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After four years, Susan Marine departs

By Wendy Yu | October 31, 2000

When the Class of 2000 graduated in June, one member was left behind. On Nov. 10, Coordinator of the Sexual Abuse Awareness Program Susan Marine -- who was so popular with the class that they adopted her at Commencement -- will also say farewell to the College. After four and a half years of raising campus awareness of sexual abuse issues, heading the Sexual Abuse Peer Advisor program and counseling students in need, Marine will move to Cambridge, Massachusetts, to work at the Public Health Department as the coordinator of Domestic Violence Prevention Programs. "I feel very good about the time I've spent here," Marine said.

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Colleges see male-to-female ratio drop

By Alice Gomstyn | October 31, 2000

Male affirmative action. To many, this seems an unthinkable concept -- an oxymoron, of sorts -- but some college administrators will tell you that the idea of male affirmative action is not as outrageous as it initially appears. Though Dartmouth continues to maintain a relative gender balance, many institutions of higher education face the problem of a dwindling male-female student ratio, leading them to consider such corrective approaches as male affirmative action. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the proportion of bachelor's degrees awarded to men has dropped considerably during the past three decades, from nearly 57 percent in 1970 to a projected 43.7 percent this year. The Chronicle for Higher Education reports that gender gaps in college populations exist nationwide, with Utah being the only state in the union to have more men than women enrolled in its colleges and universities. The academic community has not reached a general consensus on the cause of this phenomenon.

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Tucker foundation faces transition time

By Lauren Kingsley | October 31, 2000

With the installment of a new dean and the departure of interim Chaplain Gwendolyn King, the Tucker Foundation will now enter an interim phase while examining students' religious needs. King, who served the College for 16 years, left on sabbatical this summer with the intention of not returning to her previous position as acting College chaplain. While the Tucker Foundation begins the process of finding a replacement for King, several members of the Dartmouth community will serve in the capacity of program coordinators for religious life during this interim period. Their duties include "working with student groups and planning celebrations and programming for the Dartmouth community," according to Stuart Lord, dean of the Tucker Foundation. Coordinators will help plan two to three campus-wide events per term, according to Lord.

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How should 'hazing' be defined?

By Julia Levy | October 31, 2000

With students generally unwilling to come forward with stories about hazing and with administrators very much in the dark about what actually goes on in the basements of Greek houses, the College's hazing committee faces the difficult task of creating a more effective policy. This is the second in a two part series of stories that will look at some of the activities and perceptions of group initiations that the hazing committee may examine when developing a new policy. Although it has New Hampshire law and previous College policies for background, the College hazing committee will redefine the awkward term 'hazing' and lay down more comprehensive guidelines to prevent abusive initiation practices. Students interviewed seemed to agree that the current policy is vague, and that the new policy should aim to create a more functional hazing definition and standards. The policy's goals Currently, the Student Handbook says hazing is strictly prohibited and violations are unacceptable at the College and in the state of New Hampshire. The handbook defines hazing as an act of coercion or intimidation that would be "perceived by a reasonable person as likely to cause physical or psychological injury to any person." It also says an act of intimidation that "is a condition of initiation into, admission into, continued membership in or association with any organization" is classified as hazing. Nelson said the move to rewrite the College hazing policy was prompted by the Trustee's Initiative, which asked the administration to fashion a "more detailed policy." "We're trying to think about Dartmouth's needs and pick up some other leads from other sources," Nelson said, referencing a recent Alfred University study on hazing that outlined different kinds of acceptable and unacceptable new-member bonding activities, as well as other institutions' policies.

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Junior football star suspended for term

By Austin Zalkin | October 30, 2000

Damien Roomets '02, the Dartmouth football team's most productive wide receiver this season, has been suspended by the College for the remainder of Fall term due to his involvement in an altercation with other Dartmouth students. According to an athletic department press release and John Lyons, Dartmouth's head football coach, Roomets will be eligible to re-apply to Dartmouth for the Winter term. "He was in an altercation -- that's really all I'm allowed to say," Lyons said in an interview with The Dartmouth on Saturday.

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Rainbow Alliance celebrates day of silence

By Liz Bertko | October 30, 2000

Last night at midnight, the Dartmouth Rainbow Alliance kicked off a day of silence to show support for National Coming Out Month. Doug Mastin '04, DRA's social co-chair, told The Dartmouth the silence serves a dual purpose.

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Prager may leave College for Wisconsin

By Julia Levy | October 30, 2000

After less than two years as second-in-charge of Dartmouth, Provost Susan Prager may soon be leaving the College to take up the chancellorship at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Wisconsin's search committee presented Prager as one of three finalists for the position on Friday.

