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Task force will plan new library

By Jonathan Landy | October 1, 1993

At a meeting of the steering committee of the general faculty yesterday, College President James Freedman said he will announce the formation of a task force next week to investigate Dartmouth's library needs and to begin planning for the expansion of Baker Library at the end of the century. The announcement came as part of the steering committee's review of reports issued by four College councils. The Council on the Libraries has begun discussions about dimensions of the new library facility, but the task force will explore these issues in greater depth. Classics Professor William Scott, who will head the 16-member task force, said its principal objective "is to formulate for the architects what the community, including undergraduates, graduates, faculty and all of the community, wants for library services." The task force, comprised of faculty, undergraduates and graduate students, will meet for the first time on Oct.

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Use of campus laundry machines now costs $1

By Timothy Fitzgibbons | October 1, 1993

Students must now pay an extra 50 cents to wash and dry each load of laundry. At the end of Summer term the College and Mac-Gray, the company that supplies residence hall laundry machines, raised the cost of the use of washers and dryers to one dollar. The 25 cent increase is the result of rising utility costs and comes after two years of negotiations between Dartmouth and Mac-Gray, Director of Residential Operations Woody Eckels said. Eckels said the price hike was the first at the College in seven years and that few schools in America have lower laundry costs. Nine of the 44 schools the College surveyed last year charged 75 cents for washers and 19 levied 75 cents for dryers, Eckels said. The rest of the schools charged $1.00 or $1.25 to use a washer or dryer, he added. Kleen Drycleaners & Linen Services in Hanover charges $1.25 for use of the smallest washers and 25 cents for 10 minutes of dryer use. Eckels said he contacted local laundromats and found prices in residence halls are the cheapest in the area. Dartmouth students spend about $160,000 each year in College laundry machines, Eckels said. Students said they were not pleased with the price hike.

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Men's Older and Wiser begins its second year

By John Honovich | September 30, 1993

Long a staple for women seeking guidance, the Older and Wiser Program for Men, which seeks to acquaint seniors and freshmen, will begin its second year tomorrow night. The program was established last year as a counterpart to the Older and Wiser Program for Women, which is now in its sixth year. During tomorrow's introductory meeting in Webster Hall, the 175 participating freshmen will be matched up with their senior partners. The freshmen will also hear words of advice from Dean of Freshmen Peter Goldsmith and Senior Associate Dean of Students Dan Nelson. Duncan Hodge '94 and David Zug '94 are directing the program for men. Included in their plans are movie nights, panel discussions and receptions to bring the big and little brothers together. The big brothers seem eager to meet their little brothers.

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Sudikoff nears finish

By David Zipkin | September 30, 1993

The new 16,000 square-foot Sudikoff Laboratory for the Computational Sciences will open around Thanksgiving, Director of College Planning Gordie DeWitt said. The Sudikoff Labratory, located in the former Dartmouth-Hitchcock Mental Health Center on the corner of Maynard Street and College Street,will house both research and instructional laboratories for math and computer science course, and a study lounge. Donald Johnson, co-chair of the math and computer science department said the building will provide state-of-the-art computer facilities and much-needed space for research and teaching. "Sudikoff laboratory will provide first-rate facilities for computer science undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty.

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Posters criticize fraternity system

By Chris Kim | September 30, 1993

Posters plastered across campus Tuesday, the first day of sorority rush and the day before fraternity rush, accused the College's Greek system of encouraging drug abuse, alcohol distribution to minors, sexual promiscuity and disorderly conduct. No individual or group is suspected, nor will the College look for suspects, said Senior Associate Dean of Students Dan Nelson. As of yesterday afternoon, almost all of the posters had been removed from bulletin boards in the Hopkins Center, Thayer Dining Hall, Dartmouth Hall and residence halls. The computer-printed posters, in the guise of fraternity and sorority rush promotions, ridiculed the Greeks.

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Siegel assumes control of Mediation Center

By Jason Casell | September 30, 1993

Rabbi Daniel Siegel will take over as adviser to the Dartmouth Community Mediation Center, replacing Environmental Studies Professor Jack Shepard. Shepard left the College this summer for a job at Cambridge University after beginning the mediation program as a supplement to his war and peace studies class. The mediation center works with the College community to help students and faculty members solve disagreements peacefully.

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Textbook costs approach aid limit

By Jeff Lee | September 30, 1993

A survey of textbook prices at the Dartmouth Bookstore reveals that some professors ask their students to buy books totaling nearly $150, a tally that nearly wipes out the usual stipend provided for books for students who are on financial aid. Students in Government 83, "Contemporary Issues in Arms Control" were asked to buy $147.15 worth of books this term, making the class' reading list the most expensive on campus. Financial aid recipients can receive as much as $165 per term for books, according to Virginia Hazen, director of admissions and financial aid.

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Corporate recruiting underway

By Jack Vaitayanonta | September 30, 1993

Companies looking to recruit graduating seniors are already starting to advertise with Career Services, and the office will soon start planning schedules for corporate recruiting visits later this term. Career Services "acts as an intermediary between the senior and the various corporations that will be appearing on campus," said Mary Oronte, the career resource library manager. The office, located in the old hospital building on 6 Maynard Street, helps graduating seniors anxious about the current state of the job market by preparing them for the entire job search process.

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UVM prof discusses environment

By Jim Tuxbury | September 30, 1993

University of Vermont Professor Joni Seager said in a speech yesterday that researchers should look beyond the simple causes of environmental damage like over-population, to the deeper root causes, such as religion and gender roles. Seager, a professor of geography and women's studies, spoke yesterday afternoon to about 40 audience members in Hinman Forum in the Rockefeller Center. Fundamental environmental problems like acid rain and ozone depletion are easy to address, she said.

