Dickinson College

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.

The Philomel Club will present "Land of Chance" this evening.  The schedule for Commencement Weekend is detailed.  The Dramatic Club will present "Sweet Lavender" during Commencement Week.  The Greek Club will present "Antigone".  An overview of campus social life for the past year is provided. 

James L. Beighle is elected president of Student Senate. Juniors select officers in final class elections. The town members of Carlisle plan to decorate the town for commencement. Athletic Association is considering making an athletic club house. Skitch-a-Genee initiations. Dramatic Club production. Inter-Fraternity Council elections. Belles Lettres Society elections. Tau Kappa Alpha initiations. Carlisle loses to Harrisburg in chess. Debating conference at Penn State. Mohler Scientific Club elections. The Tennis Team may compete in championships. Update on Greek Club production.

Reverend Ismar J. Peritz will speak to the college. Arrangements for Founders' Day finalized. Cremation will be held on Biddle Field. Dr. William B. Lindsay, former professor, dies from grief. Philomel Club is to perform for commencement. Freshmen plan to burn dinks. Beta Theta Pi banquet. Update on 1923 Microcosm. Prizes awarded for French. Dean Smith of Bryn Mawr College speaks to students. Annual outing of the Senior Class in Bellaire Park. Orchestra returns from second strike. MacIntire Society elections.