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SA unveils critical SLI response

By Omer Ismail | March 28, 2000

The Student Assembly's proposed response to the steering committee's recommendations -- to be voted on at tonight's meeting -- came out against some key provisions of last term's report, calling for the establishment of a seventh sorority, for allowing all juniors and seniors to live in a Greek house and for the maintenance of rush during sophomore fall. However, the Student Assembly response is in many other accounts supportive of the controversial recommendations, agreeing with some much-criticized parts of the report including the elimination of pledge period. "I don't think there are many places where we disagree with the spirit of the CSLI," Vice-President of the Student Assembly Margaret Kuecker '01 said, adding that the response disagrees with some of the details of the steering committee report. The still-unendorsed draft of the Assembly report, that is already included in the appendix of the Student Response Task Force Report, is expected to be finalized by the Assembly members by their April 4 meeting, after which the Assembly plans to conduct a campus-wide poll on its response -- the exact details of which have not been worked out. Defending their long-awaited report, senior Assembly leaders said it is different from other proposals in that it does not represent the opinions of one organization, but that of the majority of the student body. Apart from the Greek issue, the Assembly report deals with other campus issues including alcohol, social space and issue omitted in the steering committee report. The Assembly also used a student poll of 1,157 randomly-chosen students to draft the report.

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Task Force report release is imminent

By Omer Ismail | March 28, 2000

The Student Response Task Force plans to release its report to the Board of Trustees and the Dartmouth community by the end of this week or early next week, according to the Mary Liscinsky, special assistant to the dean of the College. The Board of Trustees are expected to discuss the report -- a compilation of student opinion on the controversial steering committee recommendations -- when visiting Hanover April 13-15.

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Globetrotters to hit the court in Leede Arena

By Jeremy Skog | March 28, 2000

The Harlem Globetrotters will play the New York Nationals for a sold-out crowd in Leede Arena tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. Kim Garvey, Vice President of Corporate Communications for the Globetrotters, promised that fans would see "great basketball and great entertainment." The visit is part of the Globetrotter's 2000 tour, the team's 74th season since they first played in 1927.

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Ivies keep hold of single-sex Greek life

By Jeremy Skog | March 28, 2000

While the steering committee report said that a reduction in single-sex fraternity and sorority life is "desirable" at Dartmouth, some Ivy League schools are maintaining or even expanding their single-sex Greek organizations. Cornell The Greek system at Cornell is composed of 40 fraternities, 15 sororities, and two co-educational houses, making it one of the largest systems in the country.

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Students relieved by COS verdict

By Wendy Yu | March 27, 2000

Members of the college community are both relieved and disappointed by the decision of the Committee on Standards to drop charges against members of last term's computer science 4 class accused of cheating. All students interviewed agreed that some cheating took place, however reactions were mixed in how exactly the College should have dealt with the situation. While some students of last term's CS 4 class refused to comment, others have expressed approval for the decision, saying that the situation seemed too complex for the College to fairly determine who was guilty and who was innocent. "Considering the circumstances, the committee did the only thing that was just for the majority of the people," Adam Lusthaus '03, a student of CS 4 last term, said.

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Intruder enters female's Maxwell apartment

By Mark Bubriski | March 27, 2000

On the morning of March 11, a female student awoke to find a male intruder touching items on the desk of her Maxwell Residence Hall apartment. Safety and Security responded to the intrusion call, which took place at approximately 4:45 on a Saturday morning. When Safety and Security arrived at the apartment, the unidentified man had fled. The female student, whose name was not released, reported to Safety and Security that she awoke to find the man touching items on her desk.

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Judge dismisses alumni suit against College

By Mark Bubriski | March 27, 2000

Grafton County Superior Court Judge Edward Fitzgerald III issued a preliminary dismissal order on March 10 for a class-action lawsuit filed by seven College alumni against the College and the Alumni Association. Last May, William Tell Jr.

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LA Times names prof. as book prize finalist

By Amit Anand | March 27, 2000

The Los Angeles Times selected English and creative writing professor Thomas Sleigh as a finalist for the 1999 LATimes Book Prize in poetry for his anthology "The Dreamhouse." The collection of poems excel at describing certain moods in great detail, and often contain references to Greek and Latin myths. The distinction comes after a series of awards presented to Sleigh, including the Shelley Memorial Award in 1999 and the Lila Wallace-Readers Digest Award in 1993.

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Winter topics include cheating, initiative

By Daniel Chang | March 27, 2000

Winter term was highlighted by events such as the release of the steering committee report, the Computer Science 4 cheating scandal, and Phi Delta Alpha fraternity's derecognition. The long awaited steering committee report was released at the beginning of the term after a year of preparation, recommending drastic changes to the College's Greek system to bring it in line with the Board of Trustees' vision for student life. While a single-sex Greek system would remain intact -- for the time being -- the steering committee's recommendations made good on College President James Wright's promise to end the Greek system "as we know it." The steering committee recommended Coed Fraternity Sorority houses be held to stricter facility, organizational and membership requirements -- admitting that not all houses will be able to fulfill the requirements, and therefore will be derecognized by the College. The report stated, "This reduction is desirable in order to eliminate the historical dominance by the CFS organizations of Dartmouth social life.

