Class of 2003 noted for diversity, talents
While this year's freshman class does not hold the record for the highest average SAT scores or the most students in the top 10 percent of their class, the Class of 2003 is still exceptional.
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While this year's freshman class does not hold the record for the highest average SAT scores or the most students in the top 10 percent of their class, the Class of 2003 is still exceptional.
The cavernous, lavishly-ornate mansion where the action takes place in Jan de Bont's new remake of "The Haunting" is an example of how superb set-designers (Eugenio Zanetti and Cosmas A. Demetriou) and special effects technicians can completely take over a film. The movie's breathtakingly and beautifully designed Hill House borrows a significant amount -- including a huge grand staircase, fireplace, and mirrored hallway -- from "Citizen Kane's" extravagant Xanadu.
It comes as no surprise that "Eyes Wide Shut," the late Stanley Kubrick's final masterpiece, deals with sexual temptation. After all, anyone who saw one of the film's trailers in Warner Bros.'s advertising campaign received the impression that "Eyes Wide Shut" promised to be Kubrick's jump into the world of pornography filmmaking. Despite Warner Bros.'s use of sex as the only means to sell this movie to audiences, the film certainly rises above common pornography flicks by giving sharp viewers a lot to think about.
Dartmouth College is a circus. We have our share of acrobats, Olympic athletes, blossoming actors, freaks and trained dogs. Apparently though, Paul Binder '63 thinks all that is not enough.
In the opening scene of "American Pie," the parents of virgin high-school senior Jim (the charming Jason Biggs) catch him masturbating while he watches his cable provider's scrambled pornography channel. When this scene is followed by Jim's obnoxious but amusing friend Stifler (a Jim Carrey-esque Seann William Scott) accidentally drinking a glass of beer mixed with semen, it becomes obvious that "American Pie" seeks to be a frank and surprisingly modern look at the topic of teen sexuality.
With temperatures in the high 80s and 90s over the past few days, the only thing on most students' minds yesterday was the College's lack of air-conditioned space. Many students were holed up in such places as the Reserve Corridor, Kresge Library and Webster Hall, where cool air is abundant - and it's a good thing they were.
While visiting the College as a Montgomery Fellow, Richard Schechner is currently teaching a class in the drama department titled, "Performances of Great Magnitude." The class discusses such epic theatrical events as the Olympics, ancient town rituals, and other similar events that cannot take place in a traditional theater space.
You may know William Shakespeare's "Hamlet," but you probably don't know it as well as you think you do. Or at least that is what Montgomery Fellow Richard Schechner would like you to believe.
Sophomore Family Weekend and Tubestock have both been scheduled for the weekend of July 23, and it appears that the conflict will not be resolved.
The administration of free vaccinations for the meningococcus bacteria began yesterday in Alumni Hall in response to the sudden death of Jenica Rosekrans '00 and the confirmation of sophomore Nicolas Calamari's infection.
"Don't play us in football."
The Residential and Social Life Task Force met for the second time yesterday, and discussed the coordination of their efforts with other campus groups and the collection of student and College staff proposals.
Acting Dean of the College Dan Nelson announced Friday the 11 students, faculty and administrators who will join him in comprising the task force charged with compiling a list of proposals for the Board of Trustees to help the Board make decisions regarding their monumental residential and social life initiative.
Although many in the Dartmouth community were looking forward to the Greek events and parties that were cancelled Wednesday, the four days of events planned by the Winter Carnival committee will not be affected by the controversy surrounding the Board of Trustees' new social and residential life initiative.
"They think teaching is so easy, but it's scary."
Everyone knows Dartmouth students will attend events with free food, but what about free money?
"There's Something About Mary" crosses the line -- repeatedly -- but that's what makes the movie so appealing. Bobby and Peter Farrelly ("Dumb and Dumber," "Kingpin") are well known for their tasteless and surprising antics, and "Mary" does not change their reputation; in fact, the movie enhances it.
Sitting in the middle of the street is fun, but getting third-degree burns from a Homecoming bonfire is even better. While both activities may be thrilling, running through campus with 999 screaming, frantic, intoxicated classmates will not get you killed (probably).
Walking 53 miles in 24 hours is difficult. Running 53 miles in 11 hours and 15 minutes is practically unbeatable. But on Saturday, Frode Eilertsen '99 ran the entire 53-mile distance from Hanover to Mount Moosilauke in 11 hours and five minutes.
Fewer than one-quarter of all students who attempted to register for this year's hike to Mt. Moosilauke actually succeeded, due to a new, 25-person limit on the number of allowed, registered hikers. According to hike coordinator Anthony Accurso '99, over 100 people tried to register for this year's hike, compared to last year's 78. The actual hikers were selected randomly, by lottery.