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Freshmen may be first-year

By Keith Lavigne | April 27, 1994

Two committees looking for ways to improve the freshman experience will recommend that the College change the name of the Freshmen Office to the Office of First-Year Students. The Intellectual Life and Orientation sub-committees of the Committee on the First-Year Experience will suggest the change in a report they plan to release at the end of the term. "It looks that parts of the Committee on the First-Year Experience will recommend the change," Dean of Freshmen Peter Goldsmith said. Goldsmith chairs the Orientation sub-committee and is a member of the Intellectual Life sub-committee. The First-Year Committee, chaired by Dean of the College Lee Pelton, is also considering creating freshmen residence halls. Goldsmith said the potential name change is a result of changing times and changing attitudes but is not a response to an overwhelming campus-wide concern.

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Three from Dartmouth named Rockefeller scholars

By Tracy Deangelis | April 27, 1994

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund named David Gonzalez '95, Candice Jimerson '95 and Cresencia Spencer '95 as 1994 Minority Teaching Fellows, an award that earns each recipient a stipend of up to $18,000. The three recipients are among 26 undergraduates from 16 schools nationwide selected by the organization.

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Pilot talks on Hydro-Quebec

By Colin Grey | April 27, 1994

Last night Gilbert Pilot, a spokesperson for the Innu Native Americans in northern Quebec, spoke about their resistance to the building of a hydro-electric dam near their homeland. Pilot arrived 40 minutes late to Rockefeller Center, after a hurried drive from Amherst College through last night's rain, he said. Without using notes or removing his jacket, he delivered a speech to about 13 people, outlining his people's efforts to combat Hydro-Quebec's continued exploitation of Innu territory. "Our homeland is our culture, our language, because we can name every tree, every lake, every fish in our language," he said.

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Nicols speaks on living with AIDS

By Rebecca Siegel | April 26, 1994

Henry Nicols, a 20-year-old hemophiliac with AIDS, and his sister Jennifer discussed the social implications of living with AIDS in Collis Common Ground last night. About 200 people, mostly women, turned out to hear the speech titled "Living with AIDS." "Many people our age think AIDS is only a problem for gay men or IV drug users - they are wrong," Henry said. "I did nothing to deserve AIDS.

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French Conference Funded

By Daisy I. Alpert | April 26, 1994

French professor Lawrence Kritzman recently received close to $100,000 in grants from the French Embassy and contributions from American colleges and universities to sponsor an annual conference on French cultural studies. The five-week conference, called the Edouard Morot-Sir Institute for French Cultural Studies, is the first of its kind. French professors from prestigious academic institutions such as Williams College, Brandeis University and Cornell University will also attend the Institute, which will be held at Dartmouth June 28 through July 27. Kritzman said he believes the Institute "will help make French a stronger discipline in the next century." The invited scholars will examine the theme "Culture and Memory in France." The Institute is sponsored by the Committee for the Future of French Studies, which Kritzman founded in early 1991.

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Virus spreads on campus

By Michele Taylor | April 26, 1994

They echo through lecture halls, they are stifled in small classrooms, they are taunting and annoying nearly every Dartmouth student - they are coughs. Now that the snow has finally melted, everyone on campus seems to be getting sick.

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Green Key gets theme

By Rebecca Siegel | April 26, 1994

The 73rd annual Green Key Weekend on May 13-15 will be the first time the special weekend features a theme. Called "Helldorado," the weekend intends to capture the spirit of "a country fair, a day in the sun," said Brian Greenberg '95, a member of the Green Key planning committee.

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Thesis crunch time

By Rebecca Siegel | April 25, 1994

Senior spring might seem relaxing, but '94s with senior theses to write by graduation are hardly sunbathing on the Green. Seniors who elected to write theses can be found in study carols at Baker, hibernating in their rooms or traveling across the country researching their thesis topics. Adam Lipsius '94, an English major, was in Washington, D.C.

