For Katie LaForgia '97, music is not just a hobby, it's a passion. This dedicated and accomplished trumpet player takes advantage of every opportunity in the hope of one day reaching her long-term goal -- to play in a professional orchestra. At Dartmouth, LaForgia is the principal trumpet player in the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra.
The Women's Resource Center, which has situated next to the Choates residence hall cluster for the past ten years, is still waiting to move to a more permanent and central location.
The number of early applicants to the College rose 5 percent this year, about at par with increases at other colleges. Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Karl Furstenberg said 1,310 students applied early for admission to Dartmouth's Class of 2001. The College plans to admit about 375 to 400 students early. The female to male ratio in early decision applicants is about the same as last year, Furstenberg said. This year, 715 applicants were male and 595 were female. In 1995, of 1,247 students who applied early, 675 were men and 572 were women. Furstenberg said because of recent media attention surrounding early applications to colleges, he expected to see a early applications rise by more than 5 percent. Furstenberg said Harvard University, Yale University and Williams College all experienced about a 5 percent increase in early applications. "The speculation was that there would be a huge surge in applying early, which didn't materialize," Furstenberg said.
The College has tapped Carolyn Pelzel, Harvard University's senior development officer, to be the College's new director of development. Pelzel, the associate director of development and director of external relations at Harvard, will assume her position at Dartmouth on Jan.
Longer hours, silent films and the Three Stooges playing at lunch time are just some of the changes Collis' new manger hopes to bring to the student center. Stephen Gorin, a Boston native who has owned a restaurant in South Burlington, Vt., for the past six years, took on his position as Collis manager this fall. Gorin said he hopes to make Collis more student-friendly. "I want to make it more enticing to come to Lone Pine at lunch," he said.