The Student Assembly must improve. At such a crucial juncture in Dartmouth College's history, it becomes very important for student government to be truly effective for the sake of all students.
Several Pakistani Dartmouth students openly support the military coup that took place earlier this month in Pakistan. On October 12 General Pervez Musharraf led the coup to oust the former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, suspended the Constitution and declared military rule -- an action that ended democracy installed in the country since 1986. Although several armed soldiers stormed the residence of Prime Minister Sharif, it was an apparently bloodless undertaking. While some Pakistanis demonstrated against the takeover, many native citizens approve the military effort to ensure an expeditious cleanup of government corruption. Shehryar Salamat '00, a student who has family and friends in Pakistan, said "people are pretty happy about it." Salamat found out about the coup the day it happened from a friend in Pakistan who e-mailed him about the event. Salamat believes that the coup was in the best interest of the country.
Alisa Davis '01, Andrew Berglund '00 and Andrew Thompson '01 are among the 304 recipients of this year's national Goldwater Scholarships.
Walsh will work in hospice house for a year
Pervez Hoodbhoy, a Pakistani nuclear physicist, and Itty Abraham, author of a new book on India's nuclear program, said yesterday evening they fear conflict between India and Pakistan will result in nuclear war. Nuclear weapons may eventually kill "a billion and a half people," Hoodbhoy told an audience of about 150 students and faculty in 3 Rockefeller Center. "To develop such nuclear weapons is obscene" when "four million people live below the poverty line" in India, he said. Hoodbhoy called the hope that nuclear weapons can maintain peace "very optimistic." Unlike the situation between the United States and the former Soviet Republic, two countries that did not share a common border, a nuclear missile launched by Pakistan or India "only has a two to five minute flying time" before impact, he said. "This will necessitate hair-trigger responses" or a preemptive strike if hostility between the two countries escalates to war, Hoodbhoy continued. "To be a big boy in the world, you need nuclear weapons," Houdbhoy said, contrasting the nations' present situation to the past. "You had two adversaries with pistols in their pockets.
The College recently announced its intention to build a new artificial-turf athletic field in a different location than it had previously planned, following a local controversy about the original site. Residents who lived near the patch of land originally slated for the project complained of potential traffic and lighting problems. Although College officials considered several new sites, including one near the Hanover Co-op Food Store, they eventually selected a location adjacent to a wetland and near the original Tyler Road space, according to College Athletic Director Dick Jaeger. The artificial-turf field is designed to have less surface run-off from precipitation than the existing grass field. The turf will enable the athletic department to simply plow any snow and precipitation off the field, allowing athletes to start practicing as early as February 1 each winter, Jaeger previously told The Dartmouth. Jaeger said yesterday this new plan requires approval from the town zoning board. The field, to be used for lacrosse and field hockey, will not disturb the wetland, which Jaeger described as "a drainage ditch" near "the corner of the field." Tim McNamara, a consultant representing the College, told the Valley News the field will be made of "knitted nylon product" that will not affect the environment. Some local residents said they still have concerns about the project. Resident Fred Crory said he wants "to make sure it complies with zoning ordinances that apply to athletic fields." Crory explained that the town planning board "is waiting for the judge to rule one way or the other on the rugby case." This case will affect the possibility of the College declaring all "future buildings as educational," Crory said.
Sororities give awares to role models
The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center has applied for a 1998 tax exemption from the city of Lebanon on the grounds that it is both a charitable and educational institution. DHMC was denied its tax exemption for 1997 three weeks ago, when the board of assessors decided it should not be classified as a a charitable organization.
President-elect and wife eat with undergrads
Berry construction fence to stand four years