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(10/17/08 8:14am)
What started in 1888 as an impromptu bonfire in the middle of the Green has grown into a mainstay of Dartmouth culture. As freshmen run 112 laps around the structure, upperclassmen will urge them to "touch the fire."
(10/17/08 8:14am)
The 2008 presidential nominees, Democratic Senator Barack Obama and Republican Senator John McCain both cite the affordability of a college education as a key priority in the upcoming election, although their strategies differ. McCain seeks to increase the efficiency of current offerings while Obama plans to expand college tuition tax credits, Pell grants and other forms of scholarships.
(10/17/08 8:13am)
Although representatives from Dartmouth's Panhellenic Council said that the new Select and Rank sorority rush system increased the number of women receiving bids -- likely referring to the 22 more bids extended this year -- only 75.6 percent of rush participants received a bid this fall, compared to the 82.5 percent who received bids last year. Additionally, some participants accused Panhell of unfair practices.
(10/17/08 8:13am)
One hundred and thirteen years of Dartmouth pride and tradition will once again take center stage on the Green this Friday. Homecoming, originally dubbed "Dartmouth Night," is recognized by both the College's current student body and a world-wide network of loyal alumni as a time to re-establish their ties to the College on the Hill.
(10/17/08 8:12am)
Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama excited supporters with his economic policy at a Londonderry speech on Thursday.
(10/17/08 8:12am)
Obama touched on other issues, including renewable energy sources and education, but focused on outlining his strategy for reversing the economic crisis. He emphasized that his plan would cut taxes for 95 percent of working families and give tax breaks to small business owners. Obama specifically addressed New Hampshire's economic troubles, citing the state's current budget deficit.
(10/17/08 8:02am)
Homecoming. Ah, yes, the swarming Hajj of school spirit, culminating in a fiery inferno that orbits around a flaming Kaabaa of hexagonal wooden palettes. But truly there is something eerily religious, eerily spiritual, ritualistic, mystical, about tonight's festivity. (And, forgiving my original metaphor, the ceremony is less Islamic and more of a Wiccan or pagan rite.)
(10/17/08 7:58am)
On the night of my freshman Homecoming, decked out in my Dartmouth '09 shirt and matching green face-paint, I waited anxiously outside as the massive crowd of other '09s approached my dorm. I could hear and feel the energy in the cold before we even left the Choates. I remember thinking that this was our time, the time that we would truly become part of the Dartmouth community. That it was our time to participate in a tradition that every class before and since has and will be a part of. And '12s, this is your time to participate.
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(10/17/08 7:37am)
Today's column will address an issue that I've grappled with for quite some time. I've never gotten a chance to write about it, so now seemed like as good a time as ever, seeing as Ryan and I will be covering the sports world's most pressing issue -- who will win the World Series -- in Monday's edition of "Toe to Toe".
(10/17/08 7:36am)
Donnie Surdoval '10 provided Dartmouth's lone goal in a 2-1 loss to UConn on Wednesday. The Big Green has not won a road game since September 7.
(10/17/08 7:36am)
The Huskies were led by forward O'Brian White, the 2007 national player of the year and Hermann Trophy winner, who scored both goals for UConn, one in each half.
(10/17/08 7:35am)
What's the first verb you learn in any language? To be. That's because it is used in statements of fact -- the simplest and most obvious assertions you could possibly construct. Homecoming is fun. Fire is hot. The '12s are the worst class ever. Well, this verb is also the logical end to our polity's reduction of the big issues that our country faces in the 21st century. Our preferred euphemism for this upsetting trend is "labeling," but the truth of the matter is that the common voting citizen only cares enough about politics to listen to "this is that."
(10/17/08 7:33am)
The inadequacy of the current sorority rush process once again became evident at the end of this term's rush cycle, to the discontent of both current members and rushees. National sororities and organizations like the Panhellenic Council imposed their recruitment systems on Dartmouth, disregarding the fact that the contrived and convoluted process is an exceedingly poor fit for Dartmouth's small, tight-knit and self-contained social scene.
(10/16/08 6:06am)
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Four animal-rights activists staged a protest Tuesday against a Dartmouth professor's use of monkeys in his brain research, according to the Valley News. Yale Cohen, an associate professor in the department of psychological and brain sciences, issued a statement to the Valley News via a Dartmouth spokesman saying that animals used in his work "are under constant veterinary care to preserve and foster their health and well-being, and there is also constant veterinary supervision of my work." Cohen said his research could yield results useful to the treatment of autism, schizophrenia and Asperger's syndrome, according to the Valley News. The protesters stood on the southwest corner of the green, near the Hanover Inn. While a small number of passers-by did stop to take literature from the activists' folding table, most did not interact with the group, according to the article. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Dartmouth used more than 900 animals for research in 2007, including 16 primates.
(10/16/08 6:01am)
A tourist and her young child visiting the College admire the changing leaves on Wednesday, outside of Baker Library.
(10/16/08 6:01am)
According to Hanover Inn employees, the second week of October is usually the most popular weekend for foliage viewing in Hanover, about a week later than at locations farther north. The leaf-peeping season runs roughly from the last two weeks of September through the second week of November, they said. While some visitors come specifically to view the leaves, others incorporate leaf peeping into visits they have already planned, Mysti Wolfe, a guest-service representative at the Hanover Inn, said.