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New compost facility opens at old landfill

By Andrew Allport | November 18, 1997

In a display of cooperation between the College and the town of Hanover, Dartmouth and Casella Waste Management held the groundbreaking ceremony for a new composting facility at the old Hanover landfill yesterday morning. The chilly half-hour ceremony included a history of the two-year project as well as an explanation of Hanover and Dartmouth's roles in the building of the new facility.

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Faculty committee adds new grad programs

By Nicole Tsong | November 18, 1997

The faculty of arts and sciences formally approved the addition of two new masters programs in the Physics and Astronomy Departments at a meeting of the general faculty yesterday afternoon. In addition, the faculty voted to put a limit on the number of total majors and minors a student can declare to three. The faculty unanimously supported the graduate program in physics and astronomy.

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Tri-Delt wins leadership award

By Melissa Edelman | November 18, 1997

Delta Delta Delta sorority was awarded the O'Connor Cup Award for outstanding leadership in the Greek system at the 12th annual Coed Fraternity Sorority Awards ceremony, held last night at Jesse's Restaurant in Hanover. The awards serve as a way for the Office of Residential Life to thank and honor CFS houses for community service performance, academic achievement and social leadership and support, according to Assistant Dean of Residential Life Deb Reinders. CFS Council President Chris Atwood '98 and Order of Omega officers helped distribute the many awards. Tri-Delt won the O'Connor Cup Award for leadership within the CFS community, its number of scholarships, and programming results. Hanover Police Captain Chris O'Connor presented the award, named in his father's memory.

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Women gained acceptance, faced challenges in late '70s to early '80s

By Edward Thomas | November 17, 1997

It began with a small advertisement in the Jan. 15, 1979 edition of The Dartmouth. But the ad placed by Playboy Magazine -- asking Dartmouth females to pose for their "Women of the Ivy League" edition -- captured the attention of the entire campus. For the women of Dartmouth -- still a relatively new phenomenon in the late '70s -- Playboy's offer presented an opportunity to protest against an action they viewed as sexist and offensive. Not only did this incident ignite some of the most intense debates witnessed in College history, it showed that the women of Dartmouth would not sit idly as some still hoped they might. The Playboy protests came to symbolize the beginning of a new era at Dartmouth -- an era when women realized that if the College would not hand them equality, they would have to reach out and grab it for themselves. And by the mid-1980s, activism by women on campus had made a real impression on the school.

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Trustees will make Berry statement early this week

By Jake Elberg | November 17, 1997

After discussing the plans for Berry Library over the weekend, the Board of Trustees will release a statement early this week stating its position on the controversial designs, according to an informed source close to the Board. Construction is currently scheduled to begin in April on the $50 million library despite a wave of recent protests from students and faculty -- including a majority of the Design Review Committee. College Provost James Wright told The Dartmouth last week that the Berry Library would not be on the Board's agenda, but the source said the Trustees did in fact discuss Berry while in Hanover for their quarterly meeting this past weekend. Three members of the Board -- including Committee on Educational Affairs and Facilities Chair Kate Stith-Cabranes -- met Thursday with three professors who expressed their concerns with architect Robert Venturi's design for the exterior of the library. Art History Professor Joy Kenseth -- the woman leading the faculty movement demanding change in the design -- met with the three Board members along with Classics Professor Edward Bradley and Art History Professor Robert McGrath, who is a member of the Design Review Committee. Bradley said he was not optimistic that the Board would vote to change the building design. "I think they want to carry on regardless of what the faculty and large numbers of students may think," Bradley said. Two petitions -- one from the faculty and one from the Student Assembly -- asking the Trustees to halt action towards the construction of the library were presented to the Board last week. The Student Assembly presented a petition Saturday morning to Chairman of the Board Stephen Bosworth.

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Bosworth to stay Trustee chair

By David Cahill | November 17, 1997

Stephen Bosworth '61, who was sworn in as the United States Ambassador to South Korea last Friday, has announced his decision to remain chairman of the College's Board of Trustees for the balance of the 1997-98 academic year. Since the chairman of the Board is elected to a one-year term, Bosworth's term is set to expire on June 30, 1998.

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Coeducation party had few men

By Allison Robbins | November 17, 1997

While the "25 Years of Coeducation Celebration" weekend drew hundreds of participants to the campus earlier this term and was hailed as a smashing success, only a small number of the participating alumni, faculty, administrators and students were men. Of the 494 registered participants, 460 -- or 93 percent -- were women.

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Trustees meet this weekend

By Nicole Tsong | November 14, 1997

At their Fall term meetings in Hanover this weekend, the Board of Trustees will name a search committee to look for a replacement for College President James Freedman, who is stepping down after Commencement, Trustee Chairman Stephen Bosworth '61 said. The Board also will examine the College's finances for the coming year, even though the budget will not formally be approved until the winter meeting.

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Angry students flood CCAOD info meeting

By Eun Lee Koh | November 14, 1997

More than 300 students crowded into Cook Auditorium last night for the information session on the recently released alcohol policy report of the College Committee on Alcohol and Other Drugs -- a report which has stirred many questions and strong opinions among the student body. Many students, some visibly angered by the recommendations of the committee, voiced their concerns to the panel consisting of CCAOD members about the future of the Coed-Fraternity and Sorority system as well as the report's ramifications on the social culture at Dartmouth. "The hope is to moderate the use of alcohol across the board and still have a strong social life," Dean of the Tucker Foundation Scott Brown said. The 20-page report criticizes the College's current alcohol policy, particularly the current CFS self-monitoring system.

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Berry Library meeting draws 150 professors

By Jake Elberg | November 13, 1997

Professors criticized the administration for ignoring the opinion of the Design Review Committee at a crowded meeting yesterday in which architects defended the plans for the proposed $50 million Berry Library. More than 150 people attended the presentation by College Provost James Wright and three architects involved with the design of the building, but the debate did not begin until after the presentation was finished.

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Activist Harry Wu speaks on China

By Andrew Allport | November 13, 1997

Speaking to a packed audience in 105 Dartmouth last night, Chinese-American human rights activist Harry Wu attacked the Communist regime of China for imprisoning and executing dissidents. Wu, who spent 19 years in China's labor camp system, said he was one of over 500,000 citizens the Chinese government tried to systematically eradicate from their society.

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Glee Club to sing at tree ceremony

By Jay Krehbiel | November 13, 1997

The Glee Club voted unanimously to sing Christmas carols at the tree lighting ceremony later this term, a change from last year when the Glee Club did not sing the carols due to their Christian content. This year the group will sing both secular and non-secular songs, including Silent Night, Come All Ye Faithful, Jingle Bells and Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, director and Music Professor Louis Burkot said. "It is very good music that we sing very well," he said. It also is likely the College will continue to pay for a Christmas tree and the lighting ceremonies in the middle of the Green, if the administration follows the recommendation of the Committee on the Christmas Tree, members of the committee said yesterday. The committee's recommendations will be turned over to the Office of Public Programs, the Tucker Foundation and the President's Office for an ultimate decision on the matter. After a great deal of controversy last year over the nature of the tree and the lighting ceremony, the committee concluded that the tree should be called a "Christmas" tree, rather than a "Holiday" tree.

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