Rassias focuses on bolstering off-campus programs
Thirty years ago, French Professor John Rassias decided to revolutionize the way language was taught in colleges by bringing the Peace Corps' language training program to the academic world.
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Thirty years ago, French Professor John Rassias decided to revolutionize the way language was taught in colleges by bringing the Peace Corps' language training program to the academic world.
While it may not have been the efficient dismantling of a Patriot League opponent, all that mattered when Dartmouth boarded the bus home on Saturday was that the Big Green had earned a 21-14 victory over the Lehigh Engineers to improve their record to 2-0 overall.
The latest offering from acclaimed author, Terry McMillan, is a modern day fairy tale, with a slight casting change for Cinderella.
The Dartmouth men's basketball team ended its season this weekend, downing Yale 65-63 in overtime and crushing Brown 64-54. Co-Captain Jacob Capps '96 turned in a season high 21 points to help lift the Big Green over the Bulldogs on Friday, while an inspiring team effort dedicated to the squad's senior class fueled Saturday's win over the Bears.
The Ivy title was impossible. Jen Stamp '96 was out for the season with a broken leg. And after falling hard to Yale Friday night in a 67-49 decision, it seemed the Dartmouth women's basketball team was ready to give up.
Mike Tierney '99, Hanover coordinator for Republican presidential hopeful Morry Taylor, did not think it would be a good idea for the candidate to speak at Dartmouth the evening of Feb. 3, so it was rescheduled.
With the commotion surrounding Sen. Bob Dole and MTV's visit to the College in addition to the caravan of other presidential candidates and their entourage of news media, it is difficult to forget it is primary season.
Each nigh this week, nearly 50 students have convened around a large table at the Top of the Hop to call former Dartmouth students to raise money for the nine-day annual Alumni Telethon, today in its eighth day.
The men's basketball team faces a challenge this weekend-- to bring fans back into the stands after a dismal performance against Harvard in front of a sellout crowd at Leede Arena last Saturday night.
The College's Board of Trustees voted at the end of last term to extend the Will to Excel fundraising effort, which was scheduled to end this June, into October to raise as much money for Dartmouth as possible.
Nationally renowned alumnus Dinesh D'Souza '83 and Government Professor Roger Masters will face off in their much-anticipated debate Sunday at 7 p.m. in 105 Dartmouth Hall, debating the controversial question, "Is Racism a Problem in America?."
Quebec's decision Monday not to secede from Canada is a landmark for Canadians, and Canadian students at Dartmouth said they are generally pleased with the results of the vote.
Even a perfect recipe will not come out right if you add too much water. Unfortunately, the Dartmouth men's golf squad learned this lesson the hard way at last weekend's wet Dartmouth Invitational.
Twenty-three years after Dartmouth became coeducational, the Class of 1999 could become the first class to have complete parity between the sexes.
The Penn Relays drew 46,000 spectators, national television coverage, Olympic-caliber athletes and teams from across America.
Margaret Dixon, president-elect of the American Association of Retired Persons, said Saturday the responsibility for a bright future lies on the shoulders of all three generations in America today -- the World War II generation, the baby boomers and college students.
Adrienne Su, a 27-year-old poet, will be on campus until the end of the term as the first participant in the College's new Poet-in-Residence program.
The streak could not last forever.
The Dartmouth women's basketball team gave the top-ten nationally-ranked Virginia Cavaliers a giant scare in the first round of the NCAA tournament before falling 71-68 on March 16 in Charlottesville, Va.
The women's basketball team held Harvard's potent offensive attack to 28.5 percent shooting, crushing the Crimson 72-48 to win the Ivy League Championship and earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.