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A note on the theme

By Jeremy Skog | February 11, 2000

This year's theme, "Lest the Cold Traditions Fail," was chosen as a way to look back and examine history, Winter Carnival Committee Co-Chair Amish Parashar '03 said. The carnival used to be centered on winter sports, Parashar said, recently the focus has shifted much more towards the festivities.

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Women at Carnival: from 'special trains' to coeducation

By Rachel Osterman | February 11, 2000

Students familiar with the Winter Carnival posters that hang in Thayer Hall may have noticed a certain peculiarity: the presence of women in many of the signs that date back as late as the 1930s. Indeed, long before coeducation made females' participation in the annual snow festival inevitable, women played an integral, if sometimes controversial, role in the Carnival. Their presence was always highly anticipated, sometimes even competitive, as the men of Dartmouth scrambled to find dates to accompany them during the winter festivities. Once on campus, the women participated in events that would make contemporary female Carnival goers cringe.

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Alums recall Carnival memories

By Omer Ismail | February 11, 2000

While certain activities -- partying, drinking, building snow sculptures and having fun -- remain key Winter Carnival traditions, according to Dartmouth alumni the weekend festivities have evolved significantly over the years. Carnival Dates Before Dartmouth became coeducational in 1972, students invited women from nearby colleges such as Mt.

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Trustee announcement turns 1999 weekend into fiasco

By Jeffrey Tanenhaus | February 11, 2000

The Board of Trustees' announcement of the Social and Residential Life Initiative three days prior to the opening ceremonies of last year's Winter Carnival's disrupted a tradition that had endured through Prohibition and two major wars. With the Initiative's hints at the elimination of single-sex fraternities and sororities -- one clause called for a substantially coeducational social system -- the festive mood on campus changed into an uproar and discontent that climaxed with student protests and national news media attention. The Initiative was met with bold signs of resistance during the weekend, and the Carnival theme "Gone to the Dogs" came to bear an ironic undertone.

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Winter Carnival 2000 Issue

By Andrew Marnell | February 11, 2000

Many of us were caught up in the frenzy of last year's protests and rallies, the lack of parties and the sense of chaos on campus, yet even so the weekend proved to be something special -- a break from everyday routine. Winter in Hanover, forcibily reminds you that the College is somewhat cut off from the rest of the world.

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Sculptures over the years: see how 2000's stacks up

By Kascha Semon | February 11, 2000

In keeping with the theme for this years carnival, "Lest the Cold Traditions Fail, Carnival Through the Years..." the Winter Carnival Committee created a ski jump and skier on the Green, reminiscent of the fomer ski jump competitions held annually on the College's golf course. The jump and skier, designed by Ben Moor '00 and Andy Louis '00, was designed to be approximately 30 ft.

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Middlebury, Bates and Williams celebrate the snow

By Julia Levy | February 11, 2000

It's hard to imagine a Winter Carnival like Dartmouth's existing at most other schools. Just picture a snow sculpture plopped in the middle of Harvard Square, a polar bear swim in Penn's Schukyll River, or a keg jump on Brown's College Hill.

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Sex series ads offend some students

By Julia Levy | February 10, 2000

Some students have expressed concern about graphic and explicit BlitzMail messages and Posters advertising events included in The Women's Resource Center's "Sex Series." Shelley Sandell '01 asked the WRC to remove her from its Blitz list after she received a message from them that she considered "very crude." The original message that Sandell received along with other students across campus contained a self description of Inga Muscio, the author of "Cunt: A Declaration of Independence." Sandell also voiced the opinion of a number of community members whenshe called the poster advertising the month-long Sex Series "lewd." She said the posters around campus containing "graphic nudity" were, in her view, inappropriate. Emilie Linick '00, one of the student coordinators of the series, said the photograph of Muscio -- which included a frontal portrayal of her vagina -- was the only photograph sent to the WRC before Muscio's visit to the College. Linick said the people she works with in the WRC thought the photograph was an asset to the poster because it shows Muscio to be "young" and "kind of funky." Muscio's recent book argues that every woman should be in charge of her own sexual universe. But this typical feminist stance comes wrapped up in a package of rough terms that the WRC predicted could offend certain members of the community. Muscio's book delves into the meaning of the word "cunt," which originated in China, Ireland, Italy and Egypt and was first used respectfully to describe women and women's power. Sandell told The Dartmouth, "My concern was with their presentation of the material and not the subject matter.

