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Acting dean, Nelson, 'keeps the ball rolling': Nelson is former senior associate dean

By Mitch Yashiro | August 11, 1998

The College did not have to look too far to find someone to fill in for former Dean of the College Lee Pelton when he left Dartmouth last month to assume the presidency at Willamette University in Oregon. Dan Nelson, former dean of upper-class students and senior associate dean of the College, took over for Pelton on July 1. He said his job is to "keep the ball rolling" until the College finds the next dean. "I don't want to make any major change in the direction of the College, but some of the current issues on the table needs to get some attention," Nelson said. According to Nelson, these issues include new athletic facilities, life and safety improvement in residential halls, revision of the alcohol policy and enhancement of alcohol education effort. "These things are planned for the fall, but we must work on them during the summer as well," Nelson said. Although he is appointed to the position for six months, Nelson pointed out that it can be longer or shorter depending upon when the College finds a permanent replacement for Pelton. Nelson said he has no say on the selection of the new dean. The dean search committee is headed by the Dean of the Faculty Edward Berger, and includes two student members: Cara Mathews '99 and Watt Boone '00. Nelson said he enjoys his current job and added that it is "the best job at Dartmouth." "It directly involves the quality of student life including residential, social and academic aspects," Nelson said.

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Carnival planned for this weekend

By Edward Thomas | July 30, 1998

Summer Carnival will kick off this Saturday at 1:00 p.m., and according to 2000 Class Council President Paul Holzer '00, it will be the Summer Carnival by which all others are to be judged. "This will be the big year for Summer Carnival, if everything goes to plan," Holzer said. Organized by both the Programming Board and the 2000 Class Council, many activities -- mostly free -- will be available for all students for the duration of the afternoon. The band Downtyme will be playing on the Collis Center porch while students shoot baskets, face-paint and duel it out American Gladiator style in a jousting ring. In between Collis and Robinson Hall, booths will be set up for fortune-telling and t-shirt dying, as well as a fruit and lemonade stands. The sale of class t-shirts, cotton-candy and snow cones will add to the carnival-like atmosphere of the afternoon. In addition, an inflatable boxing ring on the Green will host students who wish to arm themselves with giant-sized gloves and a helmet and slug it out with friends. Carnival will commence with a morning Multathalon, where teams of six students will compete in one race including swimming, paddling, running and mountain-biking. Other sports will include an ultimate frisbee game on the Green and the unathalon, including what Holzer described as "many ridiculous events." Karen Wilkes '00, summer chair of the Student Life committee elaborated that the unathalon will include a dizzying bat race and a pie-eating contest. The activities for Summer Carnival have traditionally been informal and low-key. But with better organization going into Saturday's event, Holzer is hoping to be more successful than last year's rather small turn-out. "It's been one of the big Council projects this summer," Holzer said.

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Connor '95 seeks Olympic sailing glory

By Marcus Coe | July 30, 1998

If you are the top prospect to represent the United States in women's sailing at the 2000 Olympics, how do you spend your free time? Being showered with gifts from hordes of adoring fans?

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Housing options for fall are slim

By Jennifer Hickey | July 30, 1998

The College's housing wait list for the Fall term has dropped from 150 to 54 students, but Acting Dean of Residential Life Mary Liscinsky said those still without housing should be exploring other options. Although the wait list is longer than last year, it has been longer in previous years, according to Liscinsky. "We just keep getting a high number of people wanting to live on campus because of the obvious advantages," she said. The Office of Residential Life saved 1,090 beds for the Class of 2002, but there were "considerably more" incoming freshmen than the office had expected, Director of Housing Services Lynn Rosenblum said. She added that all the first year students have now been housed and the wait list is currently made up solely of members of the Class of 2001. With a larger incoming class than expected and less off-campus programs offered this fall, Liscinsky said the office is looking into the possibility of converting several study lounges into rooms. The converted study lounges "would have all the typical amenities, since we would be using ones that were actually once rooms before," Liscinsky said. Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Karl Furstenberg said he does not think there will be a housing crunch. Although there are currently about 1,100 students in the Class of 2002, he expects a few more to defer admission before the fall. Additionally, about four or five students drop out during the first week of Fall term, because orientation does not go as planned or they get sick on their Dartmouth Outing Club freshman trip, Furstenberg said. "Ultimately, we should have about 1,095 students," he said.

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Falling pipe and tiles narrowly miss campers

By Edward Thomas | July 28, 1998

A drain pipe crashed through the ceiling of Westside Buffet last Tuesday during peak dinner hours, narrowly missing several campers as debris and tiles fell to the floor. Construction workers were in the process of repairing the roof of Thayer Dining Hall when a pipe became unattached and fell down into the area where food is served in Westside, according to Dartmouth Dining Services Assistant Director Jerry Gambell. "It all started crumbling," DDS employee Amanda Green '00 said, "and then the pipe came crashing through.

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