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Averitt battles AIDS, App. Trail

By Jen Taylor | August 25, 1999

For the last two months Dawn Averitt, a leading activist in AIDS treatment issues, has hoisted a 50-pound pack and joined the approximately 1,500 others who step onto the white-blazed path of the Appalachian Trail. While other hikers face the daily struggle of climbing peaks and facing the 2,160-foot long hike, Averitt adds the extra burden of the daily struggle of living with AIDS. Averitt spoke candidly with students, presenting herself as a picture of health, hope and humor, yesterday at the Tucker Foundation. Although most hikers begin their Appalachian Trail trek in Georgia and head North, Averitt and her party began at Mount Katxhadin in Maine and are heading south -- homeward bound for Averitt, a Georgia native. She and her brothers talked about thru-hiking the trail since they were children. In addition to hiking equipment, Averitt also carries along a substantial drug regiment, taking 28 medications a day in order to keep her immune system healthy. The 15 mile-a-day hike had to be carefully planned to accommodate mail drops every seven to 10 days to pick up medications. "I get up in the morning and shove in four chalk sized pills ... and think 'everyone doesn't do this,'" she told students.

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College profs. study NH primaries

By Deborah Bernstein | August 25, 1999

With the field of candidates narrowing for the 2000 presidential race, a new Dartmouth study shows that New Hampshire voters do not get the level of personal interaction with candidates that is widely assumed. The study, conducted by government Professors Linda Fowler, Constantine Spiliotes and Lynn Vavreck and based on data collected from the 1996 presidential race, shows that only 2.5 percent of voters receive three or more contacts from any candidate. Contacts are defined as meeting a candidate, seeing him or her at a rally, receiving a phone call from a campaign or receiving literature from a candidate in the mail. Candidates who engage in close contact with the voters are practicing "retail politics," and Spiliotes said there is a longstanding political science belief that voters in New Hampshire, the first primary state, make up their mind through meeting candidates. However, Spiliotes said, "In reality, most voters don't go out to meet the candidates to decide who to vote for." Spiliotes said the people who go to rallies to meet candidates are often those voters who are already partial to that particular candidate. According to the study, most New Hampshire voters had no contact with a presidential campaign between October 1995 and February 15, 1996. Fifty-six percent of voters never received a phone call, mailing or handshake from a candidate.

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College tours do not focus on Initiative

By Hank Leukart | August 23, 1999

Despite the recent release of the Social and Residential Life Task Force Report and the continuing work of the steering committee, the College's summer admissions tours still do not cover the Initiative in detail -- and most prospective students on the tours attended by a reporter for The Dartmouth seemed more interested in the dormitories' lack of air conditioning than in the Initiative. "It's a sticky subject," tour guide Jessica Grabarz '01 said.

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Students to intern on Marshall Islands

By Kascha Semon | August 23, 1999

Seven Dartmouth students will fly to the Marshall Islands this winter to teach in the local public schools through an internship program sponsored by the education department. The interns will be the first to work in the public schools on Majuro, one of the major islands, but several Dartmouth graduates have spent the last year working in private schools on another Marshall Island, Kwajalein. The seven undergraduate interns are Diandra Benally '00, Michael Holmes '01, Chung-Yu Hsieh '01, Jessica Souke '01, Matthew Shaffer '01, James Sitar '01 and Mara Tieken '01. Amber Morse '98, who was an environmental studies major while at the College, now lives on Kwajalein, working for minimal pay at the Catholic high school on the island. In an interview with The Valley News, Morse said that she lives in a trailer infested with flying cockroaches, sporadic electricity and minimal drinking water.

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Trustees discuss Initiative at retreat

By Hank Leukart | August 23, 1999

At its annual retreat at the College's Minary Conference Center, the Board of Trustees was briefed about the progress of the steering committee but made no decisions about the Social and Residential Life Initiative and did not alter the Initiative's timetable. "I don't see anything that's going to knock this in some substantive way off the schedule that we're on," Chairman of the Board of Trustees William King '63 said. In November, the steering committee plans to report its findings to the Board.

