Wilson says evidence of slavery still exists
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson said last night that although slavery has been abolished for over a century in America, evidence of slavery is still present in this country's culture.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson said last night that although slavery has been abolished for over a century in America, evidence of slavery is still present in this country's culture.
August Wilson is an accomplished playwright. He has earned two Pulitzer Prizes. He is serving as Montgomery Fellow all through Winter term. And he dropped out of high school.
College President James Freedman announced last week that the College will begin observing the Memorial Day holiday this spring.
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson, who made headlines in 1996 with a controversial speech about African American theatre, is in residence at the College as a Montgomery Fellow for the entire Winter term.
Erin Loback '99, a 20-year-old psychology major from Paradise Valley, Ariz., will become the ninth woman to preside over The Dartmouth next year, the current editors announced Friday.
In a display of cooperation between the College and the town of Hanover, Dartmouth and Casella Waste Management held the groundbreaking ceremony for a new composting facility at the old Hanover landfill yesterday morning.
Despite a firestorm of recent criticism from many students and faculty members against the plans for the Berry Library, the College's Board of Trustees issued a statement yesterday reaffirming its commitment to the current designs -- meaning that construction should begin this spring as scheduled.
Ten days after faculty opposition to the plans for the Berry Library proposal surfaced, students are starting to show an increased awareness of the issue, and more than 1,000 students have signed a petition asking the Board of Trustees to stop and reconsider the 125,000 square-foot addition.
Speaking to a packed audience in 105 Dartmouth last night, Chinese-American human rights activist Harry Wu attacked the Communist regime of China for imprisoning and executing dissidents.
While the current plans for the new Berry Library have some members of the faculty up in arms, students seem relatively unaware of the changes in store.
English Professor Priscilla Sears gave an emotional talk about her experiences in the war-torn regions of Bosnia and Croatia, and also emphasized the need for women to help bring about peace to an audience of 20 women yesterday in the Women's Resource Center.
Dartmouth Dining Services has made a number of changes this term in an effort to recover from massive losses in past years, but many students said the only new things about DDS are longer lines and less quality.
A quarter of a century ago, Homecoming was very much as it is today. Students scorched themselves running around the bonfire, cheered until they were hoarse at the football game, and took part in the general chaos that this weekend brings.
While the rest of the student body looks forward to the display of light and heat generated by the Homecoming bonfire tomorrow night, some Dartmouth students are sharing warmth in a different way.
Nike pays its workers in Indonesia and Vietnam enough to meet their basic needs with money left over for discretionary spending and savings, professors at the Amos Tuck School of Business said yesterday.
The small minority of freshmen who brought or bought a Windows-based Intel computer are struggling to integrate themselves into the College's Macintosh-oriented network.
With National Coming Out Day this Saturday, gay, lesbian and bisexual students are urging students to come out of the closet -- even though the process is seldom easy.