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Wright Chapter Begins

By Sarah Rubenstein | September 24, 1998

James Wright ceremoniously took over the office of College president yesterday before a crowd of approximately 5,000 people at a combined Inauguration and Convocation on Baker Lawn. Wright, the 16th president of Dartmouth, was greeted by a standing ovation after receiving the Charter of the College from chairman of the Board of Trustees Stephen Bosworth and the Wentworth Bowl from former President James O.

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ORL puts students in lounges, off campus

By Kathrin Westo | September 23, 1998

A shortage of on-campus housing this term forced the Office of Residential Life to place 11 freshmen in converted study lounges, storage spaces and area coordinator offices as one of several measures to provide sufficient housing. Director of Housing Services Lynn Rosenblum said several factors caused this year's housing crunch, including the exceptionally large size of the freshman class, which has more than 1,100 members. A drop in available off-campus programs this year also contributed to the tight situation, Rosenblum said.

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Wright to be inaugurated today

By Brad Russo | September 23, 1998

Sixteenth College President James Wright will ceremoniously take over the office he has been serving since August 1 of this year at today's Inauguration ceremony. The event, nearly five months in the planning, will coincide with the Convocation of the 229th year of the College and will include aspects traditional to both celebrations. The inauguration will occur on the front lawn of Baker Library beginning at 2:00 p.m.

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Increase in vandalism reported this summer

By Jacob T. Elberg | August 26, 1998

Although there were no major incidents of crime at the College this summer, many minor incidents -- especially vandalism and bike theft -- kept Safety and Security officers busy, according to Crime Prevention Officer Rebel Roberts. There was an increase in vandalism complaints this summer, including damage to vehicles and campus buildings which included broken property and spray-paint graffiti, according to Roberts. Roberts said she believes many of the incidents can be attributed to non-students who come to campus.

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Assembly will have open first meeting

By Sarah Gerry | August 26, 1998

The Student Assembly plans to invite the entire Dartmouth community to its first Fall term meeting, Student Assembly president Josh Green said. Green said the term's first meeting will be "very public." He said Assembly members will share their ideas with the College community during this meeting and will decide which projects to pursue. A goal for the coming year will be to increase communication to the College community through BlitzMail and through discussion groups, Green said. In the fall, the Assembly will likely present a wrap-up space report, written by former Assembly president Frode Eilertsen '99 and Tom Leatherbee '01, to the College's trustees and will announce its new Student Life chair, a position that remains unfilled, Green said. He said the work of the summer Assembly, chaired by Janelle Ruley '00, has given him "an amazing head start." This summer, the Assembly organized community meetings with Montgomery Fellow Manning Marable, addressed the issue of College fines and tackled student suffrage in trustee elections, among other issues. Additionally, the Assembly organized Summer Carnival and discussed the Visions project with administrators. "It's going to be a busy year just like it was a busy summer," Green said.

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Dansiger may return to College in January

By Sarah Gerry | August 24, 1998

Nearly a year after his near-fatal accident on Interstate 89, Adam Dansiger '00 is continuing to defy the doctors who, in the hours after he was thrown from his sports utility vehicle, predicted he would not survive -- let alone recover from -- his injuries. Dansiger said he will hopefully return to the College as a student in January, and he is looking forward to seeing the doctors who treated him while he was a patient in Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center's Intensive Care Unit. "[I want to] thank them for what they've done for me," he said. Dansiger said he has "cognitively made a lot of progress" this summer, and can now walk for short periods of time without the assistance of a cane. He said he avoids walking alone on hard surfaces where he could fall and be injured, but walks without his cane inside his house and in JFK Hartwyck at Oaktree Nursing, Convalescent and Rehabilitation Center, where he is undergoing rehabilitation and physical therapy and is a member of a memory group and an initiative group. Dansiger has had "all sorts of memory problems" since his accident.

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Jemison excels as astronaunt, professor

By Marcus Coe | August 24, 1998

Most people wouldn't describe their college application process as simply as Mae Jemison described applying to become an astronaut: "I always wanted to go into space so I applied to NASA and was accepted." Jemison is a part-time professor at Dartmouth who is teaching a course entitled "Teaching Technology and Sustainable Development" this summer. What about the other part of her time, you might ask? Well, for starters there is her experience with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration where she "worked as a person that got the space shuttle ready to launch at Kennedy Space center for awhile, worked as one of the folks that helped to verify the software that runs the shuttle and helped design experiments for shuttle flights" and finally became the first black woman in Space on September 12, 1992. While in space she investigated semiconductor crystals, how to prevent de-conditioning of the human cardiovascular system in space and intravenous fluid therapy in space. Jemison's experiences before the six years she worked for NASA would be a lifetime full of experience for many others. After entering Stanford University at 16 she graduated with majors in Chemical Engineering and African Afro-American Studies.

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Webcams provide live cyberview of Green

By Jennifer Hickey | August 21, 1998

You're sitting in your room in the River, seemingly miles from civilization, and want to check out the social scene on the Green. Well, now you can. Two webcams featuring live, continuous images of the Green and the Berry Library construction site are accessible from the College's home page, and project co-founder Ned Holbrook '00 said there are plans to add more cameras to other areas of campus. The webcam project originated last spring when two students, Holbrook and James Muiter '98, asked for funding from Rich Brown, the manager of special projects for computing services. "They said it would be cool," explained Brown.

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