two women's teams that complained to the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights about gender inequity in Dartmouth athletics will gain full varsity status and receive full funding within the next 18 months, the College announced Tuesday. The decision to provide full support for the women's volleyball and softball teams will cost the College about $40,000 a year, according to both teams.

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Boycott cancellation surprises few

By Siobhan Gorman | February 17, 1994

It was business as usual yesterday at Food Court and other Dartmouth Dining Services establishments after the Student Assembly voted unanimously Tuesday night to cancel its planned boycott. Most employees of DDS and students were not surprised the SA boycott did not occur. "I didn't expect it to take place.

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SA cancels boycott

By Maggie Fritz | February 16, 1994

With little discussion, the Student Assembly voted unanimously last night to cancel today's boycott of Dartmouth Dining Services. The cancellation comes two weeks after the Assembly passed a motion calling for the one-day boycott to protest DDS's refusal to meet the Assembly's demands for meal plan reforms. But yesterday, College Vice President and Treasurer Lyn Hutton accepted the Assembly's proposal for a Meal Plan Task Force to examine DDS policies, leaving Assembly members feeling that sufficient progress had been made to warrent cancelling the boycott. The Assembly spent at least $562.50 promoting the boycott with two full-page advertisements in The Dartmouth that ran Tuesday and Thursday of last week. Assembly President Nicole Artzer said she believed the amount was unjustifiable because organizers considered calling off the boycott as early as the beginning of last week. The original boycott motion was a response to what its supporters called "insufficient flexibility" on the part of DDS.

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Feminist discussion group forms

By Siobhan Gorman | February 16, 1994

A new faculty forum sponsored by the Dartmouth Ethics Institute conducted its first monthly discussion about feminist ethical issues yesterday in Thornton Hall. The purpose of the Feminist Ethics Study Group is to make faculty more aware of feminist applied and professional ethics, said Ron Green, director of the Ethics Institute. Philosophy Professor Sally Sedgwick led last night's discussion, which focused on feminist philosophy.

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Post Office investigates harassment charges

By Kristen King | February 16, 1994

The U.S. Postal Service is investigating harassment charges Sari Cohen '94 filed against a Hanover postal worker, who she said harassed her based on the assumption that she is a lesbian. Cohen alleges that the postal clerk ripped up a dollar bill stamped with the words "Lesbian Money" when she tried to use it to purchase an envelope on Jan.

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College revamps Jewish Center

By Colin Grey | February 16, 1994

In an open meeting last night, College representatives presented scaled-down plans for a proposed Center for Jewish Life to more than 130 students and Hanover residents. The proposed center has encountered much resistance since last September, when residents objected to the project's size and dual purpose of serving Jewish students and the Upper Valley's Jewish community. At the meeting, held at the Christ Church, College officials distributed handouts of the proposed floor-plan, a traffic impact study and a letter to Occom residents from College Council Cary Clark explaining the College's relationship to the Upper Valley's Jewish community. Although the center was originally designed as a 13,000 square foot, two-story structure, the modified plans call for a one-story building of 11,640 square feet, only 5,500 of which will be above ground. "There has been a lot of thought put into alternatives.

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After orbit, Newman still flying high

By Laurel Smith | February 16, 1994

James Newman '78, an astronaut for National Aeronautics and Space Administration, said he didn't always want to travel past the clouds at mach 25 or orbit the earth in zero gravity. "As a kid growing up I wanted to be regular sorts of things - a farmer, a banker, a fireman," Newman said. "I watched the gliders off the coast of San Diego, and became interested in flying.

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Green chosen for NIH ethics panel

By Siobhan Gorman | February 15, 1994

Ron Green, director of the Dartmouth Ethics Institute, has been appointed to the new 19-member Human Embryo Research Panel at the National Institutes of Health. The panel will attempt to determine ethical guidelines for federally funded research on human embryos, Green said. "Before considering funding specific human embryo research proposals, the NIH must address the profound moral and ethical issues raised by the use of human embryos in research and must develop guidelines to govern the review and conduct of federally-funded research," said Dr. Harold Varmus, director of the NIH. Members of the panel include ethicists, lawyers, scientists and university leaders. Green said his goal on the panel is to determine long-term ethical guidelines for biomedical research. "I'd like to produce basic principles that will promote science and make most citizens comfortable that their money is being used for this research," Green said. Green said one of the issues the panel will explore is research in cloning. "I believe, in general, this is an important area of research which will dramatically impact the area of medicine," Green said. For example, cloning research will eventually lead to improved cell and organ transplants based on the patient's genetic make-up, Green said. Green said the research will continue whether or not the NIH supports it. But if the NIH supports this research, it will have the opportunity to review federally-funded research and establish "guidelines to protect humans," he said. "I want to do what is needed to foster that research and bring it under review by the NIH," Green said. The panel will address whether or not to permit the use of fetal ovarian tissue for fertility research, Green said.

