The Union Philosophical Society purchases books for the library. An inter-collegiate basketball league is being organized, and the editors encourage Dickinson to organize a team. Three Indians join the Union Philosophical Society, become the first to do so.
In this issue, an over-enrollment crisis forced the College to look elsewhere for housing, selecting a place called "Dickinson West." Dickinson begins a search for more "minority" professionals, and gains Butch Barnham for the Counseling and Admissions offices. Students give opinions on the...
President Sam Banks has decided to appoint a Commission on the Status of Minorities, which was recommended by the Study Group on Minorities. The College hopes to review the "current situation of the black community" and develop ways to enhance their campus experience. The old Alumni Gymnasium is...
Available Financial Aid examined. Associate Dean MacDonald discusses how college seeks to expand diversity on campus in hiring, while considering highly-qualified candidates for positions. Nabil Al-Khatab spoke on campus concerning the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait. Dickinson wins Homecoming football...
College to focus on issue of diversity in re-accreditation process. Common Hour discusses AIDS and students. SASC (Student Affairs and Services Committee) examines freshmen little sister rush. Former President Howard Rubendall dies. Living Colour plays at Kline. Pres. Fritschler creates...
College releases study examining diversity. Biology and Physics revise lab curriculum. Bosler microroom to close at midnight. Proposal to name quads announces. Priestley Award given to chemist Dr. Harry B. Gray. Student suffers health problems due to raw breakfast potatoes. Eaken Piano Trio...
Students and administrators react to the self study report on diversity. President Fritschler to join the board of the Mendeleev institute. Early closure of Bosler is criticized. Part one of a special report examining the board of trustees. Parents council links parents to the college. Dr. Harry...
Faculty approves second draft of self study report on diversity. Recession hits college financial aid budget. HUB custodian Albert Thompson retires after 36 years. Motorists' complaints may lead to jaywalking tickets. Leadership Network Council seeks definition. Speakers chosen for PAS on...
Judy Gill chosen as director of the Writing Center. Carlisle Police arrest campus intruder. 1992-93 budget eliminates stipend for freshman seminar instruction. IBM computer owners prepare for Michelangelo computer virus. Number of African-American students on campus declines as diversity is...
More students than expected vote in senate elections. Record number of students who applied for off campus housing are denied. Bud Shaw, alumnus and activist, dies of AIDS. Students attend an abortion rights march in Washington, D.C. Symposium to be held to discuss the future of Cuba. Students...
Student express opinions on cafeteria renovations. Rick Atkinson to teach on campus in Fall 2004. Holland Union Building to undergo renovations. Study into overpriced textbooks. Admission policies concerning shaping a diverse class scrutinized.
Public Safety increases security in response to recent cases of assault and trespassing on and near campus. For the second year in a row, Dickinson U-Turn will be accepting various donations of unwanted items to be sent to Project SHARE and United Way at the end of the semester. Two students...
The new safety flag stations installed at crosswalks, while intended to make the community safer, are viewed as a joke. However, other proposed safety measures such as more lighting and blinking signs near crosswalks were denied by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation so the flags must...
Three minority Greek organizations inquire about possibly gaining chapters at Dickinson. These organizations include Kappa Alpha Psi, Sigma Lambda Beta and Delta Sigma Theta. Once again, the applicant pool for admissions reaches a record high and the acceptance rate drops to 42%, making...
A student assaults a fellow student late at night in the house of his ex girlfriend. He is arrested and and suspended from campus until further notice. Student Senate completely cuts funding for single-sex organizations on campus as per a previously unenforced bylaw. Delta Sigma Theta, a...
Historically Latino Sigma Lambda Beta looks to start a chapter on the Dickinson campus. President William G. Durden is named to the Fulbright Advisory Board (Council for International Exchange of Scholars division (CIES) of the Institute of International Education (IIE)).
