Environmental issues

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 environmental issue during Common Hour. Senior Holly Shaginaw breaks an Indoor Track record. Men's Basketball wins their sixth straight game, beating King's College. Basketball Coach Dave Frohman records his 100th career win.

The 45th annual Public Affairs Symposium (PAS) began with a lecture by ex-CIA operations officer Valerie Plame Wilson and continued with a lecture by national renowned privacy expert Jeffrey Rosen.  Dickinson receives a $1.4 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to go towards a Center for Environmental Studies.  Campus policy on hookah use is discussed after a number of confiscations.

Nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island shuts down after elevated levels of radiation were detected. Poet Kathy Fagan to give reading in Memorial Hall. Sexuality Resource Group sponsors performance by musician/composer Nancy Day. Students discuss the high price of textbooks at the College bookstore. The Physical Plant takes over the recycling program, which Dickinsonians Advocating Resourcefulness with the Environment (DARE) had started in 1988.

The nationwide, student-organized "Land Use in Our Backyard March" in Harrisburg attracts 400 demonstrators with 100 coming from Dickinson College. Lumberyard closes for repairs after bathroom is vandalized during Mardi Gras party. SASC proposes new description of relationship between College and student organizations, Open Forum to be held to discuss the changes. Committee works toward a campus-wide plan to improve and upgrade facilities for disabled students. Several campus groups sponsor Multicultural Fair/Black Arts Festival, opening with keynote speaker Dr. Manning Marable.

Several campus groups endorse nationwide student environmental demonstration, Dickinson students to join PA section at the State Capitol building in Harrisburg. Housing Board holds information session to outline changes in the special interest housing application process. Library's AV room renovated. Harmut Mechtel, founding member of the largest opposition group in East Germany speaks in Memorial Hall.

The Public Affairs Symposium reveals next year's topic: "No Laughing Matter: Humor in a Complex World." Students lament the demolition of the James Science building, covering the walls with goodbyes and drawings. A new science building will be built in its place while the psychology, geology and environmental sciences will move to the newly renovated Kauffman building. It is revealed that Carlisle's air quality is the 24th worst in the nation.

Fourth annual Cogan Alumni Fellowship offers examples of careers with an English major. Collegium plans to travel to Italy. Hillel sponsors debate about latkes and hamantashen. Professor Candie Wilderman receives award for volunteer watershed monitoring. Dickinson students participate in spring break service trip with Allison Methodist Church. Profile of Professor Windsor A. Morgan.

Senate aims to 'green' campus and promote environmental sustainability. Cancellation of the contract of professor Pernilla Neal fraught with controversy, causes protest. First VP candidate to visit campus. Symposium looks at biomedical ethics. Students to hold forum for religious discussion. Professor Nichols returns to first love - teaching English. Strategic Planning assesses state of College facilities. Enormous section devoted to the issue of denying Professor Neal tenure. Renaissance Italy pays a visit to Old West. Seniors perform for the last time in the Cubiculo.

Careless attitudes about alcohol and sex make men and women victims. College responds to rape with support and education. Needs assessment project examines Carlisle community problems. Students respond to professors survey. Concert Committee drags Violent Femmes from the '80s. Congressman Bill Goodling battles federal work-study service program. Career center scrambles to alleviate problems caused by mail fraud. DTG's E-Motion hits the mark. Lab Theater Shows spring into action. 1993 Weiss Prize winners shine in "Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia".

Ad-Hoc committee on social life presents report to senate. Wellness Week common hour focuses on HIV/AIDS, remembers Bud Shaw. Senate passes agreement on groups using College's name. Shootings on South Pitt cause concern for student safety. Holocaust remembrance week to emphasize secular education. Environmental groups call for increased awareness. Political science professor Bruce Andrews prepares to retire after 32 years. Ritual, the origin of art and a question of space. Several underground student publications have emerged.

Fire in Quad 2 destroys room, forcing several students to move out of their rooms. Student Affairs and Services Committee approves BYOB policy at Campus events. Professor George Friedman creates controversy in Japan debate with book analyzing US/Japan relations. The Earth Issues Lunch Series focuses on the environment. College interviews candidates for director of the Writing Center. Department of Safety and Security engages in campaign for increased seat belt usage. Russian exchange students discuss the crisis at home. Two student explore three lesser known Carlisle bars.

19 freshmen will participate in the summer transition program. Students continue to investigate area sources of water pollution to LeTort. A new suite of offices is completed on the lower level of the HUB.

