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SA submits annual report to Trustees

By Eun Lee Koh | June 30, 1998

The Student Assembly said it would work to give students a larger role in the College's decision-making process in its annual report, submitted to the Board of Trustees earlier this month. The report, authored by newly-elected Assembly President Josh Green '00, called for increased interaction between students and Trustees, including student participation in Trustee elections and granting student membership on the Board of Trustees. "We are surprised by the limited responsibility given to students in the College's decision-making processes," the report stated.

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Spurr '99 rushes Fenway field

By Sarah Gerry | June 30, 1998

A College student was arrested last term after he rushed Boston's Fenway Park during a Memorial Day weekend game between the Toronto Blue Jays and Boston Red Sox. Jeremy Spurr '99, a member of Gamma Delta Chi fraternity who came to Boston with about 30 Gamma Delt brothers, said he ran from the outfield to second base, then walked off the field and was taken into custody. "[Spurr was] break dancing in the middle of the infield and then started to walk off," Gamma Delt brother Brendan Panda '00 said.

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Roderick '99 wins Cardozo Award

By Sarah Gerry | June 26, 1998

Kyle Roderick '99 was waiting on tables at a Cape Cod restaurant last term when, one day halfway through lunch, his employer told him to leave immediately. Roderick had planned to drive to the College that afternoon to speak at a reception for the recipient of the Ranny B.

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Plans for cable service in dorms put on hold

By Jacob T. Elberg | June 26, 1998

College officials have put plans to provide cable service to residence hall rooms in the College's dormitories on hold -- at least until after next fall and likely until Fall term, 1999. Senior Associate Dean of the College Dan Nelson, who will become acting dean of the College on July 1, said a decision was made to add new fire escapes and extra rooms to a number of residence halls in the upcoming year rather than to proceed with the cable project. "The life safety and decompression issues were on our list of priorities along with the cable issue," Nelson said.

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Bike thefts on the rise Spring term

By Edward Thomas | June 24, 1998

The number of both locked and unlocked bikes reported stolen increased last term, especially towards the end of the school-year, according to Safety and Security Crime Prevention Specialist Rebel Roberts. Although arrests in bike theft cases have been rare, 38 of the 77 bikes stolen have been recovered by Safety and Security. Roberts said Safety and Security suspects people outside the College community may be responsible for the bike thefts. "We used to see more bikes being taken around campus," Roberts said.

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Rain-soaked graduates say goodbye to College

By Sarah Gerry | June 24, 1998

A rain-soaked crowd of 1,509 degree recipients concluded their Dartmouth careers June 14 with advice and reflections from Pulitzer-prize winning biographer Doris Kearns Goodwin and College President James Freedman. Goodwin, presidential biographer and assistant to former President Lyndon Johnson, told her audience of graduates, their families and Dartmouth alumni to strive for "not perfection of work alone but perfection of life" and said any measure of success will "not be worth it in the long run" if students do not enjoy their daily routine. She said students should avoid the situation Johnson, who was intent on the acquisition of political power, encountered during the last year of his life, when "the realm of his power was taken from him" and "he was drained of all vitality." Instead, she suggested graduates follow the examples set by Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.

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Summer Montgomery Fellow arrives today

By Eun Lee Koh | June 24, 1998

Author and political activist Manning Marable, most famous for his writings on race and ethnicity, will arrive at the College today as the Summer term's Montgomery Fellow. Marable, a history professor at Columbia University and the director of the University's Institute for Research in African American Studies, will be teaching a history course about twentieth century black political thought. "The thing I look forward to the most is the students," Marable said from his office at Columbia yesterday.

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'28s will share memories, momentos and lobster

By Kathrin Weston | June 14, 1998

Approximately 12 members of the Class of '28, the oldest class celebrating a reunion this year, and 22 of class members' wives, widows, children and grandchildren will return to Hanover on the 26th of this month to attend their 70th and final official reunion, Reunion Chairman Jerry Sass said. After a Friday registration, the alumni visitors will be staying at the Hanover Inn, where Sass said he has made arrangements for two gourmet dinners on Friday and Saturday night. The guests can choose between Maine lobster, Filet Mignon and other delicacies. "Nothing is too good for the Class of '28," Sass said. He said the visitors will take a tour of the entire campus to see the new construction and the plans for the College.

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Glee club to sing during ceremony: Chamber Singers, Glee Club sing for grads, visitors, alums this weekend

By Sarah Gerry | June 14, 1998

This weekend's Commencement celebration featured Chamber Singer and Glee Club performances of a wide variety of music, ranging from well-loved, traditional Dartmouth melodies to African Freedom songs. In concerts on Friday and Saturday, the Chamber Singers and the Glee Club each performed a series of melodies. Most of the Chamber Singers' selections were from their Spring Concert, "Voices of Freedom," the group's President Dan Shaw '98 said. The songs from the Spring Concert included South African Freedom Songs and African American Spirituals, Director of the Chamber Singers Charles Houmard said. Houmard said the group also sang an Italian Madrigal, a work of high-poetry, often one about passionate love, set to music. The piece the Chamber singers performed featured lyrics from an Italian Renaissance poem and music composed by Matt Kramar '00, a member of the group. The group made a special effort to include favorites of its seniors, Molly Heath '98, Joseph Curtis '98 and Shaw, in their final performances. Two guests performed with the Chamber singers this weekend, Mezzo-soprano Erma Gattie sang a solo, and the director and a member of the World Music Percussion Ensemble accompanied the group. Houmard called the Chamber Singers' selections "uplifting." "We want to send graduates off in a high spirited frame of mind," he said. Shaw, who guest conducted one of the pieces, said the Chamber Singers' selections were "fun music." "It should be fun for [the audience] to listen to," he said.

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