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SA to focus on increasing student voice

By Jeffrey Tanenhaus | March 5, 1999

Josh Green '00 told The Dartmouth yesterday his top priority during his last term as Student Assembly president will be to fight for the inclusion of student opinion in the College's decision making processes. In a crusade for greater institutional voice, Green said one of the "most difficult things this year has been getting answers to the challenges we pose to the administration, and hopefully spring term is the time we'll get some answers and win some battles." Green said he hopes his editorial column printed last week in The Dartmouth, which sharply criticized the administration and the Board of Trustees, will encourage students to help achieve his goal. Jorge Miranda '01, chair of the Assembly's academic affairs committee said, "The Assembly is tired of being administration's lap dog, and students want more power and voice and the SA will go for that." As a result of the Trustees' landmark social and residential life initiative that alluded to the end of the single-sex Greek system at the College, working groups were formed to address each of the five principles in the initiative. The Assembly will focus on the results of those working groups toward the end of Spring term. "I hope the Assembly will be an advocate for the students when the Trustees make their final decisions.

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Smoking making a comeback at Dartmouth

By Allison Robbins | March 4, 1999

Although an abundance of national anti-smoking campaigns have been directed at the youth of America in the past several years, recent statistics at Dartmouth show that smoking has made a comeback, confirming the results of a Harvard University study published last November in the Journal of American Medicine which found smoking has regained popularity on college campuses across the country. According to the study, co-authored by Henry Wechsler, Ph.D.

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Task force holds second meeting

By Hank Leukart | March 4, 1999

The Residential and Social Life Task Force met for the second time yesterday, and discussed the coordination of their efforts with other campus groups and the collection of student and College staff proposals. Acting Dean of the College Dan Nelson told The Dartmouth yesterday that the task force plans to contact every campus organization to "encourage their participation in the process and their thinking about the five principles." Nelson hopes that every member of the College -- students, faculty, and staff -- will participate in discussion about the Trustees' initiatives. During the meeting, task force members decided to write letters to various campus organizations explaining how they can submit proposals to the task force.

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Criteria for new dean unchanged

By Kathrin Weston | March 3, 1999

The Board of Trustee's recently announced social and residential life initiative will not change the criteria for the candidate in the search for a new dean of residential life, according to Committee Chair and Associate Dean of the College Janet Terp. Despite the major social and residential overhaul that the new dean of residential life will inherit, the committee will continue to look for a candidate who understands residential life, the classroom experience and the liberal arts program, Terp said. The committee will be meeting this week to discuss and review the approximately 50 applications it has received, and then try to create a preliminary list of candidates to give serious consideration, according to Terp.

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ORL releases housing priority numbers

By Austin Zalkin | March 2, 1999

With housing numbers released in the past two days, the Offices of Residential Life and Admissions are taking measures to prevent housing crunch similar to last September's from developing next year. In an effort to ensure on campus housing for students, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Karl Furstenberg said his office lowered its target number for freshman enrollment in the class of 2003. "The '02 class was a little bit bigger than we expected," Furstenberg said.

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Final two working groups meet

By Jeffrey Tanenhaus | March 2, 1999

A dozen people participated in each of two working groups last night in the Collis Center -- groups established to address the College Board of Trustee's five principles to overhaul Dartmouth's social and residential life systems. The topics discussed included principle four -- the reduction of students living off campus, and principle five -- which mandates the College "eliminate the abuse and unsafe use of alcohol." The final two of five working groups were meeting for the first time last night, so more time was devoted in both meetings to deciding fundamental issues concerning the organization, goals and questions than was spent reaching conclusions. "I realize now that it's very difficult to start from scratch, but as we generate ideas and proposals, we shouldn't overlook discussing them with the public," Student Assembly President Josh Green '00 said. Discussion of principle four was initially geared towards detailing the overlap between principle four and principle one -- which called for improved residential options, and debating whether or not to combine the two. Green noted that in terms of combining the two principles, even as over time similarities develop, "the more access points we have, the better off we are, and some people seem to think there is a difference between the two." After debating the prospect of group four functioning as a subcommittee of one, the group decided to delay the decision on working in tandem until future meetings. "Number four is narrow, and number one is so broad, and I wish we could divide them up more equally," Green said. The foremost challenge for next week, however, is recruitment, facilitator Margaret Kuecker '01 said. After 50 students attended Sunday's working group on highly controversial principle three, calling for co-ed Greek organizations, attendance was decidedly low last night.