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Tennis camp complains about AD

By Allison Sciortino | September 30, 1993

The director of a tennis camp that rents College facilities every summer has written to the Office of Residential Life asking the College to sanction Alpha Delta fraternity for a variety of disturbances reported to Safety and Security throughout the summer. Mike Gardner, the director of the Adidas Tennis Camp, said that over five weeks this summer his campers, who stayed in the RipWoodSmith dormitory cluster, were kept awake by late night noise coming from AD and were menaced by the fraternity's dogs. In a telephone interview from Concord, Mass., where he is the head tennis pro for the Thoreau Club, Gardner said that at the request of Assistant Dean of Residential Life Deb Reinders he has written a letter formalizing the camp's complaints and suggestions. In the letter, Gardner said he wrote that loud music from the fraternity house often prevented campers from sleeping and forced camp directors to call Safety and Security several times each week. The five-week long camp attracts high caliber athletes between the ages of 10 and 17, many of whom are training for national tournaments, Gardner said. Chase Arnold '95, AD's summer president, said the music over the summer was "nothing out of the ordinary." Besides the loud noise, camp staffers also complained about crashing sounds in the middle of the night, snarling fraternity dogs, missing camp equipment, vandalism and repeated late night use of RipWoodSmith facilities by AD brothers. "I understand that it is typical for fraternities to party and have fun," Gardner said.

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Artzer challenged; Students question appointments

By Scott Anthony And John Honovich | September 29, 1993

At the first Student Assembly meeting of the term last night, an Assembly representative accused president Nicole Artzer '94 of making unconstitutional appointments to her executive committee. Representative Grant Bosse '94 demanded the formation of an ad hoc committee on procedure to investigate the constitutionality of Artzer's appointments. Bosse also proposed that the ad hoc committee discuss rules of order for the Assembly this term and how to change the constitution to incorporate changes to the Assembly's standing committee structure proposed by Artzer last spring. "There are some major procedural questions that need to be addressed before we can move on to the other business of the Assembly," Bosse said. The general Assembly approved Bosse's motion by a vote of 10 to two with four members abstaining. Bosse said many of Artzer's executive committee appointments were not elected to the Assembly by the student body in the spring, and that this violates the Assembly's constitution. But the constitution does not specifically require members of the executive committee to have been elected to the general Assembly. Each year, the Assembly president hand-picks the executive committee, which decides what issues the Assembly should discuss. Only two of Artzer's executive committee appointments were elected to the general Assembly last spring.

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AAm president hopes to unite black students

By Sung Eun Choi | September 29, 1993

From childhood, Zola Mashariki '94 has taken an active stance in community affairs one of her first memories of childhood is picketing with her father. Mashariki, the recently elected president of the Afro-American Society, said that memory helped her decide to use the AAm presidency as a bully pulpit to promote the enrichment of Dartmouth's black community through academic and cultural education. "The AAm has to focus on getting everybody involved, not just at parties, but at cultural and academic events as well," she said. Working with the AAm's executive committee, Mashariki has already organized the entire year's agenda.

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Hillel opens year with plans for new home

By Suparna Dutta | September 29, 1993

Discussions about community service, social activities and the election of new officers dominated the first Hillel meeting of the term Tuesday evening. Hillel, the College's Jewish students organization, will be led this year by newly elected President Jeff Greilsheimer '94 and Vice President Gila Ackerman '94. Rabbi Daniel Siegel, Hillel's adviser, discussed the community service programs planned for this year, which include the formation of the Hillel's own Big Brother-Big Sister program with the Upper Valley Jewish community and Saturday night services in the Kendal nursing home on Lyme Road in Hanover. Hillel leaders are also planning a study-discussion group series twice a term to talk about pertinent issues in the Jewish community.

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ORL looks to reduce halogen lamp usage

By Colin Grey | September 29, 1993

Renovations between Summer and Fall terms to New Hamp residence hall provides a glimpse of what could be in store for other dormitories that are slated for renovations. The Office of Residential Life installed Ethernet, a computer networking system that works much faster than the normal network plugs, into all hard-wired wall jacks in the house.

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Mother Jones criticizes women's studies dept.

By Amy Semet | September 29, 1993

An article in this month's issue of Mother Jones, a political magazine, strongly criticizes the merit of women's studies programs at Dartmouth and three other colleges. The article's author, Karen Lehrman, argues that a background in women's studies programs limits one's potential. As part of her research, Lehrman sat in on women's studies classes at Dartmouth, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Iowa and Smith College. From those first-hand experiences, she concluded that the "core" women's studies classes tend to be less difficult than other classes at the schools. Lehrman targeted Dartmouth's women's studies program as the one most likely to succumb to the latest ideological fads. Lehrman said the guiding force behind the women's studies classes was a sense of oppression.

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Hazing law gets first test

By Melissa Marroncelli | September 29, 1993

Alpha Pi Tau fraternity at Keene State University in Keene, N.H. was disciplined this month for allegedly hazing pledges by making them roll around naked in dog food. To date, only the university has punished the fraternity through an on-campus judicial hearing.

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Rush starts tonight; Greek houses set to recruit Class of '96

By Scott Anthony | September 28, 1993

The Greek system that at this time last year was fighting for its soul after Student Assembly President Andrew Beebe '93 proposed making the entire system co-educational, is hoping for an infusion of some vital new blood during rush activities this week. Sorority rush starts tonight at 7 p.m.

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