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Architects present proposals

By Jen Taylor | August 19, 1999

The Centerbrook architects, who will draft the plans for new social and recreational facilities to meet the goals of the Trustee Initiative, met yesterday and Tuesday in the Tindle Lounge of the Thayer dining hall to introduce options to the College community. All of the firm's student life proposals include a replacement for Webster Hall, and some of the more elaborate suggestions include connecting Robinson Hall, Thayer and the Collis Center with three-story additions. Some schemes for a new inclusive athletic complex are as drastic as losing Memorial Field and Red Rolfe baseball stadium. Student Life and Dining The first day of meetings focused on student life and dining sites.

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Trustees to meet in retreat this weekend

By Hank Leukart | August 19, 1999

The Trustees will convene this weekend for their annual August retreat at the College's Minary Conference Center on Squam Lake in Holderness, N.H. Chairman of the Board of Trustees Bill King '63 said the retreat is a "time for the Board to get away and reflect on issues that are of current and long-term importance to the College." Trustees, their spouses and some chosen administrators are invited to the retreat, which King characterized as a "thinking and planning kind of weekend." While King said the Social and Residential Life Initiative will be among the many current College-related issues discussed at the retreat, he said no decisions will be made about it. Instead, he said the nature of the discussion will be only to update the Board on recent events.

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Students respond to GOP race

By Ritika Nandkeolyar | August 19, 1999

Students at the College who are working on Republican presidential campaigns have mixed reactions to the recent developments that have thinned out their party's primary race. New Hampshire senator and Independent presidential candidate Bob Smith, who left the Republican party in July, announced yesterday that he will not seek the nomination of the U.S.

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Planned luau party causes controversy

By Brad Russo | August 17, 1999

After a weekend of behind-the-scenes activity by Greek leaders and campus advocates, it now appears most of the controversy has been settled surrounding Alpha Chi Alpha fraternity's and Delta Delta Delta sorority's planned luau theme party. The Coed Fraternity Sorority Council released an official statement early yesterday morning after house presidents discussed and diffused the issues surrounding the controversy amongst themselves and Aaron Akamu '01, an unofficial spokesman for upset native Hawaiian students. The CFSC hailed the handling of the matter as the way interactions between Greek and non-Greek interests should occur, although relatively few students seemed interested in the controversy over the weekend and many who did told The Dartmouth they did not consider the theme to be offensive. The CFSC wrote in its official statement that it "deeply regrets this unfortunate incident.

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Most say luau party is not offensive

By Kathrin Weston | August 17, 1999

In response to the luau theme party scheduled by Alpha Chi Alpha fraternity and Delta Delta Delta sorority last week, students and faculty members interviewed by The Dartmouth widely agreed the luau theme is not offensive. Some felt, however, that depending on how it is executed, a luau theme could be construed as inappropriate. The Dartmouth interviewed more than 20 students, both affiliated and unaffiliated, faculty members and administrators . An overwhelming majority of them expressed the view that those who were offended by the planned party could have expressed their opinions more effectively by directly contacting the Greek houses responsible rather than sending a mass BlitzMail message to the community. Omar Rashid '00, who sent the message attacking the Greek houses for the theme party, did not respond to phone and BlitzMail interview requests by The Dartmouth.

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Students elect O'Mara and Gussow

By Sarah Rubenstein | August 13, 1999

Collin O'Mara '01 and Charles Gussow '01, who were elected president and vice president of the 2001 Class Council this week, both said the organization will focus on the Initiative and community service this year. O'Mara, a history and English modified major from Syracuse, N.Y., received 274 votes, defeating Judy Huang '01, who received 215.

