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What do you want in future library?

By Abigail Drachman-Jones | May 18, 2000

The world of Dartmouth libraries is on the brink of change. With the current construction of the Baker/Berry Library, Dartmouth is in the midst of its largest library building project since the late 1920s, when Baker itself was originally erected. In addition, as of the fall of 2000, Dartmouth will say goodbye to Margaret Otto, the Librarian of the College. As a result of all this change, the Council on the Libraries -- a committee made up of faculty members from the arts, sciences and professional schools, undergraduates and graduates, as well as administrators -- surveyed undergraduates, graduates, professional school students and professors to gain a better insight into the effects, usability and resources of Baker. The survey was conducted the first half of this month and was designed "to gain a greater understanding of graduate, undergraduate and professors' needs," Kevin Kunzendorf, a member of the Council on the Libraries, said.

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Politician speaks on pioneering career

By Lauren Lafaro | May 18, 2000

Harriett Woods, the former Lieutenant Governor of Missouri and past head of the National Women's Political Caucus, spoke at Dartmouth yesterday to a small crowd of students. The influential activist and author of "Stepping Up to Power: the Political Journey of American Women" addressed both the political progress of women since the 1950s as well as her own career in a presentation sponsored by Women In Government. "There is a lot of controversy about the word 'feminism' today," Woods said, "but until the 1970s 'career woman' were the dirty words." Woods said that she -- as well as a number of today's influential women -- was well aware of the stigma surrounding careers and opted for the more accepted route of self-fulfillment -- motherhood. Her own journey as a politician, as well as the journeys of many of her colleagues, grew out of this role. Woods recounted stories of her suburban house and her young children.

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Female students share experiences at College

By Louisa Sadler | May 18, 2000

Six senior women shared their experiences from four years at the College in a panel discussion last night, discussing topics ranging from sport and Greek participation to depression and ethnicity. The annual panel discussion -- "Will the Women of Dartmouth Please Stand Up?!" -- was started in 1989 for outstanding senior women to attest to their time and views of the College. A crowd of mainly women packed 105 Dartmouth Hall to hear this year's panel, which included Monique Roy '00, Vanessa Ferro '00, Beatrice Radakovich '00, Anne Mullins '00, Cara Fuller '00, and Dana Loebman '00. Each speaker added a diverse voice and an important message for students. "Comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable," Roy said, quoting a local bumper sticker and encouraging students to learn from the everyday challenges at Dartmouth as she said she did through her time as women's rugby captain. Ferro emphasized the need for communication on campus and cited her Senior Fellowship on her Cuban American background as an innovative way to complete her four years of learning at the College. "One thing we don't do well here is communicate in an honest, open way.

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College rejects Phi Delt appeal

By Omer Ismail | May 17, 2000

Dean of the College James Larimore has rejected Phi Delta Alpha fraternity's appeal for clemency, upholding the decision to suspend College recognition of the house until at least the fall of 2002. "I've denied that request," Larimore said, of the clemency appeal, "and let stand the sanctions that Dean [of Residential Life, Martin] Redman had imposed." Larimore announced his decision yesterday in a letter addressed to Matt K.

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Olympic dreams come true for some students

By Ithan Peltan | May 17, 2000

Besides Bob Costas and a host of Nike and Reebok executives, a number of Dartmouth student and alumni athletes are among those competing to represent their countries in Sydney, Australia this summer in the 2000 Summer Olympics. So far, however, only one Dartmouth alumnus, Dominic Seiterle '98, has been officially named to an Olympic team this coming summer.

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Controversy surrounds Voces guest speaker

By Jennifer Thomas | May 17, 2000

Heated controversy surrounds the decision of Voces Clamantium to invite guest speaker Yvette Schneider, an activist identifying herself as a former lesbian who turned away from her homosexual lifestyle after becoming Christian. Schneider, an activist campaigning "against the homosexual agenda," will deliver a speech next Tuesday entitled "The Power to Change." However, much of Dartmouth's gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual community and their heterosexual allies are outraged at the decision of Voces Clamantium -- a campus group representing what their advisor referred to as a Judeo-Christian viewpoint. Co-Chair of the Gay Straight Alliance Amanda Gilliam '02 said Schneider's visit is an "embarrassment to the College." "The fact that students would consider bringing someone like her here is very upsetting and disappointing," she said. Schneider, a political analyst and writer for the Family Research Council, will be sharing views concerning her personal experience "as a practicing lesbian and homosexual rights advocate for six years before becoming Christian and exiting the homosexual lifestyle," according to the FRC homepage. The self-identified "former homosexual" currently "speaks out against the homosexual activist agenda and reaches out to those still trapped in that lifestyle" via speeches and discussions in a variety of venues. "It's a complicated issue," Tara Wharton '02, treasurer of Voces Clamantium said.

