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In this year's Homecoming issue, read about the freshman ban, our beloved traditions' similarities to hazing and town preparations for the big weekend.
Daily Debriefing
A recent study found that the number of English-speaking master's programs at European universities has increased, Inside Higher Ed reported yesterday. This year has seen a 38 percent rise in such programs across continental Europe, which totaled 6,407 as of June. The study suggests that the number of programs offered, which is 10 times higher than in 2002, may explain why Britain is becoming a less popular provider of online courses in English. In recent years, many Scandinavian countries, including the Netherlands and Sweden, have switched nearly all of their postgraduate teaching to English. A law in France that bans teaching courses in any language other than French has become loosely enforced, and the number of master's programs available in English has risen to 494 from just 11 five years ago.
College establishes innovation center
Students and administrators are collaborating to design the student-operated Innovation Center and New Venture Incubator slated to open after winter break on the first floor of 4 Currier Place, south of the Black Family Visual Arts Center. Renovations to the space will begin next month.
Baer, Gerson discuss speech writing
Former presidential speech writers Don Baer and Michael Gerson spoke about their experiences working for former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush in Carson on Thursday afternoon. Gerson, a writer for Bush, said speech writing leaves an impression on readers and listeners. Speeches that follow nationally significant events can leave lasting impressions and even change the country's mood.
OPAL hosts events for LGBT history month
Organized by the Office of Pluralism and Leadership, LGBT history month kicked off with a speech by activist Kim Katrin Crosby on Sept. 30 and the re-opening of the resource room in Robinson Hall on Oct. 1. The events will continue with "Talk it Out," where LGBT community members share coming out stories and experiences with their sexuality at Dartmouth. This year's panel members will be director of religious and spiritual life Nancy Vogele, women's and gender studies professor Pati Hernandez, and three undergraduates.
Geisel board member wins Nobel Prize
Molecular biologist Randy Schekman, a member of the Geisel School of Medicine Board of Overseers, won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for his work on understanding how proteins are transported in human cells.
Alda talks scientific discourse
He compared this situation to when scientists have a wealth of information but have trouble communicating their ideas to the average person.
Some Like It Hot
It's a Dartmouth tradition that dates back over a century. While most freshmen enjoy running around the bonfire, this tradition has come under fire (no pun intended) in recent years.
Women's soccer fights to draw v. UNH
The Big Green women were tenacious during the match, firing off 21 shots, with eight on target, to the Wildcats' nine. UNH freshman goalkeeper Mimi Borkan stood tall in net, recording eight saves in 110 minutes of play. Tatiana Saunders '15 held her own for the Big Green, stopping four shots in the game for her fourth shutout of the season and her second in a row. Dartmouth has six shutouts this season.
Football looks to rebound against perfect Yale
The Bulldogs come to Hanover undefeated at 3-0 with a 1-0 Ivy League record after blowing out Cornell University in week two. The Big Green (1-2, 0-1 Ivy) enter looking to get off the schnide and back into the win column, having dropped their last two games. Last week, the Big Green fell in heartbreaking fashion to the University of Pennsylvania in four overtimes, the longest game in Ivy League football history.
Ulrich: Between the Lines
When my first grade teacher asked the class to share our role models, 20 or so nubby hands shot up and waved furiously in the air. We belted out cries for mom and dad, followed by Derek Jeter, Mia Hamm and Michael Jordan.
The '17s Guide to Homecoming Weekend
When The Dartmouth found thatJake Bayer '16 had fabricated a quotation, wedecided to remove his articles from our website.
In Case You Were Wondering
In case you were wondering, the first game of football in the U.S. was played on Nov. 6, 1869 between Rutgers University and Princeton University. A match-up like that would be unthinkable today, because of divisions or leagues or whatever. Obviously, I know a lot about football. Rutgers won, and the Rutgers students subsequently ran the Princetonians out of town, which I find amusing because Puck Frinceton. '17s, soon you too will get to see the glory of green tennis balls raining onto the ice during a Dartmouth hockey game. You get just as cold watching hockey as you do football, but hockey is at least fun to watch.
What Have We Done?
Week four of the final lap has been fairly routine and nondescript, as the middle weeks of a Dartmouth quarter so often are. As always, we have a lengthy list of "What Have We Dones" to confess, and for the sake of tradition, we will name some of them here. We collectively got an exorbitantly expensive parking ticket, received the comment "no" from a professor beneath an answer on a quiz and prioritized standing in the KAF line over attending a mandatory meeting. Seanie realized that one of her '17 trippees is unequivocally cooler and more pulled together than she is. Amanda realized that she was probably the only person on campus who missed rush, had a truly "good time" just like Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen do and started making up new lyrics for songs for 14W rush. To top it all off, we committed our most egregious failure to meet our column deadline yet. We do, however, retain a good feeling about next week.
Faculty, Hanover community express sense of isolation
This year, as for decades, Homecoming will mark the construction of another doomed wooden edifice in the center of the Green. Bright-eyed '17s will conquer their fears, a purported half-marathon and their classmates' respect as they complete the 117 requisite laps around the bonfire. An untold number of alumni will descend upon Hanover, misty-eyed '14s will wield posters proclaiming the freshman class the new "worst class ever," and the following week will herald in the first permitted '17 footsteps behind the doors of Greek houses.
Law enforcement aim to halt dangerous acts
Hanover Police is more active on campus during Homecoming than the average weekend, in an effort to keep the community safe. Despite the increased presence, the department does not intend to hinder the College's age-old traditions, acting police chief Francis Moran said.
Bonfire construction sees dramatic changes through decades
Dartmouth's first bonfire celebrated a baseball victory, and started the tradition of freshmen building bonfires after each home game.