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DAN starts fundraising campaign

By Jennifer Kay | August 13, 1999

A month before the Initiative steering committee is expected to make a public statement about its progress thus far, the Dartmouth Action Network -- a group dedicated to including Dartmouth students and alumni in Trustee decisions -- has begun a fundraising campaign, but the organization still has no specific projects planned. Action Network co-founder Steven Sugarman '97 said the group's main focus for now is "contacting and identifying alumni who will be active in our organization." Student Assembly President Dean Krishna '01, a member of the Action Network's Executive Student Committee, said "I think they're trying to gain a certain dollar figure of monetary support and build more alumni support." As for other Action Network activities, "This summer has been really low-key," he said. "In the spring, the push was to pledge and support, monetarily or non-monetarily, the cause.

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Large sorority rush may mean fewer bids

By Wendy Yu | August 13, 1999

Both the Interfraternity Council and the Panhellenic Council have made changes to their fall rush policies in order to respond to changing conditions on campus, namely the Trustee's Initiative. Panhell does not expect 100 percent of rushees to be matched with a house, as in past years, while the IFC is exploring the purported exclusive nature of the rush system. So far, 250 women have registered for rush, according to Panhell Rush Chair Ashley Wendus '00, who expects an additional 15 to 50 women to sign up in the Fall term.

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First female tenured professor dies at 93

By Deborah Bernstein | August 13, 1999

Hannah Thompson Croasdale, the first female professor to be granted tenure at the College, died last week at the age of 93. A marine biologist, Croasdale devoted her time at Dartmouth to both teaching and research. Croasdale joined the staff of the Dartmouth Medical School in 1935 as a research assistant and two years later became a technical assistant in the zoology department.

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Comm. may lower ticket prices

By Sarah Rubenstein | August 13, 1999

A committee is considering the options for reducing the prices of student tickets for Hopkins Center and athletic events at some point in the coming year. Committee chair and Associate Director of Financial Services Bonnie Norton said the committee has been using this term to weigh the options for reducing prices and will make a recommendation to the College's senior administration by the end of August about whether to reduce the prices. However, Norton would not comment on the committee's findings or considerations, because she said she does not want any of her comments to affect the committee's procedure. "I would think that after our next meeting we would be very close to finalizing our recommendations," she said. The committee members are Jackie Lippe '01, Deirdre Brenner '01, Kathryn Beane '01, graduate student Andrew Whitney, Norton, Dean of Student Life Holly Sateia, Business Manager of Athletics Ken Snelling, Executive Director of the Montgomery Endowment Barbara Gerstner, Hopkins Center Business Officer Jay Cary and Richard Heck, executive officer in the Dean of the College Office. In establishing a contract in which the College would exclusively use its products in dining halls and vending machines, the Coca-Cola company agreed to provide the College with a $200,000 commission for the first two years of the contract, to be adjusted in the third year.

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Senator Bob Smith to join U.S. Taxpayers Party

By Ritika Nandkeolyar | August 11, 1999

New Hampshire Senator and independent presidential candidate Bob Smith announced yesterday that he will seek a presidential nomination from the United States Taxpayers Party. In an official statement Smith said he will attend the USTP's convention in St.

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Students begin voting on 2001 Class Council

By Deborah Bernstein | August 11, 1999

Members of the class of 2001 began voting yesterday for their Class Council president and vice-president, although the vast majority of the class did not attend the Monday debate where candidates for these positions sparred over what the role of the council is in championing the Greek system and community service at a Monday night debate. Ballots were blitzed to students by Director of Student Activities Mark Hoffman, and will have to be returned to the Student Activities office by 3:00 p.m.

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DDS plans free refills starting Fall term

By Brad Russo | August 11, 1999

After a trial run last month in the Courtyard Caf, Dartmouth Dining Services is now prepared to offer free soda refills in all but one of its dining halls starting this Fall term. While final details of the plan still need to be worked out, Director of Dining Services Tucker Rossiter said yesterday every undergraduate dining hall except Lone Pine Tavern will most likely be offering unlimited free refills next term. Unlike the one-week trial run in which diners used receipts or tokens to redeem one refill, Rossiter said it now appears the permanent refill offer will likely be for patrons who have a reusable mug such as the "Dartmouth Recycles" mug. "That way we support two things," Rossiter said.

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