Pigeonholed at the Poll

This past week, Keshav Poddar '14 discussed the crucial issue of the American voter lacking basic knowledge of civics as they entered the polls ("Uninformed Voter," Nov.

Crepes a la Carte 2010-11-09

NaNoWriMo participants to write 50,000 words in 30 days

Described by participants as a mental disease or a type of insanity, the National Novel Writing Month contest, affectionately abbreviated to NaNoWriMo, pits its contestants against time in a race to each write 50,000 words in 30 days.

DosiRock: Sounds of the City 2010-11-09

Hayes receives death penalty for murders

A Connecticut jury has recommended the death penalty for Stephen Hayes, who was found guilty for the July 2007 murders of Hayley Petit and her mother and sister.

Casey discusses music technology

Music professor Michael Casey may have broken from the typical approach to a Thayer School of Engineering lecture when he asked audience members to make conversation while listening to the chorus of Madonna's "Lucky Star." Casey played the song to demonstrate advances in audio identification software in his lecture "From Vinyl to YouTube: Engineering the 21st Century Music Industry" in Spanos Auditorium. Casey's lecture described the evolution of music technology since 1900, noting the development of phonographs, vinyl records and synthesizers, as well as the Synclavier, a digital synthesizer constructed by researchers at the Thayer School of Engineering in 1976. As the availability of music has exploded over the last decade, so has technology used to record and identify music evolved, according to Casey, who chairs the music department and heads the Bregman Music and Audio Research Studio, a lab that explores connections between music and neuroscience. In his lecture, Casey discussed the recent expansion and development of audio identification software.

Disgraceful Discussion

When I read the recent column by Roger Lott '14, a reasonable call for modesty and respect in conversations about sex ("Explicit Signals," Oct.

Empowering Ourselves, one kid at a time

"I'll be honest with you I don't come to school a lot, but if we had more conversations about this, I would come to school more." A high school student said this to Jarrett Mathis '09 after attending one of Mathis' workshops focusing on empowering African-American youth. Mathis, who played for the Dartmouth men's basketball team from 2005-2009 and began working on the project while at the College, created "Empowering Ourselves," in order to raise African-American youth's consciousness about their history.

ONE-ON-ONE: Katie Horner '11

I sat down with Katie Horner '11 to talk about Dartmouth hockey, one amongst her many other activities on campus. So what are your expectations for this year's season? KH: Let's just say I didn't buy a graduation ring because I want an Ivy Championship ring this year.

Mulley chosen to lead DCHCDS

As a young attending physician, Al Mulley '70 helped a family to decide whether to perform a tracheotomy on their elderly relative with end-stage lung disease.

Women's hockey splits weekend

Heading on the road for the first time all year, the Dartmouth women's ice hockey team sought to gauge where it stand among the nation's top teams.

Briefly Noted

Multiple Dartmouth varsity athletes were given All-Ivy Honors this week. Women's volleyball player Madeline Baird '12 was named Ivy League Player of the Week after matches against Columbia University and Cornell University.

Rollin' with Dollan

If you were asked to name the top five biggest falls from grace in the public's eye over the past decade, what names would you come up with?

Batrachomyomachia 2010-11-08