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The Good, The Bad and The NRO

By Dan Richman | March 30, 1994

We're all back in Hanover now and facing the somewhat unpleasant notion of three new classes. Many of you undoubtedly find yourselves scrambling to choose that third class each term and, to make your life easier, I have compiled a modest list of courses which I have found to be quite palatable, and others which are a bit less so. I have slaved for almost three years here in Hanover to bring you this valuable information.

News

Sleigh gets $20K grant

By Jack Vaitayanonta | March 29, 1994

English Professor Thomas Sleigh recently received a $20,000 Creative Writing Fellowship that will fund his living expenses while he finishes his poetry book, currently titled "The Work." Sleigh was awarded the fellowship last month from the Literature Program of the National Endowment for the Arts. "My initial reaction was of disbelief.

News

Tuck Globalizes

By Alexander R. Edlich | March 29, 1994

The Amos Tuck School of Business Administration named last week one of its professor the director of the school's new $13 million international business program, which will expand opportunities abroad for students and professors. Dean of the Tuck School Edward Fox named Tuck Professor Joseph Massey as the center's director March 24. The new program, called the Whittemore Center for International Business, will facilitate development of foreign contacts, enhance research possibilities and create new jobs for graduates, Fox said. The center is the school's latest step in increasing international trade knowledge and skills, mirroring the growing importance of global commerce in today's world. The center's creation was made possible by a $6 million bequest from Earl Daum '24, T'25, a former member of Tuck's advisory board.

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DOC selects leaders

By David Hemmer | March 29, 1994

Amy Barnhorst '95, the Dartmouth Outing Club's new president, and Todd Parment '95, the new vice president, said they want to make the club more unified in its promotion of outdoor education and leadership. Barnhorst, who replaced Mark Giordono '94, and Parment, who succeeded Wyatt Oswald '94, started their year-long tenures at the beginning of this term. The DOC is the umbrella organization that coordinates Cabin and Trail, Environmental Studies, Winter Sports and several outdoor clubs, such as Bait and Bullet, Biathlon, Cycling, Ledyard Canoe, Mountaineering, Riding, Trap and Skeet and Snow Boarding. Both new leaders enter their positions with extensive experience in the DOC and goals to make the different divisions within the club more unified. "I want to try to bring out a more unified club spirit so that - rather than being opposing faction of kayakers, rock climbers and backpackers - the club is a more coherent group of people who share a diverse interest in a variety of activities and work together to make things happen," Barnhorst said. Through his new position, Parment said he hopes to broaden his own experience and to create stronger ties between the many divisions of the Outing Club. While conceding the divisions have many different purposes, Parment said he thinks "there is a lot that the different groups could offer each other." Barnhorst, who became involved with the DOC her freshman year, was the co-chair of the Mountaineering Club.

News

Vandewalle testifies on Algeria

By Scott Anthony | March 29, 1994

Government Professor Dirk Vandewalle recently testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee about the dangerous political situation in Algeria, where he said 40 to 50 people are killed weekly. Vandewalle was one of four people scheduled to testify on what course of action the United States should pursue in Algeria, which has been on the brink of civil war since a military regime ascended to power in January of 1992. Ambassador to Egypt Robert Paltrow, a professor from Johns Hopkins University and a professor from Haverford College also testified on Algeria's current political climate. In Vandewalle's five-page testimony, which he presented last Wednesday, he said Algeria is in a virtual state of civil war between the current government and Islamists. "Both sides ... are armed and increasingly organized specifically to target their opposition," he said.

News

Home and Life show attracts people, pets and a dinosaur

By Colin Grey | March 28, 1994

This weekend, while returning students slowly filled up the Dartmouth campus, approximately 14,000 people - mostly families from the Upper Valley - drove in packs to Leverone Field House for the 15th annual Home and Life exhibition. Parents and their children roamed through the 257 booths, perusing showcases from a variety of exhibitors ranging from the Toys'N'Stuff toy store to ACoRN, the Upper Valley's AIDS Community Resource Network. Other visitors relaxed, lounging on a sofa while watching "Back to the Future" at the Radio Shack booth. The tarantulas and goldfish at the Lebanon Pet and Aquarium Center booth fascinated adults and children alike. Even tiny tot superstar Barney, a giant purple dinosaur with his own cartoon show on television, was there.

