Paley graces class with experience
Seeking to show a new generation of writers how to "light up the darkness" with their words, renowned poet and short story writer Grace Paley is teaching a senior seminar in poetry writing this term.
Use the fields below to perform an advanced search of The Dartmouth's archives. This will return articles, images, and multimedia relevant to your query.
925 items found for your search. If no results were found please broaden your search.
Seeking to show a new generation of writers how to "light up the darkness" with their words, renowned poet and short story writer Grace Paley is teaching a senior seminar in poetry writing this term.
With the Board of Trustees' deadline for the federal government to lift the ban on gays in the military on the horizon, the Coalition for Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Concerns will sponsor a forum today to spark discussion about the fate of the Reserve Officer Training Corps on campus.
While some fraternities are reporting strong pledge classes after last week's rush activities, many houses have fewer new members this fall than last.
Independents and members of co-ed houses blasted single-sex Greek houses at a panel discussion last night in the basement of Massachusetts Hall.
A concert of electro-acoustical music presented last night in the Top of the Hop by Dartmouth faculty and graduate students posed many difficult questions, which ultimately involved the meaning of music itself.
Ironically but rather appropriately potatoes become political statements in the work of Peruvian retablist artist Nicario Jimenez Quispe. Working in the tradition of a rural, religious art form, he depicts his culture's lively traditions and stories and makes powerful comments about Peruvian history and government.
As the leaves change colors and fall around the green fields of Sachem, the Dartmouth women's rugby club practices their rucks, mauls, scrums, line outs, and quick passing in preparation for the fall of their New England competitors.
It was a weekend of mixed success on the courts of New England for the Big Green men's and women's tennis teams. While the men dominated their two opponents, the women fought valiantly into the semi-finals of a tournament in Connecticut. The future looks bright for both programs, and as they continue to work through the fall and winter, hopes for the spring season will only become higher.
The Big Green men's and women's cross country teams dominated Yale this past Friday, emerging with convincing wins and increased confidence.
Next year I suppose I will be waiting anxiously to see if my hometown baseball team can earn a wild card berth in the American League Central division. It will be a strange sensation, like something is out of place in the realm of professional athletics.
Although finals are not something to look forward to, try picturing this scenario: It's late, you are tucked far back in the stacks of Baker Library, and you are trying to cram 10 weeks of reading into one night. Most of the light that you've been exposed to during the day has been trickling out of a low wattage fluorescent bulb. You are tired, but you cannot go home and go to sleep. If you are like most students, you have postponed your studying or research to this last possible moment.
In response to the recent uproar of anti-Greek voices at Dartmouth, I feel compelled to appeal to the voice of reason. Words angrily scrawled in chalk across the campus silently scream about a system that excludes and promotes unruly conduct.
Approximately 30 students congregated in Rockefeller Center yesterday afternoon to discuss their concerns about finding and changing careers in education.
Students for Excellence in Education, a service support group formed last summer for students interested in education, met for the first time last week at Rockefeller Center.
An expert on child abuse said in a Cook Auditorium speech last night that incidents of child neglect and abuse have more than quadrupled since 1979, and called for an overhaul of the country's child protection system.
A student was taken by ambulance to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center shortly after noon yesterday after suffering a non-food related injury in the basement of Thayer Dining Hall.
Prospective students will hear a different explanation of the College from their tour guide as they wind their way around campus this fall.
Capitation. Gatekeepers. Health Alliances. The terminology of President Clinton's health care plan seems hostile and uninviting, but the plans' goals are simple -- universal access to primary health care for everyone -- even college students.
At the second Student Assembly meeting of the term last night, president Nicole Artzer '94 lashed out at a temporary committee that voided many of her executive appointments.
Administrators said yesterday they cannot guarantee that the education department will offer classes until 1997, exposing a rift between the department and the Dean of Faculty Office and confusing students who were told they could earn a certificate in education before they graduate.