As an individual, I cannot defend the rush process. As a sorority president, I know that we must have some form of rush because we have no other way to introduce underclass women to the sorority system.
They surprise you in the showers, keep your living quarters sanitary and, in some cases, act like surrogate aunts and uncles to students living away from home. The College employs 38 residential custodians -- 35 in dorms and three in Greek houses.
The College shut down its Telenet service last Thursday in lieu of the more widely used Internet. The Telenet, used at the College for the last 20 years, began as a revolutionary system that for the price of a local phone call, gave users access to BASIC programs, multiple library databases, and lists of art holdings among other things. The Telenet provided local, nation-wide, and international access to Dartmouth College Time Sharing, the computer system used by Telenet servicers. Rich Brown, manager of special projects in Computer Services said Telenet is no longer cost effective. "We pay $50,000 for access to the Internet which is used by everyone all the time," Brown said. Also, "the Telenet doesn't offer the exciting things the Internet does," Brown said. Brown noted that many students have confused the campus Telenet shutdown with Telnet, the system that allows off-campus students to access their BlitzMail accounts. Until recently, only the Human Resources Department has a program accessible solely by Telenet.