Dean Warner attends a conference on College Financial Aid problems. The Drug Grant Group discusses a variety of activities for the summer program. Renovations of Morgan Hall continue on schedule. Geologists on the LeTort Creek project begin a detailed survey of the entire swamp.

Trustees appoint nine new faculty. The college chooses two graduate students for the new internship in student personnel. Two Freshmen Colloquiums investigate environmental problems. Eighteen Carlisle High School students will join the National Science Foundation funded LeTort Creek pollution project. Prof. H. Wade Seaford receives a Doctorate of Philosophy from Harvard University for his work on the effects of environment upon facial expression. Prof. William A. Harms receives a Doctorate of comparative literature from Indiana University.

Student Senate focuses on discussions on the academic calendar, housing, and student files. Mead is honored with the Priestley award in a ceremony. An open hearing rejects the eleven point grading system. Margaret Mead speaks on the "Generation Gap" in environmental issues. The Seven major resolutions recommended by the Academic Program Committee are passed by faculty and presented in detail. Career Week offers help with summer job scarcity. ATS is vandalized. The follies will present the musical "Carnival!" Sergeant Musgrave's Dance is "heavy" and overly complicated.

The topic of the Public Affairs Symposium will be "The Invasion of Privacy in a Computerized Society." Members of the Parents Advisory Council Committee express definitive views on drugs, pass/fail, and college governance. The newly created Grievance Committee is operational. Night Owl, a student-run counseling hot-line, will become operational. Information on drugs is published in a frequently asked questions format and drug knowledge test.

Having surpassed its fund raising goal for trees, the Student Senate approved a motion to donate the excess funds to the Carlisle Shade Tree Commission. Organizers of the Harrisburg Urban Semester will be available to speak with interested students. Wheel and Chain and ODK will sponsor Songfest for Parents' Day. A Student Cooperative Store is being organized to sell new, used, and hand-made articles. Dr. A.L. Rowse, a renowned expert on Shakespeare, will speak at the College. The Mermaid Players will present the comedy "Enough Stupidity in Every Wise Man" by Ostrovsky.

The Board of Trustees focuses on revising the budget and making cuts. A fundraiser will be held to collect $2000 for tree replacement. Students meet with Dean Hawkins to discuss problems of freshmen. The campus will host a state conference on environmental issues to be presented to the governor. Sigma Chi moves into first place in IF Football. The Red Devils win the Second Annual Dickinson Invitational Golf Tournament by four strokes from defending champion Gettysburg.

Senate elects new members to IPR. The College will plant new trees to replace some of the ones that have been cut down and, once pedestrian traffic studies have been completed, install two new red lights. Spontaneous or short-notice marches will now be in violation of a new Carlisle Borough ordinance. Sargent Shriver, former American Ambassador to France and Former Director of the Peace Corps, came and spoke in support of Democratic congress candidates; specifically Arthur Berger.

Workmen resume cutting down trees after a student protest halted work for two days. Extensive discussion of student opposition to cutting down trees highlighted the first faculty meeting of the year. The Senate will change its committee structure by dissolving some committees whose duties overlap those of college committees. 35 random freshmen were invited to Dean Hawkins first Fireside Chat. The first in a series of articles on the results of a study conducted by the Institutional Priorities and Resources committee for the Allenberry trustee conference is presented.

414 incoming freshman are welcomed. The resulting budget changes after the Allenberry conference are published. According to a study conducted by Tufts University, coed housing is safe and more natural than gender separated housing. Dickinson welcomes multiple new faculty members in a variety of subjects. BB King will preform homecoming weekend. Students and faculty represent Dickinson at the Governor's Conference on Environment. The National Science Foundation will fund Student-Run Environmental Research. Guesses for this seasons soccer, track, and football teams are presented.

The Policy Committee will present two resolutions to faculty at their next meeting: 1. The ROTC will be abolished on campus. 2. No academic credit will be granted for courses in the ROTC program. Student Senate invalidated the election results for the Institutional Priorities and Resources Committee due to unclear ballots. Elections are held by Student Senate for multiple committees. Two professors and six students attend the Soviet-American Peace Convocation. The Pa Consortium will sponsor the Summer Transition Program again.

Student Senate discards the group housing proposal. A revised College Committee structure is approved. An open hearing is granted to ROTC. The personnel committee adopts new procedures for faculty evaluation. A Byrds performance is announced as part of the Spring Weekend entertainment. The New Mobilization Committee will sponsor local demonstrations to dramatize who pays for the war in Vietnam. An article reprinted from Environmental Action talks about the environment dangers caused by detergent's eutrophication of streams. Sen. Gaylord Nelson organizes a massive Environmental Teach-In.