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DDS: your home cooked meal away from home

By The Editors | August 1, 1999

When members of the Class of 2003 return to Hanover after their freshman Dartmouth Outing Club trips, one of the first things they will want is a home-cooked meal. Instead, they will have to settle for Dartmouth Dining Services. DDS is actually really good " for college food. The numerous different dining halls -- there are a total of 11 establishments on campus -- make for a great selection, and either the health-nut or the junk-food junkie can find culinary happiness. Food Court, with the most seating and the longest hours (its open from 11 a.m.

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Your guide to Dartmouth slang

By The Dartmouth | August 1, 1999

Editor's note: While reading this vocabulary section, take everything with a grain of salt. Although people do use these words, this section is somewhat tounge-in-cheek, so take it as such. beast (noun) " The beer of choice in most fraternity basements because of its low cost.

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New Trustee chairman reflects on his time at Dartmouth

By Jay Krehbiel | August 1, 1999

Although William King '63 arrived on campus for the first time in the fall of 1959, his father, Class of 1933, had told him enough to make him feel as if Dartmouth was old news. "As a child, I had decided to go someplace else," King said. It was his sister's stories of weekend visits to Dartmouth from Smith College that would entice the newly-appointed Chairman of the Board of Trustees back to the Hanover campus.

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Steering Committee gathers opinions, examines Task Force proposals

By Kathrin Weston | August 1, 1999

The Steering Committee for the Social and Residential Life Initiative is in the process of reviewing the more than 250 pages of proposals that were submitted to the Task Force in response to the Initiative and will decide a course of action during the 1999-2000 academic year. The Committee consists of 14 members chosen from the Dartmouth community. In addition to Trustees of the College Susan Dentzer '77 and Peter Fahey '68, the Committee is comprised of Allen Collins '53, Thomas Csatari '74, graduate student Jesse Fecker, Susan Finegan '85, French professor Mary Jean Green, Equal Opportunity director Ozzie Harris '81, College Vice President and Treasurer Win Johnson '67, Dean of the College-designate James Larimore, Anthropology professor Deborah Nichols, Associate Professor of Engineering Ulf Osterberg, and four undergraduate students. The student representatives are Meg Smoot '01, who was elected by the student body to the Steering Committee and Matthew K.

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Wright's first year in office brings controversial Initiative

By Deborah Bernstein | August 1, 1999

With 30 years of experience at the College prior to his inauguration as the 16th president in the Wheelock succession, James Wright is using his Dartmouth knowledge to usher in some of the most controversial changes in the College's history. From his days as a zinc miner to finally the post of President of the College, Wright has brought tenacity to every step of his way to the presidency. In 1987 Wright chaired a committee on residential life which urged the College to build a new student center, reduce the influence of Greek houses on campus and increase the sense of community in residence halls. He served as both acting dean of the faculty and acting provost until then President James Freedman appointed Wright provost without the usual search committee process. This raised faculty ire, and resulted in Wright announcing he would resign after one year instead of becoming "a point of contention between [Freedman] and the faculty." Wright talked to The Dartmouth last year about that experience.

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Polls show students favor Greeks

By Deborah Bernstein | August 1, 1999

Two polls taken by The Dartmouth indicate students overwhelmingly favor the continuation of the single-sex Greek system, although opinions range about what, if anything should replace it if need be. Taken immediately after the announcement of the Trustees' Initiative in February and then a month later in March, the two polls' results were nearly identical. Out of 2,624 respondents, 60 percent said they support the continuation of the single-sex Greek system at the College, down just two percentage points from the days immediately following the bombshell announcement on February 9.

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Panhell president excels as athlete

By Collin P. O'Mara | July 30, 1999

The interests of Summer Panhellenic Council president Chiara Grabill '01 extend far beyond sorority life. She walked on to the varsity softball team as a freshman, to receive All-Ivy recognition last season.

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Report focuses on reducing alcohol use

By Brad Russo | July 28, 1999

While the campus may know little about William DeJong, the Initiative Steering Committee now knows considerably more about his views on alcohol and its role in colleges and universities. The director of the Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, DeJong spoke with the committee during their meetings in Hanover last week. DeJong, who is also on the national board of directors for Mothers Against Drunk Driving, was unavailable for comment yesterday, but a 190-page report co-authored by the Harvard School of Public Health professor contains his recommendations for alcohol policies at colleges. DeJong writes in the report that "school officials need to ask themselves several fundamental questions" including: --"Should the school's admissions criteria be altered so that newly matriculated students are at less risk of binge drinking and other drug use?" --"Should fraternities and sororities be banned or otherwise restricted?

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