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Has the D-Plan outgrown its origins?

By Louisa Sadler | May 17, 2000

While some students sing its praises and others lament the difficulties it causes, few know the origins of Dartmouth's academic plan. The Trustees' recent call for review of the Dartmouth Plan has brought new -- but not unprecedented -- administrative attention to the unique year-round operating plan the College instituted in the 1970s. In order to admit 1,000 female students without building new facilities or decreasing the number of male students, the D-Plan enabled Dartmouth to expand at a time when it could not have afforded to increase the size of its dorms or faculty. Students and faculty embraced the new plan, and educators predicted at the time that other Ivy League colleges and even secondary schools would soon depart from the normal semester system and adopt the more efficient plan for year-round operation. While other schools -- like Stanford and Northwestern Universities -- operate on a three-term calendar, 29 years after the inception of the D-Plan, Dartmouth remains the only major institution of higher education with a year-round calendar. Creation The D-Plan was created as a direct solution to the problems associated with coeducation.

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College names new Tucker Found. dean

By Omer Ismail | May 16, 2000

Dr. Stuart C. Lord will assume the position of the Dean of Tucker Foundation and Associate Provost of the College starting this August. Lord, who will replace Acting Dean of the Tucker Foundations Robert Binswanger, is currently the executive director of the Grover Hartman Center for Civic Education and Leadership and associate dean at DePauw University. Although Binswanger was not personally involved in the search, he said he has met Lord on a couple of occasions and described him as "very innovative" and "an active leader." "He will bring new ideas and new enthusiasm to the foundation," Binswanger said of Lord.

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Effects of tragic death continue one year later

By Alice Gomstyn | May 16, 2000

Approximately 75 percent of all Dartmouth undergraduates are now vaccinated against the form of meningicoccal disease that tragically took the life of Jenica Rosekrans '00 nearly one year ago, according to Dr. John Turco director of college health services. And the College has completed a review of its emergency response procedures which were activated for the incident. Rosekrans, who died just before last year's Commencement exercises from a severe blood infection associated with meningicoccal bacteria, was one of two confirmed cases of bacterial meningitis at the College last June.

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Freedman begins tenure as head of honor society

By Amit Anand | May 16, 2000

James Freedman, former president of Dartmouth, was inaugurated as the president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences last week, two years after being elected to the Academy as a fellow. In an interview with The Boston Globe, Freedman said that his presidency would bring many changes to the Academy, including having it focus more on issues relating to public policy and attracting more media attention to the usually attention-shy Academy. "I think that his background as president of two different colleges and universities gives him an unusual national breadth," Leslie Berlowitz, executive officer of the Academy told The Dartmouth.

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Peterson discusses ways to save planet

By Sara Connolly | May 15, 2000

A self-described "rebel with a conscience," Dr. Russell Peterson, the 83-year-old former Governor of Delaware and President Emeritus of the National Audubon Society, delivered a speech Thursday titled "Together We Can Save the Earth." In front of a sparsely filled room, Peterson attempted to describe ways "to save the natural resources that grace our lovely planet." "Our world is heading for disaster," he warned.

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Appeal decision to come this week

By Omer Ismail | May 15, 2000

The wait seems to finally be over. More than a month after Phi Delta Alpha fraternity filed an appeal against College derecognition, the administration is expected to announce its final decision on the appeal sometime early this week. The Dean of the College's Office informed The Dartmouth on Friday that Dean of the College James Larimore could make the decision as early as today. Phi Delt had filed a formal appeal against the loss of College recognition March 29 on the basis of information not present in the original case and procedural errors.

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Student arrested for Vieques protest

By Kathleen McDermott | May 12, 2000

While the College's panel discussion and protests on the subject of U.S. Navy occupation of Vieques raised student awareness of the issue, Dartmouth graduate student Hector Rosario took political activism beyond the Hanover plain last weekend. Rosario, along with six friends who do not attend Dartmouth, was arrested for running onto the Yankee Stadium field in protest of the military testing during last Friday's Yankees-Orioles game. During the fifth inning, the seven jumped from the stands onto the field, waving Puerto Rican flags and chanting "U.S.

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Genome map may bring rosy future

By Jeremy Skog | May 12, 2000

Dr. Sam Broder, chief medical officer and vice president of Celera Genomics -- the for-profit company racing towards a complete map of the human genome -- offered optimistic predictions on the future of medicine to a standing-room-only crowd in Filene Auditorium last night. The predictions were based on the progress of the Human Genome project, which Broder said would probably be complete by the end of the year.

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