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Former Kent State admins retell tragedy

By Alice Gomstyn | November 13, 2000

In a historically-based lecture, David Ambler, the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at the University of Kansas, and Ronald Beers, the former Vice President for Student Affairs at Oklahoma State University, recounted the story of the Kent State tragedy of 1970, which resulted in four student deaths. The Thursday afternoon talk attracted a small group of students and faculty, who listened attentively as the two men described the chaotic events and their first hand experiences. The Kent State tragedy stemmed from President Nixon's April 30 announcement that the United States would commence bombing in Cambodia -- expanding the ongoing war in Southeast Asia.

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Phi Beta Kappa inducts 20 seniors early

By Kelly Cameron | November 13, 2000

Last week, 20 seniors were inducted as early members of the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa honor society. This year's inductees are -- Anura Abeyesinghe, Noaman Ahmad, Tikhon Bernstam, Tara Dairman, Michael Gallagher, Malu Govindan, Andrew Gray, Miriam Ingber, Karthik Kalyanaraman, Thomas Levi, Gaurav Mavinkurve, Ayorkor Mills-Tettey, Cynthia Oberto, Pranab Pradhan, Allison Robbins, Erin Roeder, Alka Singal, Laura Stuart, Hilla Talati, Katherine Wade and Terrence Wong. Although most members of Phi Beta Kappa are inducted late into their senior year, early induction is offered to the top 20 students of the senior class. While this year's inductees come from a variety of backgrounds, they all share a motivation for academic excellence. Mills-Tettey, originally from Ghana, looks favorably at the years that she has spent at the College. The distance that Mills-Tettey has traveled to receive an education has motivated her to work hard, she said.

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Greek panel focuses on gender relations

By Lauren Howard | November 13, 2000

A packed room of students came together at Kappa Delta Epsilon Thursday night to partake in "Who'd You Hook Up With?", part one of a discussion about the role of Greek life in gender relations at Dartmouth. The event was led by a diverse panel of seven students, each with a unique perspective to add to the discussion. Last night's talk was aimed at tackling the role sororities in particular play in forming the relationships between men and women on campus. During their initial statements, many panelists discussed feeling excluded by the sorority system.

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Sexual abuse expulsion is College first

By Julia Levy | November 13, 2000

Last year, Dartmouth's Committee on Standards permanently separated a student for sexual abuse for the first time -- marking a "landmark" for the College, according to Coordinator of the Sexual Abuse Awareness Program Susan Marine. The 1999-2000 annual COS report says the student was "found responsible for engaging in intimate sexual contact with two different individuals without either woman's consent." Although no penetration or intercourse occurred in either case, the COS "was concerned about the repeated behavior and what it perceived as the student's lack of candor and awareness of the seriousness of the behavior." Marine -- who usually advises the accusers during COS hearings -- expressed faith in the decision and said "sexual abuse is violating and dangerous and harmful no matter what form it takes." She suggested that the community should be "less rigid" and more careful before it indiscriminately deems cases of rape as "terrible" and all other cases of sexual abuse as less harmful. "Until it happened, we didn't really know if the COS would separate anyone," she said.

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Prager stays following U. of Wisconsin pick

By Julia Levy | November 13, 2000

Provost Susan Prager will remain at Dartmouth -- at least for the time being -- following Friday's appointment of John Wiley as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Wiley is currently the provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at Wisconsin, and he was the only internal candidate of the group of three finalists for the Wisconsin chancellorship, which included Prager. "I knew that there was a very strong internal candidate and I also knew that things were going very well at Wisconsin for more than a decade," Prager said yesterday.

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Trustees have 'normal' meeting, King says

By Julia Levy | November 13, 2000

No major changes or initiatives were announced over this past weekend's annual fall Trustee meeting, according to Chairman of the Board of Trustees William King '63. King was positive about the experience, but spoke in broad terms describing the contents of meetings, rarely specifying exactly what subject matter was discussed or in what manner. "There were the normal committee meetings and there were some issues that we are thinking about for the next meetings," King said, explaining that topics discussed look toward the short term as well as the longer term for the College. Meetings started for the Trustees on Thursday afternoon at 1:30 p.m.

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Lee panel addresses Asian stereotypes

By Kathleen McDermott | November 10, 2000

From the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 to scheming Japanese businessmen in Michael Crichton's "Rising Sun," a negative light has often been cast on Asians in America. Such stereotypes have fueled civil rights violations throughout U.S.

