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Ivy coalition pursues 'tree-free' campuses

By Devin Foxall | October 31, 2002

The recently created Ivy League Environmental Coalition is calling on its schools to create "tree-free" campuses by using only paper from 100-percent post-consumer recycled content. The Coalition, formed at the recent Greening of the Ivies Conference, is also mobilizing to pressure institutions to stop buying paper from the Boise Cascade Corporation, which they say is an egregious environmental offender, mostly because of its logging of old-growth forests. "We need to show [the school] that there is demand and that we are a united force speaking together," said Susan DuBois '05, the Dartmouth representative and head of the Coalition.

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New guard at SA causes divisions

By Kaitlin Bell | October 31, 2002

An infusion of newcomers into top leadership positions within the Student Assembly, coupled with an exodus of upperclassmen, has past and present members sharply divided over whether continuity in leadership or a fresh approach is better for the organization. Of the nine major executives, more than half are sophomores.

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Pluralism dean 'crosses the line'

By Kay Fukunaga | October 31, 2002

After only two months on campus, recently-hired Associate Dean of Pluralism and Leadership Tommy Lee Woon has already found time to take three student-led campus tours and try the stir-fry at Collis. "I want to see campus through student eyes," Woon said.

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Foundation ridicules 'bizarre' Dartmouth classes

By Zachary Goldstein | October 31, 2002

Not all courses are created equal -- at least not according to Young America's Foundation, a conservative educational organization that recently released a list of "bizarre" and "ridiculous" classes at colleges across the country. Among the courses to avoid, according to YAF, are "Who is Black" at Harvard University, "Cultural History of Rap" at UCLA, "Philosophy and Star Trek" at Georgetown University, "Black Marxism" at Vassar College and six courses offered at Dartmouth. These courses are included in "Comedy and Tragedy," a compendium of classes from 58 schools that YAF denotes as "eccentric, bizarre and 'politically correct.'" Their primary complaint about the courses listed is a "biased portrayal of a subject in which a number of views are not represented, frequently including courses without regard to the conservative viewpoint," said Rick Parsons, editor of "Comedy and Tragedy." Cited courses at Dartmouth include such classes as the environmental studies department's "Environmental Journalism," and the geography course "Gender, Space and the Environment." Classes in comparative literature; Latin American, Latino and Caribbean studies; and women's and gender studies were also represented in YAF's survey. YAF is a "conservative educational organization which promotes conservative ideas on the nation's college campuses," according to Parsons.

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SA seeks better dorm social space

By Kaitlin Bell | October 30, 2002

Acting on the results of a campus-wide email survey, Student Assembly will contribute money --which it hopes the College will match -- to funding improvements in dormitory public spaces and creating an off-campus social option, possibly in the spot formerly occupied by Patrick Henry's bar on Main Street. The plan is part of an overall strategy -- dubbed the "Social Empowerment Initiative" by the Assembly -- to give students an increased voice in how their money is spent, Student Life Committee Chair Amit Anand '03 said. Because relatively few students supported funding long-term improvements to Greek houses, the Assembly will not donate money for this purpose.

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Some propose salary cuts to avoid layoffs

By Elise Dunphe | October 30, 2002

In the wake of the College's recent announcement that 30 administrative jobs could be eliminated, some staff are circulating a proposal that Dartmouth faculty and employees "voluntarily rebate one percent of their gross salary" to the College in order to prevent layoffs. But while praising the concern he said the advocates of the salary reductions are showing for their fellow employees, Dartmouth Vice President for Public Affairs Bill Walker said that the proposal was unrealistic. Betsy Alexander, the administrative assistant of the art history department, sent out a BlitzMail message late last week, outlining the proposal that she developed with Professor Allen Hockley, also of the art history department. "There's enough groundswell already that a lot of people know about this.

