Nobel laureate discusses development in Africa
Wangari Muta Maathai, who received the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, spoke to Dartmouth students Thursday evening about her initiatives to protect the environment and support women's rights in Africa.
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Wangari Muta Maathai, who received the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, spoke to Dartmouth students Thursday evening about her initiatives to protect the environment and support women's rights in Africa.
Lately, a strange yet invigorating '80s-esque dance song has been blaring out of what at first seems to be your standard-fare McDonald's commercials designed to appeal to an urban demographic. While taking on the flavors of the bouncy, catchy beats of the "Me Decade," there is something a bit deeper, a bit more reflective and a bit more lyrical to this music. It has subtlety and a somewhat disconcerting sense of sincerity, in contrast to ironic '80s-throwback bands like Fannypack and Junior Senior. It is distinctively out of place within the confines of a McDonald's ad, and some may find themselves asking, "What is this music?"
When cross-state rivals Dartmouth and Vermont clashed on Wednesday in a battle for field hockey supremacy, neither team gave an inch for most of the contest.
Ben Selznick '07 needlessly reminded us that there are two realms of discourse " the public and the private ("On Religion," Sept. 28). He then went on to discuss how religion relates to these two realms, presenting two different views on that issue. He gave a charming (but inaccurate) description of the first camp and drew an unfair (and inaccurate) caricature of the second.
"When the people are unhappy with the government, in America they try to change the government; in the Soviet Union, the government tries to change the people." " Old Soviet joke.
Despite all the discussion of President Bush's culpability in the wake of Katrina, most Dartmouth students have yet to blame deposed FEMA Director Michael Brown, Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco or New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin for any of the storm's aftermath. I am not sure whether this is due to the chronological distance from Katrina, the relative obscurity of mayors and bureaucrats, or that most Hanover residents irrationally and pathologically hate Bush.
Pete Mathias '09 was not one of the hundreds of freshmen found wandering aimlessly around the Dartmouth campus this fall. His sister, Alice Mathias '07, was able to show him around.
While many women hope to balance a career and child rearing, Lindsay Deane '08 hopes to be a stay-at-home mother, although she remains realistic that she may need to work for financial reasons.
The College and the Student Assembly revamped their advising systems this year to better connect with members of the Class of 2009 who are exploring academics at Dartmouth for the first time this fall.
Agitation among the student body is mounting as construction on Dartmouth's new fitness center continues and conditions in the interim center prove to be unsatisfactory for many students, an inconvenience that is expected to persist until at least April, according to Sarah Berger, a fitness center staff member.
Renowned Latin-American author and innovator Hernando de Soto discussed applications of Western-style economics for developing countries Wednesday night before a mixed audience of students, professors and local residents in Filene Auditorium.
This Friday, the streets in downtown Hanover will be closed to vehicles. A large structure will be erected, a band will play, people will flood the streets with spending money and school spirit will be everywhere
Dartmouth's golf teams were both in action last weekend, with the men taking eighth in a field of 12 in the Central Connecticut Invitational in New Britain, Conn., and the women finishing tenth out of 17 at the Princeton Invitational.
Women's Volleyball -- In her fourth year with the Big Green women's volleyball team, Kristen Shockley has been promoted to Associate Head Coach. Shockley has worked in Hanover since leaving DePauw University in 2002. She was the assistant coach for a Tigers team that went 59-12 over a two-season span. Shockley also had an impressive career as a two-sport athlete in college, playing both basketball and volleyball at Ohio Wesleyan University. She finished off her playing career with an NCAA Woman of the Year nomination in 2000.
There have always existed two realms of discourse--the public, where actions are presented for popular consumption, and the private, where individuals are allowed to more or less do as they please. Underlying this dichotomy is the simple reality that there are certain dialogues which must necessarily take place in public--for example, the making of laws that govern the citizens of a state--and personal concerns, which have no necessity being brought into the public realm.
Over the last week, many returning students have been pleasantly surprised by the presence of kegs in frat basements on nights when the fraternity is not registered. This phenomenon is a direct result of the changes made by the Social Events Management Procedures Committee in the spring, which make distributing alcohol easier this year than it was last year. Like the PBR that many of us can now enjoy, the taste of progress is sweet. And like the wait for a game to get racked when there is only one keg tapped, this progress has been slow.
This Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon narrowly defeated Likud rival Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu in a party vote. His political victory solidifies an important ideological shift for Likud, Israel's ruling right-wing party. The extent of popular and political support will determine the success of this shift. Yet as Sharon grabs hold of the re-emerging political center, his greatest obstacle is not internal opposition by Bibi or external opposition by Labor, but terrorism. If terrorist acts against Israel increase, the center will fall, Likud will move to the right and Sharon's ideological shift will unravel along with his political career.
Sept. 21, Lebanon Street, 11:35 a.m.
The Dartmouth College Greens, a nonpartisan student activism organization, is undergoing several changes this term beginning with a new name.
Sporting pressed oxford shirts and cuffed khaki pants, students shuffled up the stairs of the Hopkins Center Tuesday to browse jobs and collect free samples at this year's Employer Connections Fair.