Opinion

Vox Clamantis

By Jan Sundnas | March 28, 1994

To the Editor: I would like to correct an erroneous statement printed in The Dartmouth on Tuesday, March 8th ("Women's Health Services support pregnant students; condoms, pill most popular") that concerns RU 486. RU 486 is the French abortion pill and is very different from "the morning after pill." RU 486 is not available in the United States; it is a pill that induces spontaneous abortion up to 12 weeks into a pregnancy.

Sports

Women's hoops miss NCAA berth

By Camile Powell | March 28, 1994

Somebody forgot to tell the women's basketball team that they were not supposed to win the Ivy title this year. Somebody forgot to tell them that a team with seven freshmen and three sophomores is usually a year or two away from being a serious contender. Somebody forgot to tell them that a team with a new coaching staff generally needs a year to get used to one another. And somebody forgot to tell them that a team that returns three starters from an 8-18 team usually does not unseat a two-time defending league champ. Thank goodness somebody forgot. The women's basketball team, picked to finish fifth in the Ivy League in a preseason media poll, surpassed all expectations by sharing the Ivy title with two-time defending champion Brown. A hard-fought 77-64 win at Harvard back on March 8 put the finishing touches on an outstanding season and clinched the Ivy title for the Big Green. "A banner went up in the gym with that win at Harvard," Coach Chris Wielgus said. The victory also forced a one game playoff to determine which team would represent the Ivy League in the expanded NCAA tournament.

Arts

Improved Oscar ceremony honors fine films of 1993

By Susan Zieger | March 28, 1994

Just as Oskar Schindler comes to see the truth of the Holocaust in "Schindler's List," the Oscars themselves reflect an awareness of how films influence public perception of historical truth. "Schindler's List," though it depicts events that happened decades ago, is particularly relevant now, when Holocaust deniers propagate their view around the nation and when a recent national survey found that nearly one-fifth of Americans doubt that the Holocaust happened at all. The phenomenon of "Schindler's List" is intriguing.

News

Italian department seeks student interest in FSP

By Maggie Lockwood | March 28, 1994

Pending student interest, the Committee on Off Campus Programs and College deans will decide this term whether or not the Italian Studies Program will take place next year. The 11-week program in Rome, Italy, ran for the first time last year and is approved for the fall of 1995.

News

Bus, car collide on 89

By Colin Grey | March 28, 1994

A collision between a brand new Ford Thunderbird and a 45-passenger bus forced Vermont State Police to close down Interstate 89's two southbound lanes between Exits 3 and 4 for an hour yesterday afternoon. No one was injured in the accident said Heidi Holzinger, a Vermont State Police dispatcher.

News

Students celebrate Passover

By David Hemmer | March 28, 1994

Saturday night marked the beginning of Passover, a week-long celebration of the freeing of Jewish slaves from bondage in Egypt. Along with Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Hanukkah, Passover is among the four most celebrated Jewish holidays, said Jesse Israel '96.

News

Coalition calls for removal of ROTC

By Maggie Fritz | March 28, 1994

The Coalition for Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Concerns issued a statement on Mar. 28 demanding that the College eliminate its Reserve Officer Training Corps program. The coalition alleges that ROTC discriminates against homosexuals and therefore violates the College's Principal of Equal Opportunity. The statement will be submitted to the Board of Trustees for consideration at its meeting on the weekend of April 15. The coalition is a an organization of Dartmouth faculty and staff, which addresses the concerns of gay, lesbian and bisexual employees at the College. The coalition's statement comes nearly one month after the faculty of arts and sciences voted overwhelmingly to urge the Trustees to discontinue ROTC for similar reasons. In 1991, the Trustees said they would discontinue the ROTC program if the U.S.

Sports

College names soccer coach

By Jennifer Sack | March 28, 1994

Fran O'Leary, who is currently the men's soccer coach at Kenyon College in Ohio, has been appointed head coach of the Dartmouth men's soccer team, Athletic Director Dick Jaeger announced last week. "We're excited to welcome Fran to the Dartmouth athletic department," Jaeger said.

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