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Casteneda on women in slavery

By Rini Ghosh | April 5, 1994

University of Havana Professor of History Digna Casteneda spoke to students and faculty yesterday afternoon about the role of slave women in the first half of the 19th century in Cuban society. The speech, titled "African-Caribbean Women and the Slave Experience," was translated by Marysa Navarro, a history professor and chair of the Latin American and Caribbean Studies program. "It is necessary to understand the past in order to understand the present, imagine the future and help change societies," Casteneda said. The 600 documents that Casteneda researched from the national archives in Cuba revealed that only about 10 men pursued slave-related legal cases, while the rest was done by women. "Women were responsible for legal battles and for the freedom of family members," she said. She hypothesized that the higher involvement of women in legal affairs was because slave women came into more contact with people who had knowledge of the legal profession through their work in households and cities, Casteneda said. Slave women worked in various settings, including sugar plantations, cities and domestic environments.

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Testicular cancer risk highest for ages 15-34

By Colin Grey | April 5, 1994

Although other forms of cancer receive far more exposure from the media, testicular cancer poses a threat to the health of men, especially those aged 15 to 34. Testicular cancer strikes most commonly in this age group and is responsible for 12 percent of the group's cancer deaths, according to the American Cancer Society. The American Cancer Society estimated 350 men died of testicular cancer in 1993.

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Freedman well after surgery

By Scott Anthony | April 5, 1994

College President James Freedman is in good condition after undergoing surgery yesterday morning to remove a testicular tumor, according to Peggy Slazman, a spokeswoman for Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Mass General's Chief of Urology Scott McDougal '64 performed the surgery, Slazman said.

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SA candidates launch campaigns

By Scott Anthony | April 5, 1994

What is usually a hectic week of campaigning for student elections began with a whimper early this morning,. Only one Student Assembly presidential candidate - Jeremy Katz '95 - had a poster hung in Thayer Dining Hall or Collis Center by 12:30 this morning, and none of the candidates could be seen. The official campaign period for the April 12 election began this morning at 12:01.

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Snow hurt town, College budgets

By David Hemmer | April 4, 1994

The more than seven feet of snow that buried Hanover this winter wreaked havoc on town and College budgets but was a boon for some local businesses. The College has spent about $450,000 on snow removal this winter: about $197,000 on walks and drives, $163,000 on parking lots, and the remainder on other properties, according to John Gratiot, associate director of Facilities, Operations and Management. The school used 350,000 pounds of sand, 200,000 pounds of salt and 110 shovels. "The costs started very high but they slowed down when we did not get as much snow during February and March," he said.

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Bias of SA ROTC report questioned

By Colin Grey | April 4, 1994

The president of the College's gay students organization complained Friday that a member of the Reserve Officer Training Corps wrote a Student Assembly report urging the Board of Trustees to keep ROTC. Trevor Burgess '94, president of the Dartmouth Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Organization, sent an electronic message to Assembly President Nicole Artzer '94 Friday afternoon informing her that he saw Brandon Del Pozo '96 working on the report with Bill Hall '96, an Assembly member, Thursday night in the Collis Center. An Assembly sub-committee, called the Administrative Affairs Committee, chose Hall, Scott Rowekamp '97 and Bill Kartalopoulos '97 to draft the report after the Assembly voted 22 to 3 to support ROTC at Dartmouth on February 1st. Artzer and Assembly Vice President Steve Costalas '94 did not object to Del Pozo's involvement in the drafting process because the Assembly's Executive Committee will finalize the wording of the report. Hall presented a draft of the report for discussion last night before the Assembly's Executive Committee. The degree of Del Pozo's involvement did not affect the executive committee's objectivity in reviewing the report Sunday night, Artzer said. Hall said Del Pozo was asked to help correct factual discrepancies in the report's rough draft, but Del Pozo will not receive any credit. Burgess said he believes Del Pozo's involvement in the report may lead to a misrepresentation of students' opinions. "To me Mr. Del Pozo's unbalanced involvement in the writing of the report removes any and all credibility the report may have had," Burgess said in his message to Artzer. "If you were going to have an ROTC expert why was I not asked to be a gay expert?" Burgess asked in his message to Artzer. Hall defended Del Pozo's assistance. "This document is a persuasive document written to the Trustees to try to convince them of our opinion," Hall said. Del Pozo, who has written pro-ROTC columns in The Dartmouth, said in a prepared statement yesterday that he read the entire report, corrected some factual errors and helped in the editing. "I did add a sentence or two, but it was with the agreement of the SA members saying it was their opinion," he said.

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Black films discussed

By Rebecca Siegel | April 4, 1994

Acclaimed writer Valerie Smith spoke Friday to students and professors about identities in contemporary black film by comparing two black documentaries. The speech, titled "Intersectionality and Black Experimental Documentary Film," discussed race, gender and class as inscribed in cultural narrative. "The history of black film and documentaries has centered around this search for an authentic black subject," Smith said, citing recent films like "New Jack City," "Boyz in the Hood" and "Do the Right Thing," as examples. Smith noted the commercial success of these contemporary black films and said the references to real life and the use of black vernacular culture assure the viewer of the authority of the directors' experiences. Smith showed clippings from two documentaries: "She Don't Fade," and "Finding Krista." "She Don't Fade" tells the story of Shae Clark, a 29-year-old lesbian who recently broke up with a long-time girlfriend and is re-entering the dating scene. Smith said the documentary reveals the inside story of a black lesbian, two identities that Smith said are inseparable.

