Any Given Monday

Just a couple hours outside of Hanover, it's an entirely different world the sun is shining, flowers are blooming and it's almost 70 degrees.

Touch the Fire 2011-04-25

Briefly Noted

Laurel Richie '81 was appointed president of the Women's National Basketball Association on April 21 by National Basketball Association Commissioner David Stern, according to a WNBA press release.

Williamson '12 wins championship

Editor's Note and Correction Appended The Dartmouth men and women's golf teams competed in the Ivy League Championships this past weekend at Galloway National Golf Course and Atlantic City Country Club, respectively, with the men's team finishing in fourth place and the women's team finishing last out of seven.

Despite fast times, men's heavyweight crew loses to Brown

Although the Dartmouth men's heavyweight and women's crew teams couldn't secure victories against some of their top Ivy League rivals this weekend, the men's lightweight team had a solid weekend with wins against both Yale University and Columbia University. In spite of perfect conditions and a home-course advantage, Brown University was able to edge out Dartmouth to take the top spot in one of the fastest races of the men's heavyweight crew season so far. Brown remained a few strokes behind Dartmouth towards the end of the race, but when the Big Green slowed down slightly in the last 200 meters, the Bears were able to inch ahead of Dartmouth to win by a mere .7 seconds. "We worked really, really hard," captain Alex Pujol '11 said.

Rockefeller Center polls voters

New Hampshire residents remain pessimistic about the nation's economic future and said they would vote for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney over President Barack Obama in a general election, according to the results of the fourth annual "State of the State Poll" released on April 21 by the Rockefeller Center.

Touch the Fire 2011-04-23

Women's tennis ties for League championship

The Dartmouth women's tennis team ended its season by tying with Yale University for first place in the Ivy League on Saturday.

The Light at the End of the Tunnel

A couple friends and I led a fake tour over Dimensions, and it was one of the most rewarding things I've done in a long time.

Frosty's Corner

Don't pretend like you don't know what I'm talking about. I know you read Harry Potter, though chances are you weren't quite as dorky as I was.

Through the Lens of Lentz

As I sit here outside writing this column I was supposed to take a nap but the fire alarm went off, good thing it's nice out, right?

Daily Debriefing

Following a dismissal of their case by the New Hampshire Supreme Court last week, the group of alumni bringing a lawsuit against the College Board of Trustees filed a motion for reconsideration with the Court on Thursday, according to attorney for the plaintiffs Eugene Van Loan.