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Students insulate local homes

By Kascha Semon | November 25, 1997

Students take warmth for granted on even the coldest New Hampshire day, but Nancy Bloomfield '99 and Courtney Jacobs '98 spend their Saturdays giving heat to Upper Valley residents who aren't so fortunate. Bloomfield and Jacobs lead Operation Insulation, a Tucker Foundation volunteer project created to weatherize homes in the Upper Valley. According to Jacobs, Operation Insulation is the only basic weatherizing service in the area and they receive numerous requests for help from lower-income area residents. The group is composed of a core of eight to 10 Dartmouth students who work with professional carpenter Simon Davis to insulate homes, build roofs, skirt trailers and perform any other tasks clients request. Every Saturday, students go to the homes of residents who have requested help and meet the LISTEN Center's criteria for aid.

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Sorority to occupy Beta house in Jan

By Joseph C. Scott | November 24, 1997

Renovations of the house formerly occupied by Beta Theta Pi fraternity are proceeding on schedule, and the sisters of the Alpha Xi Delta sorority are slated to move in at the beginning of Winter term. "Everything is moving along," said Alpha Xi house manager Michelle Glander '99.

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The Dartmouth names new editors

By Andrew Allport | November 24, 1997

Erin Loback '99, a 20-year-old psychology major from Paradise Valley, Ariz., will become the ninth woman to preside over The Dartmouth next year, the current editors announced Friday. Loback and 13 other senior editors will take control of the daily student newspaper for one year beginning on Jan.

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Math department still without home

By Christopher Van Ginhoven | November 24, 1997

College officials aren't sure where to put the math department, which is partially housed in a building slated to be demolished in about five years. Bradley and Gerry Halls will be torn down soon after the completion of the new Berry Library when the psychology department is moved into the new Moore Psychology Building and a new home is found for the math department.

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Jazz Age is Winter Carnival theme

By Sarah Rubenstein | November 24, 1997

The theme of this year's Winter Carnival will be "The Roaring -20s," which celebrates the 1920s with a pun on Hanover's frigid February temperatures, the Carnival Committee co-chairs said yesterday. The committee of about 30 students decided on "The Roaring -20s" because of the diverse images the theme brings to mind.

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25 years later, women become a part of Dartmouth

By Sarah Gerry | November 21, 1997

When she was a high school student visiting college campuses, Tina Bria '01 noticed something odd about the 1902 Room in Dartmouth's Baker Library. Although the College had been coeducational since 1972 and half of the kids studying in the room were female, the room's atmosphere was distinctly masculine.

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Pelton creates civil discourse group

By David Cahill | November 21, 1997

In response to a series of incidents of intolerance over the last two years, Dean of the College Lee Pelton is creating a "committee on civil discourse" to encourage civility in the student body, Pelton announced yesterday. The committee will focus on the Principles of Community -- four statements adopted by the Board of Trustees in 1980 based on the principle that "the life and work of a Dartmouth student should be based on integrity, responsibility and consideration." The Principles provide a basis for interaction among the different members of the Dartmouth community. In a letter being distributed to students today, Pelton said that "a series of unfortunate incidents over the last two years seemed to suggest that some members of our community remained unenlightened by these Principles." "Most recently, discussions concerning civility and speech have reemerged following the reactions of some members of the community to the recent issue of the Jack O'Lantern," Pelton wrote. Chaired by Dean of Tucker Foundation Scott Brown, the committee will host lectures on tolerance and assess prevailing social attitudes at Dartmouth -- "not to impose values or beliefs but rather to serve as a catalyst for discussion," Pelton said. "This is not a committee whose job will be to enforce regulations or ask students to comply with the regulations," Pelton said.

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UFC allots $460,000 for student activities

By Brad Russo | November 21, 1997

The Undergraduate Finance Committee distributed $460,000 in student activities fees to nine student organizations this week, and most of them will have larger budgets than last year. The Collis Student Center Programming Board received the most money, receiving almost half of the UFC's total budget.

