Editor's Note: The Uncanny
(10/31/00 7:30am)
In honor of Halloween, the Mirror dives into all that is creepy, weird and unsettling — all that is uncanny.
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In honor of Halloween, the Mirror dives into all that is creepy, weird and unsettling — all that is uncanny.
A great chef doesn't follow a recipe; he innovates. With "Unbreakable," M. Night Shyamalan follows a recipe, and that doesn't make a five-star restaurant, or even a two-star movie.
The Grinch is back if he ever really left.
Ahh, the Boston Celtics. One of professional sports' most venerated franchises, with 16 NBA Championships to their credit and 28 members of the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Every so often in sports, everything comes together for one particular team that simply plays at a higher level than the competition. The 1998 Yankees, for example, were destined for nothing less than a World Series championship. The 1995-96 Bulls team that lost only 10 games during the regular season 82-game schedule was absolutely untouchable.
The Dartmouth men's heavyweight crew finished an impressive second out of 41 teams at the Foot of the Charles Regatta in Boston on Saturday to close out its season. The water was relatively flat on Saturday, providing a good day for rowing.
Very little political news has been able to wedge itself past the partisan rancor over the Presidency. However, there were some fairly interesting aspects of the 2000 election that didn't involve melodrama, chads, dimples or butterflies. In many ways, the 2000 congressional elections were just as historic as the presidential race, although for very different reasons.
Dartmouth is a college with character. From the bonfire and Keg Jump to Baker Tower and the BEMA, there exists a sense of community here that extends beyond any student's four years of study. In an effort to attract more and "better" people to this campus, recent decisions reflect a broad administrative desire to make Dartmouth more like other Ivy institutions. But no one should be making decisions about Dartmouth based on what other colleges are doing because Dartmouth is quite simply not like other colleges.
It hardly seems possible that the year that began with Peter Jennings anchoring 24 hours of global News Year's Eve coverage could have sailed by almost as quickly as its televised introduction. But in that time, the start of the new millennium brought with it many significant events to Hanover that will be remembered well into the future.
With all the College's early decision applications in, prospective students now anxiously anticipate the decision from their top-choice school. When those students are also top athletes, their coaches must wait just as nervously.
"I hope that it will never die," said Earl Jette, commenting on Dartmouth's long lasting heritage in the Dartmouth Outing Club.
As the end of their first term at Dartmouth draws to a close, members of the Class of 2004 are breathing a sigh of relief -- they made it.
For the first time, the Office of Residential Life's funding proposal was rejected this year by the Undergraduate Finance Committee.
Editor's note -- this is the second article in a three-part series on Dr. Seuss and "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas." Today's piece chronicles Seuss' time at the College. Tomorrow, The Dartmouth will look at the many incarnations of "The Grinch" since the original children's book.
Every other Sunday evening when I relax on my couch in hopes of writing this column, my initial impulse tells me to write something humorous and witty, something that will force the reader to enjoy the words I write. I search the Internet in hopes of finding some information that will point me in the direction of comedic epiphany, but rarely does this actually happen. Most of the time my lack of patience and time forces me to settle for a boring discussion of the most recent developments in the game of baseball, and with the season well over, I am often limited to tedious topics such as the effect of new managers on their teams.
What better way to top off the highest-scoring Ivy League season ever than with some notable offensive accomplishments?
Dartmouth's swimming and diving teams competed this weekend at the Karl Michael Pool on campus.
The Dartmouth women's squash team debuted excellently in their annual home Invitational this weekend versus Franklin & Marshall, Smith and Williams, winning against all three.
Seeking a better future, I came to the United States -- or, "The Land of Opportunities" as I usually call it -- one rainy Monday on May 6, 1991. Ever since I could remember, my childhood dream was to live in the U.S. I had heard great stories about this "enchanted land," its abundance of economic opportunities and its wonderful people. I guess it didn't take me long to realize that those stories were not entirely true. After just a few days I experienced a "taste" of the true American way. My first year of junior high school was a rude awakening.
If Al Gore were a man of honor, this election would be over by now. George W. Bush led after Florida's counties reported their machine totals, and his lead has widened now that overseas absentee ballots have been counted. Unfortunately, it seems we will be subjected to recounts and legal challenges that will not conclude until Gore has finagled enough votes to pull into the lead.