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August 29, 2026
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Women should create new traditions

By Erika Meitner | August 3, 1994

Wednesday nights at Dartmouth are for Greek house meetings. I learned that Freshman year when my residence hall would empty out on Wednesday nights as upperclassmen and women made the trek to Webster Avenue. Fraternities began this long Greek tradition of weekly meetings at Dartmouth in the mid-nineteenth century and coed houses and sororities have perpetuated it. The first sorority at Dartmouth was Sigma Kappa, formed in 1979.

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Why Dartmouth is called a college

By William A. Fischel | August 3, 1994

To the Editor: In the Aug. 1 issue of The Dartmouth, Tyler Newby '96 wondered why Dartmouth is called a college ("Dartmouth is a university, not a college"). One clue might be the famous case of Dartmouth College v.

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Clinton and Haiti

By Jim Brennan | August 3, 1994

On Sunday afternoon, the United Nations Security Council authorized a military invasion of Haiti by the United States. The problems in Haiti have been in the news for at least three years now, when a military coup deposed President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 1991. Former President George Bush and President Bill Clinton have each addressed the Haitian situation during their respective administrations.

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We still need our parents

By Suzanne Leonard | August 1, 1994

Like a number of other Dartmouth students, I spent Sophomore Family Weekend without my parents. My story is not tragic &emdash; my parents had been here a week earlier to collect my brother from tennis camp and we'd decided there was no reason for them to make the five hour trip again.

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Crew teams off to Canada

By David Hemmer | August 1, 1994

Both the women's and the men's crew teams head north this Wednesday for the five-day Royal Canadian Henley Regatta, one of the world's largest. Dartmouth teams, racing as the Dartmouth Rowing Club, will face fierce competition from club teams that often train far more extensively. Men's Crew Coach Dick Grossman said that some of the competitors have practiced twice a day since early June. He said some of the other teams skip the U.S.

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Support free speech

By 32 Robinson | August 1, 1994

Because Dartmouth is an educational institution , it should not limit free speech on its computer network. But the College did just that when it suspended an employee's computer network access after he made anti-Semetic comments on the InterNet &emdash; a computer bulletin board where millions of users all over the world can browse various topics. Ludwig Plutonium, a dishwasher at the Hanover Inn, wrote a message on an InterNet group referring to The New York Times as "The Jew York Times" and recieved a 30-day suspesion of his Dartmouth computer account for his transgression. Because Plutonium's message was posted on InterNet &emdash; a public system where users choose to read messages &emdash; and not addressed to a specific person, Plutonium violated no one's rights by making his comments. While Plutonium's comments were offensive and should not have been made, InterNet readers were not forced to read them. His message, however, did not justify the College's suspension of Plutonium's account.

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College violated freedom of speech

By John Strayer | July 28, 1994

Upon reading the news that Ludwig Plutonium, the famous campus revisionist scientist, has been suspended from Dartmouth's computer network, I came to the conclusion that the College needs to alter its statement on "Freedom of Expression and Dissent" so that everyone in the College community can understand what it really means. Readers of this paper probably recognize the name, Ludwig Plutonium, from both his classified and full page advertisements. For years Ludwig has been trying to hammer home his wacky theory that the structure of the plutonium atom is the secret to the structure of the universe. I suppose I might suggest the same thing if my name were Plutonium. Others might not recognize the name, but certainly know the man. He is marked by a distinctive fashion sense which frequently features orange neon,although this summer he has opted for a more earthy green look. Ludwig, who works for the Hanover Inn, uses his status as a College employee to research his theories in Baker Library. It seems that he also uses that same status to spread his message over computer bulletin boards. Ludwig got in trouble with the College when he posted a message on a bulletin board which referred to the New York Times as the "Jew York Times." Back home the various nuts are content to open their trench coats in front of little girls.

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Some students dream of Dartmouth

By Suzanne Leonard | July 26, 1994

The whole thing started because I felt sort of guilty. Guilty because I had not done a special tour yet this summer when I knew that as a tour guide I should have volunteered long ago --we are expected to do special tours periodically in addition to our weekly ones. So when I got a blitz asking if I would conduct a special tour on Friday July 22 for a group from Connecticut, I eagerly signed up. They were called "The Dreamers", and the name was written all in capitals in the BlitzMail message.

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President's pledge worth less today

By Jim Brennan | July 22, 1994

On May 25, 1961, a young dashing President made a pledge to the American people. His commitment to land a man on the moon before that decade was out excited the nation, capturing its imagination and energy.

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Dr. Silbfarb not one who resigned

July 22, 1994

To the Editor: I wanted to clarify the names of individuals stated in the article "Hersh Selected to Head Counseling" (July 6). The statement, "Hersh will replace temporary director Bruce Baker who took over in January after the resignation of Peter Silberfarb" is incorrect. Dr. Michael Gaylor resigned as the former director of Counseling and Human Development, Dr. Bruce Baker was the acting director of Counseling and Human Development, and Dr. Hersh is the present Director of Counseling and Human Development. Dr. Peter Silberfarb is the person to whom Dr. Hersh will report concerning his duties and responsibilities which involve the Department of Psychiatry at the Dartmouth Medical School; Dr. Hersh will report to me concerning his duties and responsibilities which involve the Health Service.

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Defining relationships

By John Strayer | July 20, 1994

I attended a "discussion Monday night entitled, "Can We Talk?" The point of this event was to examine relationships between men and women at Dartmouth and to learn skills to improve those relationships.

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Preview of real world disappoints

By Chris Kelly | July 18, 1994

I opened my HB the other day to find a letter from Career Services asking me to fill out an "Employment Reactionnaire," and as I looked at the reactionnaire -- Career Services apparently sends this reactionnaire to students following their leave term in order to gauge their work experiences -- the horror of my spring term washed over me yet again.

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Groups working together to prepare Social Issues program

By Grace Chionuma | July 18, 1994

To the Editor: Members of the Student Assembly's Sexual Assault Task Force have been working cooperatively with the Freshman Office for some weeks now on the preparation of the Social Issues event for Orientation. Members of the task force were instrumental in devising the current arrangement for preparing the Social Issues program. The article in the July 14 issue of The Dartmouth ("Group looks at Social Issues Night," July 14) created the impression that the relationship between the Freshman Office and the Student Assembly Sexual Assault Task Force is one of conflict when, in fact, this is simply not the case. The story unfortunately opened with quotations that lacked context, and the more positive characterizations of the situation were obscured by having been relegated to later parts of the article. A group of students in the Class of '96 will remain engaged through the summer in preparing the Social Issues program, and we continue to invite the participation of additional students. The next meeting is scheduled for July 26; those interested should phone or blitz Assistant Dean of Freshmen Tony Tillman for details on time and location.

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