It's hard to go anywhere on campus or in Hanover without seeing a Dartmouth student at work, whether it's at a library or a local restaurant.
It's rare to hear Dartmouth students say that wish they were back in high school, but about 100 students have shown that they are willing to return, signing up for a class this spring that will send them over to Hanover High School at least once a week.
When asked about the challenges his job presents, Speech Professor James Kuypers responded that the only drawback to his job is that it is a little lonely -- after all, he essentially is the Office of Speech, Dartmouth's smallest department. "I don't have colleagues that engage in the same type of work I engage in," Kuypers said.
Hop employees work hard to meet students' needs whild bonding with co-workers and playing practical jokes
It is often overlooked that undergraduates are not the only students receiving degrees at Commencement -- the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, the Thayer School of Engineering and the Dartmouth Medical School each have graduate students who will be receiving their degrees this weekend. Each of the graduate schools will have its own investiture ceremony before Commencement. On Sunday morning, the Dartmouth Medical School will hold its Class Day and Awards Ceremony on the lawn in front of the medical school.
The Student Assembly External Review Committee met with members of this year's and next year's Assembly Sunday night to discuss their views of the Assembly's role on campus. The groups debated how the Assembly should admit new members, how to improve communications between the Assembly and the student body and how much power the president should hold. The review committee, chaired by Class of 1995 Vice President Hosea Harvey, was formed at the beginning of the term and charged with reviewing the current structure of the Assembly and providing recommendations for improving its communication with the student body and the way it addresses student needs. The Assembly is scheduled to vote on the review committee's proposals on May 16. Several Assembly members voiced objection to the current policy of admitting new members once they have attended three meetings, involved themselves with a project and received approval from the Nominations Committee. Assembly President-elect Jim Rich '96 called the current policy "a rubber stamp process" that hurts the credibility of the Assembly. Harvey asked Assembly members how students who join the Assembly of their own accord could be made responsible to a constituency. Sarah Johnston '97 said, "Making the Assembly some hyper-exclusive group is not the answer." She said students who show up to three meetings and become involved with a project show real effort and deserve to be on the Assembly. Assembly President Rukmini Sichitiu '95 pointed out that many members of the current Assembly joined via the three-meeting process.
Two ambassadors to the United Nations, Nitya Pibulsonggram '62 of Thailand and Peter Soals of South Africa, ended the two-day U.N.
Two juniors have started a journal that will publish academic works dedicated to feminist issues, the College's second publication aimed at addressing women's concerns. The journal, Intersections, will present a comprehensive view of feminism by publishing papers written by students in Women's Studies and other courses, according to founders Cassie Ehrenberg '96 and Shilyh Warren '96. "Intersections will recognize the excellent feminist scholarship produced throughout the Dartmouth curriculum," Ehrenberg and Warren wrote in an electronic-mail message. Professors teaching courses pertinent to the journal's focus will recommend papers. The College's other women's issues publication, Spare Rib, was started in 1992. French Professor Marianne Hirsch, who helped Ehrenberg and Warren organize the journal, said, "Everyone has different ideas about what feminism is.
Three student-run publications, The Beacon, The Dartmouth Review and Spare Rib, recently announced their new editors in chief for the upcoming year. Morgan Ricks '97 will be editor of The Beacon for the next year.
Winter Carnival weekend was fairly quiet, despite the large amount of visitors to campus, College Proctor Robert McEwen said. "It was busy in terms of activities and events going on," McEwen said.