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Litchfield '22 dies; Was Thayer HDIning Hall regular, sports fan

By Yvonne Chiu | May 11, 1993

Richard Charles Litchfield '22, a retired toymaker and ship chandler who was a well-known figure on the Dartmouth campus, died Monday at the Country Health Care Center in Lancanster, N.H.. He was 92. Litchfield died of cancer, said his daughter Betty Werner of Shelborne, N.H. "Old Man Thayer," as he was affectionately referred to by some students, frequented the College dining hall and was often spotted all over campus. "We would be part of his daily routine," said Joyce Blunt, an assistant in Baker Library.

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Panel examines women's experiences at school

By Laurel Smith | May 10, 1993

Six senior women shared their lessons from four years at the College last night in a panel discussion that dealt with topics ranging from athletics and priorities to motherhood and fitting in. The panel discussion, titled "Will the Real Women of Dartmouth Please Stand Up?," was created by women in the Class of 1989.

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Alpha Theta works to fund scholarship

By Diane Fernandes | May 10, 1993

Each fall and spring, members of Alpha Theta co-ed house do jobs through the Dickey Endowment, such as rake leaves, stack wood, wash cars and clean out garages to benefit the Alpha Theta scholarship. The $1,000 Alpha Theta scholarship is awarded once a year to an undergraduate with an interest in some aspect of international relations and studies. Last year's winner, Tamara Norman '94, used the money for travel and living expenses in the former Soviet Union where she spent Winter term translating children's books into English. Alpha Theta President Michael Stodghill '94 calls the Dickey jobs "a house bonding experience." House members often complain about doing Dickey jobs, Stodghill said.

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Larimore to leave College

By Luis Del Valle | May 10, 1993

Colleen Larimore, director of the College's Native American Program, will leave Dartmouth at the end of the Spring term. Larimore's departure was announced in a letter released by Assistant Dean of Students Dan Nelson on May 4. According to Nelson, Larimore is planning to move to the San Francisco area to begin a doctoral studies program in sociology within the next year. Larimore received her undergraduate degree from Dartmouth in 1985 and she was president of Native Americans at Dartmouth, the College's Native American students' organization, during her senior year. From 1985 until 1989, Larimore was assistant director of admissions at the College and served temporarily as director of minority recruitment.

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Abroad to study Italian, women face sex assault

By Dawn Conner | May 10, 1993

SIENA, Italy -- The nature of relationships between Italian men and American women is not listed as a lecture topic on a syllabus for any Italian Language Study Abroad class. But many female students on the Dartmouth LSA here have found themselves wondering how to cope with a significant difference in attitudes toward gender relations. Dartmouth women have tried to ignore whistles, stares, comments and endless invitations to bars, parties and even homes.

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Deer runs through Fairchild window

By Luis Del Valle | May 9, 1993

Chased by dogs, a frightened deer smashed through a first floor window of the Fairchild Natural Sciences Center last night. The deer sped through the building, leaped out a window in Room 18 and ran across campus to Memorial Field where it bled to death, according to Hanover Police Sgt.

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Biathlon called a success

By Adrienne Kim | May 9, 1993

Saturday afternoon, 109 people participated in the third annual Peter A. McKernan Memorial Biathlon, a race made up of a three-mile run on Rip Road and an eight-mile bike race on the Etna loop. Participants joined the event, a tribute to Peter McKernan '93 who died of cardiac arrest in the winter of 1991, to help raise money for the scholarship fund named in his honor. The $10 contribution per participant amounted to a $1090 donation to the scholarship fund.

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Forum eases tension; RipWoodSmith residents meet to discuss racism after Review conflict

By Brad Parks | May 9, 1993

Residents of the RipWoodSmith dormitory cluster met last night in a forum intended to ease racial tensions heightened by a string of Blitzmail messages that circulated through the cluster the last week. In the angry exchange of electronic mail messages over several days, residents of the cluster accused each other of racism and intolerance. Students said the 90-minute forum helped relieve tension and said they would urge The Dartmouth Review to develop a new distribution system in the cluster. Relations in the cluster have been tense since April 20 when two freshman students, a black man and a white woman, angrily confronted each other in a Woodward hallway over the collection of copies of The Review, the off-campus conservative weekly. Ripley resident Amiri Barksdale '96, who is black, was part of a campuswide effort to remove copies of The Review from dormitories where they are distributed. Erica Greenwood '96, a white Woodward resident, confronted Barksdale as he picked up copies of the paper.