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Brewer gets six months for Review embezzling

By Jess Jacob | November 21, 1997

Former Dartmouth Review Editor-in-Chief E. Davis Brewer '95 will begin a six-month jail sentence Monday for embezzling thousands of dollars from the off-campus conservative weekly. In a hearing at the Grafton County Superior Court on Nov.

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Beverage King burglary still unsolved: $4,000 in cash and goods stolen from store; also $2,400 in damages

By Jen Taylor | November 20, 1997

Police are still investigating the theft of nearly $4,000 in cash, cigarettes and beer from the Beverage King store in West Lebanon last Friday morning. One-hundred and fifty cartons of cigarettes and an undisclosed amount of beer were stolen from the store, located off Route 12A, at 4:27 a.m., according to the Valley News. The burglars caused extensive damage to the store after forcibly entering the front doors, "rendering the locking mechanism inoperable," the article stated. The cash register was also destroyed with an object that store owner Earl Heath described as a sledgehammer. Lt.

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Nike abuses spur student-led protests

By Ritika Nandkeolyar | November 20, 1997

In response to human rights violations committed by Nike-affiliated companies, students on university campuses nationwide are protesting the ties of their schools with Nike. Schools like Duke University and the University of North Carolina, whose athletic teams receive sponsorship from Nike, have come under fire. Sports coaches typically agree to allow their athletes to wear a sponsor's clothing during competition in return for hundreds of thousand of dollars and free athletic gear. Duke University, for example, signed a 15-year contract with Nike in 1993.

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Community principle to be posted in dorms

By Deborah Bernstein | November 19, 1997

Acting on a recommendation from the senior leadership society Palaeopitus, Dean of Residential Life Mary Turco is working to increase awareness of the College's Principle of Community and has established a committee to evaluate its application in the College community. The College will post plaques engraved with the principles in prominent positions in every residence hall entryway within the month, so students "will see and be reminded that this is the guiding principle for residential space," Turco said. In addition to the plaques, ORL has set up an advising committee, The Principles in Action for a Civil College Community, to evaluate how the Principle is integrated into daily life at the College. The Principle, approved by the College's Board of Trustees in 1980, state that the "life and work of a Dartmouth student should be based on integrity, responsibility and consideration," and demands that students conduct themselves with sensitivity, honesty and appreciation of others in all College activities. Palaeopitus' letter called it the "fundamental guide" for interactions at the College and said it is more basic than the Academic Honor Principle, but charged that "most students have never heard of it simply because it is not enforceable." The letter also suggested a number of ways to increase students' awareness of the Principle, including a proposal to incorporate it into First-Year Orientation and Undergraduate Advisor training, encouraging professors to mention it in class, placing it in exam blue books alongside the Honor Principle and posting it prominently in residence halls. Turco called the newly-formed committee the most important thing her office has done so far to react to the Palaeopitus letter.

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Women achieved many gains at College in late 1980s

By Katie Uhre | November 19, 1997

When the crowd gathered before the Homecoming bonfire in 1986 to sing the College's alma mater, "Men of Dartmouth," 12 undergraduates were ready to protest the exclusion of women from the school song. Having decided enough was enough, the students dumped what looked like bloodied tampons on the grass near the podium where College President David T.

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Two rooms in Rocky now 'smart classrooms'

By John S. Leyba, | November 19, 1997

The College spent more than $120,000 last summer to make two classrooms in the Rockefeller Center "smart classrooms." Besides new carpet and furniture, the projectors in Rocky 1 and Rocky 2 were outfitted with dual platform computers that run both Windows 95 and the Macintosh Operating System, as well as multimedia kiosks containing compact disc, cassette, videocassette players and "document cameras." Document cameras are high-tech overhead projectors that allow professors to project images of books, magazines and other paper media without having to make transparencies. Focused lighting ensures that the blackboards stay lit while the lights near the video monitor are dimmed. What differentiates these rooms from other "high-tech" facilities on campus is the integration of diverse media.

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