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Silver selected as new International director

By Alice Gomstyn | February 10, 2000

Acting Director of the International Office Steve Silver has been selected to permanently fill that position. Silver was chosen out of a pool of over 100 candidates in a national search for a new director by a committee comprised of faculty, administrative, undergraduate and graduate student members who narrowed the field of applicants and conducted interviews. Senior Associate Dean of the College Dan Nelson announced the decision this week. Silver said he was pleased to have been chosen to fill the position.

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Yale frats battle New Haven alcohol attacks

By Mark Bubriski | February 10, 2000

While Dartmouth Greek organizations are enduring pressure from the College administration to improve their standards, Yale University's fraternities are under the gun from a different source -- the city of New Haven. City officials and Yale police have been attempting to enforce zoning codes from the "New Haven Livable City Initiative" to cut down on binge and underage drinking in Yale's fraternities, but little effect of the movement is being seen. Yale's Zeta Psi fraternity, an off-campus house, was considered in the most danger of being evicted -- a letter from the city to Zeta Psi gave the fraternity 10 days to cease and desist from "fraternity business and/or activities" on the property, according to the Yale Daily News. This is of particular concern to all Greek houses at Yale because all are off-campus and, therefore, not regulated by the university.

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Trustees to discuss report and reactions

By Jeffrey Tanenhaus | February 10, 2000

The Board of Trustees will meet this weekend for the first time since the release of the steering committee's recommendations report and discuss the suggestions among themselves and with students and faculty. The steering committee report will consume a large amount of the weekend meeting time, as well as College financial matters -- including the likely decision on next year's tuition rates. While the Trustee weekend coincides with Winter Carnival, Trustee Chair William H.

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Applications stay constant for '04s

By Michelle Hogan | February 10, 2000

The College received 10,165 applications for about 1,075 spaces in Dartmouth's class of 2004 as of Tuesday, numbers that closely mirror recent years' application numbers. The pool for the class of 2004 is roughly the same as last year.

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Brown president announces resignation

By Ithan Peltan | February 9, 2000

Brown University President E. Gordon Gee announced Monday that he will resign his position in April to become the Chancellor of Vanderbilt University. During a press conference in Nashville, T.N., the home of Vanderbilt, Gee said his surprising decision to change jobs was difficult, but that Brown had not been "exactly the right fit." Gee is leaving Brown after barely two years as the 17th president in the university's 235 year history.

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Initiative announced one year ago today

By Andrew Marnell | February 9, 2000

President of the College James Wright announced an end to the Greek system "as we know it" one year ago today in what he said was to be "the most significant change at Dartmouth College since coeducation." The surprising announcement spurred protests and rallies on campus one year ago this week leading into 1999's Winter Carnival, and ultimately the Coed Fraternity Sorority Council decided to cancel all parties scheduled for the annual weekend. "People were extremely worked up," former CFSC President Jaimie Paul '00 said, adding that the council made its decision in an attempt to productively channel the anger on campus immediately following the release of the Trustees' plans. "Not a referendum" The day the Trustees' Five Principles were released on Feb.

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Cooley '49 discusses Afghan conflict

By Daniel C. Chang | February 9, 2000

Last night in the Rockefeller Center, John Cooley '49 discussed the history and consequences of the holy wars in Afghanistan known as Jihad, predicting that evolving regional disputes surrounding the issue could affect international relations. Cooley drew from over 35 years of experiences as a journalist and foreign corespondent as well as his recent book -- "Unholy Wars: Afghanistan, America and International Terrorism" -- as he described the significance of historical landmarks starting in 1979. He explained that in 1979, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, and occupied the country for 10 years. Today the Taliban, an Islamic fundamentalist movement, controls over 90 percent of Afghanistan. He described the oppressive nature of the Taliban regime, noting the fact that women are barred from education, men are forced to grow beards and music and television are prohibited.

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