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(10/03/13 2:00am)
A few years ago, Italian professor and department chair Graziella Parati stayed in a hotel in Northern Italy run by a family that included a senile 90 year old grandmother who had been in the resistance against fascism. Parati was amused to discover that this memorable hotel would be the setting of the very film she introduced on Sunday, "Hotel Meina" (2007), in Filene Auditorium as part of the New England Film Festival.
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Each week, a headline either bemoans the delay of marriage or the hookup culture that has purportedly developed as a result of this shift. College-aged women are warned their lives will be unhappy and meaningless without steady relationships. This spring, the "Princeton Mom" encouraged female undergrads to spend their college careers finding husbands so that they would not have to suffer the inevitable "heartbreak" of life as a single postgrad. Over the summer, an article in The New York Times led the reader to believe that most women at elite institutions are dissatisfied with or even harmed by their sex lives, and seemed to criticize the fact that many undergraduate women today are prioritizing careers over relationships. Journalists at almost every media outlet are preoccupied with the potential consequences of changing gender relations and the related hookup culture; with every emerging study, journalists are eager to interpret statistics to declare that this generation is doomed to become full of misandric cat ladies.
(10/03/13 2:00am)
As one of the art history professors and droning voices who defend the Orozco murals and the College's decision to restrict access to the Hovey murals, I feel compelled to offer a response to recent complaints about censorship published in The Dartmouth. This most recent lament is but one in a chorus of "dissenting" voices on this issue that have graced the pages of the paper since the 1970s. The latest round takes the novel tack of insulting Dartmouth students, characterizing them as grade-grubbing zombies in an attempt to rile them up about the issue. Since no actual research on the history of the murals or the College's response to them seems to have been done, I will here inform the campus readership of just a few things that might interest them.
(10/02/13 4:00pm)
Many say fall is the most beautiful time of year in New England. Colorful leaves, crisp autumn air and plentiful sunshine have graced the first few weeks of 13F, and now is the time to take advantage of fall activities in the Upper Valley. Before midterms kick in and all the leaves fall away (no pun intended), be sure to cross some of these items off your fall bucket list.
(10/02/13 2:00pm)
Sept. 27 12:00 p.m. North Massachusetts Hall Safety and Security received a call to investigate a strong smell of marijuana in North Mass. S&S responded and found nothing burning in the immediate area and nobody in the immediate vicinity.
(10/02/13 10:17am)
For the first time, the College will join in celebrating LGBTQ History month .
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The security report stated increases in reports of forcible sex offenses and liquor violations.
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Popular comedian Reggie Watts, who will perform this Saturday night, has given a TED talk and created a parody of Radiohead.
(10/02/13 2:00am)
As Washington, D.C. screeched to a halt as a result of the first government shutdown in 17 years, Dartmouth's everyday activities are continuing largely unaffected.
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On the small screen, Shonda Rhimes '91 is behind hospital take-overs, infant kidnappings and Oval Office affairs. Following an appointment by President Barack Obama last week, Rhimes will soon bring her creativity to the Board of Trustees of the John F.Kennedy Centerfor the Performing Arts.
(10/02/13 2:00am)
Reported forcible sex offenses increased to 24 in 2012 from 15 in 2011, while burglary reports increased to 16 from nine the year before. Liquor law arrests dropped to 16 from 40, while liquor law violations referred for disciplinary action more than doubled, with 83 in 2012 and 40 in 2011. Drug law arrests increased to 16 from 12, and drug law violations referred for disciplinary actions doubled from 10 to 20. Arson reports increased to three in 2012 from two in 2011.
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Thomas Bruce, Cornell University's vice president of communications, was named Dartmouth's senior vice president for public affairs, the College announced yesterday. The newest member to join College President Phil Hanlon's senior leadership, Bruce will assume his position on Nov. 18 and report directly to Hanlon.
(10/02/13 2:00am)
New statistics reflect a nearly 20-year high in the percentage of borrowers who defaulted on federal student loans within a two-year period, a report released Monday by the Education Department stated. The data shows that borrowers who began repayment between Oct. 1, 2010 and Sept. 30, 2011 defaulted on 10 percent of loans, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported. This figure has increased each of the last six years, with a 9.1 percent two-year default rate last year. These statistics are used to determine schools' eligibility to receive federal financial aid, and institutions with more than a 25 percent two-year default rate for three consecutive years or a 40 percent rate for a single year are cut off from funding. Two hundred and twenty-one institutions did not make the benchmark this year, compared to 218 the previous year.
(10/02/13 2:00am)
At St. Mary's College of Maryland's fall interconference regatta, the Big Green finished fifth out of 18 teams. Matt Wefer '14 and Avery Plough '14 sailed A-division to a fourth-place finish, while Chris Price '14 and Charlotte Snow '15, the B-division, struggled a bit more in shifty conditions, finishing in the bottom half of their group. Yale University dominated the event, scoring less than half the points of runner-up Georgetown University. The Bulldogs won both the A and B-divisions, beating Dartmouth by 60 points even with the Big Green's strong A-division sailors.
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For nearly 690 minutes of play this season, goalkeeper Tatiana Saunders '15 has stood as the last defender for Dartmouth soccer, allowing just three goals in the last seven games. Saunders was named Ivy League co-player of the week last week after posting an impressive 38 saves this season.
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Incorporating elements of engineering, global health and visual design, the Dartmouth/Haiti Partnership Exhibition, which debuted in the Hopkins Center's Strauss Gallery last Tuesday, truly embodies an interdisciplinary approach to art. Curated by studio art professor Jack Wilson, the exhibit offers enlightenment on the many projects concerning Haiti that the College has been involved in since the 2010 earthquake.
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Born in Germany to an American father and a French mother, Watts moved around a lot as a child before settling in Montana. He remarked in an interview on the podcast "Employee of the Month" that he got into music by listening to Ray Charles.
(10/02/13 2:00am)
Although censorship may seem like something akin to a Ray Bradbury dystopian novel, it is much closer to home than many people realize. If asked about the Hovey murals, you will find that the vast majority of students know not even of the existence of these large murals, created by Walter Beach Humphrey, Class of 1914, between 1937 and 1939 as a contrast to the then-recently created murals in Baker Library by Mexican painter Jose Clemente Orozco. The Hovey murals are named after Richard Hovey, Class of 1885, who wrote the alma mater and a popular drinking song, on which the murals were based.
(10/02/13 2:00am)
The past few weeks have been an exciting time for international relations. The United Nations' resolution to dispose of Syria's chemical weapons has been accepted by Bashar al-Assad, peace talks have begun between the Israeli and Palestinian governments and, for the first time in decades, Iran and the United States are at the same table.