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Astronaut Newman '78 talks about his mission

By Laurel Smith | February 15, 1994

James Newman '78, who flew his first mission as a National Aeronautics and Space Administration astronaut on the space shuttle Discovery last September, gave a film and slide presentation of his space experience to an audience of about 50 in Rockefeller Center yesterday. Newman opened his talk, titled "Dartmouth in Orbit: An Alumnus' Report from the Space Shuttle Discovery," with a presentation to College President James Freedman of a green silk "'D" flag which he carried into space and a plaque commemorating the mission. Newman flew on the 10-day mission as part of a five-member crew which deployed an advanced communication technology satellite and an ultraviolet telescope. Along with another crew member, Newman completed a seven-hour spacewalk in preparation for the recent Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission. "We had a relatively inexperienced crew compared to recent shuttle missions, but they gave us a full plate," Newman, one of three rookie crew members on his mission, said. Newman is an adjunct professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University.

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Rust, dirt linger in water

By Dave Hemmer | February 15, 1994

Several water main breaks in Hanover over the weekend have left a rust-brown discoloration in the water supply, which presents no health hazard to users and should be cleared up by today. "The water should be clear today," said John Defoe, a foreman at the Hanover Water Company.

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Letter codemns CFS

By Colin Grey | February 15, 1994

The Dartmouth Alliance for Social Change submitted a letter, endorsed by 91 members of the College community, to key administrators yesterday, demanding they abolish the Coed Fraternity and Sorority system by Fall of 1994. The letter, sent to College President James Freedman, Dean of the College Lee Pelton, Dean of Residential Life Mary Turco and Assistant Dean of Residential Life Deborah Reinders, offers a two and a half page condemnation of the CFS system. "I expect the administration to take us more seriously because of the number and variety of signatures," David Cohen '94, one of four students who drafted the letter, said. "The Trustees are going to get a copy so hopefully they will meet with the administrators and discuss this new development," he said. Pelton said he had only glanced at the letter but said, "My understanding is that it's an open letter that doesn't ask for a response." At first the Alliance sent the letter to select students via BlitzMail message, but then an anonymous person distributed the letter from a false BlitzMail account to a much larger group. Cohen said the letter's premature anonymous circulation helped get a greater variety of signatories. "I don't know how many people saw the letter in one form or another, but combining the unexpected circulation with our own circulation, we got the letter to a good number of people," Cohen said. Professors and alumni were amongst those who endorsed the letter. "I've been at Dartmouth for 10 years, this is the second university I've taught at, the third or fourth I've attended, and one of the striking features at Dartmouth is the tension between men and women and between gay people and straight people," English Professor Matthew Rowlinson said. "And to a considerable extent it would seem to me those tensions are promoted by the aggressive single-sex houses," he said. Although Rowlinson signed the letter, he said he did not expect it to bring an end to the system. Ian Czaja '94 also signed the letter.

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Marano discusses body image

By Maggie Lockwood | February 15, 1994

Hara Estroff Marano, executive editor of Psychology Today, said last night that competitive schools such as Dartmouth create environments that encourage eating disorders. Marano delivered her speech, titled "Foreign Bodies: The Problem of Real Flesh in a World of Images," to a predominately female audience.

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SA may cancel boycott

By Maggie Fritz | February 15, 1994

The Student Assembly Executive Committee unanimously approved a motion at their Sunday meeting to discuss repealing the boycott of Dartmouth Dining Services at tonight's general Assembly meeting. The motion is contingent on the acceptance this morning by College Treasurer Lyn Hutton of an agenda for a Dining Services Task Force. Assembly President Nicole Artzer '94 and Nina Nho '97, the Assembly's liason to Dining Services, met with Hutton today to discuss the charge. The new motion will be presented to the Assembly tonight and will need support from a majority of the Assembly in order for it to be passed. Two weeks ago, Matthew Berry '94 and Assembly Treasurer John Steiner '94 presented the original motion for the boycott to the Assembly.

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