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Ambassadorial legacy helps Bosworth smoothly guide the Trustees

By Jodi Priselac | November 21, 1996

Having just come from a breakfast with students with only a half-hour until his next meeting, a well-poised Chair of the Board of Trustees Stephen Bosworth took 20 minutes out of his schedule to discuss his role as "College custodian." A member of the Class of 1961, Bosworth took up his new position and its hectic schedule in June. The duties of the chair include helping the College's president to set the agenda for board meetings, in addition to serving as a facilitator between the board and the administration. A smooth transition to the chair The explanation behind Bosworth's smooth transition so far could lie in his 25-year career in the U.S.

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The Dartmouth names new editors

By Jodi Priselac | November 15, 1996

Jeffrey Beyer '98, a 20-year-old history major from Woodmere, N.Y., has been named the next president of The Dartmouth. Beyer, who will succeed Maggie Fritz '97, and the incoming senior directorate will take control of the College's only daily newspaper beginning January 1, 1997. The Board of Proprietors of The Dartmouth, Inc., the student-run corporation that puts out the paper, approved the new directorate last Friday. As president, Beyer will oversee both the news and business side of the paper, paying particular attention to the long-term health of the publication. Charles Davant '98, a 20-year old comparative literature major from Blowing Rock, N.C., will replace Siobhan Gorman '97 as the paper's managing editor. The managing editor is in charge of the daily operations of the paper, assigning stories and managing the news staff. The next assistant managing editor will be Jeff Giuffrida '98, who will take over for Tim Fitzgibbons '97. The duties of the assistant managing editor include working closely with the managing editor to determine the news content of the paper. David Pichler '98, replacing Aran Toshav '97, will become the new associate editor, coordinating the design and layout of the paper. James Hunnicutt '98 will replace Colin Grey '97 as the editor of The Dartmouth's Weekend Gazette. Rachel Gilliar '98 will be the new comment page editor, taking over from Mary Ellen Moore '97. Jon A.

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Sax: land ownership not absolute

By Jodi Priselac | October 23, 1996

Montgomery Fellow Joseph Sax last night discussed the extent to which property owners control their land under new interpretations of United States property law. Provost Lee Bollinger introduced Sax as "the foremost legal and policy theorist of the environment of our time." Sax delivered a speech in 105 Dartmouth Hall titled, "The Owner as Steward: A Key to the Preservation of Our Heritage," to roughly 100 students, faculty and local residents. "We are beginning a period of change in property legislation that will have profound implications for preservation of natural habitats as well as objects important to our culture," Sax said. He said people's views about property began to change 25 years ago when questions regarding issues of environmental preservation arose. He said people began to ask questions like, "Does the owner of land that contains the last vestiges of a species have a right to destroy this species?" The idea of the land owner as a steward, who protects and preserves the land because it is in the public's interest, has been the greatest change in property law, Sax said. "With a few limited exceptions -- human beings, the sea, valuable works of art, [in addition to others] -- our laws permit routine property ownership of anything that can be" tangibly held, Sax said. Previously, he said, U.S.

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Students work on national presidential campaigns from campus

By Jodi Priselac | October 22, 1996

Whether they are standing in the cold holding signs to increase their candidate's visibility or organizing bus trips to rallies in nearby cities, Dartmouth students working on political campaigns are gearing up for the final push. Former president of the Young Democrats Scott Burns '97 said his current time commitment to the Democratic campaigns varies from 10 to 25 hours a week. "It really is a lot of time," he said.

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Students ponder 'Foodhenge:' ancient mystery or modern marker?