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Freshman comes close in College Jeopardy!

By Kelly Cameron | November 10, 2000

Despite a good early showing on Jeopardy! last night, a miss on the Final Jeopardy question failed to seal Jordan Kovnot '04 a victory in a preliminary round of the show's college tournament. Playing against fellow contestants Genevieve from Ursinus College and Jim of the University of Washington, Kovnot opened the first round for the show by answering the first two questions correctly. Kovnot did particularly well in the film and political categories.

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Trustees to discuss financial issues

By Julia Levy | November 10, 2000

Discussion of financial matters, the Initiative and College facilities are on the docket for the Board of Trustees this weekend, as they gather in Hanover for their annual fall meeting. According to Chair of the Board of Trustees William King '63, the community should not anticipate any major announcements this weekend. Although he said the Trustees will discuss the capital campaign, as well as the College budget for next year as part of their talks on College finances, he dispelled the rumor that College President James Wright would announce the new campaign -- which would be his second big initiative as president -- this weekend. King said no such announcement was in the works for this meeting. "There's a lot of planning that needs to go into that," he said, explaining that there was not yet a specific release time or date for the next capital campaign. "You can think of this as a hard working meeting of the board," King said.

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Brown names first black woman to Ivy presidency

By Wendy Yu | November 10, 2000

As the country braces for the end of a presidential election that will go down in the history books, Brown University heralded the naming of its own history-making president amid unmitigated applause and acceptance yesterday. Brown's 18th president, Ruth Simmons, who is currently the president of Smith College, will begin her duties as the first ever African-American president of an Ivy League institution in July of next year. "This is a historic and a momentous occasion not only for Brown but also for the entire Ivy League and for higher education in America," Brown Chancellor Stephen Robert said in a press release. "I am delighted to have the opportunity to lead this outstanding university in this exciting time in history," Simmons said.

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Grad student unionization fails to impact Dartmouth

By Rachel Osterman | November 10, 2000

When the National Labor Relations Board ruled last week that graduate students at private universities have the right to form unions and bargain collectively, few at Dartmouth took note. While the agency's decision has the potential to encourage unionization drives on campuses across the country, it seems unlikely to affect the relationship between graduate students at Dartmouth and the administration. At a time when union membership is increasing at its most accelerated rate in several decades -- with graduate students leading the way as one of the fastest growing groups -- graduate students at Dartmouth have shown no expressed interest in organizing. Indeed, graduate students at this campus have neither contacted nor been contacted by area unions, according to those active in graduate organizations. "We've never even discussed it, it's never even come up," said Jessie Secher, co-president of the Graduate Council.

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Alumni candidates fare well

By Nick Lambrecht | November 9, 2000

On an Election Day, which proved to be hazardous for incumbents, at least four of five Dartmouth alumni seeking reelection have held firm in their Congressional bids. Four seats in the House of Representatives were retained by graduates of the College.

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NH returns Shaheen to state house, Board

By Alice Gomstyn | November 9, 2000

New Hampshire secured Jeanne Shaheen her place as an ex-oficio Trustee when voters elected her to her third term as governor Tuesday. According to the latest returns, Shaheen, a Democrat, received 51 percent of the vote, defeating her Republican opponent, former Senator Gordon Humphrey, by nine percentage points. Pamela Walsh, press secretary for Shaheen, maintains that it was no easy win. "It was a hard-fought campaign [during] which she fought on the issues," she said. According to Walsh, much of Shaheen's campaign strategy involved highlighting the Governor's past accomplishments, such as creating a unique college savings program and mandating HMO accountability. The most important issue of the election is funding for education, Walsh said.

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SA looks for minor changes to D-plan

By Rachel Osterman | November 9, 2000

Dartmouth should enhance communication with students who are off campus, offer more courses during Sophomore Summer and help alleviate moving problems, according to a newly released Student Assembly report on the D-Plan. The report, approved at Tuesday's Assembly meeting, comes in the immediate aftermath of the College's decision last month to make no major changes to Dartmouth's unique calendar system. But at a time when the administration is looking to improve social and residential life at the College, the Assembly is hoping its recommendations will wield significant influence. While the Assembly does not suggest any sweeping changes to the D-Plan, it does recommend small changes it thinks will create more continuity within Dartmouth's existing system. "The College has a responsibility to address some of the weaknesses of the D-Plan" without getting rid of it, Chair of Student Life Committee Molly Stutzman '02 said at Tuesday's meeting. In addition to issuing recommendations, the report also includes data from a campus-wide BlitzMail survey sent to students last spring. About a fourth of the student body responded, indicating that students are split roughly evenly between those who favor the continuation of the D-Plan and those who would like to see it significantly altered. Of the respondents, 57.2 percent said the Summer term residency should be required.

