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(10/18/07 4:33am)
The lawsuit brought against the College by six Association of Alumni executives highlights a fundamental point about Dartmouth that seems ironic these days: Alumni love the place. The lawsuit is a result of their deep devotion to the value of community that Dartmouth itself instilled in them.
(10/18/07 4:32am)
To the Editor:
(10/18/07 4:31am)
The College on the Hill is an idyllic setting for an education and for the formation of life-long bonds of friendship, but I and many others were ready to move on when we graduated. The prospect of shedding a beer gut, resuming my function as a normal human being in society, and becoming a real, bonafide adult -- albeit in graduate school -- was deliciously appealing. Then six members of the Executive Committee of the Association of Alumni decided to sue the College.
(10/18/07 4:30am)
As this year's beloved Homecoming weekend approaches, in sync with perfect fall weather and visibly heightened anticipation, I can't help but feel nostalgic as I remember my own freshman Homecoming weekend, when I was so naive, and so utterly clueless. I think back on my first big weekend, my first big dive into Dartmouth social life, and think of how new it all was to me. I remember embracing this new beer-centric lifestyle with full force that weekend, calling all my friends from home on Sunday to brag about the wonders of mediocre beer, general disregard for hygiene and parties to which you didn't necessarily have to wear dresses and heels. I was in heaven. Thinking back on similar phone calls home from various big weekends and sophomore summer -- in which I used drinking beer and barbecuing all day as selling points for why Dartmouth is vastly superior in terms in fun -- I couldn't help but wonder: Since when did my party habits and my idea of a good time become so,well, fratty?
(10/18/07 4:28am)
I'm an absolute sports junkie. If I weren't, I wouldn't be writing this column. I also happen to be the son of a Dartmouth-educated father, whose first stuffed animal was a teddy bear with a Dartmouth green sweater with a large white D on it (originally enough, I named him "D-Bear.") Unlike most people out there, I was brought up looking for Dartmouth football/basketball scores on the ESPN crawl at the bottom of the television. So it was only natural that once I ended up here I would attend every football game. But I understand why people wouldn't.
(10/18/07 4:27am)
Jarrod Shoemaker '04 crosses the finish line carrying the American flag at the 2005 World Championships.
(10/18/07 4:27am)
On Sept. 16, at the ITU World Cup in Beijing, Shoemaker finished with a stellar time of one hour, 49 minutes and 44 seconds, good enough for eleventh overall. Even more important is the fact that Shoemaker's time was first among Americans, which earned him the opportunity to join the American team at the Beijing Olympics.
(10/18/07 4:25am)
Fans can name their own price for Radiohead's new album,
(10/18/07 4:25am)
Still, despite being more lyrically accessible and in many ways more mainstream, "In Rainbows" does not ignore Radiohead's technical and stylistic expansion over the past 12 years. Bursts of stylistic complexity resembling "Kid A," "OK Computer," "Amnesiac" and "Hail to the Thief" explode throughout the album, making it a synthesis of the band's journey rather than a regression. For the first time in a long time, Radiohead has put out an album not to make a statement or push their boundaries, but because making albums is what they do best.
(10/18/07 4:18am)
The founder of Business Wire, Lorry Lokey, recently donated $74.5 million to the University of Oregon, which is the largest academic gift the university has ever received, The Chronicle of Higher Education said. The gift is directed toward the university's science and research program and the majority of it will support faculty and graduate student studies. The Chronicle of Philanthropy cited Lokey as one of the country's most frequent donors. He recently gave to his alma mater, Stanford University, to support stem cell research. With last month's gift of $100 million by Nike co-founder and chairman Philip Knight, the University of Oregon has now surpassed its goal of raising $600 million by 2008.
(10/18/07 4:16am)
The offices of the English department at Sanborn Library. The department's creative writing program recently started offering more classes.
(10/18/07 4:16am)
This year marks the first time the department will offer the introductory Creative Writing class, English 80, all three terms. This year also marks the first time that the department has needed to expand to offer three sections of English 85, its senior seminar for those interested in creative writing.
(10/18/07 4:15am)
History professor Richard Kremer has a bit of a strange hobby. In his free time, he tries to identify the anonymous astronomers of the past using medieval book-bindings to peer into the mathematics of preceding centuries.
(10/18/07 4:15am)
On-campus job recruiting has hit the apex of its busiest year in College history as students schedule interviews with potential employers over the coming weeks. Thursday marks the last major deadline for students to submit applications.
(10/18/07 4:14am)
"Sexymac" is the name Kathleen Onufer '08 gave the Macbook computer she purchased last spring. Onufer was a first-time Mac buyer who previously owned a Dell purchased from Dartmouth her freshman year. A majority of the time spent with her Dell was at the Computer Help Desk trying to repair a crashed hard drive or a faulty motherboard.
(10/17/07 5:55am)
Tuesday night's Student Assembly meeting focused on the passage of three funding proposals: the Thanksgiving and winter break New York City bus service, the laptop voucher program and the Pangea program.
(10/17/07 5:54am)
Derek Summerville '11 campaigns Tuesday night for freshman Class Council president. He says his campaign is more 'mature' than those of his peers.
(10/17/07 5:54am)
The election speeches given Tuesday in Silsby Hall for the 2011 Class Council were a proper finale to what has been considered a fierce and competitive campaign.
(10/17/07 4:57am)
Stonyfield Farms President and CE-Yo Gary Hirshberg discusses corporate environmental responsibility Tuesday afternoon at the Rockefeller Center.
(10/17/07 4:57am)
Gary Hirshberg, Stonyfield Farms president and CE-Yo (as in yogurt), spoke about the importance of running environmentally responsible businesses on Tuesday afternoon in the Rockefeller Center.