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Talk focuses on women of color

By Nneka Landrum | April 15, 1994

About 40 students met at the top of the Hop yesterday afternoon as part of Sexual Assault Awareness Week to discuss how sexual assault affects women of color. The discussion, moderated by Ann Marshall '95, focused mainly on how difficult it is for sexually assaulted women of color to obtain support from within and outside of their communities. "Sexual assault is not separate from the racial problems and history which exist in this country," Susie Lee '94 said. Women of color are often not believed when revealing they have been sexually assaulted, especially when the attacker is Caucasian, Lee said. And if the attacker is part of their community, women of color are often made to feel as if they must keep silent to combat media-made stereotypes about their communities, she said. "Women of color should realize that they too are part of their community and deserve to valued as such," S.T.

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March takes back the night

By Colin Grey | April 15, 1994

More than 70 women and a handful of men participated in the fifth annual Take Back the Night March. Marchers chanted slogans like "Women unite, Take back the night" as they weaved their way from Parkhurst Administration building, past Mass Row, down Webster Avenue to the Women's Resource Center by the Choates. At the head of the procession, Yun Chung '97 carried a wreath covered in blue, green, purple and red ribbons - which signify support for the victims of sexual assault - added by people throughout Sexual Assault Awareness Week. "We simultaneously acknowledge and reject the extreme social cost that sexual assault has for Dartmouth and the society at large," Reini Jensen '94 read from the march's statement of purpose. Yesterday's march appeared more peaceful than in the past.

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Speaker discusses men's role in rape prevention

By Rebecca Siegel | April 14, 1994

Alan Berkowitz, the director of counseling at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, spoke yesterday about men's responsibilities for the prevention of rape and sexual assault. As part of Dartmouth's Sexual Assault Awareness Week, Berkowitz, who came up to the College from Geneva, New York, gave a speech titled, "Consent Versus Coercion: Changing Men's Roles Towards Mutuality in Sexual Relationships." He defined rape as sexual penetration without consent and sexual assault as relations that are coerced or not agreed upon. "The goal is that if people want to be sexually intimate, there should be uncoerced mutual consent," Berkowitz said. Berkowitz said male gender roles in America are defined when children are growing up and then carry over into adulthood.

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Smoke in Silsby

By Steven Hoffman | April 14, 1994

Two women were trapped in an elevator in Silsby Hall for 30 minutes yesterday before being rescued by the Hanover Fire Department. An electrical malfunction in the elevator's motor caused the elevator to shut down automatically at 6 p.m.

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Sororities may change rush

By Maggie Fritz | April 14, 1994

The Panhellenic Council will vote tonight on four proposed sorority rush processes - including a lottery approach - to find one to implement Fall term. The six sororities governed by Panhell voted on the new proposals in their house meetings last night.

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Overspending charged

By Scott Anthony | April 14, 1994

Justin Heather '96 filed a complaint with Director of Student Activities Tim Moore, alleging that Danielle Moore '95 and Rukmini Sichitiu '95 overspent during the just-completed Student Assembly campaign. On Tuesday, Danielle Moore won the race for Assembly president and Sichitiu won the vice presidential election.

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New house for Native American Program

By Colin Grey | April 14, 1994

A newly renovated, larger Native American House closer to campus will be ready for occupancy by next fall. The house will take over the former Occom Inn on North Main Street and will hold 16 beds for students plus a small apartment for a graduate student or faculty member, Project Architect Jack Wilson said. The College acquired the Occom Inn from the Hitchcock Clinic in the fall of last year. Wilson said the new house will offer more living space, including a kitchen, dining room, study room and enlarged recreational space. "I think it will be a wonderful facility," Wilson said.

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SA passes ROTC letter

By Jack Vaitayanonta | April 13, 1994

Last night the Student Assembly approved a final version of its report calling for the continuation of the Reserve Officers Training Corps program at the College. Assembly President Nicole Artzer '94 will present the report to the Board of Trustees this weekend.

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Artzer's wild ride nears last curves

By Maggie Fritz | April 13, 1994

Nicole Artzer '94 compared her year at the head of the Student Assembly to riding a roller coaster - each time the Assembly looked like it was heading up, it was only to come to a sickening fall. Sitting on the floor of her bedroom, with her teddy bears watching silently from her bed, Artzer explained the ups and downs of the past year between bites of her "healthy choice" chicken sandwich with cheese and pickles. "It's ironic because I was having these dreams last summer as being heralded as the person who brought Student Assembly back to the middle," Artzer said. "But after this year, Student Assembly is just so far back to the right that it's like having one foot on the banana peel," she said. The roller coaster ride began with a jolt, when the constitutionality of her executive appointments was questioned in the first general Assembly meeting of the year, and nearly ended with a big fall, when members of the Executive Committee attempted to impeach her last term. And throughout the rocky presidential ride, Artzer's had to squabble with Reform SA!, the conservative bloc of students that held 15 of the Assembly's 21 at-large seats. But somehow it all stayed on track. The one thing Artzer singled out as keeping the Assembly on course, even at times when it seemed out of control, was accountability. She said the ability of the Assembly to assume responsibility for its actions enabled the body to continue moving forward despite the turmoil. "I think the things that should always go on in student government are representation, legitimacy and accountability, she said.