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Ten schools participate in AAm conference on black identities

By Timothy Fitzgibbons | April 25, 1994

More than 75 students from 10 colleges across the Northeast came to Dartmouth to participate in the Afro-American Society's first Intercollegiate Conference this weekend. The conference titled "Celebrating Our Heritage: Exploring Our Multiple Identities" included speakers and workshops on topics ranging from beauty ideals to the Greek system to African-American leadership. There were two keynote lectures Saturday that highlighted the weekend - "Racism 101," given by Nikki Giovanni and "Black Economic Empowerment," given by Dr. Juwanza Kunjufu - but LaShae Sloan '94, a co-chair of the program, said she enjoyed the student workshops the most. The workshops "stimulated a lot of intellectual discussion that you don't usually get," Shakari Cameron '96, the other co-chair, said. The workshops engaged students in conversations about prevalent issues in the African-American community including gender equity, the role of blacks within Greek systems, divisions among African-Americans based on different skin color and beauty standards and maintaining identity at predominantly white colleges, said Zola Mashariki '94, a member of the conference committee. The conference, which included 17 different events, began Friday afternoon and ended yesterday. English professors William Cook, Deborah Chay, and Martin Favor, African and Afro-American Studies Professor Chinosole, Associate Dean of Freshman Anthony Tillman and Class of 1996 Dean Sylvia Langford participated in panel discussions during the weekend.

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College considers moving Hinman Boxes from Hop

By David Hemmer | April 25, 1994

Dire lack of space in the Hinman Post Office has forced administrators to consider moving the College's Hinman Boxes from the Hopkins Center for the Performing Arts to another location, or to consider expanding the current location. Both options present problems and no changes are expected in the near future. "It is very unlikely that any move of the Hinman Post Office is going to occur in the near future," Director of Institutional Research Chris Strenta said.

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Poet offers advice on life at AAm conference

By Breeanne Clowdus | April 25, 1994

"I am delighted to be in the middle of nowhere," were the first of many comical words spoken by Nikki Giovanni, an African American poet, writer and feminist, during a speech titled "Racism 101" held Saturday night. The speech in Webster Hall, which was attended by about 400 people, was part of a series titled "Celebrating Our Heritage: Exploring Our Multiple Identities," sponsored by the African American Society. Despite its title, Giovanni's speech was anything but classroom oriented.

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New group unites female broadcasters

By Maggie Lockwood | April 25, 1994

Women in Broadcasting is a newly formed group that hopes to give women a supportive niche at the predominantly male College radio stations. Of the 100 students working at WDCR and WFRD, 30 are women.

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N.H. gay rights bill killed

By Colin Grey | April 22, 1994

After two hours of debate, the New Hampshire State Senate killed a bill that would have made employment and housing discrimination based on sexual orientation illegal. The legislation was defeated in a 13-10 vote.

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Lederman speech brings light to physics

By Keith Lavigne | April 22, 1994

Montgomery Fellow Leon Lederman brought his humorous and lighthearted discussion of physics to Dartmouth Hall yesterday, captivating the standing-room-only crowd during his afternoon speech. Lederman, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist from Columbia University and the University of Chicago, presented theoretical physics theories using anecdotes, metaphors and jokes. The speech was about the search to understand the universe's basic elements. "The history of physics and general science," Lederman said, "is a road that started in ancient Rome and has continued along to the recent discoveries of sub-atomic particles such as quarks and neutrinos." Lederman constructed a picture of the universe's building blocks, interjecting humor and stories to help illustrate the information.

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More than a day for ESD

By Tom O'Shea | April 22, 1994

Today's Earth Day celebration marks the high point of a term's work by the Environmental Studies Department of the Dartmouth Outing Club to plan events promoting environmental awareness. ESD Members have worked to preserve forests in Northern New Hampshire, organized plans for an organic garden and lobbied to make the Collis Cafe more environmentally conscious. Last Monday, several members traveled to a Concord, N.H.

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Crossley, Spitzer chosen Guggenheim Fellows

By Amy Semet | April 22, 1994

Two Dartmouth history professors, Pamela Crossley and Leo Spitzer, were among 12 historians and 137 other artists, scholars and scientists to receive this year's Guggenheim Fellowship Awards. Guggenheim Fellows are appointed annually on the basis of "unusually distinguished achievement in the past and exceptional promise for future accomplishment," according to a statement from the Guggenheim Foundation. Dartmouth is the only school in the country to have two Fellows selected from the same department.

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