Kelly Bodio balances Panhell, Green Key
The long list of activities of Kelly Bodio '00, the newly elected president of the Panhellenic Council, would overwhelm most people.
The long list of activities of Kelly Bodio '00, the newly elected president of the Panhellenic Council, would overwhelm most people.
Steel structure likely to be erected next term
Reactions to President Clinton's State of the Union address were mixed among students who watched the speech last night. Students generally agreed that the timing of the speech was acceptable, citing the president's constitutional requirement to deliver the speech as reason not to delay, despite impeachment proceedings in the Senate. "I think it is really important to show the country that the business of the country is being conducted," Scott Jacobs '99 said.
Dean of the Tucker Foundation Scott Brown '78 announced yesterday he will be stepping down from his post at the end of the academic year, citing two book projects as the main reason for his resignation. Brown, who has held the position since 1996, told The Dartmouth last night his decision to resign from his post was smattered with "a little bit of regret." "I certainly have mixed feelings," Brown said.
Exactly one month after the House of Representatives voted to impeach him, President Bill Clinton stood before the same body last night and delivered a State of the Union address designed to appeal to all members of the political spectrum while at the same time signifying to his crucial liberal base that his loyalty remained with them. This tight-wire act was performed in Clinton's typical highly stylized and well polished manner, offering something for everyone -- the only thing missing was an entirely active audience. Republicans generally reserved their applause for key points with either a highly conservative or completely non-partisan nature and rarely rose to their feet.
The Hanover Planning Board revised its restrictions of the College's construction plans for Chase Field last night, but it is unclear if the changes will put an end to the battle over the proposed new sports complex. The board spent over an hour at Town Hall discussing and revising the wording of many of the 17 conditions the board placed on Dartmouth's original site plan for construction on Chase Field. But neither side -- the College nor the group of Hanover residents fighting the construction -- gave any indication last night that the revisions would cause them to drop the appeals they filed in Grafton County Superior Court following the board's original decision. . . . . .record is produced, and then we'll go from there," DeWitt said. Chase Field is currently used by the soccer, lacrosse and field hockey teams.
Controversial filmmaker keynotes MLK day
Five hundred thousand dollars in nine days -- that is the goal of this week's annual Alumni Phonathon which began on Sunday and will continue through Jan.
Everyone on campus is sick -- or at least it seems that way. Fevers, sore throats, coughing and fatigue are currently sweeping the Dartmouth community as it battles the first viral wave of 1999 winter. The flu may be interrupting the work and sleep schedules of many students, but according to Jack Turco, director of Health Services at Dick's House, this wave of viruses is completely normal for this time of year. Turco added that the fact that students are cooped up inside where germs cannot escape contributes to the spread of the viruses. Eliot Grigg '01 complained of a headache, coughing, sore throat and aching.
Questions about the effects of the changes to the College alcohol policy drew mixed reactions from students and fraternity presidents.
Most students have mixed feelings about Christian group mailing
Dozens of the Dartmouth women chose to end pregnancies each year
Dartmouth seems to be one of those places where people come and just don't leave. Julie Kalish '91 has come and gone, but there's something about Hanover that just keeps pulling her back here.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Distribution of 'Mere Christianity' concludes month of controversy
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.
Paul '00 is first woman to serve in Greek system's top position