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Navarro talks on Latino diversity

By Colin Grey | April 13, 1994

Marysa Navarro, the chair of the College's Latin American and Carribean Studies Program, kicked off a six week program about Latino culture in the United States last night with a lecture in Dartmouth Hall. Dean of the College Lee Pelton introduced Navarro, who presented an overview of Latino history and diversity. Navarro decried the inaccuracy of lumping such a varied population under a single moniker. "Both Latino and Hispanic are generic terms meant to blur heterogeneity," Navarro said. Navarro said the United States Census includes "people of different races, of different origins and, of course, of different classes," under the term Hispanic, Navarro said. Latinos share a history of Spanish colonialism, and the term 'Hispanic' - which means 'Spanish-speaking' - does not apply to everyone, Navarro said. "It's as if I asked who in this room is a Britannic," Navarro said. Navarro's lecture opened a program titled "Voices of Diversity: Latino Perspectives," which will feature a variety of presentations addressing different aspects of the Latino population. The program, which will run until May 21, features 14 presentations including discussion panels, films and speeches. At the end of her talk, Navarro noted the lack of Dartmouth courses studying Latino culture. "There are only two or three courses dealing with the Latino experience," she said.

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Class Councils, COS, Green Key

By Timothy Fitzgibbons | April 13, 1994

Alyse Kornfeld '95 stomped incumbent Tim Rodenberger '95 last night in the race for 1995 Class Council president, besting him by 27 percent of the vote. Current Freshman Class Council President Pamela Saunders '97 was also victorious over two other hopefuls with 46 percent of the 533 freshman votes. "I guess our class is ready for a change," said Kornfeld, who garnered 62 percent of the 424 votes in the race. "I'm very excited about next year and I'm looking forward to planning a lot of great events and bringing a lot more people onto the Council," she said.

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Mac made easy

By Chris Marston | April 13, 1994

Ever lose a file? There's an easier way to look through the folders on your hard drive. By using the View menu and other features of the finder, you can look through all your files without opening dozens of windows and cluttering your desktop. Double click on your hard drive icon.

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New SAT will raise scores 98 points

By David Hemmer | April 13, 1994

A new version of the Scholastic Achievement Test was administered for the first time last month and next April a revised scoring system will effectively raise average scores by 98 points. The changes, which significantly revise both the math and verbal sections, are designed to make the test a better measure of the skills necessary for college-level work, according to a statement issued by the College Board who, with the Educational Testing Service, are responsible for the exam. Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Karl Furstenberg chaired the national SAT Committee that developed and approved the changes in 1990. For starters, the SAT will now be called the SAT-I Reasoning Tests.

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Women's Center finds top six in director search

By Michelle Mooradian | April 12, 1994

The acting director of the Women's Resource Center was selected last week as one of six finalists in the search for a permanent head of the center. Sandra Spiegel was the only name released. English Professor Ivy Schweitzer, who chaired the search committee, would not reveal the names of the other five finalists, but said the committee would make a final decision in May.

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COS puts on mock sexual assault trial

By Siobhan Gorman | April 12, 1994

The second annual Committee on Standards mock hearing last night was the first event in the College's recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Week. About 50 people gathered in Collis Common Ground to watch several members of COS engage in a mock trial about an alleged acquaintance rape of a female student.

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Behind the Slogans

By Maggie Fritz | April 12, 1994

A campaign manager is not a necessity to run for Student Assembly president, but no candidate can design and plaster the campus with posters and promises to save the Student Assembly all by him or herself. From friends hanging posters to strangers giving the candidates ideas, more than 50 people are working behind the scenes to help the five presidential candidates with their campaigns. While presidential candidates Jim Brennan '96 and Kenji Sugahara '95 have small campaign teams, Jeremy Katz '95 is running his campaign with a larger base of supporters and Danielle Moore '95 and Caleb Scott '97 are working mostly alone. Mark Cicirelli '96 has been assisting Brennan with his presidential campaign since Brennan began preparations about four weeks ago. Cicirelli, who spends more than three hours a day helping Brennan, said those working on the campaign assist Brennan in organizing his ideas. "We're there to hear what he has to say and then give him our impression," Cicirelli said. Kenji Sugahara '95 said he has a group of friends helping him with his campaign. Sugahara said he began to think about his campaign over Spring break but did not begin preparations until five days before the campaign period began.

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Voters to drop ballots today

By Maggie Fritz | April 12, 1994

After a quiet campaign week, students will head to the polls today to elect the leaders of next year's Student Assembly and Class Councils. Voters will also elect 20 new Green Key members and three students to serve on the Committee on Standards.

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Senior Fellows discuss rape, battered women

By Shana Fruehan | April 12, 1994

Senior Fellows Christine Carter '94 and Nicky Schmidt '94 told their stories as secondhand witnesses to rape yesterday afternoon in Sanborn House in conjunction with Sexual Assault Awareness Week. As part of the Senior Fellowship program, both speakers have spent the year researching their topics in lieu of taking classes.

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