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Winds damage roof, tree

By Alexander R. Edlich | May 6, 1993

A sudden and powerful gust of wind last night snapped a 40 foot pine tree behind Gile Hall and swept portions of copper roofing off Parkhust Hall. According to the Lebanon Airport control tower, winds reached speeds of 44 mph. A long portion of copper roofing on Parkhurst was lifted up, twisted about and landed back on the roof. Students reported seeing a funnel of wind touch down on the top of Parkhurst. "The wind was blowing really hard," said Greg Papajohn '96 who stood out side of Massachusetts Hall.

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Biathalon remembers Peter McKernan '93

By Christopher Kao | May 6, 1993

Three experts on the United Nations discussed the future of the organization in the post-Cold War era in a panel discussion last night in Dartmouth Hall. Nitya Pibulsonggram '62, the permanent representative from Thailand to the U.N., Jonathan Moore '54, the former U.S ambassador to the U.N., and Edward Luck '70, the president of the United Nations Association of the USA emphasized the changing role of the U.N.

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Biathalon remembers Peter McKernan '93

By Andrew Kingsdale | May 6, 1993

The third annual Peter A. McKernan Memorial Biathalon will kick off this Saturday at 1 p.m., combining a three-mile run on Rip Road with an eight-mile bike race on the Etna Loop. The event is held in memory of Peter McKernan '93, who died of heart troubles in the winter of 1991. All proceeds will go to the Pete McKernan Scholarship Fund. "The scholarship was set up by Peter's parents and is given to three distinguished Maine high school students," said Jay Gonzalez '93, who was a friend of McKernan's and helped establish the yearly event. Participants must pay a $10 entrance fee, and can sign up in the Hopkins Center Thursday, Friday and the day of the race, according to Laurie Senn '94, who is helping to organize the fundraiser. "We hope to get around 100 to a 150 participants," Senn said. Sponsorship from the Interfraternity Council, the Coed Fraternity Sorority Council and the Panhellenic Council will help pay for free t-shirts given to participants. Local businesses will provide prizes for the first 15 finishers, according to Senn.

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Arctic explorer; Symposium honors prof's 80th birthday

By Maggie Lockwood | May 6, 1993

Retired Anthropology Professor Elmer Harp, a pioneer in the development of archaeological research in the Eastern Arctic, was honored on campus last week at an event which drew anthropology experts from around the world. The three-day event, dubbed The Elders Conference on the History of Archeology in the Eastern Arctic, was sponsored by the Dicky Endowment, the Institute on Canada and the United States, the Institute of Arctic Studies, the anthropology and Native American studies departments and The Arctic Studies Center of the Smithsonian. The celebration was the brainchild of William Fitzhugh '64, one of Harp's former students, and attracted the "elders" of the field, experts from around the world. Harp noted that this event was not held entirely for him, yet his assessment falls into line with his modest account of his accomplishments, many of which have had significant impact on the academic departments at Dartmouth. Harp, who celebrated his 80th birthday in April, founded the anthropology department at the College in the 1960s. His 32 years of field research in Newfoundland resulted in the naming of the site of his research near the city of Port au Choix as a historical landmark.

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Maathai speaks on African environment

By Laurel Smith | May 5, 1993

Montgomery Fellow Dr. Wangari Maathai last night told an audience in 105 Dartmouth Hall, "My government does not seem to like what I do ... there were fears that I would not arrive at this beautiful campus." Maathai, considered the leading environmentalist in Africa and the Third World and a controversial political figure in her native Kenya, was recently in hiding there following a government attempt to arrest her. Her visit to the College as a Montgomery Fellow was uncertain only weeks ago, but she spoke last night on "Women's Role in the Environment and Politics in Kenya." Maathai is director of the Green Belt Movement, an environmental organization founded 16 years ago to promote reforestation and expansion of natural fuel resources, and provide income and empowerment for rural workers, who are mostly women. The movement encourages tree-planting to combat malnutrition and the effects of environmental exploitation in rural communities.

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