Homosexuality

For Earth Week, DARE stresses environmental resourcefulness. Common Hour speaker Peter Montague discusses toxic waste problems. Rape is discussed at Health Center. Housing Board grants different living arrangements for Sigma Chi and Phi Kappa Psi. Dana Stuchell of Animal Rights Mobilization presents on factory farming as part of Earth Day festivities. Mermaid Players perform "Six Characters in Search of an Author." Robert Koller presents photography project. Buffy Arnold performs senior recital. Faculty flutists Beth Bullard and Mary Hannigan perform. Comedian Rich Hall performs in ATS.

Senate recognizes Dickinson chapter of Students for a Free Tibet. ROTC sponsors blood drive in Social Hall. As part of Alcohol Awareness Month, speakers talk on alcohol issues. Producer David Haugland speaks at Common Hour panel on homosexuality. College to participate in Pew Higher Education Roundtable. Exhibit of Haitian photography and art displayed at Trout Gallery. Film Society merges with Campus Activities Board. In Rubendall Recital Hall, Janice Hamlet stresses role of black feminist thought as part of Women's History Week. Blue Lou Marini to perform in ATS.

Faculty members voted to make the SATs an optional part of the admissions process. One of the Rape Awareness Week programs feature an informative discussion about, "Does No Mean No in Pennsylvania?" Student Senate sponsored a new Student Activities Phone Line, which allows student to call in and hear about events happening every weekend. The Dickinson Board of Trustees voted to give health benefits for same-sex partners of College employees. The swim team has employed a new coach, Paul Richards.

Student leaves College after harassment and alleged attack due to his sexual orientation. Parents' Weekend brings victories and activities. Students patrol campus to make it safer. Common Hour discusses O.J. Simpson trial. ODK taps 17 new members. Clarke Center sponsors community, campus events. College offers Environmental Science major. Career Center helps seniors find jobs.

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.

For the first time, foreign students and the Senate Foreign Students Committee will present an International Weekend featuring a banquet, music, and discussions. An enticing plot synopsis is given of the upcoming Follies production of Guys and Dolls. The new members of Student Senate announce their goals for the upcoming term as well as their intentions to start a Leadership Council. A faculty sub-committee reviews a proposal to eliminate students from participating in cases of academic dishonesty brought before SFJC (Student-Faculty Judicial Council).