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Town OKs school improvement plan

By Allison Forbes | October 30, 2002

Hanover residents overwhelmingly approved a complex plan -- involving a three-way agreement between the Dresden School District, the town of Hanover and the College -- to renovate the local high school and middle school. Under the current proposal, Dartmouth would pay $9.7 million to the school district -- which serves both Hanover and Norwich, Vt.

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Does College fulfill its charter?

By Sebastian Jaeger | October 30, 2002

Native American studies Professor Colin Calloway argued last night that, until recently, Dartmouth has not lived up to the mission declared in its charter, the education of Native Americans. Speaking to about three dozen students and faculty members, Calloway gave a lecture on the history of the College's relationship to Native Americans, entitled, "Dartmouth's Big Lie." Calloway said Dartmouth's historical relationship with Native Americans represents a "false start," but he suggested the College now has the opportunity to make progress on its promise to the Native American student body. He cited former College President John Kemeny's 1970 speech recommitting Dartmouth to the Native American community as the root of today's expanding Native American studies program. Though the College charter calls primarily for the education of Native Amerixans, it also includes "English and other" youths, and these students have always been the majority of the student body. Calloway retold the story of Samson Occom -- a Native American and one of Dartmouth founder Eleazer Wheelock's first students at his original school in Connecticut.

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Wright gets cool response from fac.

By Zachary Goldstein | October 29, 2002

President of the College James Wright addressed the faculty at yesterday's Fall term faculty meeting to clarify the College's current fiscal situation provoking outspoken protests from many faculty members. Many attendees expressed frustration with the nature of the cuts and the manner in which the information has been delivered to the faculty. Wright reported that Dartmouth's $2.2 billion endowment decreased by 5.7 percent during the 2002 fiscal year.

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Sununu, Shaheen go negative in late stages

By Megh Duwadi | October 29, 2002

Editor's note: This is the fifth in a series of articles chronicling the campaigns of New Hampshire politicians running in the 2002 elections. In New Hampshire's heated Senate race, voters are finding it increasingly difficult to "Live Free" from the onslaught of negative campaigning. An unavoidable stream of radio, print and television advertisements has spent more time telling voters for whom not to vote rather than praising either candidate based on the issues. In the final stretch of a race that may decide which party holds the Senate majority for the next two years, the campaigns of Gov.

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N.H. high court OKs room searches

By Kaitlin Bell | October 29, 2002

The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled Friday that Dartmouth Safety and Security Officers are not acting as agents of the state when they turn contraband found in students' rooms over to the police. The Court overruled a decision by the Lebanon District Court, which ruled that Dartmouth violated the 4th Amendment rights of Adam Nemser '01 by handing confiscated marijuana over to the Hanover Police Department. The drug seizure -- which occurred while current Thayer student Nemser was a Dartmouth undergraduate -- was part of longstanding College policy that will not be altered as a result of the Court's ruling, said Daniel Nelson, senior associate dean of the College. Nelson refused to comment on the specifics of the case, but he said that Safety and Security officers often happen by chance on illegal drugs when students lock themselves out of their rooms and ask to be let back in. Dartmouth turns the drugs over to the police but does not provide them with any other information, Nelson said. Hanover Police Chief Nick Giaccone explained that his officers must obtain a warrant in order to have access to information about the origin of the drugs. The Court took this as evidence that Safety and Security and the Hanover Police Department are two separate entities -- and that Dartmouth, as a private institution, is not violating constitutional prohibitions on unreasonable search and seizure, Giaccone said. "Safety and Security Officers are not agents of the state.

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OAC puts 3 houses on probation

By Kaitlin Bell and Sarah Betts | October 29, 2002

A recent spate of one-on-one hearings with Assistant Dean of the College Mary Liscinsky has resulted in social probation for Theta Delta Chi fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and the Panarchy undergraduate society. Theta Delt is on probation until Nov.

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Campus mourns Wellstone

By Allison Caffrey | October 28, 2002

Many Dartmouth students, especially those from Minnesota, shared the nation's shock of the Friday morning plane crash that killed popular U.S.

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