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(04/08/13 2:00am)
This weekend, the College celebrated 40 years of coeducation with the Greenways conference ("College Celebrates Coeducation," Apr. 8), welcoming alumnae back to campus for a series of panel discussions on career and life experiences. It was a rare and wonderful occasion, with speakers who are leaders across the fields of business, science and technology, media, arts, politics and academia. Yet it failed to provide the mentorship and personal connections to undergraduates, who obviously would have benefitted from interacting with alumni.
(04/05/13 2:00am)
With the first housing applications for Fall term due today, the College's housing problems are again at the forefront of students' minds. Many of us have heard friends and classmates complain about the inconvenience of remote dormitories like the Lodge or the space constraints of one-room closets in Wheeler. Given the chronic shortage of quality housing, and considering that nearly 90 percent of students live on campus, the College should renovate some of its existing housing stock and add new, modern dormitories.
(03/29/13 3:00am)
Yesterday evening, Dartmouth and its Ivy League peers released admissions decisions for the Class of 2017. Not only did Dartmouth have fewer applicants this year than last year, but the admission rate increased to 10 percent from 9.4 ("College admits 10 percent of applicants to Class of 2017," Mar. 29). Dartmouth is the only Ivy to increase its acceptance rate and, with the exception of Princeton University, the only one to see fewer applicants. While this development is unfortunate, it was nonetheless entirely predictable.
(03/28/13 11:50pm)
The College admitted 2,252 applicants to the Class of 2017, roughly 10 percent of the 22,400 students who applied, according to an email from Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Maria Laskaris. This figure marks a slight increase from the 9.4 percent admissions rate last year.
(03/12/13 7:35pm)
Jose Clemente Orozco's famed mural series in Baker-Berry Library was named a national historic landmark yesterday at a commemoration by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and National Park Service director Jonathan Jarvis. "The Epic of American Civilization" was one of 13 monuments to receive the prestigious designation this year.
(03/08/13 4:00am)
Yesterday, the College released nine strategic planning working group reports, detailing a two-year reflection process on Dartmouth's operations and priorities. Interim President Carol Folt invited students to provide input that will be synthesized and presented to President-elect Philip Hanlon when he arrives in July. Overall, the release of these long-awaited ideas is poorly timed and unhelpfully vague.
(03/04/13 4:00am)
"Life of Pi" (2012) has a particularly simple plot: a boy, left alone with just his thoughts and a tiger, is stranded in the middle of the ocean. The protagonist, named Piscine but who goes by "Pi" (Irrfan Khan), spent most of his childhood on his father's zoo in India. When he turns 16, Pi's father (Adil Hussain) decides to sell the animals and moves to Canada, and the family travels by boat to make the journey. A giant storm hits, and Pi is separated from his family and left alone, stranded on a lifeboat with just a zebra, an orangutan, a hyena and a tiger. Axel Hufford
(03/04/13 4:00am)
On Saturday, the Board of Trustees announced a significant increase in Dartmouth's cost of attendance ("College costs to rise 3.8 percent," Mar. 4). Next year, Dartmouth will become the second Ivy League institution after Columbia to exceed $60,000 per year in student costs. The raise, however, is actually the smallest percentage increase in Dartmouth's cost of attendance in over 10 years. These repeated, exorbitant hikes are distressing to current students and may explain much of the College's difficulty securing its yield in recent years.
(03/02/13 8:00pm)
Dartmouth now holds the highest tuition in the Ivy League and will be the most expensive Ivy school overall in student costs, pending tuition change announcements from the University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University, Columbia University, Yale University and Harvard University. Dartmouth's annual tuition will be $45,445, just higher than Columbia's current $45,028.
(03/01/13 4:00am)
The infamous argument over Winter Carnival that got F. Scott Fitzgerald fired from his own Carnival-themed movie and sent to a mental facility.
President Josiah Bartlet from "The West Wing" and President Fitzgerald Grant from "Scandal" in a televised debate.
Starbucks versus local coffee shops in a taste teste for best latte we'd be happy to volunteer as judges!
