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Campus divided over decision

By Alexander R. Edlich | April 18, 1994

A wave of emotion rolled across the campus following the Board of Trustees' decision to keep the Army's Reserve Officer Training Corps program. The Trustees' statement, released Saturday afternoon, shocked and angered homosexuals at the College. Religion Professor Susan Ackerman, a former co-convener of the Coalition for Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Concerns, said the decision further alienates the homosexual community and it sends a message to them that they are "not as important." Bart Bingenheimer '94 said he thought it was a "sure bet" the Board would vote to eliminate the program.

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DDS changes deliveries

By Jason Casell | April 18, 1994

After less than a week in operation, significant changes have been made to increase efficiency in Food Court's new late night delivery service. The program, which began Apr.

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Kelley leaves after 27 years as trainer

By Jennifer Sack | April 18, 1994

After serving as the College's head trainer since 1967, Fred Kelley has taken a long-term disability leave effective April 1. "Fred Kelley certainly has become part of the history of Dartmouth," Athletic Directory Dick Jaeger said.

Opinion

In ROTC decision, Trustees Leant Support To Discrimination

By Sean Donahue | April 18, 1994

To the Editor: In their decision to allow the Reserve Officers' Training Corps to continue to exist at Dartmouth, the Trustees have leant their support not only to the Pentagon's hateful policy of discrimination against lesbians, gays and bisexuals, but to the basic philosophical tenet on which any culture of violence is based - the belief that human beings are not unique individuals of infinite intrinsic worth, but rather a collection of attributes each of which can be used to identify, categorize, and evaluate people, providing a rationale for violence against a person, people or class. In the case of the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, openly lesbian, gay and bisexual women and men are evaluated solely on the basis of their sexuality.

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Trustees vote to continue ROTC

By Alexander R. Edlich | April 18, 1994

The Board of Trustees voted over the weekend to keep the Army's Reserve Officer Training Corps, but admitted the program discriminates against homosexuals. The Trustees' statement, released Saturday, said the Board wished to preserve the opportunity for students to participate in ROTC but also pledged to work to change the military's policy toward homosexuals. By keeping the program, the Board overrode recommendations by the faculty and College President James Freedman to eliminate ROTC because of its discriminatory policies. But the Board's statement supported their claim that the military's current policy concerning homosexuals is still discriminatory. "The so-called 'don't ask, don't tell, don't pursue' policy enacted by Congress in 1993 places Dartmouth and other institutions of higher education in an unacceptable situation," the Trustees wrote in their two-page statement.

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Service gives facts over network

By Keith Lavigne | April 18, 1994

The Dartmouth library system has begun a service that allows computer network users to make information requests to reference librarians from their computers. Humanities and Social Science Reference Bibliographer Cynthia Pawlek developed the service in conjunction with Computing Services.

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March takes back the night

By Colin Grey | April 15, 1994

More than 70 women and a handful of men participated in the fifth annual Take Back the Night March. Marchers chanted slogans like "Women unite, Take back the night" as they weaved their way from Parkhurst Administration building, past Mass Row, down Webster Avenue to the Women's Resource Center by the Choates. At the head of the procession, Yun Chung '97 carried a wreath covered in blue, green, purple and red ribbons - which signify support for the victims of sexual assault - added by people throughout Sexual Assault Awareness Week. "We simultaneously acknowledge and reject the extreme social cost that sexual assault has for Dartmouth and the society at large," Reini Jensen '94 read from the march's statement of purpose. Yesterday's march appeared more peaceful than in the past.

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Talk focuses on women of color

By Nneka Landrum | April 15, 1994

About 40 students met at the top of the Hop yesterday afternoon as part of Sexual Assault Awareness Week to discuss how sexual assault affects women of color. The discussion, moderated by Ann Marshall '95, focused mainly on how difficult it is for sexually assaulted women of color to obtain support from within and outside of their communities. "Sexual assault is not separate from the racial problems and history which exist in this country," Susie Lee '94 said. Women of color are often not believed when revealing they have been sexually assaulted, especially when the attacker is Caucasian, Lee said. And if the attacker is part of their community, women of color are often made to feel as if they must keep silent to combat media-made stereotypes about their communities, she said. "Women of color should realize that they too are part of their community and deserve to valued as such," S.T.

Opinion

Nirvana Mainstream, Not Alternative

By Bruce Sneddon | April 15, 1994

To the Editor: I was motivated to write this letter upon reading Dan Glazer's column concerning the death of Kurt Cobain ("Cobain's music expressed fears of Generation X," April 12). I find it unfortunate that many people have seen fit to attach the "alternative" label to the music of bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam or Alice In Chains.

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Crew hopes for weekend rebound

By Ally Hyun | April 15, 1994

Although the outcome of the races in Derby, Conn. last weekend wasn't what the Big Green wanted, both women's and men's heavyweight crew hope to rebound from those losses, for they and men's lightweight crew all face tough competition this weekend. Saturday, the women race Radcliffe and Syracuse in Cambridge, Mass., and men's heavyweight crew challenges Boston University and Rutgers in Hanover.

Sports

Women's tennis off to undefeated Ivy start

By Amy Henry | April 15, 1994

The women's tennis team is enjoying an early season undefeated Ivy League record after 5-2 victories over Columbia and the University of Pennsylvania last weekend. Coach Chris Kerr said the key to the wins over Penn and Columbia were good doubles play and solid singles performances down the entire lineup. In all three of this season's matches, the Big Green women have won two out of the three doubles matches, and the doubles point has proved to be crucial. Currently 4-2 overall, the team captured four out of six singles matches last weekend . Kiyoe Hashimoto '95 and Kallie Buehler '97, who are undefeated at the number three and number five positions, respectively, are currently leading the Big Green.

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Panhell adopts new rush process

By Maggie Fritz | April 15, 1994

The Panhellenic Council adopted last night a new rush policy that will guarantee all interested women a place in one of Panhell's six sororities starting Fall term. Four proposals were voted on by all six sororities at house meetings on Wednesday night.

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Trustees to meet tomorrow

By Alexander R. Edlich | April 15, 1994

The College's Board of Trustees will vote this weekend at its annual April meeting on the Reserve Officer Training Corps program's future and on a proposal to create a new comparative literature graduate program. Cheryl Reynolds, the Board's secretary, said the Trustees will consider the ROTC issue in one of their closed executive meetings this weekend.

Opinion

Why ROTC Must Go

By House Editorial | April 15, 1994

The Board of Trustees will decide at its meeting this weekend to bolster the College's Principle of Equal Opportunity, or undermine it.

Opinion

Reality Bites?

By Brandon Del Pozo | April 15, 1994

"Reality Bites"- the saga of our generation- Generation X. A generation unprepared for the real world, unable to fend for itself.

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Student collapses in Thayer

By Amy Semet | April 15, 1994

A male student who became ill in Thayer Dining Hall around noon yesterday was taken by ambulance to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center where he was treated and released. According to Beth Jones, manager at Food Court, the student apparently suffered from a seizure. Roland Adams, a spokesman for the News Service said the injury was not food-related.

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