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Wal-Mart rejected

By Colin Grey | March 31, 1994

The Lebanon Planning Board said Tuesday it will not allow Wal-Mart, a national discount superstore chain, to move onto Route 12A in West Lebanon because the store would cost the town $4,000,000 in facility upgrades. The intended site for the store was at the corner of Interchange Drive and Route 12A, a strip already crowded by fast food restaurants and commercial outlets. "The public highways providing access to the site do not have adequate capacity for the safety of vehicles, pedestrians and bicycles and the improvements necessary to create adequate capacity ... will require an excessive expenditure of public funds," the denial motion passed by the board stated.

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SA candidates pledge positive campaigning

By Scott Anthony | March 31, 1994

Kenji Sugahara '95 urged Student Assembly presidential and vice presidential candidates last night to avoid the negative campaign tactics that plagued the last two elections. Sugahara arranged the meeting at the beginning of this week in an effort to focus the campaign more on issues than on dirty politics and squabbling.

Arts

Student Artisans craft fine jewelry in design studio

By Colin Grey | March 31, 1994

When Erling Heistad talks about Dartmouth's Claflin Jewelry Studio at the Hopkins Center for the Performing Arts, his blue eyes glow brightly and the corners of his mouth curl into a contented smile. Heistad has run the Jewelry Studio, tucked away in the basement of the Hop, since he first set it up in 1966, and he speaks lovingly of the workshop which he has nurtured from its inception. "I want to have a process that allows you to challenge yourself and do it in a non-threatening environment," Heistad said. The Jewelry Studio offers a golden opportunity for students to expand their learning beyond the courses offered in the Organizations, Regulations and Courses book. It is one of three student workshops.

Sports

Women's tennis returns with hopes for success

By Tuni Bergey | March 31, 1994

After the intricacies of Dartmouth's D-plan caused two of the top eight women's tennis players to be off campus during winter training, it would not have been unreasonable to expect the spring season to get off to a shaky start. But so far this does not appear to be the case. The Big Green returned from their exhibition trip to Florida with a spring break record of 3-2 and many strong individual performances.

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'Manet and His Time' flaunts Impressionist work

By Susan Zieger | March 31, 1994

"Manet and His Time," the dazzling exhibit which opened this week at the Hood Museum, flaunts three important Impressionist paintings surrounded by gems from the Hood's permanent collection. Richard Rand, the Hood's Curator of European Art, assembled the exhibit with art history Professor John Jacobus' senior seminar on Impressionism in mind. "It's a really good example of the Museum working with the academic departments," Rand said. Instead of viewing Manet's work and its influences on Impressionists as a springboard toward modernism, Rand's critical approach deals with its subject matter.

Opinion

You Knew It Coming In

By Toby Maitland-Lewis | March 31, 1994

I am not a syndicated columnist. I am really not all that opinionated. But I felt that after four years of lying back and complaining about everybody else complaining, I would do some complaining of my own. As my fellow countryman Mr. John Cleese so eloquently expressed, I am sick and tired of everybody complaining how sick and tired they are about being sick and tired Dartmouth is an isolated community.

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'94 comes on down for Price is Right

By Jack Vaitayanonta | March 31, 1994

"Dave Rinehart '95, come on doowwn!" He was the latest Dartmouth contestant on "The Price is Right" game show, in which he won a trip for six days and six nights to Australia in the Check-Out game. The win was the highlight of a Spring break trip packed with celebrity encounters and almost-on-the-air exposure for 12 members of the Aires, one of Dartmouth's a cappella singing groups. Rinehart was in the audience with the other members of the Aires, who spent the break in California on a singing tour, when he was called.

Opinion

Need-Blind Admissions Not Provided by ROTC

By David Cohen | March 31, 1994

To the Editor: In your article about the Student Assembly's report on ROTC ("SA drafts report backing ROTC," March 30), you write that the SA report states: "To remove ROTC would run contrary to the College's 'need blind' admission policy, and would fly in the face of any ideology which bars discrimination based upon economic status." Even though this is only a draft, it is important to correct a common misconception. What the Assembly report fails to realize is that the U.S.

News

Sports Store to open on Main St.

By Kristen King | March 31, 1994

Subterra Sports, a new sporting goods store specializing in practical outdoor equipment and men's casual clothing, will open in the basement of the New Dartmouth Bank building in early May. Jay Campion, who owns the new store and the bank building, said it will be a "sporting goods convenience store" and will carry the "nuts and bolts" of sports equipment and clothing. Although the Dartmouth Co-op has a sporting goods department, it specializes in racquet sports, camping and skiing equipment.

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SA drafts report backing ROTC

By Maggie Fritz | March 30, 1994

A draft of a Student Assembly report to the Board of Trustees argues the Reserve Officer Training Corps program does not violate the College's Principle of Community and Principle of Equal Opportunity. The 13-page preliminary report also cites student opinion polls supporting the ROTC program as another reason why the program should continue. The Board of Trustees is scheduled to vote on the future of the ROTC program at their Spring meeting, which will take place during the weekend of April 15. In 1991, the Trustees announced that Dartmouth would discontinue ROTC if the military's ban on homosexuals was not lifted by April 1993 because it violated the College's Principle of Community and Principle of Equal Opportunity.

News

College admits more '98 women than men

By Timothy Fitzgibbons | March 30, 1994

For the first time in its history, the College accepted more women than men into its freshman class. On Friday, 2,150 acceptance letters - 1,076 to women and 1,074 to men - will be mailed to students, who were selected from 9,524 applicants. This year's applicant pool was 10.9 percent larger than last year's, said Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Karl Furstenberg. Usually about 50 percent of accepted students matriculate, Furstenberg said.

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Assembly sets goals

By Maggie Fritz | March 30, 1994

Working under the guidelines of a new constitution, the Student Assembly began the term last night by discussing both the status of old projects and plans for the rest of the academic year. The Assembly hopes to publish an academic advising guide this term to provide students with information about where to turn for their specific advising needs. The discussion series on the Coed Fraternity Sorority system that the Assembly began in the fall will conclude this term. Members are also working on a report about the D-plan, which they hope to present to the Board of Trustees at its April meeting. Assembly President Nicole Artzer '94 said the report will show "that there are so many balances back and forth that it needs to be examined by a serious committee." The 28-page revised constitution, which was formally adopted on the final day of classes last term, is more detailed than the previous document and provided more information about the specific duties of the various Assembly officers. The new constitution also increases the number of general student representatives from 21 to 24 and gives more flexibility to the Assembly in determining the functions of its standing committees. But the new constitution still contains some ambiguities the Assembly did not resolve, said Tim Rodenberger '95, chair of the Constitutional Committee. "There were one or two changes that I would liked to have seen to the constitution," Rodenberger said.

News

Gonzalez '95 leaves race

By Scott Anthony | March 30, 1994

David Gonzalez '95 said yesterday he is dropping out of the Student Assembly presidential race because he feels the position is not worth the time commitment. "I had a list of pros and cons in front of me and I decided it wasn't worth it," he said.

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