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College to announce Montgomery Fellows

By Lauren Emerson | January 28, 2000

Students can expect to learn the identity of this term's Montgomery Fellows sometime next week. According to Assistant Provost Barbara Gerstner these new fellows have already been chosen. The announcement will be made as soon as the dates of their visits are finalized.

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Wireless Ethernet access now available

By Rachel Osterman | January 27, 2000

Dartmouth students who own laptops are now able to access the World Wide Web, search the Online Library and check their BlitzMail accounts via a wireless Ethernet connection, according to Kiewit Computing Services. To pick up the Ethernet signal, students need to have internal attachments for iBook computers, which are available at Kiewit for $89.

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College to host stem cell forum

By Alice Gomstyn | January 27, 2000

The ethical controversy over the origins of stem cells used in research will be the topic of a forum hosted by the College on Saturday. Stem cells -- which are the young cells that have the potential to develop into specialized body tissue, such as blood, heart, muscle and nerve cells -- may be obtained from frozen embryos and aborted fetuses. The symposium entitled "Student Science Court: The Future of Stem Cell Research," features two panels.

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Some say report misses diversity issues

By Mike A. Hamilton | January 27, 2000

Just two weeks after the release of the steering committee's recommendations on the Student Life Initiative, some students are expressing feelings of ambivalence or dismay towards the report's treatment of issues pertaining to members of diverse racial backgrounds and sexual orientations. Although some students appear satisfied with the way the report addresses potential on campus issues such as homophobia and cultural ignorance, others believe the recommendations are ambiguous or inadequate. Many students have been left wondering about specifics in the report. "What will happen with affinity housing?

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Police have suspect in Robo computer thefts

By Ithan Peltan | January 26, 2000

The Hanover Police Department has a suspect in last week's theft of computers and other electronic equipment last week from student organization offices in Robinson Hall, Police Chief Nick Giaconne said yesterday. Giaconne said investigators are focusing on a suspect who is not a member of the Dartmouth or Hanover communities.

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College to host Latino 2000 conference

By Mike A. Hamilton | January 26, 2000

The Latino 2000 Conference -- consisting of three days of workshops and panels on the role of Latinos in culture, academics, and politics in the United States -- will take place at the College during the first week of February. Exchange of information and discourse between students and successful Latinos in many different fields will be of paramount importance, said student organizer Andrew Vera '01. Vera also said it is equally important to attract people of all backgrounds in an effort to bridge ethnic and cultural gaps. "This conference is for everyone, not just Latinos.

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Residential systems vary among schools

By Rachel Osterman | January 26, 2000

When the steering committee released its long-awaited report earlier this month, much of the initial focus centered on the radical reforms to the Greek system it proposed. But the report contained radical ideas in other areas as well -- calling for an enhanced cluster system and first-year only housing. Today, The Dartmouth concludes its three-day look at how other colleges and universities organize their residential life systems. University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania began its overhaul of residential life last summer, marking a shift from a standard dormitory system to one with 12 residential colleges.

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New Task Force to meet tomorrow

By Omer Ismail | January 26, 2000

The new Student Response Task Force will meet for the first time tomorrow morning, to discuss their role in the upcoming months in gathering opinion on the controversial steering committee recommendations. According to Co-chair of the Task Force and Student Assembly president Dean Krishna '01 the purpose of the meeting is for the members to meet one another, deliberate on their charge, establish the ground rules and set a vision for the feedback in future months. "Something we all know we should be doing is encouraging student dialogue and role in the process," Krishna said, adding the Task Force members will primarily discuss how to fulfill this goal.Krishna said he has the idea of convening a "president's council," bringing all student organization presidents together in responding to the recommendations.

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Phonathon earns $274,996

By Stella Lee | January 26, 2000

Although student volunteer participation in this year's 24th annual Dartmouth Alumni Fund Student Phonation has been lower than in previous years, donations do not seem to have been affected. After five days, the Phonation has raised $274,996 from 1,233 donors with four days left to call, Assistant Director of the Alumni Fund Christopher Buffoli said. One of the principle reasons for the lack of volunteers is that the Office of Residential Life has forbidden the event's organizers to send direct BlitzMail messages to Undergraduate Advisors and Area Coordinators to request help as a group, Buffoli said. Direct contact with the UGAs has proven to be successful in the past, with UGAs and ACs holding competitions among their groups on who can make the most phone calls. Buffoli said that due to the complaints of some UGAs regarding the direct blitzes urging them to volunteer, ORL made a ruling two years ago to ban this mode of publicizing. The success of the volunteer turnout can be drastically different every year, with timing being a key factor. In some years a lot of active, enthusiastic people on campus come out and participate in the event, Buffoli said.

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Participants discuss housing in third 'chat'

By Jeremy Skog | January 25, 2000

Students expressed concerns with proposed freshmen-only housing last night at the third of the continuing series of "Fireside Chats" last night in Collis Commonground. Dean of the College James Larimore began the evening suggesting that the conversation for the night should center around residential life and the issue of housing segregated by class year quickly arose. Some seniors said that they were often distracted by the freshmen on their hall and proposed that upperclass students have a choice on whether they wish to live with freshmen or not. Others disagreed, saying that when they were freshmen they appreciated being able to go to upperclass students for advice. One person mentioned that living off-campus also affected interaction with new students, saying that students often give up the beneficial opportunity to meet new students when do not live in College residence halls. Students also expressed many different views on the role of Undergraduate Advisors. Some expressed the concern that sophomore UGAs did not have the knowledge to accurately advise first-year students, though others responded that quality was more dependent on the individual. Many agreed that if UGAs were offered better compensation the College would find more individuals willing to take on the job, and some suggested that offering more pay or free room and board would increase the number of applicants for the position. One graduate commented that senior-only housing may force people away from the community and that people should feel responsible for the quality of their community. Opinions on the proposed cluster system varied as well.

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College leads Ivies in female profs

By Ritika Nandkeolyar | January 25, 2000

While the College was the last Ivy League school to admit women into its student body and was nationally perceived as a male-dominated institution for many years after, today Dartmouth is a leader in its inclusion of women in its faculty. According to Dean of the Faculty Ed Berger, currently approximately 35 percent of the 344 tenure and tenure-track faculty in arts and sciences at the College are female, while 31.5 percent of the 254 tenured faculty are women. The average of a group of 14 selective colleges including all the Ivy League schools is 17 percent tenured, 22 percent tenure and tenure-track, Berger said. Faculty are hired either as visiting professors on a one-year contract or regular faculty.

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Yale and Princeton have residential college systems

By Rachel Osterman | January 25, 2000

When the steering committee released its long-awaited report earlier this month, much of the initial focus centered on the radical reforms to the Greek system it proposed. But the report contained radical ideas in other areas as well -- calling for an enhanced cluster system and first-year only housing. Today, The Dartmouth continues its three-day look at how other colleges and universities organize their residential life systems. Yale Yale's now famous college system began in the 1930s after a large donor requested that the University construct a residential life system modeled after those in the English universities. As the system functions today, students are randomly assigned to one of 12 colleges, similar to Dartmouth's proposed clusters, prior to matriculation.

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