Death

Editor of Newsweek and Pulitzer-Prize-winning author, Jon Meacham to speak at Commencement. The Arts Haüs is suspended. The Public Affairs Symposium Committee makes speaker changes. Students plan a benefit concert for Haiti. Students mourn the death of recent Dickinson graduate Alex Brown. Profile on student athlete Jessica Hassinger. Article on new Men's Basketball coach, Alan Seretti. Swimming performs well, placing them high in the Centennial Conference. Men's Basketball wins against Gettysburg.

Omicron Delta Kappa to tap new members to the national leadership honor society. Buddhist monk Dr. Lozang Jamspal to deliver the final lecture of his week-long series on Tibetan Buddhism. Article spreading awareness of the increased use of date rape drugs on college campuses. Profile on former college president, Dr. William Wilcox Edel, who recently passed away. FDA approves the "abortion pill" or morning after emergency contraceptive, and the Health Center agrees to carry it. Students attend the Republican Presidential Debate. Men's Soccer defeats Swarthmore.

The national ranking of Dickinson College moves into the highest tier. Articles on the deaths of two faculty members, Amy Snow and Kurt Bair. The Classics Department receives a generous endowment of one million and thirty-four thousand dollars given by the Roberts Family. A petition from Earth Now circulates campus asking for the support of students against nuclear testing. The Clarke Center sponsors a panel to discuss the recent Bosnian tragedy. Professor Ronald Takaki of University of California, Berkeley guest lectures on multiculturalism in America.

The College store begins to market tear gas. Charles Coleman Seller, historian and librarian emeritus of the College, passes away. Draft protest raises consciousness. Due to book theft, the library plans to install an alarm system. A centerpiece outlines a Senate election report. Sports profile on student Dave Freysinger. Men's Basketball defeats Albright, Gettysburg, and Franklin and Marshall.

Five of Dickinson's trustees have died within the past twelve months, the most recent being Jacob Tome.  James Russell Lowell is to be honored through a plan to construct Lowell Memorial Park.  The eighth annual Inter-Society Debate between the Union Philosophical and Belles Lettres literary societies occurs.  The Athletic Association defrays the expenses of the "base-ball" and track teams.

Former Dickinson president Dr. George Edward Reed dies.  Professor J. H. Parlin succeeds Mohler as head of physics department.  Basketball defeats Gettysburg.  Thomas Gibb '33 is injured in a fire drill.

The college obtains the original of all American portraits of Charles Nisbet.  Physics department head Professor John Frederick Mohler dies from lobar pneumonia.

A feud between the Student Senate and the Dean regarding the Dickinsonian has been resolved. Chemistry Professor Dr. Vuilleumier died in the Althouse Stockroom and was mourned by the campus community. Four high-achieving seniors are initiated into the Phi Beta Kappa honors society and members of Phi Beta Phi, Kappa Sigma, Phi Mu, and Sigma Chi were also honored for their academic achievements.