Dickinsonian Newspaper

1997

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Russian political figure and head of the Communist Part, Gennady Zyuganov to speak at the Public Affairs Symposium. Dickinson Law merges with Pennsylvania State University. Safety and Security offers a rape defense class. Professor Robert Markley of West Virginia University addresses the global...

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Keith Boykin opens the College's Black History Month celebration with a lecture. Professor Cornel West of Harvard University to speak later for the celebration. College awarded $1.3 million in research grants. Eight senators are impeached at the latest Student Senate session as a result of...

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The Editorial board of the Dickinsonian newspaper will not work on future issues until student wages are restored. Senior Jennifer Becker earns a grant to teach in France. Students question Flexboard Meal Plan. An article discusses the College policy warning against sexual relations between...

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The Finance Committee announces its allocations for clubs and activities. Article on the Waidner-Spahr Library construction. Low enrollment compels the College to raise tuition by 3.9 percent. Changes are made in the room draw plan. Articles on student perspectives of Student Senate. The...

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College offers more merit scholarships in attempt to increase enrollment. College alumna Helen Mercer Witt '55 and an arbitration specialist both with speak at Commencement. College President A. Lee Fritschler goes to Washington, DC, to discuss education reform. College attempts to accommodate...

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The annual spoof issue, The Drinkinsonian, tackles various aspects of college life in a satirical manner.

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College celebrates its 225th year. The Underground and SNAR are renovated. Article on the College radio station, WDCV. Clarke Center adopts "Citizenship" theme for the 1997-98 academic year. Max Kade Center for German Cultural Studies to open this spring.

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College looks for ways to solve student parking problem; Alcohol violation numbers increase; College relaxes Dean's List requirements; Kenneth Starr to speak; Brenda Bretz named new registrar; Freshmen live in study lounges due to oversized class;

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Author of The Physics of Star Trek delivers 1997 Glover Lecture; Professors battle apathy on campus; Library construction continues; College stiffens van certification test; Women of Umoja profiled; Discussion of best bathrooms on campus; Music professor Jen Blyth profiled.

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Geophysicist, Dr. Frank Press will speak at the Priestley Award Ceremony as the Priestley Award recipient. The Peer Review Board offers an alternative to first-time violators of College Policy. Revolutionary War reenactors to visit Dickinson. "Free Tibet" students attend a national conference in...

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President Fritschler announces retirement; Crime wave hits campus; College opens new field lab for science students; "Millennium bug" discussed; The Dickinsonian goes online; WDCV gets revamped; Sexual Assault Awareness Week calls students to action;

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David McCullough to deliver 1998 Commencement address; Alleged hazing incidents spark administrative crackdown; Senate committee aims to reclaim Depot for student use; "Outbreak" scientists discuss experience with ebola virus; President's Task Force calls for new international focus; College...

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Shoplifting incident compels the Bookstore to seek more elaborate countermeasures against theft. Financial aid spending threatens reserve funds. Nobel Prize winner and former president of Costa Rica, Oscar Arias Sanchez, addresses the college. Students fast to relieve pains of hunger around the...

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Adviser to "Dante's Peak" to deliver the 'Science and Hollywood' lecture. Sisters of Kappa Alpha Theta "ride the HUB nuts" to raise money for leukemia patients. College community voices its support for the newly approved Center for Public Speaking. Student Senate impeachment of one of its...

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