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Dartmouth students struggle to win Rhodes

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This past December when the year's 32 Rhodes Scholars were announced, Harvard, Yale and the University of Chicago had much to celebrate, with Harvard and Chicago producing three recipients each and Yale producing two. Meanwhile in Hanover, students and administrators were left to wonder for another year what's wrong with Dartmouth -- out of the 12 Dartmouth students who applied only one made it to the final round and none were selected as Scholars. With just two winners within the last four years and not much success in the recent past, Dartmouth's Chair of the Committee on Graduate Fellowships Monika Otter said she is puzzled by the College's inability to produce Rhodes Scholars. "I wish I knew better," she said.


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Gore announces mental health policy at DHMC

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The White House will ask Congress for a 24 percent increase in funding for mental health block grants to states in the next year, Tipper Gore announced yesterday in a speech at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Gore -- the wife of Vice President Al Gore and the mental health advisor to President Bill Clinton -- visited the DHMC psychiatry ward and spoke at a session attended by approximately 120 people, including Dartmouth College President James Wright and former Surgeon General C.


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Panhell selects new leadership

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The self-governing body of the College's sorority system -- the Panhellenic Council -- unanimously elected Kelly Bodio '00 Wednesday to become the organization's president for the next year. Bodio, who is former summer president of Delta Delta Delta sorority and is also active in Student Assembly, said she is excited about her challenging new role in Panhell. "There is potential to do a lot this term," Bodio said, adding that she "wanted to be involved." Seven other positions were voted upon during elections chaired by outgoing president Cynthia Anderson '99, outgoing Rho Chi Coordinator Jen Anderson '99 and outgoing Judiciary Committee Representative Katy Keller '99. Julie Calderon '01 will serve as interim vice president this winter, filling in for Ashley Wendus '00, a member of Epsilon Kappa Theta sorority who is currently on a leave term. A former Alpha Xi Delta sorority delegate to Panhell, Calderon said that involvement with the Council "is a very good way to represent women on campus." Jessica Ross '00, a former treasurer of EKT and Panhell treasurer for the past two terms, will maintain her current post. Cynthia Anderson said the successes of Panhell during the past year include the lack of unmatched bids during rush -- 100 percent of women completing rush were offered a bid -- improved community service and an effort to "provide more space and activities for women on campus." Anderson said her term as president was marred only by frustrations with her role -- because of a rule that prevents the presidents of Panhell and the Inter-fraternity Council from voting in the CFSC, Anderson said she was unable to participate in decisions regarding alcohol policies and programming standards that affect the entire Greek system.


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Linguistics can change approach to law

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Clark Cunningham '75 told an audience of about 40 students, faculty and members of the community that linguistics can make positive contributions to the creation and application of laws, at a lecture given in the Rockefeller Center yesterday. Many laws could be clarified and client-lawyer relationships improved if judges and lawyers relied more on linguistics -- the study of the nature and structure of speech, Cunningham said. He compared the lawyer-client relationship to a bus driver-passenger relationship. "A dominant approach of lawyers is that they assume that as long as they get the client to the destination, the driving doesn't matter," said Cunningham, himself a professor of law at Washington University in St.



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Greek houses conclude winter rush process

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While the majority of eligible students rush during the Fall term, 37 women and at least 26 men participated in this winter's rush period over the past week. Some eligible students choose to wait until Winter term before rushing, and others were off-campus during the Fall term. Alpha Delta fraternity admitted the most new members this winter, with three men joining the house.





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Goodwin among Montgomery Fellows

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The Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Endowment at Dartmouth will bring a series of presidential biographers to campus Winter term to address the issues of presidential leadership and power at the end of the 20th century. The program was planned before President Bill Clinton's current impeachment proceedings and is not intended to directly address the situation in Washington. "The intent is to take Dartmouth's last Winter and Spring terms of the 20th century and examine how certain presidents in this century have used -- or misused -- the power of their office," said Barbara Gerstner, assistant provost and executive director of the Montgomery Endowment. The format departs from the traditional Montgomery format, where visiting speakers stay at the College to give multiple lectures and interact with students.









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Wright presents awarad to alumnus in Japan

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TOKYO -- College President James Wright presented the fifth Kan'ichi Asakawa Award, which recognizes outstanding alumni in Japan, to Chiharu Igaya '57 yesterday at a reception hosted here by the Dartmouth Club of Japan. Igaya, the first Japanese graduate of the College after World War II, is a member of the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee.


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Town Planning Board approves Chase Field

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The Hanover Planning Board conditionally approved the College's proposal to upgrade Chase Field, which is used by the lacrosse and field hockey teams, in a three-hour meeting last night. In an interview late last night, Planning Board Chair Charles Faulkner told The Dartmouth that the College will be able to install artificial turf and foot-candle lighting poles under several restrictions, including the times when lights can be used. The board decided to allow no more than 10 events per year to use the full NCAA lighting power on the artificial turf field after 7 p.m., according to Faulkner. The lower light level for practice can be used only up until 8 p.m.


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Bronsnick looks for corporate job

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For several months now, Lee Bronsnick '99 and many other seniors have faced the intimidating rows of suits filling the Hanover Inn, searching among them for a future employer. Company representatives have come to recruit the students into the corporate world. Bronsnick said he is particularly interested in finance and the securities and stock industries.