Dartmouth's My Favorite

Disclaimer: This column has nothing to do with this week's theme. It's also not in my usual list format.

Ivy League applications increase

Correction appended This year's increase in submitted applications to the College which rose 15.7 percent for the Class of 2015 reflects a developing trend among higher education institutions, according to David Hawkins, director of public policy and research at the National Association of College Admissions Counseling.

Balancing our lives in the bubble

At once a leading academic institution and a party school of mythical proportions, Dartmouth is truly the Animal House Ivy.

Touch the Fire 2011-01-28

The College on the hill meets Hollywood

Animal House is easily one of the best-known Dartmouth media references of all time, but it's difficult to truly appreciate how much movies like "Animal House" have affected the way outsiders and students perceive our school.

Character Counts

This winter, the admissions committee will review approximately 21,000 applications applications from prize-winning researchers from California, track stars from New York and first-generation valedictorians from Massachusetts in search of the "best class ever." Every year it's the same, and 2011 offers no exception the stakes of admissions rise, the competition among applicants intensifies and the differences between those rejected and those accepted dissolves.

Smart House

Yeah, yeah. We're the inspiration for "Animal House" and the inventors of pong. We go out more days per week than we go to class (unless you are a poor soul with a 10A) and I've heard that 1 percent of the world's Keystone is sold here.

The Light at the End of the Tunnel

Summer of 2007. I've just graduated from high school, I'm awkward, I'm set to matriculate at Dartmouth and I spend my days trying (and failing) to get with girls and find that mythical fun-and-booze-filled party.

A Dorm of My Own: North Mass 104

Work and Play

Dartmouth goes home

Most Dartmouth students love this College. But what do the people back home think? We all have individual identities, but there's no denying that by choosing to go to Dartmouth, we associate ourselves to some extent with its reputation and not just the academic one. Initially, my parents were on the accepted-student cloud for months.

Daily Debriefing

Board of Trustees Chairman Stephen Mandel '78 and his wife Sue Mandel pledged $25 million to a new endowment for Teach For America in an attempt to ensure that TFA which places recent college graduates in low-income schools across the nation has a stable source of revenue and can increase the number of communities it targets, The Boston Globe reported.

Overheards

'11 Social Chair: I'm trying to get my house on probation. Then I won't have to do anything for the rest of the term. '11 Girl: Last night I used a particularly scratchy pong paddle to file my nails. '11 Engineer: When life gives you lemons, make Four Loko. '11 Girl 1: I just can't figure out what year he is.

Just Press Play

They say you can't judge a book by its cover. Does that mean you can't judge Dartmouth by an admission book?

Sayre '93 seeks faculty input on sexual assault

As part of the College's ongoing effort to address sexual assault, Jennifer Sayre '93 met with Dartmouth faculty to gather feedback regarding the prevalence of sexual assault on campus on Wednesday.

Buntz: More Than ‘Skin' Deep

"Life is a bitchin' party ..." "Life sucks ..." These two contrasting messages are entwined in the new MTV series "Skins." The show adapted from a British program has recently caused something of a fervor because it depicts underage actors and actresses, ranging from ages 15 to 17, getting high and having sex in the super intense nightlife atmosphere for which high schools are universally renowned. Some have gone so far as to accuse the show of being child pornography which, having watched the first two episodes in growing disgust and cranky disapproval, I can say is basically true.