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Candidates flock to NH state GOP dinner

By Jackie Rose | January 8, 1996

Neither the frigid weather in Manchester nor the crippling snow in Washington and New York diminished the enthusiasm of the 750 republicans attending the New Hampshire state GOP dinner -- but the weather did keep three republican presidential aspirants from attending. This year's dinner was titled "A Winter Celebration with the Next President of the United States." By 5 p.m., crowds of anxious supporters wielding "Dole for President" or "Lamar Walked Here" signs eagerly waited at the New Hampshire Exposition Center's entrance for the arrival of the presidential candidates vying for the republican nomination. Although snow prevented candidates Bob Dole, Phil Gramm and Steve Forbes, from attending the dinner, they spoke to supporters via telephone. At a cocktail party preceding the speeches, Lamar Alexander, who spoke at Dartmouth this fall, said he greatly enjoyed his visit to the College and was "very pleased" with student turnout.

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Dorms: your home away from home for the next four years

By Jackie Rose | July 26, 1995

Most freshmen will be anxious to see their new rooms. Upon turning their key, just obtained from the Office of Residential Life, and swinging open their doors, freshmen will be met by a wide range of sights. Some students will be met by spacious quads in the East Wheelock Cluster, others by cramped and dank one-room doubles in Topliff Hall. But while some rooms are spacious and centrally-located and others are remote and tiny, all dorms have their pluses and their minuses.

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Debate team loses in tournament

By Jackie Rose | April 7, 1995

Both of Dartmouth's debate teams lost in the quarterfinals of the National College Debate Tournament at Western Georgia College, which wrapped up on Wednesday. The question for this year's tournament was, "Resolved: Criminal procedure in Federal courts with respect to pretrial detention and sentencing." Although both teams were upset by lower-ranked teams in the tournament on Monday, Debate Director Ken Strange said the teams performed well. "We were debating against people a little older," he said.

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Police investigate hate crimes

By Jackie Rose | March 2, 1995

The Hanover Police Department is looking into a letter allegedly containing racial slurs that a black College student recently received in his Hinman Box. The letter was postmarked from White River Junction, Vt., and was signed "Jim Crow." So-called Jim Crow laws were enacted in the United Sates after the Civil War to segregate blacks. Hanover Police Sgt.

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Astronaunt Jemison to join faculty

By Jackie Rose | February 21, 1995

Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman astronaut, will arrive at the College next week to begin her one-year appointment as Professor of Environmental Studies, according to Dean of Faculty Karen Wetterhahn. Jemison will also head the Jemison Institute at Dartmouth College for Advancing Technology in Developing Countries, Wetterhahn said yesterday. As a chemical engineer, physician, professor and astronaut, Jemison's expertise encompasses a broad range of disciplines, said Environment Studies Department Chair Ross Virginia. "Mae is a very accomplished person with a strong interest in interdisciplinary work," Virginia said. Wetterhahn said the institute, which will be located in Steele Hall, will provide Dartmouth students with extensive research and internship opportunities covering to a wide variety of technical and social topics. "I think that having her here will open up opportunities for Dartmouth students and faculty to become involved in an exciting interdisciplinary international effort," Wetter-hahn said. Jemison could not be reached for comment in her Houston office. Jemison initially visited the College as a lecturer for the Women in Science Project and again in 1993 as a Montgomery Fellow. "I think that as a speaker for the Women in Science Project and as a Montgomery Fellow, she was really impressed with the ability of the faculty to work across the disciplines," Wetterhahn said. Virginia said although Jemison will not teach classes this spring, she will probably guest lecture in areas of her expertise. Jemison will co-teach Environmental Studies 82, "Natural Resources, Development and the Environment," this summer. According to a fax received yesterday from Jemison's office in Houston, the institute will serve to research advancing technology in developing countries. "The Institute was recently established as an agent for identifying, assessing, researching and implementing advanced technologies that may be employed advantageously to the development of less industrialized nations," the fax said.

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Freshman not infected

By Jackie Rose | February 21, 1995

Julia Morrill '98, a resident of Richardson residence hall suspected of having contracted spinal meningitis, does not have the potentially life-threatening virus and is not carrying the bacteria. After passing out in the third-floor bathroom of Richardson on Friday morning while brushing her teeth, Morrill was taken to Dick's House by ambulance. Some neighbors speculated that Morrill had meningitis in light of the recent hospitalization of two students who were infected with the meningococcus bacteria.

