Skip to Content, Navigation, or Footer.
Support independent student journalism. Support independent student journalism. Support independent student journalism.
The Dartmouth
November 1, 2024 | Latest Issue
The Dartmouth
News
News

Scientists speak on human memory

By Stella Baer | September 27, 1999

Three of the nation's foremost scientists in the field of psychology and cognitive neuroscience presented their research about the realms of human memory on Saturday as part of a symposium celebrating the dedication of Moore Hall. Psychologists Elizabeth Loftus, Steven Pinker, and Daniel Wegner offered their findings to a packed the symposium entitled "The Nature of Brain and Behavioral Sciences in the 21st century." Psychologist Endel Tulving -- this term's Montgomery Fellow and one of the foremost researchers in the study of human memory and cognition -- moderated the panel. Loftus, a professor of psychology at the University of Washington, discussed the ways in which false memories can be created.

News

SA presents plans for upcoming year

By Amit Anand | September 27, 1999

Increasing membership, obtaining an institutionalized voice and credibility, and the fallout of the Residential and Social Life Initiative will dominate the Student Assembly's agenda this year, according to Assembly President Dean Krishna '01. Other issues that the Assembly plans to look into include phone rates, cable television and fees and fines. "Our big issue is that we don't have an institutionalized voice," Krishna said.

News

Aam: Discipline Principle offenders

By Julia Levy | September 27, 1999

In a proposal delivered to the Social and Residential Life Task Force, the Afro-American Society pressed the College to start taking disciplinary action against violators of the College's Principle of Community, an idea which was revived late Summer term after a fraternity and sorority planned and then cancelled a luau-themed party. The Principle of Community, implemented in 1980 by the Board of Trustees, calls for "integrity, responsibility and consideration." Currently, a violation of these principles cannot be the basis for a disciplinary hearing before the Committee on Standards, the College's judiciary body. The issue of making the Principles adjudicable surfaced last spring after a string of Greek-sponsored parties held last year -- including the now infamous "ghetto" party -- were considered by some members of the community to be in violation of the Principle. "As it stands, the Principle is a hope that the College would like us to follow," said Mikisha Brown '00, the chairperson of Aam's proposal committee.

News

College makes athletic tickets free

By Jeffrey Tanenhaus | September 24, 1999

Beginning Saturday, all undergraduate and graduate students will be entitled to free admission to regular season sporting events and tickets to Hopkins Center events will be greatly reduced, the College announced yesterday. The decision, which arrives amid campus-wide discussions on the future of social and residential life at the College, originated from College President James Wright's campaign to improve social life options for students, according to Dean of the College James Larimore. "We hope to encourage more students to participate and support Dartmouth athletics and athletes, and to remove price barriers for attendance at the Hop," Larimore said. Hop performance tickets will be partially subsidized by the College.

News

Thayer gets $1M for ocean research

By Jeffrey Tanenhaus | September 23, 1999

New Hampshire Senator Judd Gregg has secured a $1 million marine research grant to supplement the Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering's decade-long research of the Gulf of Maine and the Georges Bank. The essence of the research is to predict ocean currents, which cannot be measured realistically without computer models, Dartmouth Professor and Lead Researcher Daniel Lynch said. The data gathered will aid in creating solutions to stopping the decline of marine resources and correct the ecosystem management problems. After conversing with the leadership of the College regarding funding possibilities, Gregg felt the project merited his support and the assistance of federal funds, a spokesman for Gregg said. "Gregg views the project as critical for the state of New Hampshire and New England in general.

News

UGA planned party with alcohol for '03s

By Julia Levy | September 23, 1999

An undergraduate adviser is under investigation by the Office of Residential Life after planning a party and providing alcohol to freshmen on his hall last Thursday night, according to several sources. Ted Siegel '02 -- the UGA for the second floor of North Massachusetts Hall who planned the party -- declined to comment last night, but one party-goer who did not wish to be identified said Siegel told him last Tuesday of his plans to throw a floor-wide party, including serving alcohol to freshmen. The incident, which occurred two days after the official arrival date of the Class of 2003, is in violation of the UGA contract, which explicitly prohibits UGAs from providing alcohol to freshman. The party-goer said Siegel convinced an '01 male to buy alcohol for the party, which Siegel distributed to his freshmen floormates during the hall's first UGA meeting on Wednesday.

