Opinion
Lessons From a Florida Vacation
By Allison Sciortino | March 31, 1994This past week, while visiting my grandparents in Florida, I was reminded how precious our elders are to society.
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Alums visit College to view change
By Allison Sciortino | November 24, 1993The Alumni Affairs Office earlier this month invited a small group of alumni and parents of alumni to participate in the Horizons program, spending a weekend exploring how the College has changed since they were directly involved. "The program provides a way for alumni to see the qualities that existed at Dartmouth when they attended but expressed in terms of today's teaching agenda," said John Hays, director of development at the Alumni Office. The Alumni Office sponsors the Horizons program three times each year.
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Travels in Africa
By Allison Sciortino | November 22, 1993World traveler Patrick Giantonio led audience members on a journey through Africa Thursday night as he narrated "Footsteps into Change," a film presentation of his five-year walk from Kenya to Cameroon. Giantonio traveled to Africa five years ago to find out "why is the quality of life declining in Africa and what, if any, role can we play in the solution?" With only two donkeys to keep him company, Giantonio walked during the day and arrived in a different village each night, where he said he was warmly welcomed by villagers. Although African lives are plagued with devastation, Giantonio said he was inspired to see their "age-old energy and spirit," which he said brought a festive spirit to the villages he visited. During his tour, Giantonio said he realized that he had many misconceptions about the United States' role in Africa and the issues of overpopulation and poverty. Before the walk, Giantonio said he thought the U.S.
Arts
Graham reveals the 'Dartmouth Story'
By Allison Sciortino | November 22, 1993Anyone who has crossed the Green alone at night and listened for the laughter and footsteps of past Dartmouth students in the rustling leaves should read Robert Graham's "The Dartmouth Story." The book, published in 1990, was given to incoming freshman at convocation, but is a good read for anyone that has spent time at the College. While leading the reader on a historical tour of the Dartmouth campus, Graham first explains the history of the College and then reveals interesting facts such as the origins of the College's name and motto, former functions of the Colleges' buildings and the stories behind campus traditions such as 4 o'clock tea at Sanborn Library. Graham discovered these hidden aspects of the College through fours years of intense research and 20 years of casual questioning. The author begins his proverbial tour at Dartmouth Row, which he refers to as the "crown jewel" of the campus.
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Buildings and Grounds adds customer service position
By Allison Sciortino | October 13, 1993A new emphasis on quality at the College's buildings maintenance office has brought communicator Dick Boutin to campus. Boutin was appointed Customer Service Representative in the Office of Facilities Management this month.
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Tennis camp complains about AD
By Allison Sciortino | September 30, 1993The director of a tennis camp that rents College facilities every summer has written to the Office of Residential Life asking the College to sanction Alpha Delta fraternity for a variety of disturbances reported to Safety and Security throughout the summer. Mike Gardner, the director of the Adidas Tennis Camp, said that over five weeks this summer his campers, who stayed in the RipWoodSmith dormitory cluster, were kept awake by late night noise coming from AD and were menaced by the fraternity's dogs. In a telephone interview from Concord, Mass., where he is the head tennis pro for the Thoreau Club, Gardner said that at the request of Assistant Dean of Residential Life Deb Reinders he has written a letter formalizing the camp's complaints and suggestions. In the letter, Gardner said he wrote that loud music from the fraternity house often prevented campers from sleeping and forced camp directors to call Safety and Security several times each week. The five-week long camp attracts high caliber athletes between the ages of 10 and 17, many of whom are training for national tournaments, Gardner said. Chase Arnold '95, AD's summer president, said the music over the summer was "nothing out of the ordinary." Besides the loud noise, camp staffers also complained about crashing sounds in the middle of the night, snarling fraternity dogs, missing camp equipment, vandalism and repeated late night use of RipWoodSmith facilities by AD brothers. "I understand that it is typical for fraternities to party and have fun," Gardner said.