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Reactions to reform

By Jackie Rose | February 14, 1995

As the Student Assembly grapples with a number of proposals aimed at reducing the problems that have plagued it for the last two years, the only thing agreed to by almost everyone is that some kind of reform is necessary. "The same problems come up every year," said Dean of Student Life Holly Sateia, the Assembly's adviser. Sateia said the key to a reform plan lies in improving the representation and accountability of Assembly members. "It is important to think of how members can share their platforms with the students whom they represent," she said. Senior Class Vice President and former Assembly member Hosea Harvey said, "Without a student assembly, the student's voice is severely diminished." "It is better to engage in substantial overhaul" than let it become ineffective, he said. Assembly President Rukmini Sichitiu '95 said she believes any reform must tackle the issue of support for the leaders of the Assembly and the goals that they wish to achieve. "The people who the student body put confidence in should be able to carry out their visions," she said. After Assembly Vice President John Honovich '97 last week proposed the adjournment of the Assembly, both Sichitiu and former Assembly member Kenji Sugahara '95 proposed plans to restructure the Assembly. "All of the plans have potential," Honovich said.

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Board asks to find Webster replacement

By Jackie Rose | February 14, 1995

The College's Board of Trustees decided at its meeting last weekend to proceed with the planned renovation of Webster Hall but also asked the administration to look for replacement programming space. Deputy Provost Bruce Pipes said "the administration is beginning to look at a number of solutions" to replace the function of Webster Hall. "We are just in the process of looking at options," Pipes said. He said the College administration hopes to find an alternative space to use instead of building a new structure. Pipes said constructing a new programming space would be very expensive and would fall behind other priorities, like the construction of a new math building. Student Assembly President Rukmini Sichitiu '95 said when the Trustees initially decided to convert Webster Hall into a special collections library, they had been told the building was not being used. Sichitiu said the Trustees were surprised that the Assembly and the Coalition of Class Officers were able to show a need for a space similar to Webster Hall. COCO distributed to the Trustees copies of its Webster Hall report, which concluded "the elimination of a medium-capacity programming space will severely limit the diversity of programming at Dartmouth." Sichitiu also said so far more than 500 students have signed petitions and shown support for the student initiative. "It is not realistic to not convert Webster Hall into a special collections library," said Sichitiu.

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Sugahara wants to reform SA

By Jackie Rose | February 9, 1995

Kenji Sugahara '95, a former Student Assembly member, will soon introduce a plan to completely overhaul the Assembly. Under Sugahara's plan, the Assembly would have a student-elected president overseeing two independent, separate groups -- one dedicated to student services and the other to campus issues. "This is not a motion to abolish Assembly.

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Jemison to become College professor

By Jackie Rose | February 3, 1995

Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman astronaut, will join the faculty of the Environmental Sciences department this month. Jemison will also head the new Jemison Institute at Dartmouth College for Advancing Technology in Developing Countries. Environmental Studies Department Chair Ross Virginia, confirmed Jemison's appointment yesterday, but said the College is still finalizing Jemison's contract. The new institute will allow Jemison to continue her research in the relationship between advanced technology, health and environment to find solutions for problems facing lesser developed countries, according to the Environmental Studies newsletter. "The objective of the institute is to evaluate, identify and promote the development of technology for developing countries," Virginia said. Jemison, reached at her office in Houston yesterday, declined to comment on her appointment or the Jemison Institute. Jemison's appointment "adds an exciting interdisciplinary dimension to our curriculum and new topics for undergraduate research," Virginia wrote in the newsletter. Jemison and Professor Carol Goldburg are scheduled to co-teach Environmental Studies 82, "Natural Resources, Development and the Environment," in the summer of 1995. Jemison spent Winter term of 1993 at Dartmouth as a Montgomery Fellow. While at the College, Jemison taught College Course 4, "Space Age Technology in Developing Countries." The Jemison Institute is a spin-off from that course, Virginia said. In Fall term of 1994, Jemison was a guest lecturer for Environmental Sciences 2, "Earth as an Ecosystem." Jemison flew on the NASA Spacelab-J, the first cooperative mission between the United States and Japan. She also worked as a Peace Corps medical officer in West Africa for two years, managing rural health care. Jemison has a degree in engineering from Stanford University and a medical degree from Cornell University. In a January 1993 interview with The Dartmouth, Jemison said, "I accepted the [Montgomery Fellowship] as an opportunity to go to a new environment and do some reality testing.

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