Wednesday, June 5, 1996
Volume 16, Issue x

Shaping the Campus: Diversity Versus Intellectualism

Although Dartmouth will release no numbers, it is likely that they follow the national trend of admitting higher percentages of minority students. For example, in 1994 Amherst admitted 19.2% of all applicants, but the admittance rate for blacks was 51.1%. According to a Consortium on Financing Higher Education survey in 1992, black students at Amherst average 178 points less on their SAT's than their white counterparts. At Dartmouth, the disparity is 218 points.

The Other Side of the Application:Dartmouth's Dean of Admissions; An Interview with Karl Furstenburg

Furstenburg: I wouldn't say we try to attract a particular kind of student. Dartmouth has been a place where there are many students that view us as a clear first choice. People feel very positively, almost emotionally, about it. It's interesting to me; we have had early decision for many years. Yale now has early decision, and they have about 1,100 early decision applications. Princeton has early decision and they have about 1,200 as well.

Our Looming China Problem

In his 1992 campaign against President Bush, Clinton lambasted Bush for not tying MFN to improvement in China's ghastly human rights policies. Once in office, Clinton chose to shift, and award MFN, but threatened not to do so again unless China improved human rights, for example slave labor, concentration camps for dissidents, starving orphans to death, things like that.

Ruggers Finish with Two Wins

The game started slowly for Dartmouth, as the team was continuously penalized by the referee, who seemed to have no conception of the rules of Rugby. Soon the Ruggers found themselves down 3-0, courtesy of a UNH penalty kick. This seemed to spur them into action and they finally found their offensive rhythm.

Another Tradition Fails

This year's graduation is not being held on Baker Lawn, as was the tradition since President Eisenhower spoke here over forty years ago. That is, until last year when it was moved, with no input from graduating seniors, to Memorial Field to make room for the crowd that would descend upon Hanover to hear Clinton's campaign speech in the guise of a commencement address.

Letters to the Editor

"Columbia Professor James Mirollo's letter is a marvelous thing, and you deserve great praise for bringing him into the conversation. His is indeed an Erasmian serenity of spirit and sweet reason."