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College sees Big Green engagements

By Kimberley Tait | February 12, 1998

From an unforeseen Undergraduate Advisor's romance to an ignited marching band friendship, as the everyday life of the campus beats on, it is happening. Whether on bended knee on the Boston Common, watching the skyline from atop the Empire State Building or quietly at home on Christmas day, fellow Dartmouth students are pledging their eternal vows. On a campus seemingly notorious for lacking the archetypal dating scene, engagements at Dartmouth appear to be far less rare than might be expected. The stories and reasons behind the College engagement phenomenon are all different. Sarah Boynton '98 and Edward Pitts '98 will be married in Rollins Chapel the day after their graduation this year. Boynton said they decided to take the big step because "it was more important to stay together than to pursue anything independently." "We wanted to think about our future beyond Dartmouth with each other in mind," she said.

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Trustees plan to discuss the presidential search

By Edward Thomas | February 12, 1998

The Board of Trustees will be on campus this weekend for their annual Winter term meeting and are scheduled to discuss the progress of the presidential search and the College's budget for the next year. Stephen Bosworth, chairman of the Board of Trustees -- and the United States Ambassador to South Korea -- said although the Trustees will meet with the Presidential Search Committee, the Dartmouth community should not expect any breaking news. "We will be making no announcement on the search, that I can assure you," Bosworth said with a chuckle. The Presidential Search Committee will give a full report to the Trustees on the progress of the search and the candidates they are now reviewing. The names of candidates are not released to the public due to concerns for their privacy -- since many are applying though they currently hold positions at other universities. Five of the 15 members of the Board of Trustees already serve on the search committee, including the search's chair, William King '63. "For the Trustees who are not on the search committee -- like me -- this weekend will give new information and it should be interesting," Bosworth said. According to Bosworth, the committee is on track in the process of interviewing candidates. "From the extent that I have been following the search, it is on schedule and making progress," Bosworth said. During the last presidential search in 1987, the announcement of James Freedman as David McLaughlin's successor came one day after the Spring term Trustee meeting. In addition to the presidential search, the Trustees will conduct its quarterly examination of the College budget. "On one level it is a standard board meeting, dealing with the budget ... and the prospective level of fees for next year," Bosworth said. Dean of the College Lee Pelton, President Freedman and Provost Jim Wright will all deliver unspecified reports to the Trustees.

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Education professor explores school reform

By Hank Leukart | February 12, 1998

Education expert Jeannie Oakes described last night how a number of middle-school principals attempted to reform their schools by confronting racism and implementing curriculum changes. Oakes told an audience of approximately 100 Dartmouth students and local educators in 105 Dartmouth Hall about a middle school educational reform study she researched in 16 different schools in five states. The detailed study assessed the success of various middle school reforms and the difficulties and problems that administrators encountered. "Doing this study allowed me to explore school reform from the bottom up," Oakes said. In the speech, Oakes described three key schools that she said encompassed her entire study.

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Berry Library starts construction

By Jen Hickey | February 11, 1998

Construction has begun on the west side of Baker Library for the $60 million Berry Library Project, and the first phase of the project is scheduled to begin in March. Construction workers have built small temporary test walls next to the Reserve Corridor entrance to match the brick and mortar used in the Baker and Carpenter Libraries. Starting today, workers will be cutting small test holes in the exterior wall and floor of Baker's 1941 Annex on the north side of the library.

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BlitzMail servers take breaks at night

By Hank Leukart | February 11, 1998

Dartmouth's e-mail network is one of the most used in the country, and several machines serve the one-half million messages sent over the system each week. According to Manager of Special Projects Rich Brown, BlitzMail handles over 125,000 messages each business day. With about 5,000 people using the system, this is about 25 messages per person each day.

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College remembers Roe v. Wade's 25th

By Maura Henninger | February 10, 1998

On Jan. 22, 1973, the Supreme Court of the United States voted seven to two to prohibit states from interfering with a doctor's medical decision to perform an abortion during a woman's first three months of pregnancy. But Americans refused to take the court's vote in the Roe v.

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De Moya refuses to speak to panel

By Jacob T. Elberg | February 10, 1998

Brian de Moya '00 said last night he does not intend to meet with the panel formed to investigate allegations that he was threatened and mistreated by Safety and Security officers Saturday, Jan.

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Play honors first black female pilot

By Kathrin Weston | February 9, 1998

As a part of campus programming for African-American history month, writer and actress Madeline McCray performed a one-act play about Bessie Coleman, the world's first female black pilot, last Friday to a mainly female audience in 105 Dartmouth Hall. In "A Dream to Fly: The Bessie Coleman Story," part speech and part performance, McCray played the role of daredevil pioneer aviator Coleman, born in Texas in 1892. From Coleman's point of view, McCray told the story of the aviator's struggle to fulfill her dream of becoming a pilot and of the adversity she encountered. Her goal was to set an example and to encourage African Americans to learn what she called the "art of flying" in order to keep up with a fast-paced technical world. "The only way to be safe is to belong to the future," McCray said.

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Pelton leads Career Services discussion

By Elenor Mak | February 9, 1998

At the last of a series of Career Services discussions titled "Conversations on Making Career and Personal Choices," Dean of the College Lee Pelton discussed his educational background and career path.

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Berger interviews for dean search committee

By Jacob T. Elberg | February 6, 1998

Dean of the Faculty Ed Berger, who will chair the Dean of the College Search Committee, has begun to conduct interviews as he prepares to select the two student representatives who will round out the committee. The Committee, which will also include three administrators, three faculty members and Student Assembly President Frode Eilertsen '99, is charged with finding a replacement for Dean of the College Lee Pelton. Pelton is stepping down after Commencement to assume the presidency of Willamette University in Salem, Ore. The Assembly's Membership and Internal Affairs Committee chose six nominees from a group of 40 applicants two weeks ago and presented the list to College President James Freedman on Monday, Jan.

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DND abounds with strange, unused BlitzMail accounts

By Hank Leukart | February 6, 1998

Nearly anyone affiliated with the College can obtain a BlitzMail account for an organization with only an advisor's signature and a creative name. In 211 Collis, students or faculty can fill out a form titled "Application for Student Organization Accounts" to get an account.

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