We were all drenched after the rainy night we took back last Friday evening during Sexual Assault Awareness Week (SAAW). I hope the fervor of the march, and that of the purposeful week, has not seeped underground along with the rain.
As consulting firms and investment banks search among Dartmouth's senior class for the best and the brightest, it would appear at first glance that just about everyone is going through corporate recruiting. But there seems to be more myth than reality to the "corporate slave" image that is so-often evoked regarding Dartmouth students' plans after graduation. If the most recent graduates, the Class of 1996, are any indication, consulting and investment banking are the careers of choice for students in their first year or two out of college, but hardly anyone says they will end up in the corporate world in the long term. 'Post-graduate internship' Of the 887 members of the Class of 1996 who last Spring term filled out Career Service's Senior Survey -- a questionnaire that asks seniors about their short- and long-term plans after graduation -- 63 percent said they planned full-time employment within the next year and 25 percent indicated a desire to pursue graduate study. And of the seniors interested in full-time employment, more than half said they received offers in consulting, investment banking or other business occupations. But it is unlikely that many of these College alumni will still be consulting or investment banking, for example, 10 years from now. According to the survey, students do not plan to go into the corporate world for the long haul. Of the '96s who were surveyed, medicine and health care was the most popular long-term career goal, followed closely by law.
The College will sink about $75,000 in a study of the financially-troubled Hanover Water Works, a utility many customers complain produces discolored or odd-tasting water. The Town of Hanover and Dartmouth share ownership in the company, with the College owning 52.8 percent of the shares.
Five sororities individually have decided not to co-sponsor open parties with fraternities during Winter term, with all five citing liability issues as a major reason. Delta Delta Delta, Epsilon Kappa Theta, Kappa Delta Epsilon, Kappa Kappa Gamma and Sigma Delta sororities will not co-sponsor with any fraternity for at least the duration of the term. Delta Gamma sorority will still co-sponsor open parties, according to social chair Kim Papa '97, and Delta Pi Omega sorority will assess each offer of co-sponsorship for a party as it arises, according to president Andrea Stenger '99 This is the first term KKG has voted not to co-sponsor a party with a fraternity, according to president Kristen Hinman '98. Under the definition of co-sponsorship, a sorority would normally just provide funds for the disc-jockey but not participate in any of the "party duties," Hinman said. But according to College policy, both the sorority and the fraternity can be held liable and be subject to appear before the Coed Fraternity Sorority Council Judiciary Committee to answer for any alleged CFS rules violations, she said. Four fraternities are currently on probation, and the College de-recognized Beta Theta Pi fraternity last term. "The Judiciary Committee has seen too many cases recently, and Kappa feels it does not need to align itself with the risky behavior being presented [before the committee]," she said. Spiros Maliagros '98, president of the Interfraternity Council, said he does not blame the five sororities for declining to co-sponsor with fraternities. "It's only common sense for [sororities] not to co-sponsor if most of the fraternities are already on probation," Maliagros said. Maliagros calls the recent actions, "a wake up call" for fraternities to be more responsible. He said the 14 fraternity presidents are planning on meeting this term to find out how the fraternities can get off probation and also to discuss how they can be more responsible. "And as we try to change, we are going to have to work closely together with the sororities," he said. Tri-Delta President Jessica Ellsworth '98 said the sorority presidents met earlier in the term and discussed a number of issues relating to the Greek system, including co-sponsorship. "We decided that each individual house could decide whether or not to co-sponsor open parties with fraternities this term," Ellsworth said. Susan O'Bell, president of Sigma Delt, said the house had already been voting on the issue every term. O'Bell said Sigma Delt did vote to co-sponsor smaller, closed social events involving only "our membership and that of the co-sponsoring Greek organization." Another reason some sororities chose not to co-sponsor is that local sororities can hold open parties in their houses. O'Bell said, "If we do co-sponsor we'd want to ask the national sororities first because they are not allowed to hold open parties in their houses." Aside from liability concerns and the fact that some sororities can throw open parties in their house, Hinman said Kappa can use its money more efficiently.
Think it's cold out? Well, it's a lot colder inside, just a few minutes down the road at the U.S.
For about 40 years, and for a few hours each week, the masterpieces of Mozart and the enduring operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan have filled the airwaves of Dartmouth radio. Only those devoted connoisseurs of opera and classical music who have been around long enough would realize that one man, former Mathematics Professor Robin Robinson, has produced and broadcasted "Opera Showcase" and "A Little Night Music" on WDCR since 1959. And only those who look beyond the music would realize that Robinson's radio shows are only part of his almost lifelong association with the College. Marveling at the comfort of the couch in a newly-renovated lounge in Robinson Hall, Robinson, now 93 years of age, reflected upon his 70 years at the College. As a graduate of the Class of 1924, professor, registrar, consultant on enrollment patterns, and disc jockey at the College, it would seem fit to have the building from which he has broadcast his show week after week, year after year, to bear his name.
For every year since 1954, one of the rites of summer in North Country has been the arrival of the Shriners. This year will be no different, as close to 30,000 people are expected to descend on Hanover on Saturday for the annual downtown parade and football game between the high school all-stars of New Hampshire and Vermont. The Shriners are a secret fraternal order that operate 22 orthopedic and burn hospitals throughout the United States, Mexico and Canada -- all of which provide free medical care to children under the age of 18. Don Berwick, athletic coordinator for the Shriners, called the Shriners a "group of men dedicated to helping crippled and burned children." Saturday's festivities will be kicked off by the Shriners parade through downtown Hanover. Last year's parade included miniature cars, clowns, bands playing music, and of course, plenty of Shriners donning their trademark Fez caps. According to Berwick, Nashua held the first Shriners parade in New Hampshire and Manchester hosted the second one. Since then, Hanover has hosted the Shriner's parade -- scheduled to coincide with the football game -- every summer. This year's parade marshal will be a woman from Iowa who as a child was burned over 80 percent of her body. "She is one of the first people we saved at our hospitals," Berwick said. The parade will begin at noon at Hanover High School on Lebanon Street. The route will wind up Main Street and go down to the site of the old Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital on Maynard Street before heading to Memorial Field for the annual Bowl Game. The football game is considered one of the biggest and most widely anticipated high school games in all of northern New England. David Orr, publicity director for the local Shriners chapter, previously told The Dartmouth that there are 40 shrine games played across the country, and that the one in Hanover is the third largest. "Every ticket we sell, every souvenir we sell, every donation we take in goes to the hospital," Orr said. In previous years, the Shriners events in Hanover have raised up to $200,000.
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Collis Student Center It all starts here. Collis has just about everything a student needs, such as Mortal Kombat upon which to take out midterm frustrations and an ATM which will provide the means for a "night on the town." Just recently constructed, Collis is one of the most modern-looking buildings on campus. Collis hosts a health-oriented cafe, an arcade, the Lone Pine Tavern, billiardsand ping pong tables, and a television room.
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