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EXTRA - COLLEGE DROPS ALL CHARGES IN CHEATING SCANDAL HEARINGS

By Andrew Marnell | March 10, 2000

After the Committee on Standards heard only 27 of the 63 cases of alleged Computer Science 4 cheating, the College announced today that it is withdrawing all charges brought against students by former visiting professor Rex Dwyer. According to Dean of the College James Larimore, who served as non-voting chair of the COS, it became clear after more than 34 hours of hearings and deliberation that the body would be unable to distinguish with certainty between those who cheated and those who received the solutions to the homework from legitimate sources. "The Committee concluded that some cheating did occur," Larimore wrote in a letter to the Dartmouth community.

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Berry architect inherited father's dream

By Omer Ismail | March 7, 2000

Berry Library's architect, who has always been fascinated by buildings, remembers fondly an experience he had in a famous New York train station years ago. "When I was eight, my dad took me to Penn Station and showed it to me," Robert Venturi said -- and even so early in his life, he was amazed by the station's structure. Venturi's father, a poor Italian immigrant, had dreamed of becoming an architect, but his dream did not materialize.

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Dansiger's dad speaks out on Phi Delt, his son

By Julia Levy | March 7, 2000

Attorneys are now involved in the Phi Delta Alpha fraternity situation, according to Zeev Dansiger, whose son Adam Dansiger '00 wrote the letter to the College that started the investigation which led to the fraternity's derecognition -- however it is still unclear whether a lawsuit is in the works. Zeev Dansiger declined to say whether an actual suit had been filed against the College. College Counsel Sean Gorman said his office has not yet had any contact with the Dansiger family.

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The Dartmouth takes you on a tour of what will eventually be Berry

By Ithan Peltan | March 7, 2000

Construction on the Berry Library has progressed substantially since the project began about two years ago -- and The Dartmouth recently had a chance to walk through the interior of what will eventually be a huge expansion of the College's library facilities. Berry will offer students integrated library and computational services, a wide variety of study spaces, a caf and much more in a facility designed to accommodate the College's information media needs far into the future. Below is a walking tour of the various features of the College's newest library. Exterior The last time most people saw the Berry construction project's exterior, it was still a stark outline of steel and concrete. Since it acquired its winter shroud, there have been some dramatic changes to the exterior which are being revealed as the tarpaulins are removed one by one. Although there was controversy over the building's architectural philosophy prior to the beginning of construction two years ago, the building is intended to blend into the campus architectural scheme. "It is a modern building that takes some of the principles of Baker and translates them," Director of Administrative Services John Crane said. The bricks which make Berry's walls were matched as closely as possible to those that were used nearly 85 years ago in the construction of Baker. Even the inset limestone band that circles Berry's wall near the roofline echoes the older library's wooden cornice. The windows of Dartmouth's newest building are also designed to reflect, but not copy, traditional New England architecture. The large number of windows that pierce Berry's walls brings to mind buildings like Dartmouth Hall, but their irregular placement and variations in shape emphasize Berry's modernity. Main entranceway Berry's main entrance faces north towards Moore Hall and opens off of an arcade formed by a decorative, free-standing wall that runs the length of the building's north face. Walking along the arcade that will eventually allow passage between the east and west sides of campus, visitors will be able to look through the floor-to-ceiling windows that line the ground floor on Berry's north side and into an area that will contain a caf and seating area. The caf will serve light snacks and beverages to students who will eat, talk, or study in an environment similar to that found in Collis Caf, with small tables lining the windows, easy chairs, banquette seating and regular tables. Passing through the main doors, visitors will face an island featuring four BlitzMail terminals.

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Super Tuesday voters might choose nominees

By Jeffrey Tanenhaus | March 7, 2000

Voters across 16 states will cast their primary ballots today -- "Super Tuesday" -- marking the largest Election 2000 event on the political calendar thus far. Today's elections could have a significant impact on both parties' nominations process because candidates will have the opportunity to win a large number of delegates needed to secure their party's nomination -- and both underdogs need crucial wins to boost their sagging momentum and stay alive in the race. Much of today's media attention will surround the primary races in California and New York because they have the most delegates at stake. They will also be the sites of today's most interesting races because polls show the races are the closest there with a large number of undecided voters, according to government Professor Lynn Vavreck, who specializes in campaigns and elections. Democratic Presidential candidates former Senator Bill Bradley and Vice President Al Gore will vie for 367 delegates in California and 243 in New York.

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'Bet you're on Blitz' after upgrade launches

By Kathleen McDermott | March 7, 2000

Students off-campus over spring break will have a new and improved version of WebBlitz to use. Due for release this week, WebBlitz 3.0 will include a new piece of software called Bet You're on Blitz, referred to by its developers as "BYOB." The new WebBlitz version was developed by The Basement, an independent student organization at Dartmouth responsible for WebBlitz, the DID, and the Exchange. Karolyn Abram '00, a member of The Basement team, thought of the idea of BYOB when she used BlitzMail and WebBlitz and wanted to know if her friends were also on blitz.

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