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Phi Beta Kappa inducts 26 seniors

By Mary Ellen Moore | November 5, 1993

Twenty-six seniors were inducted into Dartmouth's chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa honorary society on Tuesday at a formal ceremony in the home of College President James Freedman. The seniors were selected based on their grade point average at the end of junior year which placed them in the top 20 in the Class of 1994. At the ceremony in Freedman's basement library, Phi Beta Kappa officers donned formal academic robes. The students were notified last week of their selection to the society. "There were people raising motions and passing them and then we all signed a book and got a certificate," said Brook Brouha '94. A reception in Freedman's dining room followed the induction. "We all chatted because we didn't know each other since we had spent more time studying," Brouha said. "It was very nice to actually meet President Freedman, who normally I don't have much personal contact with," Kevin Spurway '94 said. "Twenty-six students were eligible because of dead flat out ties in rank," said Economics Professor William Baldwin, the vice president of Phi Beta Kappa.

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Gift will fund curriculum, museum

By Christopher Kao | November 4, 1993

At the dedication of the Hood Museum in 1985, former College President David McLaughlin lauded the family that made the building a reality. "Good judgment, generosity and discretion seem to be the Hood family character traits.

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Donation to expand Jewish studies

By Maggie Fritz | November 4, 1993

Dean of Faculty James Wright will appoint a new committee to examine the College's offerings in Jewish studies and possibly increase the number of classes offered in the discipline. Dick Page, a trustee and the chair of the Will to Excel Capital Campaign, announced a donation from Leon Black '73 last month, $200,000 of which is earmarked for funding the expansion of the Jewish studies program offered here. "The Jewish Studies program at Dartmouth right now is about half-way between nothing and where it's supposed to be," Rabbi Daniel Siegel said.

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Speech contest mixes emotions, hot issues

By Karin Chesebro | November 4, 1993

In a talk that won an annual speech contest yesterday, Chris Powers '94 gave a moving account of his battle with cancer and encouraged College students to take advantage of life and its opportunities. Powers tied with Jennifer Kim '94 for first prize in the annual Barge Oratorical Contest for seniors last night in Dartmouth Hall. More than 70 students listened to eight finalists speak about their life experiences and controversial issues such as interracial dating and deteriorating American morals during the annual fall speech contest held in Dartmouth Hall. The speech contest is comprised of two different competitions -- the Class of 1866 Oratorical Contest for sophomores and juniors and the Barge Oratorical Contest for seniors.

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Bosnian diplomat cancels speech

By Timothy Fitzgibbons | November 3, 1993

Muhamed Sacirbey, the ambassador from Bosnia-Herzegovina to the United Nations, canceled a speech scheduled for last night in Cook Auditorium. Sacirbey was unable to speak because he was called to an urgent meeting in Washington, D.C., according to a statement released by Sabine Freizer '94, president of the World Affairs Council, one of the groups that is sponsoring Sacirbey's visit. "We are very disappointed he didn't come, but we understand under the circumstances," said Meghan Dunleavy '94, the council's vice president. Sacirbey now plans to speak here on Tuesday, November 10, Freizer said.

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'94 class council forms task force on women

By Susie Oh | November 3, 1993

A new task force will study the status of women at Dartmouth after more than two decades of co-education. Class of 1994 President Dan Garodnick is forming a Task Force on the Status of Women at Dartmouth to "examine how far this campus has come in being a hospitable place to women since becoming co-educational 21 years ago," Garodnick said. The task force will address questions of whether men and women have similar opportunities on campus, if women on campus are facing the same problems as when Dartmouth first admitted them 21 years ago and if both sexes are able to fulfill their college expectations at Dartmouth. The group will convene at the beginning of the Winter term and will submit a final report to Dean of Students Lee Pelton in June 1994.

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Official says Mideast treaty helps U.S.

By Michelle Francois | November 3, 1993

The recent peace agreement between the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel will help the United States secure its interests in the Middle East, according to a State Department official who spoke here yesterday. Marc Sievers, who works for the State Department's Bureau of Near-Eastern Affairs and the office of Arab and Israeli Affairs, said the accord "can be a win-win situation -- both sides can benefit in real ways." The treaty between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, known as the Declaration of Principles, will help extinguish internal conflicts and will help find regional solutions for conflicts, Sievers said. Sievers said the State Department views the Declaration of Principles as an instrument to implement change between Arabs and Israel. American interests in the Middle East include access to oil, insuring Israeli security and securing stability for the existing governments in the region, he said. The American role in peace negotiations is crucial since it is a dominant extra-regional power, Sievers said. American duties include slowing the proliferation of nuclear and chemical weapons, doling out economic assistance and establishing more regional cooperation among countries, Sievers said. But he said not all reviews of the new accord have been positive. Arabs and Israelis have opposing views of what the agreement means and how it should be implemented.

