Brown University students have recently been deluged with a flood of harassing phone calls. Last week, seven phone calls consisting of whispering, heavy breathing, and explicit descriptions of sex acts were reported to Brown Police and Security. Of the calls, one of the most notable was on Tues., Apr. 9, at 11 p.m. when a student received a phone call from a male who claimed that he had been watching the student from outside her window. According to Drew Kim '92, coordinator of Special Services on Police and Security, most of the calls were double rings, signifying that the calls were coming from off-campus locations. So far, no suspects have been found.
Four athletes, Hank Brier '98, Peter Halas '98, Jay Lavender '97, and Matt Sechrest '97, are preparing a campaign to change Dartmouth's mascot, the Green. They have already met with administrators and plan on bringing the issue before the Alumni Council and the Student Assembly. According to Brier, a new mascot would increase overall school spirit as well as team spirit. Dartmouth students have been trying to find a new mascot since the college abandoned the unofficial Indian symbol in 1972. Sechrest said he would like the entire student body to elect a new mascot and Athletic Director Dick Jaeger, who met with the students in the winter, said he might support the idea.s
On Mon., Apr. 1, three students at Columbia Univeristy began a hunger strike to protest the administration's unwillingness to respond to student demands for an ethnic studies department. Hundreds of students of all races barricaded Hamilton Hall, the main administrative building, and held it for five days until the conflict ended on Tues., Apr. 16. A total of 23 students were arrested for blockading the building. Although no concrete settlement was reached for the students, the university agreed to find space to house Asian-American and Latin-American Studies, and to fund one senior and two junior faculty positions in Asian-American Studies and one junior position in Latin-American Studies. Coordinators from Yale's Asian-American Students Association visited the Columbia campus to show support for the students' efforts. AASA leaders called for a candlelight vigil or rally at Yale to advocate for action on behalf of ethnic studies.
-Compiled by You Jung Park from The Dartmouth, Columbia Spectator and Brown Daily Herald
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