Ivy League Notebook, Yale Index

Ivy League Notebook

On Mon., Apr. 6, the Dartmouth Board of Trustees announced that Provost and former Dean of Faculty James Wright will serve as the college's 16th president beginning Sat., Aug. 1. Wright has been at Dartmouth since 1969 and has shown a consistent concern for student life. In 1987, for example, he recommended that the college build a new campus center, increase cohesiveness in residential halls, and decrease Greek influence in the college's social scene. (Yeah, he almost succeeded at any of these things.)

In his acceptance speech, Wright focused on promoting Dartmouth as a research institution. The few students sober enough to listen to or care about the announcement, however, expressed some concern. "It didn't seem that he was that concerned with undergraduates.... Wright is more in favor of a Dartmouth University," commented one student.

Another student worried about the "inbreeding of presidents." Come on, it's Hanover--everyone inbreeds.

Cornell

Last week, hundreds of seniors who woke up early to make online reservations for Cornell's Senior Week went back to sleep disappointed. Apparently, the registration system crashed due to the use of an incorrect IP address. Ironically, the online system was created to increase efficiency in the registration process for events. In past years, students have waited in line for hours to get tickets, sign up, and fill out waivers.

"I was pretty frustrated and pissed," said one student. Senior Week is a very important time for Cornell students; it celebrates their departure from the University. Possible activities include rafting on the Delaware River, lunch and twilight cruises on Canyon Lake, winery and brewery tours, and the ever popular "bungeeless bungee jump." Seniors will have to wait one more day to register for these
activities.

You can't blame these students for getting upset, though; the thought of one extra week trying to find an activity in Ithaca would piss anyone off.

--Compiled by Mike Buckstein from The Cornell Daily Sun

and The Dartmouth

YALE INDEX
1. Number of YCC candidates who are running only in hopes of padding their resumes	19
2. Number of candidates the average Yalie had heard of before she saw their mugs in the YDN	7
3. Number of candidates you'll never hear of again after they lose the election	14
4. Number of students who "give a rat's ass" about the YCC	19
5. Number of candidates who actually "give a rat's ass" about the YCC	13
6. Number of Index writers who were going to vote for Melissa Milazzo, PC '00, because her name sounds remarkably similar to "Alyssa Milano"	2
7. Number of Index writers who decided they would no longer be voting for Milazzo after seeing her campaign posters with those cheezy dollar signs as the "ss" in her first name, which is remarkably similar to the spelling of "Ma$e"	2
8. Number of Index writers who subsequently reverted back to voting for Milazzo because...damn, wouldn't we like to show Alyssa Milano "who's the boss"	2
9. Number of Index writers who are supporting Zach Kaufman, SY '00, for YCC President	2
10. Number of Index readers who "give a shrew's ass" who the Index writers support	3
11. Number of Index readers	3
12. Number of poor pathetic souls at Yale who clearly have nothing better to do with their "lives" than read the Index, read the Ivy League Notebook, and "give a marmet's ass" about the YCC	3

--Compiled by Kevin Irwin and Jeremy Rissi

Sources: 1) YDN 4/6/98; 2, 3, 10) b.U.G. polling services; 4, 5) Dan Wilderman, MC '00, world's leading rat's ass expert; 6, 7, 8, 9) Index staff; 11) Sumit De, SY '99, former Index supervisor; 12) Michael Hal Buckstein, SY '99

PATRICK MCGARVEY/YH Construction is well underway on the music facility at Sterling Memorial Library. The new music library will have nearly 50 listening stations, 30 study carrels, and a 55-seat reading room.

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