Brian P. Lamb, founding CEO of C-SPAN, speaks at commencement. Professor Marcus Key leads student trip to Galapagos Islands. Chris Graham spends summer researching forest ecology. ROTC participates in Ranger Challenge. Collegium prepares for tour of Italy.
Four seniors charged with providing alcohol to minors. Sophomores Matthew Schelberg and Jean-Yves "Rockko" Rwakazina deployed to Iraq. Vincent "Bo" Jackson gives Poitras-Gleim lecture. ROTC and Students for Social Action co-sponsor care package drive for deployed soldiers. Fourth annual Jamnesty. Profile of Louis Ziantz. Alternative Spring Break goes to Arizona reservation. Alumni Adam Katz, Andrew B. MacPhail and Eric Margenau participate in panel discussion "The Business of Baseball" and dedicate MacPhail Baseball Field.
Students unaware of option for breath analyzer tests administered by Department of Public Safety. Dickinson Speech and Debate Team holds second annual Red Devil Speech and Debate Tournament. ROTC attends Field Training Exercise for Blue Mountain Battalion. Dickinson eliminates community experience graduation requirement. Dickinson College Television announces new show, "On Second Thought". Student discusses food disposal policy of cafeteria; Dickinson Garden uses cafeteria scraps for compost. Pi Beta Phi and Umoja joint-sponsor Apollo Night. ROTC attends Ranger Challenge.
Campus to get a new dorm and social space. Grads moving on. College honors Eleanor Cogan. Student Senate president sworn in. College to open Sylvan Learning Center. WDCV broadcasting online. ROTC Cadets commissioned. Mike Scanish jumps to All-American honors for track. Club Lacrosse getting it together. Greek life to undergo changes in 2000. It's synch or swim in Sydney for the Drinkinson Synchro team.
Hate emails addressed. Will Napster be banned at Dickinson? New senior formal policies unveiled. ROTC unveils spring field training exercise. Drinkinsonian: Durden's Double Life. Look at those sexy legs. Bate Noice's best beer quotes. Telescope in need of repairs. Dickinson needs a new dress code. God Bless Grab-N-Go Synchronized swimming team to go to Sydney Olympics, Mercy River to play depot. Medea shakes Mathers Theater.
ROTC students reflect upon possibility of serving in Persian Gulf War. Annual budget passes smoothly. While some students return early from studying in Bologna due to terrorism and war issues, enrollment in study-abroad programs remains strong. Rally for Peace confronts Persian Gulf War. Housing Board decides not to allow sophomores in fraternities. Carlisle residents stage weekly troop-support rallies at Square. Two students arrested for burglary at Baker and Russell Oil Company. "Trials and Triumphs: American Prints from the 1930s and 1940s" on display at Trout Gallery.
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.
Occupancy requirements force fraternities out. Fraternities petition for recognition. Faculty negs senate vote. Senior class committee searches for funding. Freshmen drink but prefer not to. ROTC training includes air exercise. Traveling abroad? watch out. A look back at historical college news. Broadway hits Dickinson to help local needy. Fields of Vision opens a contemporary door to an ancient land. Eaken Piano Trio gives stellar performance to Carnegie audience.
Corporations and stats show that GPA's are not a big question. ROTC addresses Clinton mandate on homosexuals. Seniors denied classes during spring registration. Ed Sweeney leaves Devils Football for Div.1 AA. US Supreme Court Justice Henry Blackmun to address law school. Professor Jane Hill dies while on sabbatical. PAS takes on violence in American society. Students unite for Beyond the Dream. Silly or serious, many campus traditions are here to stay. Fine Arts students display a semester's worth of research and hard work.
Piazza will be focal point of college after renovations. Sick students told to wait for health center appointments. Students help local candidates campaign. Financial aid emerges as a campaign issue in Presidential race. Al Masland calls for reforms during campus campaigning. College's ROTC program takes pride in breaking stereotypes. Paul Kilker talks to students about his bid for congress. Seniors urges to donate a little this fall to help future collegians. Second City brings innovation and social awareness to ATS. Octubafest celebrates fall in Carlisle.
Rebecca Walker hosts a presentation on "Becoming the Third Wave," a rally to modern advances in feminism. The Student Senate looks into establishing an honor code. Delta Delta Delta hosts a seminar promoting crime awareness. Hank Nuwer gives a presentation on the dangers of hazing based on his book Broken Pledges--The Deadly Rite of Hazing. The library installs five Macintosh computers. The college examines the future of ROTC. Dean Allan discusses declining enrollment and grade inflation in a revealing interview.
President Sam Banks proposes 'repositioning' and increasing tuition at "State of the College" address. Ben Bova to speak at PAS. Education included in Reagan's State of Union Address, Fire at Phi Epsilon Pi Fraternity House, Exhibit of Ms. Toshiko Takaezu opens in new Trout Gallery in the Emil. R.
