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Burke will take over as senior associate dean

By Joseph C. Scott | May 5, 1998

Katherine Burke will become the acting senior associate dean of the College, current Senior Associate Dean of the College Dan Nelson announced yesterday. Burke, presently assistant dean of the College and a dean of the Class of 1999, will take over on July 1, when Nelson becomes acting dean of the College to replace Lee Pelton. Pelton will be leaving Dartmouth to assume the presidency of Willamette University in Salem, Ore. "I'm really excited to continue to work with my colleagues in the Dean of the College Office," Burke said. She said she will continue in her duties as co-dean of the Class of 1999 until the end of the year. "She is really familiar with the dean of the College area in general," Nelson said.

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DarCORPS boasts 400 student volunteers

By Allison Robbins | May 4, 1998

About 400 student volunteers braved the rain Saturday to contribute a total of 1,200 hours to 72 different Upper Valley charities in the second annual DarCORPS community service day. "The day was a huge success," DarCORPS Committee co-Chair Zoe McLaren '00 said. The event, under the umbrella of the Tucker foundation and founded last year by Rex Morey '99, was created to inspire students to become involved in community service and is designed to aid organizations in the Upper Valley. The volunteers, approximately the same number as last year, included representatives from several Greek houses and all four classes. The day began on the lawn of Gold Coast, where participants picked up free t-shirts and bagged lunches.

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CFSC: S&S should patrol with monitors

By Sarah Gerry | May 4, 1998

Safety and Security officers may be paired with the student monitors who patrol coed, fraternity and sorority house basements if acting Dean of Residential Life Mary Liscinsky approves social procedure revisions recommended by the Coed Fraternity Sorority Council. The teams of officers and students would be given a list of specific violations to search for, including the absence of non-salty foods or non-alcoholic beverages, underage drinking and overcrowding.

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Future of cable TV uncertain

By Jay Krehbiel | May 4, 1998

The College has not yet made a decision about providing cable service to residence hall rooms next fall, but the service is still possible, although "time is running out," Dean of the College Lee Pelton said Friday. Pelton said he would support cable in students' rooms under certain conditions: the programming should have some educational elements, the College must be able to afford the cost of renovations and service and proceeding with cable must not prevent the College from completing other important projects. College officials previously told The Dartmouth that May 1 was the deadline for the College to make the decision if cable service would be implemented for the fall. "I think that May 1 is not a drop-dead date.

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Year-round operation makes College unique

By Kathrin Weston | May 1, 1998

Although sophomores may have received strange looks from their friends back home when they told them they would be at Dartmouth this summer, students and professors alike do not seem to mind the College's year-round operation system. Professors and students said the benefits of Dartmouth's year-round operation system outweigh its disadvantages, including a schedule that is out of sync with most other schools. "It's wonderful, not wasteful like the traditional system at some other institutions," English Professor William Cook said. The traditional academic calendar, Cook said, was based on the lives of farmers, who had to work on the fields during the summer -- something most students do not need to do today. Cook said the only improvement the College could make to year-round operation would be "strengthening the offerings during the Summer term." A hectic pace "I'm happy with it, but the terms are a little on the short side," Russian Professor Richard Sheldon said.

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DHMC forced to pay over $6 million taxes

By Andrew Allport | April 30, 1998

The Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center paid over $6 million in taxes from its savings account to the city of Lebanon on Monday, but it plans to fight to get the money back. DHMC was required to pay this money as part of its 1997 property tax bill, after its application for a charitable tax exemption was denied last month by the Lebanon Board of Assessors.

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Topside sells rarely rented videotapes

By Sarah Rubenstein | April 29, 1998

"Body Chemistry 3: Point of Seduction," "Honey, I Blew Up the Kids" and "Burial of the Rats." Topside convenience store is selling these and other videos this week for three to five dollars. Because these videos are not rented often, Topside is selling them with hopes of freeing up valuable floor space and raise money to buy more current movies, Director of Dining Services Tucker Rossiter said. "The main reason for selling the movies was to deplete the video selection to make room for a new cooler to hold Tropicana products," Topside Manager Doreen Betters said. "The sale has gone on a lot better than we had anticipated," Betters added. According to Betters, the convenience store started with 370 videos, is currently down to about a hundred and plans to continue selling the videos until all are gone. Topside will still rent current videos, as well as certain frequently rented classics. Topside's video collection was previously the subject of a police investigation which led to former Topside manager Bob Jette's indictment in early 1997 for embezzlement charges. On March 23 of this year, Jette plead guilty at Grafton Superior Court for embezzling about $30,000 dollars from the convenience store. Hanover Police Detective Sergeant Frank Moran previously told The Dartmouth that Jette conspired with W.

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Student Assembly passes membership amendment

By Brad Russo | April 29, 1998

The Student Assembly passed a constitutional amendment last night which prohibits its Membership and Internal Affairs Committee from denying membership to representatives from student organizations. Under the provisions of an amendment approved earlier this term, members of student organizations can become representatives of their groups on the Assembly, with full voting rights, by simply obtaining the approval of the group's president. Previously, students could become members of the Assembly through at-large elections or by collecting student signatures. In prior meetings, members were hesitant to vote on the fourth component of that amendment, which eliminates the current power of the MIAC to deny organizational representatives their seat on the Assembly if the MIAC determines them to be unfit. However, the amendment passed last night with only one vote in opposition. Many Assembly members said the provision would demonstrate the organization's attempt to better represent the student body. "Let's remember that we are really a collection of representatives from other student groups," Dean Krishna '01 said. The amendment section was tabled at two previous Assembly meetings, and faced vocal although limited opposition last night. Athena Lentini '01, who was one of the most outspoken opponents, said that by taking away the MIAC's power to remove representatives, the Assembly is establishing the potential for members to be seated who are not serious about Assembly business. Even with the new amendment, representative members, like all Assembly members, can still be removed by the MIAC after the first meeting. Dave Gacioch '00, who chairs the Assembly's student life committee, said that Taylor was most concerned about the number of printouts which are never picked up by students. The Assembly also announced its compromise with Director of Computing Services Punch Taylor and Manager of Computing Services Michael Hogan regarding printing at Kiewit's public printing clusters. Gacioch said Taylor agreed to "turn a blind eye to the multiple print out policy" if the Assembly is able to reduce this waste. Kiewit will give the Assembly the cover letters from these unclaimed printouts.

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