Classics Department

The national ranking of Dickinson College moves into the highest tier. Articles on the deaths of two faculty members, Amy Snow and Kurt Bair. The Classics Department receives a generous endowment of one million and thirty-four thousand dollars given by the Roberts Family. A petition from Earth Now circulates campus asking for the support of students against nuclear testing. The Clarke Center sponsors a panel to discuss the recent Bosnian tragedy. Professor Ronald Takaki of University of California, Berkeley guest lectures on multiculturalism in America.

The College will begin to offer Judaic Studies in the coming fall semester. Four students from the College will leave in August to study at the University of Mysore in India. A group of five Geology students will travel with Prof. Noel Potter on a two week trip through the mountains of Montana and Wyoming. Gary Oller, a 1970 graduate of the College, will join the staff of the Classics department.