Suri Cruise, Blue Ivy Carter and Harper Beckham in a celebrity kid standoff made for the pages of "Suri's Burn Book."
Snapchat against Tinder in a battle of social relevance and longevity.
(03/01/13 4:00am)
To the Editor:
(03/01/13 4:00am)
This past month has seen exciting and much-needed developments in expanding study-abroad opportunities. The new offerings include a film foreign study program in Los Angeles and a public policy seminar that concludes with a trip to India. However, the College has a long way to go if it seeks to bring its full array of study abroad options in line with student interests and expectations.
(02/25/13 4:00am)
Directed by: Dustin HoffmanWith: Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Billy Connolly98 minutesRated PG-13
(02/25/13 4:00am)
Dimensions: A Welcome to Dartmouth
(02/22/13 4:00am)
Learn a ton of languages! And we mean really learn, not just memorize the foreign sex phrases and pick-up lines in Urban Outfitters books.
Watch every episode of "Law and Order: SVU" in order, if only to pick up on instances of subtle sexual tension between Stabler and Benson.
Memorize an infinite amount of inane trivia to finally best that smug Ken Jennings (and Watson) on "Jeopardy."
Do your laundry, vacuum and go to the gym. Come on guys, the basics.
Go through the Buzzfeed archives and read every list in history. Corgis in sweaters and Beyonce gifs never get old.
(02/22/13 4:00am)
As we move toward spring term and prepare to welcome prospective students from the Class of 2017 to Hanover, we are disappointed to hear that the admissions office is considering wholesale changes in programming for Dimensions weekend. Given that Dartmouth prides itself on putting together an exceptional Dimensions experience to welcome and woo the incoming class, we question the motives behind this change. The proposed alterations namely, eliminating the Dimensions show and its cast of freshman students strike deeply at Dartmouth's brand as an institution of higher learning. We understand the College's desire to highlight its intellectual side, but feel strongly that the proposed changes will do nothing to address the perceived problems with our yield.
(02/18/13 4:00am)
Michael Haneke's "Amour," which features French actors Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva, follows the tender love story of an elderly Parisian couple as they are nearing the end of their lives. The film depicts the two struggling with the most basic human abilities, such as health upkeep and mobility. However, "Amour" also asks life's larger questions, such as what love and companionship mean when death is imminent. "Amour" ultimately explores these questions with the perspective that though each individual's journey is short, the strength of love is timeless. Laura Sim
(02/15/13 4:00am)
"The Color of Friendship," an intense reflection on race relations and Apartheid that offered a lot more than your average Disney Channel Original Move.
"Fern Gully: The Last Rainforest." As obvious as the overwhelming environmental message was, we might have missed it as kids. It was "Avatar" before anyone had bright blue side-boob.
"Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century," even if the hit single "Zoom Zoom Zoom" by Protozoa isn't as great as we remember.
"The Sandlot." You're killing me, Smalls!
"Space Jam." No explanation needed.
(02/15/13 4:00am)
With the impending departure of undergraduate judicial affairs director Nathan Miller at the end of this academic year, the College is in a position to make an influential hire. As the person who deals with student misconduct and disciplinary action, the undergraduate judicial affairs director must uphold rules in a transparent manner and focus on critical and sensitive aspects of student life. Given that a search committee within the Dean of the College's office is set to review applications for the job ("Undergraduate Judicial Affairs seeks director," Feb. 12), we hope that the College makes the most of this opportunity by appointing someone who will revamp what is regarded by most students as an obscure and intimidating system.
(02/11/13 4:00am)
While Steven Spielberg's historical drama "Lincoln" (2012) hit theaters last November, the film has continued to rivet audiences with its sweeping tale of the American Civil War. Inspired by Doris Kearns Goodwin's biography of Lincoln, "Team of Rivals," "Lincoln" recounts the 16th president's remarkable efforts to pass the 13th Amendment, a heated reform that would entirely abolish slavery throughout the nation. In the film, Lincoln (Daniel Day-Lewis) struggles with his personal and political demons in the midst of this war-ridden era with the help of his wife, Mary Todd (Sally Field). Laura Sim