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Summer Assembly kicks off

By Scott Anthony | July 6, 1994

The Student Assembly met for the first time last Friday to set up its agenda and committee structure for the summer. Summer Assembly President Grace Chionuma '96 told about 10 people at the meeting that the Assembly's big goal over the summer would be to get things done. "The purpose of Summer Assembly is for the most part project-oriented," Chionuma said.

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Hersh selected to head counseling

By Alexander R. Edlich | July 6, 1994

The College appointed Dr. Jeffrey Hersh as the director of counseling and human development, after conducting a nationwide search. Hersh is the former head of the mental health division at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Director of College Health Services John Turco announced the appointment yesterday after a search committee, created at the end of spring, presented a list of candidates. As director of counseling and human development, Hersh will oversee a counseling staff that advises Dartmouth students and also acts as an intermediary between the staff and the department of psychiatry at the Dartmouth Medical School, Turco said. Turco said Hersh, who started yesterday part-time and will start full-time Sept.

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278 waiting on fall housing list

By Justin Steinman | July 6, 1994

The College may not be able to house more than 150 students for the 1994 Fall term, Housing Assignments Administrator Lynn Rosenblum said yesterday. Only 145 students canceled their cluster assignment by the June 8 deadline, leaving 278 students on the College housing waitlist. "We were a little disappointed with the number of cancellations," Rosenblum said.

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Alumnus to get fourth star

By Justin Steinman | July 6, 1994

President Bill Clinton nominated Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas Moorman '62 for his fourth star and a promotion to vice chief of staff of the Air Force. Moorman said he is awaiting confirmation of his appointment, which he expects to come before the end of July. Moorman is currently vice-commander of the Air Force Space Command, headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colo. The general said he found out about the nomination while on a plane to Vandenberg Air Force base in California. "General Merril McPeak, the Air Force chief of staff, called me on May 3," Moorman said in a telephone interview from the Colorado Springs air base.

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Professors cancel the Women Studies survey

By Alicia Jennings | July 6, 1994

The Women's Studies program canceled plans last term for a survey to study diversity in Dartmouth classrooms after the program's directors decided the survey would not provide accurate information. The survey, scheduled to be given last winter, was funded by the Bildner Endowment.

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Encyclopedia on line

By Alexander R. Edlich | July 6, 1994

Dartmouth has added the Encyclopedia Brittanica to the growing number of databases and resources students can access over the College's network. The College is one of the testing sights for the 15th edition of the encyclopedia around the United States.

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Prentice '72 won't run in gubernatorial race

By Scott Anthony | July 6, 1994

Sheldon Prentice '72 announced late last week that he was not planning to seek the Republican nomination in the Vermont gubernatorial race. Prentice, who is the senior vice president at Chittenden Trust Company, was considering entering the race about two weeks ago because no Republican candidate had emerged to challenge the Democratic incumbent Howard Dean. But he said in a press release that he decided that he would not be able to raise the necessary funds to compensate for his lack of name recognition.

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Trustees grant tenure to Luxon and 13 others

By Scott Anthony With Amy Semet | July 6, 1994

At its June meeting, the College's Board of Trustees approved the decision to grant tenure to 14 professors, including controversial English Professor Tom Luxon. To receive tenure, faculty members need to be able to teach and do quality research, Associate Dean of the Faculty George Wolford said. "A brilliant scholar may get by with average teaching ability and a great teacher may not pass the tear in scholarship," Wolford said.

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CFS elects new officers

By Scott Anthony | June 30, 1994

At a meeting Monday night, Chi Heorot fraternity member Matt McGill '96 was elected summer president of the governing body of the College's Greek organizations. McGill said he has three goals as president of the Coed Fraternity Sorority Council.

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Center gets new director

By Alexander R. Edlich | June 30, 1994

After a nationwide search, Dean of the College Lee Pelton appointed Giavanna Munafo, an experienced doctoral candidate from the University of Virginia, the head of Dartmouth's Women's Resource Center. She will start on Sept.

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French historian speaks on revising history

By Alexander R. Edlich | June 30, 1994

French historian Francois Hartog said in a speech Tuesday night that historians can no longer revise history after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Hartog delivered his lecture, titled "Time and History: Memory sites as a symptom," to an audience of 60 people in the Rockefeller Center for Social Sciences. Hartog, a professor at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris, kicked off the first Edouard Morot-Sir Institute of French Cultural Studies. Using specific examples, Hartog traced the evolution of historiography and how the French have dealt with their collective memory of historical events. Two examples Hartog mentioned were the storming of the Bastille in 1789 and German occupation of France during World War II. "During the sixties, historians forgot the future and concentrated on 'today,'" he said during his one hour lecture.

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Bollinger starts job tomorrow

By Amanda A. Amann | June 30, 1994

Lee Bollinger arrives tomorrow to start his tenure as provost, making him the number two official in the College's executive office. Bollinger replaces Bruce Pipes, who has been acting provost for the past year after former Provost John Strohbehn stepped down last July to resume teaching. In an interview last July with The Dartmouth, Bollinger said, "Dartmouth is one of the great institutions of higher education in the country.

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Union contract expires

By Christopher Kao | June 30, 1994

The contract between the College and members of Local Union 560, which represents food service employees, custodial staff, heating plant workers and grounds crew expires today, with negotiations on a new contract at an impasse. Union President Earl Sweet said the employees will work under the old contract for the time being. Negotiation talks "have broken down," Sweet said.

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College officer dies

By Justin Steinman | June 28, 1994

Janet Schwarz, a Safety and Security Officer at the College for 11 years, died yesterday morning at the age of 57 in a car accident caused by a medical emergency while she was driving. Sergeant Lenny Roberts of the Hartford, Vt.

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DDS summer hours shortened

By Scott Anthony | June 28, 1994

The College has reduced dining hall hours during the summer because there are substantially fewer students on campus, Director of College Dining Services Peter Napolitano said. Food Court closes at 8p.m.

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Three '96s arrested

By Alexander R. Edlich | June 28, 1994

Hanover Police arrested three sophomores at a loud, off-campus party early Sunday morning after a neighbor complained about noise. The police arrested and charged Samuel Liebhaber '96 and Aren Goldsmith '96 with supplying alcohol to minors, according to Police Dispatcher Lisa Camarra. The arresting officer, Sergeant Patrick O'Neill, said police also took 14 under-aged students into protective custody.

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Studies show Dartmouth women drink more

By Justin Steinman | June 28, 1994

The percentage of Dartmouth women who report binge drinking is well above the national average while the number of Dartmouth men who report binge drinking almost exactly matches the national average. According to the National Commission on Substance Abuse at Colleges and Universities, 38 percent of women surveyed nationwide reported binge drinking at least once in the previous two weeks. The Columbia University study was released June 7. Binge drinking is defined as consuming five drinks or more in one sitting, Sims said.

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