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Group works to save Webster estate

By Ryan Boyle | October 12, 1993

A citizens group in Marshfield, Mass., has spent the last three years fighting to save the 18-acre estate of distinguished Dartmouth alumnus Daniel Webster, Class of 1801. The group, known as the Daniel Webster Preservation Trust, founded in 1990, hopes to raise $800,000 to buy the plot from developer William Last, who purchased the land in 1986, according to local newspapers. Jim Cantwell, an aide to Massachusetts State Senator Brian McDonald, has spearheaded the movement, which has strong community support. Cantwell and the group plan to convert the estate to a combined bed and breakfast and a museum dedicated to Webster, a 19th century statesman and lawyer. They also hope to protect the 350-year-old English Linden Tree, which residents believe English colonists planted to remind them of home, the Boston, Mass., Patriot Ledger reported. According to the Ledger, Last originally planned to build a housing project for elderly citizens, but the 1990 recession delayed the construction for three years. In early April, the town zoning board refused to extend the building permit.

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Kunin endorses Clinton's Goals 2000

By David Sadoff | October 11, 1993

Deputy Secretary of Education Madeleine Kunin said in a speech Friday that the American education system has serious problems but President Bill Clinton's "Goals 2000 Education America" plan could help solve them. Kunin gave her speech, titled "Fixing American Education: The Clinton Plan," to about 150 people at the Rockefeller Social Sciences Center. Kunin, a former governor of Vermont, said she endorsed Clinton's plan that includes voluntary national testing standards in education and national curriculum standards. But after the speech, Education Professor Faith Dunne said Kunin offered no specifics and Clinton's plan is "still in the formative stages." Dunne, the former head of the College's education department, said she believes the Clinton administration "is working towards a coherent plan or strategy," but has not yet fully developed one. In her speech, Kunin said the major problems in educating young Americans are violence in inner-city areas, lack of parental involvement and the changing definition of education in an increasingly technological world. "Education reform must address quality of education and social problems such as poverty that influence the classroom," she said. Kunin said the Safe Schools Act, which grants federal funds for security improvements in schools, and Head Start, a program that provides inner city youths with subsidized pre-schooling, are partial solutions to some of those problems. Student panelists questioned Kunin after her speech about the voucher system, which would give each primary and secondary school student a credit that could be used at any public or private school. The voucher system, which is now on the ballot in California, is "dangerous," Kunin said.

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NAD reacts to Columbus holiday

By Jennifer Skoda | October 11, 1993

Responding to today's Columbus Day holiday before it began, Native Americans at Dartmouth last night sponsored an event that celebrated the survival of Native culture and emphasized "peaceful coexistence" between people of different backgrounds. The event, called "501 Years of Survival: A Celebration of Native Cultures," included food, music and poetry from several North American tribes. Sharilyn Roanhorse '95, the vice president of NAD, read a statement from the group that asked students and administrators to push for an atmosphere of equality at the College and to consider the implications of celebrating the Columbus Day holiday. Roanhorse asked that Native American culture be given the same level of respect as Western culture. Columbus Day honors the explorer Christopher Columbus, who landed in the Caribbean in 1492 and is often credited for discovering the American continents. Roanhorse said the event was scheduled on the day before the federal holiday to take pride in the survival of Native cultures, not to glorify Columbus. Today NAD is sponsoring a table next to the Hinman Boxes to distribute the organization's statement on today's federal holiday and buttons that say "Genocide is no cause for celebration" and "1492 1993, 501 years of tourists." Last Columbus Day marked the quincentennial anniversary of Columbus' arrival.

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'95 Class Council wants SA funds

By Scott Anthony | October 11, 1993

The junior class council will ask the College to take money away from what it calls a fiscally wasteful Student Assembly and give it to the class councils. But Dean of Student Life Holly Sateia said the class councils should worry about their own budget -- not the Assembly's. "We'd rather have each group make a strong case for themselves," Sateia.

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Feeling neglected, Reform SA! group challenges Artzer

By Scott Anthony | October 8, 1993

Sometimes campaign promises don't work out exactly as planned and sometimes they don't work out at all. During Student Assembly elections last year, candidates capitalized on a surge of student dissatisfaction by promising an Assembly that would help the students rather than push personal political agendas. President Nicole Artzer '94 and a group of 15 Assembly members called Reform SA!

