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Panel discusses same- sex marriage laws

By Kascha Semon | October 21, 1999

"Marriage is a great institution, but who wants to live in an institution?" asked Susan Apel of the Vermont Law School, quoting actress Mae West. The answer is at least one gay couple and two lesbian couples in Vermont. Stan Baker, a partner in one of these couples, has decided to try to get inside the institution through the court system -- he and his partner Peter are challenging the ban on same-sex marriages in the case Baker v.

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SATs criticized for adjusting criteria

By Regis Ahern | October 21, 1999

Educational experts and college admissions officers are sharply criticizing an experimental project that the Educational Testing Service, the group that administers the SATs, is conducting to label test-takers as "strivers" or "underachievers" based on their score and socioeconomic background. The project uses 14 different criteria, including socioeconomic background, race, ethnicity and the parent's employment status, to identify students who have overcome difficulties to score exceptionally well on the test.

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N.Y. museum features Dartmouth observatory

By Xia Lee | October 20, 1999

Information about mapping floodplains from the Dartmouth Flood Observatory is currently being featured in a new display at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The exhibition will be housed in the museum's Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth as part of the "Earthworks" section, which will also feature volcanoes, earthquakes, storms, and other earth-shaping natural events. The Flood Observatory is partly funded by a grant from NASA, according to Geography Professor Robert Brakenridge, who, along with research assistant Elaine Anderson '83, is in charge of the observatory. The museum, which also has a relationship with NASA, chose to feature Dartmouth after seeing an article about the observatory on NASA's website, said Lily Leopold Saint, senior visual researcher at the museum. The display will feature satellite maps of floods.

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DRA works to raise prof. awareness

By Rachel Osterman | October 20, 1999

In an effort to promote inclusiveness in the classroom, the Dartmouth Rainbow Alliance has begun work on a program aimed at raising professors' awareness of issues that affect the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community. The initiative, which is still in the planning phase, could take the form of a pamphlet, video, panel discussion, or other device that highlights the role of heterosexism in the academic sphere. "We've been doing a lot of programming and one of the areas we haven't hit is the academic area," DRA member Wendy Skelton '99 said. "So we thought of this as an educational resource and to show how the classroom can be either inclusive or non-inclusive to the GLBT community," she said. While no date has been set for program completion, the DRA has decided to emphasize ways in which language, course content, and classroom format can either promote or discourage a heterosexual bias. The program is intended as a teaching tool for professors that want to, but do not know how to, be more inclusive, and also as a mechanism for students to share classroom experiences in which homosexuality was approached in either a positive or negative light. "A lot of this reminds me of when the studies came out that suggested teachers call on boy students more than on girl students and teachers simply weren't aware of this," GLBT Programming Coordinator Pam Misener said.

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Princeton considers dropping A+

By Stella Maria Baer | October 20, 1999

A committee concerned with grade inflation at Princeton University recently proposed the abolition of the A+ and released new data revealing a quarter century-long trend of rising grades amongst Princeton's professors. Princeton's newspaper -- The Daily Princetonian -- reported that the average grade at Princeton has risen steadily from a 3.05 to a 3.34 over the last 25 years, and Nancy Malkiel, chair of the Faculty Committee on Examinations and Standing at Princeton, is making every possible effort to reduce grade inflation at the University. The committee's proposals are geared toward raising professors' consciousness of the grades they give with an eye towards a gradual deflation.

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APA students get first programming liaison

By Michelle Hogan | October 20, 1999

For Nora Yasumura -- Dartmouth's first programming liaison for Asian Pacific American students -- her interest in Asian American affairs stems from stories about her Japanese American father's internment in California during World War II. Yasumura said her father's struggles and the hardship of those interned during the second World War has taught her about discrimination on a national scale. "I was stirred to provide support for all people," she said. In her new role at the College, Yasumura serves as an advocate for the Asian Pacific American community, a group that has previously never had an advisor, addressing personal, social and academic issues surrounding Asian American life. Yasumura saw a great capacity to be of service and "to make a real difference" in the lives of the Dartmouth's APA students.

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McCain, Dole to visit College Saturday

By Jeffrey Tanenhaus | October 19, 1999

While the campus will be abuzz with Homecoming activities this weekend, Republican presidential hopefuls, John McCain and Elizabeth Dole are expected to be on hand to greet students this Saturday to gear up for the two Hanover town meetings on Oct.

