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CFSC elects Etu President

By Ritika Nandkeolyar | January 7, 2000

At a crucial point in its history, the Coed Fraternity Sorority Council elected Eric Etu '01as its new president last night Etu, a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, replaces outgoing president Jaimie Paul '00. Benita Perch '01, a member of Kappa Delta Epsilon Sorority replaces Chris Paolino '00 as Vice-President. The new president and vice-president, as well as five other newly elected officers, assumed their positions last night and will serve on the council for the remainder of this term, as well as the Spring and Fall terms.

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Warm weather affects water taste

By Maggie Shnayerson | January 7, 2000

Unusually warm winter weather has recently given Hanover's water supply what authorities are calling a "fishy odor ... and an off taste." Students have complained about discolored tap water with a fish-like taste and smell in many College residence halls. Residents of first the East Wheelock dorms and then several other residence halls have questioned the quality of the water for several days, causing Director of Residential Operations Woody Eckels to post a BlitzMail message yesterday to all cluster residences explaining the phenomenon. The change in water taste and smell is caused by unseasonably warm temperatures affecting Hanover's open reservoir system, Michael Blayney, vice-president of Hanover's Water Works Company, said. Blayney, who also serves as director of Environmental Health and Safety for the College, said the reservoir is composed of different layers with varying temperatures. The warm climate of the recent week has caused bottom layers, which often have a foul smell, to rise to the top of the reservoir and replace the layers usually found at the top, Blayney told The Dartmouth. Hanover experiences this same change in water taste and smell every spring when the reservoirs thaw and temperatures rise, Blayney said. Hanover Water Works has received calls from citizens concerned about the water's taste and quality, and has assured them that the water is safe to drink. Water samples are taken in 8-10 locations in the area and are sent to State authorities for safety testing. Authorities state that the problem will soon mend itself, and that citizens should not be concerned. In the mean time, students have taken to buying bottled water, and boiling tap water and then refrigerating it. "I can't take the taste," said Deanne Battle '03, who lives in the South Fayerweather residence hall.

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Assembly announces membership deadline

By Alice Gomstyn | January 7, 2000

In stark contrast to past policies encouraging membership, the Student Assembly has decided to stop accepting new members for the term after February 4. According to Assembly Vice-President Margaret Kuecker '00, the actual date of the deadline was set in early December by the Membership and Internal Affairs Committee, but last night was the first time it was announced publicly at an open meeting. The deadline is part of MIAC's ongoing effort to "protect the integrity of the Assembly," beginning with the institution of the "three meetings rule" at the start of last Fall term, Kuecker said.

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Students faced trespass charges

By Andrew Marnell | January 7, 2000

Two Dartmouth students -- Raphael Armand '00 and Peter Cataldo '00 -- faced criminal charges last month following separate incidents of criminal trespassing near the end of Fall term. Armand plead guilty to theft and criminal trespass after breaking into Stinson's Village Store in late November. Police followed a trail of blood from the store to the Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity house where they found Armand in a second floor room with several lacerations.

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Alumni name Trustee candidates

By Heather Kofke-Egger | January 6, 2000

The Alumni Council has announced its three candidates for the alumni trustee seat that will be vacated by Richard Page '54 this June. Michael Chu '68, Kevin Ross '77 and Maxwell Anderson '77 are all up for the soon to be open seat on the board. The ballots will be mailed to all 60,000 living alumni in March and must be returned within a month.

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CFSC to hold elections tonight

By Rachel Osterman | January 6, 2000

In an event that will likely affect how the Coed Fraternity and Sorority Council reacts to the imminent steering committee recommendations on the Student Life Initiative, the Greek body will hold its annual elections for executive positions tonight. The number of students who will run for positions on the executive committee remains unknown, as official candidacies will not be declared until just before the actual election.

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IFC pushes up Winter Rush date

By Amit Anand | January 6, 2000

In an effort to preserve Winter Rush given the anticipation surrounding the release of the steering committee's recommendations to the Board of Trustees on the Student Life Initiative, the Intra-Fraternity Council has decided to hold rush on Sunday, instead of Monday, January 10, as previously announced, IFC President Hondo Sen '00 said yesterday. "We didn't want anything taken away from rush, but we also wanted to be ready for the release of the report," he said. Winter Rush will now be held from seven to nine in the evening on Sunday.

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Greek leaders resist prejudging report

By Julia Levy | January 6, 2000

With the release of the steering committee's recommendation report imminent, Greek leaders are maintaining their across-the-board wait and see attitude of Fall term and say they look forward to participating in the campus-wide discussions that will follow the announcement. According to Dean of the College James Larimore, the steering committee plans to release its final list of recommendations sometime next week to the Dartmouth community. Special Assistant to the Dean of the College Mary Liscinsky told The Dartmouth that there will be College-organized discussion groups the night of the report's release when students can share their initial reactions to the recommendations.