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Asian-American students argue for more support

By Omer Ismail | March 1, 1999

Students argued for the need for additional academic and institutional support for Asian-American students at Dartmouth in an informal discussion at the Hanover Inn Friday night. The crowd of approximately 60 mostly Asian-American students shared personal experiences and raised their concerns with administrators and faculty members, saying they felt the College's Asian Studies department was insufficient and that different academic departments failed to fully integrate the Asian-American experience into the curriculum. "We need an insight into our history," Jennifer Chon '99, co-chair of Pan-Asian Council, said. Melissa Kho '99, one of the other PAC co-chairs, said there was a need for all students to learn Asian-American culture, language and history. "Two Asian-American history courses are not enough," she said, referring to the two courses currently taught by Visiting History Professor Vernon Takeshita this term. Linda Lewis, a visiting professor in Asian studies, reiterated the need for a strengthened Asian Studies department.

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Women's hockey earns one point on weekend

By Scott Harrison | March 1, 1999

The Dartmouth women's ice hockey team's fight for home ice in the playoffs came to a valiant end this weekend as Dartmouth lost to top-ranked Harvard 4-3 on Saturday and tied Northeastern 0-0 yesterday, with both games ending in overtime. The events of the weekend dropped Dartmouth to sixth place in the league with 31 points on the season. The coveted fourth place position, and its home ice advantage in the playoffs, is held comfortably by the Northeastern Huskies with 36 points. The final two games of the season for the Big Green against Brown and Providence will determine whose ice Dartmouth will have to travel to once the playoffs begin. It is very possible that their first round opponent will indeed be those very same Northeastern Huskies. Despite only grabbing one point, Dartmouth's performance this weekend was excellent . The team proved it could play on an even level with the best in the nation.

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Seventy attend first working groups

By Heather Kofke-Egger | March 1, 1999

Over 70 students gathered in working groups last night to address three of the Board of Trustee's five principles -- the set of guidelines for what is expected to be a historic overhaul of the College's social and residential life systems. Student Assembly President Josh Green '00 said the strong interest in the groups represents an intense student interest in the Trustee's proposal and the future of Dartmouth. "Right now the Trustees aren't taking what we're saying into account and we need to give them a reason to," Green said.

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Scavenger hunt causes bomb scare

By Julia Levy | March 1, 1999

Police and Fire units evacuated Collis Center on Friday afternoon when a birthday scavenger hunt went awry and Collis workers mistook a clue wrapped in a paper bag for a bomb. Word of a bomb scare spread quickly throughout the campus via BlitzMail, but after more than three hours of investigating by local and state police the source of the scare became known. "It was a caveman costume," said Joe Edelman '99, who planned the action adventure birthday for his friend Nate Huckel-Bauer '99.

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Haass promotes U. S. action

By Ritika Nandkeolyar | February 26, 1999

The United States should act as the world's "sheriff," Richard Haass, director of Foreign Policy Studies at Brookings Insititution in Washington, told a Rockefeller Center audience in a speech last night. The civil strife in Bosnia, Kosovo, Rwanda and Somalia are examples that the world does not self-regulate, and the United States must act to protect American interests and values, Haass said. The United States must take the reins in global leadership, Haass said, because organizations such as the United Nations and NATO are hampered by lack of ideological consensus. With the collapse of the Soviet Union and with the economic turmoils in Europe and Asia, the United States is currently the strongest state both politically and economically to take the global leadership role, Haass said. "And if we are successful sheriffs now, we'd have to saddle up and ride out less in the future," he said. Haass stressed the need for fostering strong relationship with other nations, thus spreading the costs of operations to make success more likely.

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