News

Reactions at forum vary greatly

By Andrew Marnell | September 22, 1999

Audience reaction to last night's presentation by the Initiative steering committee varied greatly as the crowd both applauded the Trustees' visions of the future of Dartmouth and voiced concerns over future changes. Less than 250 students attended the heavily publicized event, and student reaction seemed to focus more on a perceived lack of student input during the most recent phases of the initiative process than it did on the ideas presented by the steering committee's Trustee co-chairs. "It doesn't seem that they were really listening tonight," said Charles Gussow '01, vice president of the 2001 Class Council.

News

Fowler speaks on 2000 election

By Omer Ismail | September 22, 1999

Even as the first presidential election of the new millennium looms, the 2000 election is unlikely to be a watershed election, predicted Government Professor Linda Fowler last night in 2 Rockefeller Center. A surge in voter turnout, shifts in party attachments, clearly differentiated party platforms and emergence of competitive candidates are considered characteristics of a watershed election, and Fowler said these conditions were unlikely to be met in 2000. Political scandals have led to an increased cynicism in politics affecting voter turnout.

News

Talk of the Initiative dominates Convocation

By Deborah Bernstein | September 22, 1999

In prayer and speech, the future of Dartmouth's social and residential life dominated much of Convocation yesterday as the College opened its 230th year in a ceremony at Leede Arena. Interim College Chaplain Gwendolyn King invoked the Initiative during the prayer that opened the ceremonies. King prayed that Dartmouth have "the courage as a community to be open to new perspectives" and that its students would go beyond their "comfort zones." She also prayed that people listen to each other so that with the Five Principles, Dartmouth could "truly become a rich and diverse community in progress." Without mentioning the Five Principles by name, keynote speaker Lori Arviso Alvord '79, assistant dean of student and minority affairs and assistant professor of surgery at the Dartmouth Medical School, alluded to them by saying "Dartmouth College is trying to make a better version of itself.

News

ORL report addresses housing needs

By Jeffrey Tanenhaus | September 22, 1999

In a report submitted last week to the steering committee on student life, the Office of Residential Life asserted the need for more dorm rooms, facility improvements and additional space for kitchens, lounges and study rooms. The report called for construction of up to 1,072 new beds and several new residence halls in order to "decompress" existing dorms, provide necessary life and safety improvements and create room for kitchen, lounge and study space. According to Dean of Residential Life Martin Redman, the Board of Trustees requested that ORL complete a bed count in College dormitories as its first undertaking and propose changes to the system to accommodate all student housing requests. In addition, ORL is continuing to study other possible changes to residential life at Dartmouth, such as all-freshmen dorms and alternative living arrangements during Sophomore Summer. According to Redman, the current changes are aimed at decreasing the number of students living off-campus by making the on-campus experience a more attractive one. The report allows for only 10 percent of those enrolled to live in off-campus, non-College affiliated housing.

News

Other Ivies tightening on alcohol

By Omer Ismail | September 21, 1999

Dartmouth College is not alone in its renewed initiative against alcohol abuse. Several other Ivy League institutions, most notably the University of Pennsylvania, have also implemented revised alcohol policies at the start of this school year. After six months of discussion spurred by the alcohol-related death of Penn graduate Michael Tobin last March, the university instituted a broad series of changes aimed at increasing nonalcoholic social options and alcohol awareness, and reducing the number of alcohol related incidents on campus. The policy stipulates that hard alcohol be unavailable at undergraduate events, alcohol distribution must end at 1 a.m.

News

Few fazed by U.S. News ranking drop

By Julia Levy | September 21, 1999

Despite the College's drop in the U.S. News & World Report rankings for the second consecutive year -- tying this year with Cornell University for 11th place among national universities and sixth in the Ivy League -- most Dartmouth students do not seem worried about the new rankings or its effect on the College's academic reputation. In late August, U.S.

Trending
The Dartmouth