By Jodi Priselac | October 10, 1996

Tour guides for the College will have a new stop on their itinerary this year, the four newly erected brick pillars standing in front of Thayer Dining Hall. A verifiable "Foodhenge," the new addition has crowds wondering. While several students commented on the practical uses of the pillars, such as bike supports and brick depositories, many explored their possible cosmic dimensions. "I say aliens put them there," Rolando Lopez '00 said. Vince Cannon '99 explained the pillars served as a "guide for space aliens into Full Fare, or whatever it is called now, where they can get all the chicken they can eat." Jason Gracilieri '99 said, "it is like one of those things in "Ghostbusters" for channelling ghost energy." Students pondered that perhaps the posts could mark an ancient landmark. "Maybe it's an ancient sacrifice spot where that new door to Robinson is the mouth of some strange pseudo-Mayan god and the pillars are braziers for burning incense," Noah Phillips '00 said. Alex Magleby '00 agreed with that assessment, adding "these are the foundations for a virgin sacrifice balcony." Randy Rutherford '99 explained, "if there were five of them, it would be for some satanic ritual." The placement of the pillars, forming a square outlined by a foot-wide brick inlay, did not go unnoticed by students. Doug White '97 explained, "there is the Bermuda Triangle ... and now we have the Dartmouth Square," he said. Many students saw the pillars as possible shrines to Dartmouth tradition. Freshman Curran Stockwell hypothesized, "I think they are for a really big pong table." The College is "going to mount sculptures of Jimmy O., Dean Pelton, and Mr. Wheelock on them," Spencer Jones '00 said. Larelin Cartaya '97 suggested the podiums could support a statue of the Cat in the Hat. One of the most common hypotheses behind the structures saw the square 'arena' as some sort of new athletic facility. Robert Rees '97 said the distance between the mystery objects "would be a perfect professional wrestling ring ... I can just see someone climbing up on there for a body slam." Bethany Crenshaw '99 envisions "a big boxball court, you know, you used to play that in elementary school." "At some point, they [the College] are going to get the Editor-in-Chief of the Dartmouth Review and James O.

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Insurance derails AD treehouse plan

By Jodi Priselac | September 26, 1996

A College-sponsored insurance policy has thwarted Alpha Delta fraternity's attempt to build a 15-foot-high 'treehouse' on its property -- a project that has received recent attention in regional papers. The 'treehouse,' which has already been partially constructed, is a wood structure built on four 20-foot telephone poles that would have boasted a 120-square-foot common room, two loft-like bedrooms, and a 72-square-foot front deck, AD brother James King '98 said. Located behind the house in a cluster of trees near Ripley, Woodward and Smith halls, the 'treehouse' would have been insulated, heated, and provided with electricity and computer hook-ups, so two brothers could live in it year-round, King said. King said he and AD brother Jonah Blumstein '98 initiated the project this summer, after being denied College housing for Fall term, and enlisted the architectural aid of Matt Welander '97. Welander designed the "one-and-a-half story building," King said, explaining that he and Blumstein served as laborers. President of the Alpha Delta Corporation John Engelman '68 said the project was halted once the fraternity found out the 'treehouse' would be uninsured under its present policy. "The College negotiates the insurance policy, an umbrella policy, that covers all Greek organizations," Engelman said. "Once we were told that it would impact our insurance, there was no question that we had to abandon it [the treehouse]," he said, adding "no fraternity or sorority can exist without insurance." Currently covered up with a blue tarp, the raised building will "be taken down in a timely manner," Engelman said. King said he and Blumstein were disappointed and said that "it was actually going to be very nice." Describing the 'treehouse' as "a menace to take apart," King explained the four poles were sunk five feet into the ground. Jay Barrett, the Zoning and Codes Administrator in the town of Hanover said the fraternity brothers researched the project thoroughly. They "did their homework very carefully," he said.

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Graduates' goodbyes to Dartmouth are temporary

By Jodi Priselac | June 9, 1996

As they head out into the "real world," seniors may be happy to learn they need not say goodbye to Dartmouth. In fact, the College might be hard to escape, according to Director of Alumni Relations Nelson Armstrong '71.The Alumni Magazine, class newsletters, class officers, Dartmouth clubs around the world, fraternities, sororities, reunions and, of course, students soliciting donations are some of the ways the College and the Class of 1996 will interact for the rest of their lives. "You are a student for a short time; you are an alum for a lifetime," Armstrong said. The College's efforts to maintain contact have resulted in an alumni body that is among the world's most faithful. "We probably have the most passionate alumni in the world," Armstrong said.

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Freshmen seek support for classmate

By Jodi Priselac | May 24, 1996

Two Dartmouth freshmen are spearheading a campaign to raise money for Kyle Roderick '99, their classmate who has been diagnosed with large-cell follicular lymphoma, a cancer of the lymph system. Nana Ashong '99 and Rex Morey '99 are raising money for Roderick, who needs funds for a possible trip to Omaha, Neb., where he will undergo seven days of chemotherapy, followed by a bone-marrow transplant and six weeks of recuperation. Roderick needs a bone marrow transplant because the chemotherapy will destroy his own bone marrow.

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