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Gap plans to open store in Hanover

By Kristen King | October 8, 1993

The Gap, a national clothing chain, plans to open a store on Main Street next spring, according to the College and town business owners. The Gap will move into College-owned retail space next to the Hanover Inn, where Brewster's clothing store used to be. Paul Olsen, the College's real estate director, said The Gap and the College have signed a letter of intent, agreeing to "finalize all the details which would complete the deal." Main Street store owners said The Gap is expected in early May. Olsen said the clothing company has not set a Hanover opening date but added, "if they come I know it would be around that time." "We've talked and continue to talk with them," Olsen said.

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Male models bare all for $50 an hour

By Amanda A. Amann | October 7, 1993

The classified ad in the back of this newspaper read, "Male Models needed for Medical School Course." But do not expect to find ruggedly handsome men strolling runways in the latest surgery fashions. For $50 an hour, models are truly expected to devote their bodies -- at least for a few hours -- to science. "They are simulated patients in the Physical Diagnosis course so that second-year med.

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Fraternities welcome members

By Siobhan Gorman | October 7, 1993

While some fraternities are reporting strong pledge classes after last week's rush activities, many houses have fewer new members this fall than last. Final statistics for this term's rush class are not yet available, but leaders of the College's Interfraternity Council said this year's pledge class is strong. Kenji Sugahara '95, rush chair for the IFC, said he was pleased with the rush results in general, but he said rush week was marred by the anti-Greek posters and slogans displayed around campus. "It's okay to try to change someone's mind, but there is a set standard to go by which shows respect for other people," Sugahara said. Alpha Delta fraternity was one of the houses that has a strong pledge class. Approximately 70 students attended the preliminary rush parties for AD.

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ROTC panel today

By Kristen King | October 7, 1993

With the Board of Trustees' deadline for the federal government to lift the ban on gays in the military on the horizon, the Coalition for Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Concerns will sponsor a forum today to spark discussion about the fate of the Reserve Officer Training Corps on campus. The Trustees promised to terminate the ROTC program if the ban is not removed entirely by next April.

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Paley graces class with experience

By Maggie Fritz | October 7, 1993

Seeking to show a new generation of writers how to "light up the darkness" with their words, renowned poet and short story writer Grace Paley is teaching a senior seminar in poetry writing this term. Paley, the author of a collection of short stories called "Enormous Changes at the Last Minute" and numerous anthologies of poetry, teaches English 85, a workshop in which students read works in progress to Paley and the other members of the class, who then critique the writing. The class, Paley said, allows students to receive the practice and attention writers need to improve. "What people need if they're a writer is to write," Paley said.

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Artzer: follow me

By Scott Anthony | October 6, 1993

At the second Student Assembly meeting of the term last night, president Nicole Artzer '94 lashed out at a temporary committee that voided many of her executive appointments. On Sunday, the committee on procedure said seven of Artzer's 10 appointments to the executive committee violated the Assembly's constitution because they were not official Assembly members. So now Artzer's executive committee can not fully function until the seven members go through the official process of joining the Assembly --which could take another two weeks. But Artzer told the Assembly last night that its primary concern should be helping the student body, not political infighting. "Let's think a little about why we are here," she said. She said she was happy that the student body was the main concern of the Assembly at-large and presidential candidates last year. "It thrilled me," she said.

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No guarantees for education dept.

By Christopher Johnson | October 6, 1993

Administrators said yesterday they cannot guarantee that the education department will offer classes until 1997, exposing a rift between the department and the Dean of Faculty Office and confusing students who were told they could earn a certificate in education before they graduate. George Wolford, the assistant dean of faculty for the social sciences, called an announcement from the education department to the Class of 1997 "a premature communication." "There wasn't sufficient consultation between their department and our office," Wolford said. Wolford said students will be updated as soon as the College knows more about the department's future.

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Clinton plan prescribes few changes for students

By Christopher Kao | October 6, 1993

Capitation. Gatekeepers. Health Alliances. The terminology of President Clinton's health care plan seems hostile and uninviting, but the plans' goals are simple -- universal access to primary health care for everyone -- even college students. Clinton's plan intends to change the way health care is provided and paid for and everyone at Dartmouth -- students, faculty, and employees will be affected. Worried about the rising costs of health care and the growing number of uninsured Americans, Clinton made reforming the health care system a major part of his campaign platform last year. The White House recently released the plan that First Lady Hillary Clinton and a team of experts have been working on since the President's inauguration last January. Although the plan is sure to be revised in upcoming battles with Congress, the original version offers a glimpse into the solution that Clinton has for the nations' health care problem and how that will affect Dartmouth students and employees. Clinton proposes to provide health insurance to all Americans by mandating that companies pay for employees' health insurance.

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