Coalition Against Apartheid

Students are concerned about the tuition hike for the upcoming school year, raising from $13,540 to $14,650. English Professor Sharon O'Brien's newest book, "Willa Cather: The Emerging Voice," received rave reviews. The Coalition Against Apartheid (CAA) responds to student's criticisms against them. The Women's Swim Team won a big victory against Swarthmore. A new athletic society known as "Alpha Omicron Delta" was established as a new varsity club for athletes.

Dickinson alumnus J. Bruce McKinney is the College's first Executive-in-Residence, which is part of a two-pronged program established by Wilbur Rabinowitz '40 "to promote mutual understanding between the academic world and the business community." Former professor and chairman of the political science department, Donald W. Flaherty, passed away from a heart attack. Sigma Alpha Epsilon participates in a "dry rush" on campus, which was promoted nationally by Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

The three-year suspension on Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity has just been lifted this academic year. Stuart Merl, a Carlisle Hospital physician, speaks out about AIDS and denies that AIDS is "a homosexual disease." Professors David Strand and Karyn Hollis are part of the Coalition Against Apartheid, that holds weekly meetings. BACCHUS, an organization on campus that speaks about alcohol on campus, has been trying to take measures to prevent underage drinking.

The Interfraternity Council reviews who students should call first in an emergency, Campus Police or Carlisle Hospital. Newly formed group, the Coalition Against Apartheid, held its first meeting that drew a massive amount of people and were unable to fit in the meeting room. Women's Cross Country team placed second in the Middle Atlantic Conference. The Men's Cross Country team placed 13th in the Middle Atlantic Conference.