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College avoids major Y2K computer glitches

By Maggie Shnayerson | January 5, 2000

Despite all the year 2000 media attention, the College, like the rest of the world, did not experience massive complications as a result of Y2K computer problems. Slight glitches arose for a reported few thousand users of Macintosh computers who discovered that their versions of BlitzMail were not Y2K compliant, the College's Computing Services department said. Macintosh computers containing versions of BlitzMail older than 2.5.3 read the new date 2000 as 1944 instead, the earliest date that Macintosh computers recognize. New versions of BlitzMail were sent to every student on campus, and users who had encountered flaws in their systems upgraded their software easily. Officials said that only half a dozen Windows users found problems with their own BlitzMail versions. "This was just a little bump in the road," Chief Programmer at Computing Services James Matthews said.

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Early admissions applications decline

By Amit Anand | January 5, 2000

Even as the number of applicants for early decision continues its downward trend, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Karl Furstenberg is confident that the total applicant pool will be as large as last year's. The total number of students admitted early into the Class of 2004 is 412, or roughly 38 percent of the early applicant pool, according to statistics recently released by the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid. "I am very pleased with the strong results for admitted students," Furstenberg said.

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College prepares to release Initiative report

By Julia Levy | January 5, 2000

Almost a year after the original announcement of the Student Life Initiative, the steering committee's recommendations on its implementation will be released sometime next week. Dean of the College James Larimore said each student will receive an executive summary -- a condensed version of the entire report -- in his or her Hinman Box on the release date.

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Fall 1999 Recap

By Rachel Osterman | January 5, 2000

The fall term saw several important developments in the now year-long process of evaluating social and residential life, as the steering committee completed its deliberations and the campus moved closer to the release of its final report. In The Dartmouth's 1999 fall recap special section, you can read our recap of the fall or read the full text of ten of the most important stories from Fall term.

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Initiative, Presidential debates dominate Fall term

By Rachel Osterman | January 5, 2000

The fall term saw several important developments in the now year-long process of evaluating social and residential life as the steering committee completed its deliberations and the campus moved closer to the release of its final report. Virtually unchanged were students' attitudes towards the Greek system, according to a mid-November poll conducted by The Dartmouth in which the vast majority of students said they believe single-sex fraternities and sororities should remain on campus -- but with substantial changes. Eighty percent of the 2,836 students who responded to the poll said they support the continuation of the single-sex Greek system, closely mirroring polls conducted last winter, soon after the announcement of the Board of Trustee's controversial Social and Residential Life Initiative. This Fall term began with several community forums on the Initiative.

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Forbes speaks at Hanover Inn

By Jeffrey Tanenhaus | January 5, 2000

With the New Hampshire primaries less than a month away, Republican Presidential Candidate Steve Forbes hosted a town meeting in the Hanover Inn last night, where he publicized his "new birth of freedom" plan to a predominantly older audience. Forbes said he views winning the New Hampshire primaries as a critical first step, in that a victory would enable him to begin to pressure legislators on Capitol Hill and show that Americans are primed for change. The heart of his campaign, Forbes said, concerns bringing a new birth of freedom to America, which would deliver the true agenda of America to Washington. In order to disseminate his agenda to voters in the Dartmouth community and New Hampshire, Forbes told The Dartmouth step-by-step publicity is the key. "In New Hampshire there is no shortcut to doing what I am doing tonight -- taking the message to the people," he said. In addition to electronic and print media, Forbes' campaign strategy also revolves around using the Internet, including his campaign website, which he said is superior to that of any other candidate. During his speech, Forbes stressed overhauling both the tax code and social security financing, as well as solving the health care crisis with people empowered to choose health resources. Forbes spent a considerable amount of time criticizing the Internal Revenue Service and the pitfalls of what he said is an comprehensible tax code. "We should take this horrific code that is beyond human comprehension and do to it what they used to do monsters in Hollywood movies before they discovered sequels -- take this beast and kill it." Forbes criticized Governor George W.

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Expanded hazing rules a possibility

By Wendy Yu | November 24, 1999

Administrators say the College's hazing policy should be expanded to include current prevalent behaviors for pledge period, such as wearing fraternity placards or unusual clothing. The College's hazing policy defines student hazing as any act, intimidation or coercion directed to a student to participate in an activity which would cause physical or psychological injury as a condition or initiation into membership into an organization. Under this definition, taken from the New Hampshire state legislature, popular pledge activities, such as wearing hats and carrying around objects like lunch boxes or backpacks, are condoned. "There are significant [hazing] issues the Greek system here needs to address," Dean of Residential Life Martin Redman said, also mentioning athletic teams as a group that might engage in hazing. Redman said the hazing policy of the College is much more lenient than the national definition fraternities and sororities use, which is more strict in terms of the kinds of activities it allows.

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Anti-Greek '00s face mixed reactions

By Rachel Osterman | November 24, 1999

Following the admission of their anti-Greek sentiments in The Dartmouth earlier this month, five seniors -- Ben Berk, Josh Green, Teresa Knoedler, Noah Phillips, and Janelle Ruley -- have received substantial negative and some positive feedback. The first students to publically call for the elimination of the Greek system following the Initiative announcement in February, the seniors said some of their personal relationships have suffered as a consequence of their anti-Greek stance, but that none of their closest friendships have been affected by it. "I've gotten pretty much a wide variety of responses," Phillips said.

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