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Initiative could lead to D-plan talks

By Heidi Ellenbecker | April 18, 2000

While discussions stemming from the Student Life Initiative have yet to focus specifically on the D-plan, the current talks could lead to discussing the value of the D-plan as early as next year, said Dean of the Faculty Ed Berger in an interview with The Dartmouth. According to Berger, the discussion of the calendar has always taken a back seat to other issues in the past, but the Initiative provides "an opportunity to re-examine [the College's] commitment to the D-plan." Berger said most professors have accepted the D-plan and the flexibility it provides, however many are quick to cite both the pros and the cons of the current system of 10-week terms and a four- term year. He said that while students and faculty enjoy the flexibility of the D-plan, it can be chaotic for structuring curricula.

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Brazil 500 conf. celebrates history

By Heidi Ellenbecker | April 14, 2000

A conference celebrating the 500th anniversary of Brazil will bring noted Brazilian and American scholars and activists to campus today and tomorrow, said Portuguese professor Rudolfo Franconi. The program, which is jointly sponsored by the Dickey Center and the Latin American, Latino and Caribbean Studies department, will feature topics ranging from Portuguese discovery to contemporary issues in Brazilian society. These will include Brazilian politics, economic policies, race, sexuality, gender, film, literature and national identity. The panels, which will all be conducted in English, will bring many experts from Brazil and the U.S.

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Seniors add diversity to Symposium

By Heidi Ellenbecker | April 7, 2000

Several graduating seniors spoke yesterday at the Top of the Hop about their experiences as members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community at Dartmouth as part of the 2000 Senior Symposium. The talk, entitled: "Out Loud: Reflections of Queer Life at Dartmouth," contributed an aspect of diversity to the Symposium, which typically tends to focus on academic issues, said Andrew Thompson '00, co-chair of the Senior Symposium Planning Committee. Peter Jacobsen '00, Ezra Cooper '00 and Jane Peachy '99, along with Pam Meisner, LGBT coordinator, all shared their Dartmouth experiences and provided insight into a community outside of the mainstream. Jacobsen began by referring to the Alma Mater, saying that the "granite of New Hampshire" is restricting, and represents a rigidity and strictness that doesn't fit him.

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Four Pres. scholars to discuss campaign

By Heidi Ellenbecker | February 17, 2000

Four Presidential scholars who came to the College last year as Montgomery Fellows will be returning next week to take part in a panel discussion culminating last year's "Power and the Presidency" series. Michael Beschloss, Edmund Morris, David Maraniss and Ben Bradlee, who all visited campus last year as Montgomery Fellows, will be returning to the College for the panel on Thursday, Feb.

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Cooley '49 travels globe with pen

By Heidi Ellenbecker | February 8, 2000

When John Cooley '49 arrived at Dartmouth in the summer of 1945, he did not know that he would soon be leaving Hanover for foreign locations like Vienna, Morocco, Paris, London, and Beirut. A distinguished journalist , Cooley has worked for ABC, NBC, The Christian Science Monitor, and the International Herald Tribune. Yesterday, in an interview with The Dartmouth, Cooley reminisced about his career and stressed the need for greater international media coverage in a time of increasing globalization. Dartmouth Years Cooley did not experience a typical Dartmouth career.

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Sociology department offers new exchange

By Heidi Ellenbecker | January 28, 2000

The Sociology Department will offer a new exchange program that will send students to the University of Copenhagen annually, beginning next fall. This will be the first foreign study program available to sociology majors, and according to Chair of the Sociology Department John Campbell, it will also provide an opportunity for anthropology and economics majors to receive credit abroad. Students will choose up to four course offerings out of several offered in English in the University's program in Social Sciences. The program is an exchange rather then a Foreign Study Program.

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