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Lyons: a permanent College fixture
By Amy Yamner | October 24, 1996Acting Director descrives foundations of the Dickey Center
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Panero '98 named Review editor
By Amy Yamner | March 1, 1996The Dartmouth Review, an off-campus conservative weekly, recently announced the selection of its new editor-in-chief and president for the Spring term of 1996 through Winter term of 1997. Hanover Review, Inc., owners of the Review, selected James Panero '98 to serve as editor-in-chief and Kevin Robbins '98 to serve as president, according to present Editor-in-Chief E.
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President Freedman dines with students
By Amy Yamner | February 6, 1996Ten lucky students were able to share their views on racism and other relevant campus issues over lunch with College President James Freedman last week at the Collis Cafe. "Both the students and the president brought up and discussed many important and current issues on campus," said Student Assembly Vice President of Communications Jonah Sonnenborn '99, who attended the lunch. The bulk of the discussion focused on the recent occurrences of racism on campus. Monica Oberkofler '96, the intern in the President's Office, said Freedman was glad he had the opportunity to discuss the issue of hate speech. As a legal scholar, Freedman has done research on First Amendment rights and is an excellent resource for students concerning these issues, she said. "Freedman urged all students to attend [last Friday's] rally against racism," Sonnenborn said. Freedman said he felt the luncheon went well and, according to Oberkofler, who also attended the lunch, Freedman thought the students were engaging and their opinions were interesting. Last October, the Student Assembly began setting up the luncheons for whenever Freedman's schedule permitted. Last Thursday's meeting was the third such luncheon students shared with Freedman. Although Freedman has a busy schedule this term, Oberkofler said he plans to continue with the luncheons and increase the number of them during Spring term. Freedman is extremely interested in student opinions, likes to interact with students and hopes to have the luncheons as often as possible, Oberkofler said. "We hope to be able to set up discussions more frequently after seeing the diverse range of students that attended and opinions that were voiced," Sonnenborn said.
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Post office to continue Fed Ex delivery
By Amy Yamner | February 1, 1996Federal Express packages will continue to be delivered to students through the Hinman Post Office, despite a notice to the contrary that students received in their Hinman Boxes at the beginning of the term. The Student Assembly has worked with Assistant Director of Facilities Services William Hochstin to keep Fed Ex available to Dartmouth students, said Assembly Vice President of Communications Jonah Sonnenborn '99. Assembly President Jim Rich '96 said the Post Office will continue to deliver Fed Ex packages. "It will not be discontinued.
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Freshman Office changes to First-Year
By Amy Yamner | January 26, 1996Starting this term, freshmen in need of guidance will go to the Dean of First-Year Students' Office rather than the Dean of Freshmen's Office. Peter Goldsmith, dean of first-year students, said he made the change after discussion with the faculty and administrators over the past few years. Goldsmith has been anticipating the change for some time and he printed business cards more than a year ago with the new title. There is no difference in the office's responsibilities, only in its title, he said. "It is about how I want the office to be referred to, no more or less than that," Goldsmith said. Goldsmith discussed effect of language on our every day habits. He said he feels women do not necessarily mind the term "freshman," but that it is sometimes important to think about how words function subconsciously in everyday life. "To me," Goldsmith said, "the word 'freshman' suggests that the people who naturally fall into the category are men and that women fit in as an after thought." The change in nomenclature demonstrates the College's commitment to gender-neutral terms, Director of the Women's Resource Center Giavanna Munafo wrote in an electronic-mail message. This change "reflects the institutions' commitment to using gender-neutral language whenever possible so that women are not directly or indirectly excluded from any programs, ideas or initiatives," she wrote. "It makes official a change that has been taking place over time." Dean of the College Lee Pelton said he saw the "title change as something inevitable and evolutionary" and noted that it fits with other changes, such as renaming the freshman trips program the Dartmouth Outing Club trips.
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Zelikow talks on Germany's future
By Amy Yamner | January 18, 1996In a speech last night, Philip Zelikow, associate professor of public policy at Harvard University, set out to explain the current situation in Germany and offer predictions of the future through an analysis of the past. He delivered a speech titled "Germany Unified and Europe Transformed: Looking Back and Looking Forward" to an overflowing audience in the Hinman Forum. Zelikow said he firmly believes public affairs are dominated and determined by history.
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Zelikow speaks on career as policy shaper, writer
By Amy Yamner | January 18, 1996Philip Zelikow, an associate professor of public policy at Harvard University, began his government career as a member of the National Security Council during the Bush administration. During his time at the White House, Zelikow said he advised the President and other state department representatives on developing policies and methods so the government could carry out the goals it sets for itself. Under the Clinton administration, Zelikow became a consultant to the Pentagon, specifically concerned with issues of nuclear proliferation in Eastern Europe. He is an expert in the study of Eastern Europe, specifically Germany. Right now "Germany is struggling with what it should be doing," Zelikow said. Zelikow's most recent book, written and researched over the past four years, addresses German reunification. This book is unique because Zelikow was able to access documents from the United States, the former Soviet Union and the German archives. Zelikow said there were "ideas that floated in the working level but never saw the light of day." Zelikow said he facilitated the largest freedom of information request in history of the National Security Archives. His sources also include interviews with various leaders and participants in the German reunification process, as well as transcripts of several of their conversations. The research, documents and interviews provided a new perspective on many issues.