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Panel discusses Nike labor debate

By Sarah Gerry | January 9, 1998

A panel of representatives from Nike Inc., Human Rights Watch Asia, Columbia University and the AFL-CIO told an audience of about 150 people in Cook auditorium that workers in factories that supply Nike are probably not treated better or worse than those laboring for other companies. A study released in October by students and professors from the Amos Tuck School of Business said Nike workers in Indonesia and Vietnam are paid enough to meet their basic needs with money left over for discretionary spending and savings. Nike was later accused of withholding significant facts from a press release about the study. The panel Thursday told the audience comprised mostly of Tuck students that Nike workers are probably not treated any better or worse than those laboring for other apparel and shoe manufacturers who subcontract in Vietnam and Indonesia. "A high profile company can become a target for criticism," said Arvind Ganesan, a representative of Human Rights Watch Asia.

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Many students are in Dash debt: $375,000 owed to administrative and discretionary accounts

By Melissa Kho | January 9, 1998

With the Dash system now in its sixth term of use, thousands of Dartmouth students currently owe more than $375,000 to the Dash office as a result of negative discretionary and administrative account balances. More than 3,000 Dartmouth students hold negative balances for their discretionary accounts and more than 2,400 hold negative administrative balances. Discretionary spending accounts for the majority of Dash debt.

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Sabbaticals: Paid leave-term for profs

By Kathrin Weston | January 9, 1998

While hundreds of students leave each term for foreign study programs around the globe, Dartmouth professors from all departments engage in their own type of leave term when they begin their professional sabbaticals. Going on sabbatical every few years is a worldwide tradition for college and university professors.

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Chase Field plans face residents' opposition

By Charles Gussow | January 9, 1998

College plans to improve Chase Field are facing opposition from a Hanover couple who say the plans will lead to high-intensity lighting and increased noise and traffic. The proposed improvements to Chase Field include replacing the field used for lacrosse and field hockey with artificial turf as well the construction of indoor tennis courts and an amenities pavilion adjacent to Thompson Arena. To make room for the tennis complex, the practice football fields would be moved to the east side of the field. Terry and Joseph Quattrone, who live in Hanover, wrote a letter which appeared in the Valley News on Dec.

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2001 Class Council plans dance

By Jay Krehbiel | January 8, 1998

It was back to business for the leaders of the Class of 2001, who had their first meeting of the new year last night. First in the works is a freshman class dance the '01 Council has scheduled for the end of January.

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Pulitzer prize-winner August Wilson arrives

By Andrew Allport | January 8, 1998

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson, who made headlines in 1996 with a controversial speech about African American theatre, is in residence at the College as a Montgomery Fellow for the entire Winter term. Wilson, who has won numerous awards for his work, is teaching a playwriting class in the drama department and participating in the National Black Theatre Summit. "This is an opportunity for Dartmouth students to interact with one of the greatest living playwrights," said English Department Chair William Cook, who described Wilson's visit as "unusual and unusually positive." Wilson, author of "Fences," "The Piano Lesson" and the recent "Seven Guitars," is the first full-term Montgomery Fellow since Wilma Mankiller visited the College in the winter of 1996. The Montgomery Endowment, initiated in 1978 by Kenneth Montgomery '25, invites prominent individuals from various disciplines to come to the College to share their experiences in lectures or classes. In addition to the playwriting course he is teaching, Wilson's body of work is the subject of a course being taught by Drama Professor Victor Walker. Wilson will also be participating in National Black Theater Summit from March 2-6 in Ashland.

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Interim periods tempt would-be thieves

By Nicole Tsong | January 7, 1998

The empty campus during the winter interim provided thieves and vandals with the perfect opportunity to target vacant buildings for their crimes. Petty criminals took advantage of Alpha Chi Alpha fraternity and Kappa Delta Epsilon sorority in particular at the end of last year. Both the fraternity and sorority reported incidents of vandalism in the early hours on Dec.

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Miniversity spices up life in the North

By Betsy Timbers | January 7, 1998

While they may be as bizarre as break dancing and Swahili, the Collis Miniversity classes offered this term range from mere Kitchen Survival to more exotic cuisine. Middle Eastern cooking has become one of the more popular of five new courses.

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Fire causes $5,000 damage to AXA house

By Sarah Gerry | January 7, 1998

A fire at the College-owned Alpha Chi Alpha fraternity house got out of control during Thanksgiving break and caused $5,000 of structural damage to the house. According to Hanover Fire Department Captain Jon Whitcomb, heat seeped through cracks in the fireplace to start the blaze. Director of Residential Operations Woody Eckels said the problem probably stemmed from deteriorated mortar in the house's fireplace and the proximity of wood in the house to the chimney. The College can do a visual inspection of the fireplaces in the fraternities and sororities it owns, but it is impossible to check the condition of the mortar between a fireplace and wall or to know whether structural supports are too close to a fireplace, Eckels said. Fireplaces built by the College today conform to National Fire Protection Association Codes, but Eckels said he has no way of knowing how many of the older fireplaces do not. "If I had my preference [the College] would not be using the fireplaces," Eckels said, who was also concerned some students do not know how to light fires safely. Assistant Director of Operations and Residential Life Bernard Haskel said the College would pay for repairs to the house. "It was nothing [the brothers] did wrong.

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Pelton controls fate of College alcohol policy

By Eun Lee Koh | January 6, 1998

With the fate of the College's current alcohol policy still up in the air, Dean of the College Lee Pelton's decision to step down in June comes at a critical time for the future of the Dartmouth's current social scene. The alcohol policy recommendations of the College Committee on Alcohol and Other Drugs, which suggested radical changes to the current policy, drew heated criticism from the student body when it was released in November. More than 300 students poured into Cook Auditorium Fall term for the information session on the report -- many protesting the possible presence of Safety and Security officers in fraternity basements and the recommended reduction of kegs at registered Coed, Fraternity and Sorority events. Although the Student Assembly-compiled report on student reactions to the CCAOD recommendations will not be presented to Pelton until early February, he said changes in the alcohol policy will be "settled" before he leaves and implementation is likely to occur during Spring term. Pelton said he will use the student reaction report to implement a policy that will be amenable to students and bring Dartmouth in compliance with the law at the same time. "I'm a good listener," Pelton said.

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