1979

Daughter of late General Joseph Warren Stilwell, Nancy Stilwell Easterbrook speaks about China. Dean Leonard S. Goldberg reacts to multiple student assaults on campus. Coalition of Private University Students (COPUS) strives to improve the student finance gap. Professors Lonna Malmsheimer, Julius and Melissa Kassovic, and Dan Bechtel visit Three Mile Island and analyze the nuclear accident. Professor Richard Pfau gives a lecture on the current Iran Crisis. Fresh ideas and hard work strengthen Dickinson's theater program. Men's Basketball defeats Muhlenberg.

Dickinsonians fast for Oxfam organization. After being closed for years, the Peoples Republic of China reopens its borders to American travelers, allowing Dickinson students to schedule a trip. Professor of History at Stanford, Dr. Barton J. Bernstein gives a talk on the Cuban Missile Crisis. Foreign students speak out about campus life in one article. Professor Ned Rosenbaum recommends a separation between the Sociology/Anthropology Department. The Follies perform "Candide." Details on the College's relatively new Boxing Club.

Students create a paper recycling program. Both the editor-in-chief and associate editor of the Dickinsonian suddenly resign due to a "clash of principle." William S. Masland is appointed president of the Board of Trustees. An explosion and subsequent fire during an organic chemistry class causes the evacuation of Althouse and sends one student to the hospital for minor injuries. The college hosts the Trinidad Folk Festival. A feature on the college's sports teams' propensity for losing appears.

The Charles A. Dana foundation awards the college with a $400,000 challenge grant to help complete building the Life/Sports Learning Center. The Interfraternity Council ban of upper class Independent men from the Quads is overturned after being ruled in violation of Title IX. The President of the Interfraternity Council, John Dooney, discusses the issues that the IFC has with the current Fraternity Residential Agreement. The President's wife, Judy Banks, donates a kidney to her sister.

Former ambassador to the European Community J. Robert Schaetzel visits Dickinson. The Interfraternity Council votes to ban upper-class Independent men from the Quads. The proposed $500 tuition increase is formally approved by the board of trustees. A new portrait of alumnus Horatio C. King is gifted to the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity to replace one that has been missing since 1976. The field hockey team enjoys an extremely successful season, matching their record from last year with four games still to go.

The college raises tuition by 9% for the 1980-1981 school year, bringing the total cost to $6,285. Four Nisbet Scholars are admitted to the Phi Beta Kappa honor society after being required to write a 1000 word response justifying the breadth of their education. The Hermitage, a bastion of Independent social life, faces trouble due to lack of student support and continuing problems with theft and vandalism. A column calling for the girl's softball club to varsity status appears.

Former British Parliament member Colin Jackson speaks to students about the Middle East. The Josiah W. and Bessie H. Kline Foundation donates $500,000 towards the building of the college's new Life/Sports Learning Center, thereby "permanently associating...Kline's name with...[the] Center." Students call for an increase in the maximum amount for cashing checks at the Cashier's office in response to inflation. Steve Forbert appears in concert in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. A feature on kickboxing appears.

Students and faculty clash over the quality of lighting on campus and its effect on campus safety. WDCV increases its wattage from 10 to over 100, allowing the station to be heard as far as Harrisburg. A series of articles presenting various sides of the abortion debate appears. Students attend the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario, Canada.

In reaction to the recently removed crosswalk between Morgan Field and the Boyd Lee Spahr Library, students create an unofficial, spray-painted replacement. The cafeteria increases security by requiring the presentation of ID cards and sealing off side doors in order to increase efficiency. A senior student is in stable condition at the Carlisle Hospital after being struck by a car while biking and sustaining severe injuries. Carlisle Police seize 37 marijuana plants during a raid on the off-campus apartment of three students.

Twenty-three upperclassmen are bumped from their rooms in Adams Hall to compensate for over-enrollment in the freshman class. Carlisle officials remove a mid-block crosswalk in front of the Boyd Lee Spahr Library. A freshman student recounts her experiences in the Nicaraguan Civil War. The girls' cross-country team seeks varsity status.

In this issue, College Chaplain John S. Reist has resigned to take up a teaching job in Kansas City. In light of Chaplain Reist's departure, a search committee has been formed to find another chaplain. The Special Olympics was held on Biddle Field this year, and fraternity Beta Theta Pi helped with the event. The Men's Lacrosse team earns its first victory after six previous loses.

In this edition, the College Library has plans to upgrade their card cataloging system to computers. Professor Marjorie Fitzpatrick is leaving the College for a new teaching job after being denied tenure, even after an appeal. Students work to keep Thornwald Park preserved and untouched. Students give their opinions on Three Mile Island and whether or not it should be reactivated after the recent explosion. The baseball team has been unsuccessful this season, with seven straight defeats and not one victory yet.

In this issue, students react to the Three Mile Island nuclear explosion. Classes were canceled due to the explosion. Twenty out of the forty one Student Senators are up for recall due to missing too many meetings. The College signs a contract for the new gymnasium and ground-breaking is planned for mid-May. The Ice Hockey team had its best season to date. Eric Daniel Johnson, a sophomore, will run in the Boston Marathon.

In this edition, an Ad Hoc Faculty Committee on Tenure that has been formed discusses more flexibility with the tenure program. The Mediation Committee finally has come to a decision about tenure appeals for Professors Dennis Klinge and Marjorie Fitzpatrick. The committee ruled that the tenure procedures, that were considered unfair by students, were found acceptable. The Social Committee faces problems of low attendance to events and a low budget, the chairman of the committee, Al Jennings, blames it on the times and apathy.

In this issue, the Congress of African American Students met with President Banks to discuss the College's lack of minority students and ask him to consider recruiting more. The College claims that "minority" students receive no special preferences when they are being considered for financial aid, rather it is assigned based on family income. A resolution was passed that allowed Professor Dennis Klinge to obtain tenure after previously being rejected. The College Boxing team won their fights in a recent event.

In this edition, a massive food fight in the dining hall resulted in a $679.09 bill to shampoo and clean the damaged rugs. The Student Senate elections resulted in Avery Leslie winning Senate President, and the students voted to keep the cafeteria closed to commuting students. President Sam Banks inducted into the athletic Hall of Fame Joseph J. Myers for basketball and football, Reno F. DiOrio for football, and G. Raymond Weaver for basketball and baseball. Bill Boucher and Mark Hash won third and fourth place respectively at the Penn State Invitational Ski Tournament.

Professor Neil B. Weissman, assistant professor of history, has now become the new pre-law advisor. An all-College referendum has been called upon by Student Senate to let the students decide whether or not to keep the closed cafeteria policy. Candidates for the Student Senate elections are featured. Ice Hockey continues to do well during their season.

In this issue, students are angry over Professor Dennis Klinge's denial of tenure and some formed an organization, the Committee to Retain Klinge, to protest against it. Another committee, the Mediation Committee, is currently deciding whether to reconsider tenure for Professors Dennis Klinge and/or Marjorie Fitzpatrick. Diver Chris Daubert has an article featuring him being the only male diver on the team. "The Dickinsonian" asks for student's opinions on favoring the discrimination of marijuana.

In this issue, Professor Phil Nicoll of the political science department suddenly resigned from his position five days before the start of classes. For the third consecutive semester, "The Dickinsonian" has been awarded first class distinction by the Associated Collegiate Press. Plans for a new gymnasium are under way and layout and interior pictures are featured in the paper. Another house has been purchased for coed housing on College Street to alleviate the problem of overcrowding at the College. An article on town-college relationships discusses the deep connection between the two.