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Traynor: The NFL Has a Problem

The consistent failure of the National Football League and the football industry in general to hold its players and representatives to a higher standard is tragic. Recently, the Ray Rice domestic violence scandal and allegations of child abuse against Adrian Peterson have spurred these failures into the foreground. The frequency and severity of these incidents speak volumes about the current state of the league — an organization that once had such honorable figures as Vince Lombardi, Joe Montana and Joe Namath. While the NFL has continued to make more and more money through TV deals and endorsements, the league’s character has not risen in kind. While public outcry encouraged the NFL to increase Rice’s punishment, football fans must continue demanding a higher standard of character from the sport’s representatives — and heavier repercussions for those professional athletes who betray the public’s trust.

Men’s rugby dominates Penn, Princeton at home

True to its storied Ivy League dominance, in a weekend double header the Big Green men’s first 15 (4-0 Ivy) sent the University of Pennsylvania Quakers (0-4 Ivy) back winless in conference play with a 44-10 victory before silencing any potential lingering questions about which team stands atop the conference, handily beating the last remaining undefeated team, Princeton University (3-1 Ivy), in a 54-5 match.

Student Spotlight: Erica Westenberg '15

Erica Westenberg ’15 is a familiar face at the Hopkins Center. A fourth-year violinist in the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra and Dartmouth Chamber Music Program as well as a trip manager for DSO’s December trip to Eastern Europe, the group’s first since 2008, Westenberg has been involved in the arts throughout her college career.

Field hockey keeps rolling with 5-3 win

After dropping its first five contests of the year, the field hockey team is revving up at the right time as it begins Ivy League play. The team’s offense kept rolling in a 5-3 win over the University of Pennsylvania on Saturday. The team had 4-0 lead at the end of the first half, with co-captain Ali Savage ’15 and Anna Rowthorn-Apel ’18 each scoring two goals.

Condensed Campus Clippings: Week of 10/5

10 Classic Fall Snapchats

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Base Camp Café Brings Nepali Cuisine to Hanover

Moving from the San Francisco Bay Area to Dartmouth was quite the change for me. I realized that I would soon feel temperatures below zero, and have to wear snow boots and a parka just to remember what warmth felt like. And I had to get used to a slightly more limited food scene. I always joke with friends from home that in Hanover, there’s the Chinese restaurant, the Thai restaurant and the Indian restaurant.

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After year of planning, Society application deadline nears

The Society of Fellows, a program that will bring post-doctoral students to Hanover for research, teaching and mentorship, will close its application period for the inaugural class of fellows next week. The first group is expected to start next fall.

Shifts in enrollment may follow job stress, faculty say

Around 650 fewer students took English courses in 2013 than in 2001, while around 880 more took an engineering class.

Students push for Brown, Shaheen

With less than a month remaining before Election Day, polls continue to indicate a tight contest between incumbent Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Republican challenger Scott Brown, a former Massachusetts senator. A poll published by New England College late last week declared the race a statistical tie, with Shaheen at 47.1 percent and Brown at 46.6 percent.