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NYNEX project nixed

By Maggie Lockwood | April 4, 1994

Because of a soaring budget, unavailable technology and an inability to compromise, the plug was pulled on the proposed $6 million NYNEX-Dartmouth Learning Network project. NYNEX, New England Telephone and Dartmouth were working to provide an interactive data, voice and video network that would allow five Upper Valley high schools, the Howe Library, the Montshire Museum of Science and the College to all share educational resources. According to Erle Pierce, staff director of planning for NYNEX, after only a year, NYNEX realized it had under-estimated the time frame on the software development and watched the price tag for the information network balloon to about $18 million. ATM, which stands for asynchronous transaction mode, is a switch mechanism that allows people to converse over the telephone.

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Bus times, rates changed

By Rebecca Siegel | April 4, 1994

Advance Transit, the local bus system for Hanover and surrounding towns, recently changed its rates, altered its schedule and extended its free-fare zones to include Lebanon. This means passengers can now travel between Hanover, the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Lebanon for free. Rates for travel outside this district are now fixed at $1.25.

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College picks Montgomery Fellows

By Jack Vaitayanonta | April 4, 1994

Nobel Prize-winning physicist Leon Lederman and Comparative Literature Professor and Holocaust expert Geoffrey Hartman will be in residence as the College's Montgomery Fellows during Spring term. Lederman oversaw construction and operation of the world's most powerful particle accelerator and founded the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, the nation's only three-year public residential high school for exceptional math and science students. The renowned physicist will visit the College from April 18 to 22.

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Professors' pay varies by dept.

By Siobhan Gorman | April 4, 1994

Market forces are responsible for discrepancies between professors' salaries in different departments at the College according to James Wright, dean of the faculty. "We pay competitive market salaries for these faculty - and there can be some variation among fields, largely based on supply of faculty and how the competition is defined," Wright said.

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Fagell drops out

By Scott Anthony | April 1, 1994

Steve Fagell '95 said yesterday he will not run for Student Assembly vice president because he is no longer interested in the position. "Basically, I've just sort of decided to pursue other opportunities," Fagell said.

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Group opposes changes to bridge

By David Hemmer | April 1, 1994

Friends of the Ledyard Bridge, a group of area residents, held a public meeting last night to discuss its opposition to a planned replacement bridge that will double the bridge's current width to 68 feet. Although State Transportation Commissioner Charles O'Leary told the Valley News the $10-million plan was "settled," members of the group said last night they would fight the changes at the federal level if the state would not listen. Group members, who spoke to about 75 area residents at the Howe Public Library, said they believe the new bridge will create serious traffic problems in Hanover as well as damage the aesthetics of the area. "The proposed plan trashes both states," said Deborah Boettiger, one of the group's founders, who is from Norwich, Vt., located across Ledyard Bridge from Hanover. The new bridge will have a lane running in each direction, a 16-foot median down the center and a sidewalk and bicycle path on both sides.

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Tumor to be removed

By Maggie Fritz and Maggie Fritz | April 1, 1994

According to medical experts the surgery on College President James Freedman Monday will reveal one of three types of tumors. None of Freedman's personal doctors could be reached to comment specifically about his condition but several urologists familiar with testicular tumors described the implications of discovering a tumor and the possible methods of treatment. Dr. David Rudnick, a resident specializing in urological surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, where Freedman will be treated, said a patient with a testicular tumor undergoes a standard procedure to remove the tumor and identify its type. The tumor may be harmless or may be evidence of one of two different types of cancer. A testicular tumor "is an abnormal growth within the testicle generally found by the patient as a lump," said Dr. Ann Gormley, a urologist at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Once the tumor is removed, Rudnick said pathologists will conduct tests to determine whether it is cancerous. If the tumor is benign - classified as harmless - a patient can expect full recovery, Rudnick said. But Rudnick and other doctors said most testicular tumors are malignant. A cancerous tumor could mean a patient is suffering from testicular cancer, a disease of the reproductive cells.

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Freedman to undergo surgery

By Scott Anthony | April 1, 1994

College President James Freedman will undergo surgery on Monday at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston to remove a testicular tumor. Doctors said the surgery is standard procedure and will determine if the president has cancer. Freedman is expected to be released from the hospital the next day, according to a prepared College statement.

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Baehr: media influences kids

By Siobhan Gorman | April 1, 1994

Fifty percent of violent acts and 15,000 murders annually have been proven to be influenced by television programs, said Ted Baehr '69, head of the Christian Film and Television Commission, in a speech in the Collis Common Ground last night. By the age of 17, an average child will have seen 200,000 to 400,000 sexual acts and 100,000 to 200,000 acts of violence, Baehr told the group of about 50 people. Baehr said his commission lobbies the media to decrease the influence of sex and violence in television shows and movies in order to protect children. He said the group tries to persuade television and movie producers to make their shows more family oriented, but does not believe in censoring the programs. By definition, "only the government can censor," he said.

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Eateries: put it out

By Amy Semet | April 1, 1994

Starting today, Jesse's Restaurant and Tavern, Molly's Balloon Ltd. and Lui Lui will no longer allow their patrons to smoke and, since Wednesday, the Dirt Cowboy Cafe has prohibited smoking before 5 p.m. Mark Milowsky, the president of Jesse's, Molly's and Lui Lui, said he implemented the non-smoking policy because of health concerns of customers and employees. "We have been thinking of changing our policy for a number of years," Milowsky said.

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