Dickinsonian, February 26, 1981

The Joan Kerr Dance Company presents a ballet commemorating the Holocaust. Database of alumni compiled to help students seeking information on careers. Newly elected Senate President Marilyn Emerson is sworn in. Whole Earth House is proposed. Fraternities consider moving out of quadrangle. Proposed Campus Entertainment Board expected to be a reality by September. Election procedures for Phi Beta Kappa changed. Vandalism of ATS occurs during movie presentation. Mermaid Players put on their production of "Major Barbara."

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Dickinsonian, March 17, 1983

The faculty suspended the Nisbet Scholars program for a semester, citing the influence of the Freshman Seminar program and lack of available faculty as reasons for the suspension. Acclaimed writer Jorge Luis Borges is slated to speak at Dickinson. The 12-hour Whole Earth House Dance Marathon raised over $1,000 for cancer research. Sally Rooney, a clinical psychologist and lecturer on the presence of anorexia in American society, spoke on Monday night at an event sponsored by Effort. Dean George Allan proposed strengthening the academic curriculum at Dickinson.

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Dickinsonian, November 19, 1981

U.S. Congressman Bill Goodling speaks at the Whole Earth House about world hunger and its politics. Undergraduate degrees have been shifting from law and medicine to business degrees due to large incomes and prestige that comes with it. Preservation Hall Jazz Band performed at the Kline Center and brought massive crowds, sponsored by the Dickinson College Cultural Affairs Committee. The football team ended the season without a single win. In Women's intramural Volleyball championships Malcolm Hall was victorious.

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Dickinsonian, October 1, 1981

In this edition, four break-ins occurred in campus dorms, three in the Whole Earth House and one at the Kappa Sigma fraternity house. The College enforced its "no pet" policy after finding several students, including a fraternity, housing cats and dogs. Starting this year, the College will make every entering freshman enroll in a freshman seminar program. The Campus Entertainment Board convened for the first time with the purpose of to coordinate and promote extra-curricular events and entertainment.

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