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Despite safe bonfire, weekend arrests still up

By Nick Lambrecht | October 30, 2000

Continuing the trend of a rising number of reported incidents during Homecoming weekend, the College saw more arrests and alcohol violations this year, following Safety and Security's effort to heighten security in the wake of the Texas A&M bonfire accident last year. "We didn't have any assaults reported at the bonfire or over the weekend, which is a good thing, but the total number of reports were up," College Proctor Robert McEwen said. The number of incidents reported to S&S rose to 66 this year from 50 a year ago.

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Venture funds key to endowment whopper

By Wendy Yu | October 30, 2000

When College President James Wright announced at a recent faculty meeting that the endowment had returned a whopping 46 percent last year, professors showed visible signs of excitement. They were certainly happy about the possibility of using some of the new money for projects in their fields of study.

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Bonfire burns bright for more than century of change

By Will Meland | October 27, 2000

After more than a century of changing times, the Class of 2004 can look forward to a grand bonfire that hearkens back to such famous figures as Winston Churchill, Lord Dartmouth and a few daring students who began what has become a celebrated symbol of the so-called Dartmouth experience. With a few exceptions, the tradition has remained a mainstay of student and local experience for the past 112 years. Records for early bonfires begin in 1888, when students celebrated the then Indians' 3-2 baseball victory over Manchester.

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Despite fall term ban, '04s plan on partying

By Ritika Nandkeolyar | October 27, 2000

As one of Dartmouth's biggest weekend celebrations, Homecoming is known by students as a time for partying, especially at Coed Fraternity and Sorority sponsored events. And although College rules prohibit first-year students from attending CFS parties during the Fall term, this does not seem to stop many freshmen from frequenting them. According to most first-year students surveyed by The Dartmouth, the Fall term ban on Greek houses has not affected their decision to attend parties, and it will not deter them from partying on Homecoming weekend either. "Homecoming is a big party with the sweep, the bonfire, the frat parties and the alums coming back," said Mike Engle '04 of Wisconsin. Although he said he doesn't plan on attending any CFS parties this weekend, Engle said he does know a fair number of other first-year students who will. "Unless you are incredibly obvious, [upper-class students] usually don't mind," he said. While it is the job of Safety and Security to monitor registered parties, it is the responsibility of Greek houses themselves to enforce their Fall term ban on first-year students. Officers in most CFS houses said that they were going to take the same precautions over this weekend that they do every weekend. "I don't expect any problems," Sigma Nu fraternity President Eric Shoemaker said.

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Bonfire enthusiasm continues

By Julia Levy | October 27, 2000

The Class of 2004 "is so psyched up," said Allison Giordano '04, who jetted around the construction site yesterday afternoon, sporting dyed green hair and a Class of 2004 Bonfire t-shirt. Giordano was not the only enthusiastic builder on the Green -- despite rumblings of impending change stemming from the bonfire committee's warnings that this year's blaze could be the last if students neglect responsibility, the building crowd yesterday seemed excited and focused on the task at hand. "I think it looks great," College President James Wright, who went out to observe the construction at around 1:30 p.m., said.

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Texas tragedy raises concern at Dartmouth

By Jeremy Skog | October 27, 2000

Colossal and blazing though it may be, Dartmouth's Homecoming Bonfire has traditionally been surrounded by an aura of invulnerability, as evidenced by students' eagerness to help in its construction and run around its burning logs countless times. That sense of security, however, was partially shattered last year, when a bonfire at Texas A&M University collapsed, killing 12 students and injuring 27 others. Despite the significant structural differences between Dartmouth's and Texas A&M's bonfires -- theirs, for example, is built around a single center pole, while Dartmouth's is constructed with several tiers -- this year's bonfire was built with the Texas A&M tragedy in mind. After hearing the news about Texas A&M, Dartmouth's administration was forced to "take a step back and think about our own bonfire," Dean of the College James Larimore said. As a result, several changes will be implemented this year, including mailings to first-year students advising them on what to expect during Homecoming festivities, construction lights and an increased Safety and Security presence during the fire. In addition, a construction and engineering firm will supervise the construction process this year, and possibly recommend future changes. At Texas A&M, the university administration decided to prohibit the building of a homecoming bonfire this year, a move that met spirited resistance and promises by students that they would nonetheless build one off campus to maintain school tradition. Students, alumni and even parents of the deceased have protested for the bonfire's continuation. Debate in Texas has focused on the meaning of tradition, with some arguing that safety should come before collegiate customs, and a very vocal group taking the opposite position. The Texas A&M tragedy made the front pages of newspapers nation-wide, including here at Dartmouth.

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