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Rocky remains tense in late hours of election

By Alison Schmauch | November 8, 2000

With key swing states still too close to call into the wee hours of morning, only die-hard political activists remained at the normally festive Rockefeller Center election party. Encouraged by government professors and friends, the Democratic-heavy crowd subsisted on free refreshments and much coffee through the long, tense night. With multiple televisions and all major networks going, students watched Bush and Gore taking turns holding onto the lead. Watching key swing state of Florida flip-flop generated much tension, when CNN initially assigned the state's 25 electoral votes to Vice President Gore early in the evening, only to later report the count remained too close to call. According to networks, Bush's surprisingly high popularity in traditionally Democratic precincts created this uncertainty. With The Dartmouth Review as well as State Representative Candidate Bob Gienko '01 holding separate parties, the crowd at the Rockefeller Center leaned leftward, with not a single Bush voter identified by The Dartmouth. Although loud cheers arose when CNN predicted Gore electoral votes, the room remained silent as CNN predicted Bush votes. But the most uproar was created whenever CNN declared a particular state "too close to call." Although the room was packed with political addicts, students from swing states held an especially strong interest in the race. A curiosity in the electoral fate of his home state sparked the interest of Florida native and Gore supporter Michael Sevi '02, who congregated at Rocky hoping to see how the race would play out. Although Colorado freshman Kerri Entin didn't receive her absentee ballot in time, her interest in state election results was also heightened. Republican Elliot Olshansky '04, who spent his summer volunteering for Rick Lazio's New York Senate campaign, chose to interpret literally the popular saying "a vote for Nader is a vote for Bush." Knowing that Gore would win his native state of New York, Olshansky cast his absentee ballot for Nader, showing his support third parties, despite disagree with some of the Green Party's ideals. But his eyes saw beyond the presidential race to the New York Senate race, and he now resents all the media attention bestowed on his hometown of Chappaqua, where Mrs. Clinton purchased a house to launch and win her bid for a seat in the U.S.

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Education dept. faculty search revives controversy

By Rachel Osterman | November 8, 2000

The fight over the future of the education department didn't end with the administration's decision last year not to eliminate the program, as was previously considered. Nor did it end when the administration promised to inject new funds into the struggling department. Instead, the debate persists, albeit in the less visible arena of faculty hiring -- a typically low profile, highly personal area, but one that will likely determine the future of the education program at the College. With the formation this fall of a search committee for new education faculty, the process of composing a revamped department has proven no less controversial than the process of deciding whether or not the department should continue at the College in the first place. Last night, the Student Assembly passed a resolution that objects to the current composition and intent of the search committee, requests a voting or nonvoting student on the hiring board and asks that a public forum be held on the future of the education program. In an amendment to the original resolution, the Assembly said the committee should give greater consideration to candidates' teaching skills -- and not the abilities of the candidates to attract research funds. And just in case the stakes of the search committee's deliberations go unnoticed, the New Hampshire section of The Boston Globe is writing an article on the search process. "I'm kind of lost right now as to why people are so upset," Dean of the Faculty Ed Berger said. What worries proponents of the education department is the direction the search committee might be taking.

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Despite high turnout, Gienko fails to win seat

By Charles Gardner | November 8, 2000

Bob Gienko, a member of the Class of 2001, despite amassing the largest number of votes among Republican candidates, was defeated yesterday in New Hampshire's 10th district in his bid for a seat on the state legislature. His victory would have given the Grafton County Republicans their first seat on state legislature in 26 years. Gienko, one of four Republican candidates running for seats long held by Democrats, won 2,171 votes, far more than the three other Republicans -- Channing Brown, Thomas Toner, and Charles Toner Jr.

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NYers face own big choice

By Tara Kyle | November 7, 2000

As the nation goes to the polls today, many Dartmouth students from New York will have already mailed in their decisions on a race that ranks second only to the presidential campaign in mass media coverage -- First Lady Hillary Clinton versus Long Island Congressman Rick Lazio for the New York Senate. Although the New Yorkers who spoke to The Dartmouth largely disapproved of the intense publicity Clinton's candidacy has received, few were surprised by it. "It's nothing more or less than I expected.

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