Football game with Gettysburg is canceled over squabbles concerning player eligibility. Samuel Higgenbottom, Presbyterian missionary to India, speaks on agricultural improvement in India. Senior class election results. Students engage in impromptu late-night school spirit march.
Women's Center sponsors trip to March for Women's Equality and Women's Rights. Law school students protest homogeny. Student Affairs and Services Committee discusses success of new alcohol policy with George Obermeier. President's Council forms as forum for campus organizations to discuss mutual problems.
Select Committee hears testimony on Greek Life. Alumni consider feasibility of a Dickinson Inn. Bicentennial Forum on the presidential campaign discusses negative campaigning. Panhellenic Council provides an independent advisor and a Greek advisor to each rushee. Peace Action Network demonstrates against Dickinson's holdings in South Africa. Lisa Putnam, Nicky Treole and Beth Werner organize Literacy Week. College finalizes study abroad agreement with Mendeleev Institute in Moscow. Mermaid Players perform "Noises Off". BACCHUS promotes Alcohol Awareness Week.
This is a special issue of the Dickinsonian, published in response to Dr. Martin Luther King's assassination. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4th, and four articles were written about the assassination in this article. One profiles student reaction, one profiles faculty reaction, one shows town leader reactions, and one discusses Rev. Joseph Washington's views on the future of the Civil Rights Movement. Students and faculty participated in memorial services for King.