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(09/22/06 9:00am)
Last spring, I collaborated with Dan Linsalata '07 on an op-ed opposing the constitution ("United Against the Constitution," May 31). I now wish very much I had reserved my judgment on the matter. That is not because I now disagree with the thrust of what we wrote, but because I am disgusted by so much that has been said and done since by the opponents of the Alumni Governance Task Force and the new constitution, and by the way my name, my newspaper's name, and the name of liberalism has been used to support those opponents. Mike Amico '07wrote on Sept. 20 that I was "trick[ed]" into co-authoring my letter ("Big Decision, Small Coalition"). That is not true -- I knew what I was doing and why. I did not know, however, that the same arguments that I made would be pushed so far into absurdity and animus.
(09/22/06 9:00am)
Despite all the attention given to the vote on the proposed Alumni Association constitution in the pages of this newspaper, very little of the discussion has been overly student-generated. Still, we recognize that the constitution, which aims to consolidate two pre-existing alumni groups, redefine committee structure, create a new leadership arc and rework the trustee nomination process, is a document which promises deeply to impact Dartmouth's present and foreseeable future.
(09/22/06 9:00am)
Frat-Ed, an event aimed at educating freshmen women about how best to navigate the fraternity scene was held last night in Carson L02. The event was conceived and organized by Rob Esposito '07, a member of Chi Heorot fraternity. It featured representatives from most campus fraternities who will tell attendees about the general character of their house, what kind of events they put on, who tends to hang out there and any measures that have been implemented to make their house a safer place for women. Members of various sororities also spoke at the event, offering advice and sharing their own experiences, both positive and negative, with fraternities.
(09/22/06 9:00am)
Colleges have increased their focus on global coursework and students have become more interested in international affairs since 9/11, according to a recent study conducted by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. Dartmouth mirrors the national trend, as more students have taken international politics and foreign language courses since the attacks and the course selection has grown to include more international topics.
(09/22/06 9:00am)
The Tuck School of Business was stripped of its title as the number one business school in the nation, ranking second this year on The Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive Ranking of America's list of top national business schools. Tuck placed first on the list in three of the past six years.
(09/22/06 9:00am)
When facebook.com added the features News Feed and Mini-Feed features earlier this month, members from across the country, including students at Dartmouth protested by forming groups on the website against the change.
(09/22/06 9:00am)
"Plan B is currently available to students through Health Services 24 hours a day," said Elizabeth Hirsh, manager of the Women's Health Program. "But our pharmacy won't offer it over the counter because we've always offered it."
(09/22/06 9:00am)
Two Dartmouth alumni and one former professor were among the 25 individuals awarded the 2006 MacArthur Fellowships on Tuesday. John Rich '80, Anna Schuleit MALS '05 and professor Jennifer Richeson all received a surprise phone call last week notifying them of their selection.
(09/22/06 9:00am)
I was sitting in Lone Pine this summer when a good friend of mine announced that he had made a resolution to not buy a single item of clothing for at least a year. No pants, shirts, shoes, coats, nothing. He explained to us all that he really didn't care about clothes, that they were a waste of his resources. I scoffed so hard I nearly snarfed up my milkshake until I realized, horrified, that he was dead serious. I decided he was misguided and delusional but not beyond help, so thumping a Vogue magazine and quoting heavily from The Devil Wears Prada, I began a fashion intervention.
(09/22/06 9:00am)
A mix should open with a song that is easy to listen to without context. A mix should open with a song that melts your face. This song does both, so it's first.
(09/22/06 9:00am)
Take off those water-skis, people! Summer's out for school! The sun has set on 06X and a new term is rising as fall drops his knickers to take a colorful dump on our freedom. As I attempt to gaze out the sawdust-caked window of my brand-new suite in beautiful McGlaughlin, I notice that the leaves on the trees are already turning purple and spelling out messages begging me to put on that gas mask because these carpet-glue fumes are seriously tripping me out. Or is it the nearly-dry paint? (You're invited to the "No Booze Necessary" party here this weekend. 109 Thomas. Safety and Security will be baffled.)
(09/22/06 9:00am)
Summer movies seem taboo to me. I guess it's because we're all supposed to be out running through sprinklers or having picnics or playing lawn games while friends punt down the stream in white suits and flat straw hats. Or no, maybe I'm mistaking summer with the 1920s. It seems wrong to sit in the dark with strangers eating plastic cheese off overly salted chips when nature is beckoning you to play in its glory.
(09/22/06 9:00am)
As the incomparable Donna Summers once said, "and so you're back from outer space," and so I am, at least back at Dartmouth from terms so different from here I may as well have been on the newly derecognized Pluto. Poor Pluto, one negligent plutonian social chair forgets to register a keg and bam, you lose your letters, your house and now your planet.Hooray for the S.L.I (Space Life Initiative). But enough mourning Zete, I mean Pluto, this article is supposed to talk about me and my return to the Big Green.
(09/22/06 9:00am)
As is painfully obvious by now, Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter, is dead. This year has also seen the sad deaths of Coretta Scott King and Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett, as well as the fortunate and long-awaited deaths of dictator Slobodan Milosevic and that bastard Kirby Puckett. Some of these deaths were more predictable than others. (For example, compare Irwin's job title or Puckett's loathsome obesity to Slobodan's graceful aging.) It in this spirit that I present to you some predictions for the deaths of some of Dartmouth's campus celebrities this fall:
(09/22/06 9:00am)
The nines have been bumped from the stroller.
(09/22/06 9:00am)
I always thought I would take advantage of the many opportunities that Dartmouth College has to offer. Unfortunately, as the years have drawn on, my various attempts at self-improvement have expired faster than the time it took me to rip my bong before writing this column.
(09/22/06 9:00am)
The campus is different. I can't quite put my finger on it.
(09/21/06 9:00am)
Tom Lobben '08 will attempt to help the men's soccer team score a win over Brown on Saturday.
(09/21/06 9:00am)
Natalie Spaccarelli '07 contributes to the Home Plate no-waste initiative by scraping her plate clean and following the composting guidelines.
(09/21/06 9:00am)
Jack Groetzinger '07 and Russell D'Souza '07 see their new company, Evolving Vox, as an attractive alternative to using an