Dickinsonian, November 5, 1981

President Sam Banks has decided to appoint a Commission on the Status of Minorities, which was recommended by the Study Group on Minorities. The College hopes to review the "current situation of the black community" and develop ways to enhance their campus experience. The old Alumni Gymnasium is currently being converted into the new Fine Arts Center and will be finished just in time for the department's 20th anniversary. Sigma Chi's intramural football team won in a championship game against Phi Kap. The Academic Program Committee has revised the 1982-83 calendar to now include a fall break in late October and a shortened Thanksgiving vacation due to dissatisfaction amongst students and faculty about the previously long Thanksgiving Break.