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We live in a different sports world today than we did even a few years ago. Even though I have only been around for two decades, I know it. In fact, unless you have been living under a rock for the past week, you know it too.
Although the Northern Pass transmission project has successfully invaded our Hulu channels with its New Hampshire-targeted promotions, a growing number of state residents are challenging the project’s “invasion” of the state — and questioning whether the company’s folksy testimonials are a true grassroots movement or merely “astroturf.” According to its website, the Northern Pass project would run an above ground power line from the Hydro-Québec hydroelectric power plants in Canada southward through the state to Deerfield, NH, where it would then feed into the New England power grid. Purportedly, the new transmission line would result in lower energy costs for the region, greater fuel diversity, an influx of approximately 1,200 3-year construction jobs, as well as new property tax revenues. However, there has been a great deal of local opposition to the plan, which requires the construction of a high-voltage electric corridor running through the White Mountains, utilizing some land obtained through eminent domain. They view the plan as the imposition of “Foreign Big Hydro” on a state that ought to establish its own internal energy resources and they criticize it on health, environmental and economic grounds. These groups, composed mainly of North Country loyalists, have mobilized via community events as well via social media, and their outcry stands in stark contrast to the “real New Hampshire folk” professing the benefits of the Northern Pass in the polished, professional advertisements shown every time we want to catch up on our favorite shows online. Is the Northern Pass a good idea? Do the energy benefits outweigh the sacrifices, or is it another example of corporate greed overriding local interests? Comment below and let us know what you think.
<="" img=""> Courtesy Of Rauner Archives Dartmouth students traditionally return home for Thanksgiving, but Moosilauke Ravine lodge has played holiday host to many Dartmouth students over the years. In 1957, Dartmouth students hosted 40 orphans from the Manchester Children’s Home, St. Peter’s Orphanage in Manchester and the Golden Rule Farm in Tilton, N.H. Organized by the DOC, the two-night Thanksgiving celebration included “a Thanksgiving Day dinner, hikes through the area, and an evening program of singing and entertainment,” according to the N.H. Sunday News. In 1961, the DOC hosted 40 boys, ages 8-14, at Moosilauke Ravine Lodge. The boys represented all “races, creed and nationalities” and came from churches in East Harlem and the Lower East Side of New York City, according to The Dartmouth. Like the 1957 event, the boys climbed Mt. Moosilauke and planned to “stuff themselves with turkey.” “For many of the youngsters it is to be their first time away from the city streets, their first glimpse of tree-lined rivers and mountains, their first bus ride and their first turkey dinner,” The Dartmouth reported. Cabin and Trail hosts a Thanksgiving celebration at Billings Lodge, a six-room cabin at the foot of Mt. Madison in the Presidential Range. Students cook a big Thanksgiving dinner with the help of Cabin and Trail’s “Turkey Fund,” and go on hikes in the region. On campus in the early 20th century, Dartmouth used to host a Thanksgiving Festival Service in Rollins Chapel on the last Sunday before the fall recess. The festival featured performances by the Glee Club and was hosted by the president of the College. In 1929, “There was a large attendance; there should have been no empty seats at all,” The Dartmouth reported. Because most people celebrate the holiday at home, there were few Thanksgiving images in the archives. But with the help of the knowledgeable Rauner Library staff, I came across the above image of H.R. Thurston, a member of the class of 1894. He is the second from the left and the photo is from Thanksgiving 1894. It looks like the Thurston family had either a knack for hunting turkeys or invited them to join in the Thanksgiving feast.
Dartmouth will learn of its first-round opponent on Monday afternoon, when the NCAA announces the tournament bracket.
The Tuck School of Business ranked first for the number of job offers students received following Commencement, as 97 percent of graduates received offers, according to a ranking published by Poets and Quants on Nov. 8. In its second year in the number one ranking, Tuck shares the top spot with Harvard Business School, Columbia Business School and the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management. Job offers for graduates of highly ranked business schools have increased over the past two years, and only one highly-ranked business school examined by Poets and Quants the Georgia Institute of Technology's College of Management reported a decrease in the percentage of graduates offered jobs. Tuck's 2011 success rate is identical to that of last year but represents an 11 percent increase from 2009, when only 86 percent of graduates received offers, Poets and Quants reported.
What a week it was. The Pennsylvania State University community found itself in one of the most controversial scandals in sports history. Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos was kidnapped in Venezuela (which, amazingly, received minimal media time due to the Penn State situation). Other notable stories from this week include me almost perishing due to food poisoning and Hanover weather shifting from being 60 degrees out to snowing within a matter of 24 hours.