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President reflects on first year at College's helm

By Omer Ismail | October 19, 1999

The historian in James Wright must recognize the significance of his first year in office. In just 14 months, events such the Board of Trustees' decision to radically change the College's social and residential life have ensured that Wright's presidency will be a debated part of College history. Despite his turbulent first year -- some aspects of which he deeply regrets -- Wright has found his job as the 16th president of the College highly appealing. "I've found this job more stimulating and rewarding than I thought it would be," Wright said. Looking back Reflecting on his first year, Wright said his greatest regret was the manner in which the Five Principles announcement was handled by the press and interpreted by the community. Although he still firmly believes that the Dartmouth experience needs constructive restructuring, Wright said, "the common perception was that we had announced a conclusion, when we announced the beginning of a process." Wright said that if he had the opportunity to alter the past, he would have shared the Trustee announcement with the community first before the media leapt on the story.

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Memorial held for Jenica Rosekrans '00

By Alice Gomstyn | October 18, 1999

Students, teachers, and administrators gathered at Rollins Chapel last night to remember and celebrate the life of Jenica Ann Rosekrans '00, who died in June of bacterial meningitis at the age of 21. Rosekrans's sudden death last spring shocked the Dartmouth community and those who knew her shared personal stories of their time with her. Interim College Chaplain Rev.

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'Noche Dorada' closes Latino Fall Festival

By Jennifer Thomas | October 18, 1999

Noche Dorada closed out the Latino Fall Festival, a week-long celebration that brought issues of the Latino community to the forefront at Dartmouth, in Collis Commonground Saturday night. The event -- coordinated by La Alianza Latina, the Lambda Upsilon Lambda fraternity, Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano(a) de Aztln and Hijas de Esperanza -- commemorated Hispanic Heritage month, which was themed "Celebrating Latinidad." "The week was a great success," Drew Vera '01, co-coordinator of the second annual festival, said.

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King of Jordan attends campus wedding

By Jeffrey Tanenhaus | October 18, 1999

Royalty was in town this weekend as King Abdullah of Jordan was the best man at the wedding of George Faux '84 in Rollins Chapel on Saturday afternoon. Abdullah arrived Friday afternoon with an entourage of 50 service men, according to guests who attended the wedding. Faux first met Abdullah as a roommate at Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Mass.

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Report shows higher incidents of sexual assault

By Julia Levy | October 18, 1999

The Annual Report of the Sexual Abuse Awareness Program that arrived last week in Hinman boxes paints a more serious picture of sexual abuse at Dartmouth than the Safety and Security's Annual Security Report that came out earlier this fall. The SAAP report says there were 26 cases of sexual assault or rape between September 1998 and August 1999, as well as 19 cases of unwanted sexual conduct, three cases of attempted sexual assault or rape and three cases of relationship domestic abuse. Safety and Security stated in the fall Security Report that zero incidents of sexual offenses were reported to their department during the same one-year period. According to Susan Marine, coordinator of SAAP, the vast discrepancy between the two reports stems from the fact that victims of sexual assault often do not report their case to Safety and Security, but do alert Sexual Abuse Peer Advisers, deans, Dick's House or Marine herself. She said whenever students come to her to report cases of sexual abuse or assault, she suggests that they tell Safety and Security about the incident as well.

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Kiewit announces wireless Ethernet plans

By Rachel Osterman | October 15, 1999

Dartmouth students will be able to access the World Wide Web, search the Online Library and check their BlitzMail accounts via a wireless Ethernet connection by the end of the calendar year, according to Computing Services. Access points will be installed in popular student areas around campus -- including the Collis Center, the 1902 Room, Silsby hall, the Top of the Hopkins Center and eventually the Green.

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Area hotels already booked for C & R

By Will Meland | October 15, 1999

Seniors who haven't made hotel reservations for their relatives on Commencement weekend might want to act fast, or they could find themselves with a couple of extra roommates for the occasion. Hotels in Lebanon, West Lebanon, Lyme and Hanover are already booked solid for the weekend of June 10. In fact, some hotels, motels and bed & breakfasts in the area -- such as the Chieftain motel in Hanover -- are already completely booked for the 2001, 2002 and 2003 graduations. "We establish relationships with our guests," general manager of the Chieftain motel Karen McLellan said.

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