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The policy they were protesting forbade cohabitation in the dormitories; males were not allowed to take females into North and South. The demonstration was led by the Women in Dorms coalition and involved 23 women marching through North. One female participant described the demonstration as “very solemn,” and said that

Website of the Week

The site includes in-depth, song-by-song analysis of thousands of albums by every 60s and 70s band you’ve heard of and many more you haven’t. From Jefferson Airplane to Led Zeppelin, no acre of classic rock’s fertile territory is left unplowed. Starostin employs a strict artist-rating system (e.

NSF Grant will help Goldsby continue research

“People are not aware that science is a very social activity [and that] labs are usually a very social environment,” he said. According to Goldsby, immunology, his area of research, is such a far-reaching subject because it spans molecular biology, cell biology, developmental biology and much more. “My feeling is,

Alumni to lose email addresses

“Email forwarding is what a lot of schools are doing now,” said Margaret Stancer, director of desktop computing services for the College. “As more and more people did email after they left school, it became more difficult to maintain [the system].” In the letter sent from both Fitz and Betsy

Campus Conversation

This past friday, the Morrow Library was transformed into a ritzy arena for kosher wines and cheeses. The Jewish Social Council, holding its first major event of the semester, sponsored the festivities that entertained upwards of 70 guests at any given time. “Nobody knows how to party like the Jews,

Website of the Week www.x-entertainment.com

Generation X-ers can unite at X-Entertainment.com, the site that revives our childhood afternoons and Saturday mornings, to revel in the memorable and occasionally regrettable idiosyncrasies of the 1980s. Updated frequently, the site attempts to fill the gaping hole in the lives of many Generation X-ers since the G.I.

Asher '57: From the air to the presses

Asher was born in Washington, D.C., and he said that from the beginning, he recognized the value of being raised in our nation’s capital. “Washington is a great town for journalism,” he said. “Everything in the news happens there.” During the course of his childhood, he also spent