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New curriculum likely for 1998s; $8 million bequest will help implement new package of required courses

By Christopher Kao | November 3, 1993

The chair of the Will to Excel capital campaign yesterday said an $8 million donation will allow the implementation of a new curriculum that was delayed last spring because of a lack of funds. College Trustee Dick Page, who chairs the $425 million capital campaign, yesterday said the Board of Trustees had decided to use part of the gift, willed to the College by the wife of the late Harvey Hood '18, for the new curriculum. "The income from the $8 million will be in part used to help implement the new curriculum," he said. Administrators predicted that the new curriculum will be in place by September for the entering Class of 1998. The curriculum was originally planned for the Class of 1997, but was postponed last spring because the endowment portion of the capital campaign was not growing fast enough. Endowment funds will pay for at least 16 additional tenure-track professors to fully staff seminars and other courses required by the new curriculum. The first overhaul of the curriculum in more than 70 years will radically change the structure of a Dartmouth education and, according to Dean of Faculty James Wright, will cost approximately $1.5 million a year. Registrar Thomas Bickel said yesterday that the new curriculum will most likely be in place for the Class of 1998. The new requirements will fundamentally change the courses students will have to take to graduate from the College.

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Students cited for activism; '94s Keefe, Bingenheimer win environmental awards

By Jack Vaitayanonta | November 3, 1993

Two Dartmouth seniors and an alumni won awards from the Dartmouth Environmental Network for their contributions to environmental causes. John French III '55, Bart Bingenheimer '94 and Jessica Keefe '94, were cited by the group for their outstanding efforts in helping the environment. French, a New York City attorney with Beveridge and Diamond law firm, received the Dartmouth Environmental Network Award, which is presented annually to a College graduate, professor or staff member. Bingenheimer and Keefe each won a Student Achievement Award, which is presented to Dartmouth seniors who have worked on environmental issues outside of the classroom. The network was established in 1990 by a group of Dartmouth alumni, students, faculty, and staff who have an interest in the environment. The group presented its awards at the annual Environmental Issues Symposium at Moosilauke Ravine Lodge.

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SA chips in for Guinier's visit

By Maggie Fritz | November 3, 1993

The Student Assembly last night decided to donate $500 to help bring Lani Guinier to the College. Guinier, who President Bill Clinton unsuccessfully nominated to the post of Solicitor General in charge of civil rights, will deliver a speech called "What I Would Have Said" in January. The speech will be sponsored by the Women's Resource Center. The center originally asked the Assembly for $2,500.

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Graduation anxieties tax seniors

By Amanda A. Amann | November 3, 1993

With graduation and what lies beyond fast approaching for the Class of 1994, seniors' anxieties about the future are mounting as deadlines for graduate school and corporate recruiting interviews approach. Every senior class faces the same pressures.

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Tsongas, Rudman warn of deficit

By Marina Lakhman | November 2, 1993

Former U.S. Senators Warren Rudman and Paul Tsongas '62 will speak at the College Nov. 15 as part of an effort to focus attention on the perils of the federal deficit in the politically crucial state of New Hampshire. Rudman and Tsongas are co-founders of the Concord Coalition, a group dedicated to encouraging politicians to address the deficit.

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Service remembers Boyer '94

By Peter Kochansky | November 2, 1993

Members of the College community remembered Dan Boyer '94 with speeches, prayers and music at a memorial service in Rollins Chapel yesterday. Approximately 500 students, professors and administrators joined Boyer's family for a ceremony of "celebration and thanksgiving" for his life but offered no explanations for his sudden death. Boyer killed himself last Tuesday in a gun shop in Lebanon, N.H.

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Asbestos removed from old hospital

By Colin Grey | November 2, 1993

As part of the $1.9 million renovations on the old Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, Facilities Operations and Management removed large quantities of asbestos. The building "has been mothballed," said Brenda Freeland, a drafter and asbestos coordinator with Facilities Operations and Management. Facilities Management removed asbestos from ceiling tiles, steam piping, wire coverings and from plaster in the walls of the oldest parts of the 100-year old hospital, Freeland said. Martha O'Brien of DEMTEC, the contractors in charge of the removal, said they removed "dumpsters of asbestos." Asbestos, a cancer-causing substance previously used as insulation, is removed before the demolition of buildings to prevent its dispersal into the air. Now all that remains in the buildings are the radiation and oncology department of the Norris Cotton Cancer Center on the first floor and various College offices on the second floor. Asbestos was not removed from the radiation department because of the sensitivity of the instruments operating there, Freeland said. Once the department has relocated, the remaining asbestos should take between four and five months to remove, Freeland said. Facilities Management has sealed the rest of the building and turned off the power. "For now our policy is to maintain the building until its demolition in two to three years," Freeland said. Contractors will begin bidding for the demolition in about a year, Freeland said. The radiation treatment department of the Norris Cotton Cancer Center will remain in the old hospital until a new $14.1 million building in the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is ready in the next three years. The hospital was relocated to the DHMC after the town of Hanover rejected expansion plans for the old hospital in 1986.

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