The College's enrollment of ROTC scholarships have increased by 60% this year. Mary Arthur Powell will be heading the Health Center and is looking to offer more gynecological options. A new schedule has been released to allow students adequate time to get to temporary class locations since Bosler Hall is undergoing renovations.
The Dickinsonian continues its series on the "Social Studies Gap." Dickinson prepares to mark the 100th anniversary of the opening of Tome Scientific Building, with the year-long theme "Science and the Liberal Arts." Hillel awarded the William Haber Award for its efforts to bring awareness to the plight of Soviet Jewish "refuseniks." Dickinson ROTC honored at Regional Advanced Camp in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Barren's Guide to Colleges and Universities drops Dickinson's rating, despite increase in applications. Congress of African Students renamed to Congress of Afro-American Students.
30 students were cut out of a required policy and management class for the major due to a need for a smaller class size. The College's ROTC cadets placed sixth out of fifteen at a Ranger Challenge conference in New Jersey. New administrators have been appointed at the college, Richard Heckman as Financial Aid Counselor, Michael Wolter as coordinator of Administrative Computing, and Kimberlee Renfrew as assistant director of Admissions. The English Department hosted celebrated author, Ernest Herbert. Men and women's swimming has continued success.
Dr. Frank Drake of Cornell University receives the 1983 Glover Memorial Award. The College Personnel committee decides to suspend the use of present faculty evaluation forms. Pennsylvania Representative Richard J. Cessar hosts a discussion concerning state government. BACCHUS works to educate students and the community on the effects of alcohol. In the Open Forum section, an argument is made for ROTC programs in civilian universities.
In this edition, the Math Department has been having trouble filling a professor's vacant position for almost a year and is looking for someone with a computer science background. The ROTC program has experienced a doubling of members this year, showing an increase in interest and participation in the program. Three years after the Three Mile Island nuclear explosion, the site is considering reopening the plant among many local people who oppose them. Nina Ledis, a junior at Dickinson College, was crowned Miss Cumberland Valley. Professor Donald W.
Incoming freshman class to be third largest in College's history. College works to install DEC 1155 computer. ROTC program "getting stronger." Reporter Art Geiselman speaks to journalism class. Evening Sentinel editor Neil Hopp and College news office director John Ross also speak to class. Steve Parker '73 and his horseshoeing occupation are profiled. Prof. Sylvester Kohut publishes The Middle School: A Bridge Between Elementary and Secondary Schools. Campus undergoes "busy construction." Switchboard operator June Kunkle interviewed.
Poet Robert Kelly spends week at College. In a Denny Hall ceremony, Prof. Roland Fletcher is promoted to Major in the US Army. College Dean George Allan proposes changes in tenure and faculty development policies. College plans self-study in regards to Title IX law. Student Committee for Social Reorganization organizes Roster Boycott to gain "a more equitable living situation." The upcoming Public Affairs Symposium receives a special supplement.
Actor Will Stutts to present Evening with Mark Twain in ATS. An ice cream freezer and menu board are added to snack bar. Faculty favors plus-minus grading system. College plans a variety of cultural events for America's Bicentennial birthday. Prof. Happe is promoted to US Army Major. Committee for Social Alternatives puts on Burlesque Night.
Faculty approves the Credit/No Credit grading program. ROTC adds a seminar series dealing with contemporary problems. Student Paul Kanev puts together Christmas Around the World, a multimedia presentation to be given in the Bonisteel Planetarium of the Tome Science Building. Last Sunday night, Foghat gives a "mediocre" concert. Harriett Thompson's piano concert in ATS is reviewed as disappointing overall. An exhibit of Mel Ramos' art will be displayed in the HUB.
Sen. Fred Harris is to speak at the College's mock presidential convention. Sen. Jacob Javits is to deliver the Commencement address. In Memorial Hall, the Morgan Lecture in Classical Languages and Education is given by Prof. Saul Levin. The Academic Program Committee composes a final resolution on the ROTC. The College-hosted Newport Portable Folk Festival is reviewed.
The Student Senate adopts a resolution "recommending that ROTC be maintained without academic credit." The Mock Convention holds Platform hearings on "important political issues." The Chess team clinches championship in "its most successful season in recent memory." The Mahavishnu Orchestra is to appear in concert.
Dean Hawkins will leave his post as college Dean. An open hearing held on graduation requirements examines four proposals made by the Academic Program Committee--1. "A student must complete and pass 34 courses with a cumulative average of 2.00" 2. "Students who have been admitted as degree candidates and are carrying three to five and one-half courses are full-time matriculated" 3. "The normal maximum of five and one-half courses may not be exceeded without permission of the Committee on Academic Standards" 4.
Pass/ fail options, freshmen grades, and general grading systems are discussed at an open hearing held by the Academic Standards Committee who are currently evaluating the grading system. An IPR subcommittee proposes to implement a college legislative body consisting of faculty, students, and administrators. Renovation of the Durbin Oratory is completed to make the chapel more appropriate for all worship and a re-dedication ceremony will follow. The college will open ATS for experimental use in February.