Tales from the basement

Anyone who's stood too close to a fraternity can tell you: basements are where hygiene goes to die. "On my tour, a dad asked why the frats smelled so bad.

Point: Gym

Coming to Dartmouth from the West Coast certainly has its disadvantages. Never seeing your family or high school friends gets pretty old quick (oh hey, D-plan). But it has its advantages too.

Overheards

'12 Tri Delt: My husband is gonna be so lucky because, like, I just love being domestic. '11 Girl: Wait, are they siblings or are they dating? '12 girl: I've been off blitz...actually, I just checked Blitz but no one blitzed me. '12 girl 1: she has broken seven blackberries since she got to dartmouth.'12 girl 2: she needs to stop getting blackberries.'12 girl 1: she needs to stop getting blacked out. '12 exchange student on phone with EBA's: do you guys take traveler's checks? '10 Phi Delt: the cuttings northside cafe cheeseburger calzone is actually really delicious.'12 girl: sounds like an envelope full of boot. '12 girl: a ginger could never be emperor, thats bullshit, gingers have never ruled anything.'12 girl 2: ....except my body.'12 girl 1: ew. '10 Alum: I got a new nose and I want to use it. '12 Girl to '12 Guy: Please don't confuse your attraction to me with my actions. '12 Sorority Philanthropy Chair: I HATE COMMUNITY SERVICE.

News from Nowhere 2010-07-30

Don't let the bedbugs...

You sit in your 11 and the stronger-than-ever forces of gravity immediately begin to pull down your eyelids.

Xavier '10 to present ‘Sit-In' at playwriting festival

Tabetha Xavier '10 one of three winners of the Eleanor Frost and Rush & Loring Dodd Annual Playwriting Festival will present the story of a man so crippled by the loss of love that he is unable to physically move at the Frost & Dodd Play Festival this weekend.

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Editor's Note

/ The Dartmouth Staff / The Dartmouth Staff Wake up in the morning feeling like... A train wreck.

Daily Debriefing

Petroleum engineering majors and other graduates of Harvey Mudd College in California earn the highest salaries after graduating, CNNMoney.com reported.

The drunkest girls at the party

Health and wellness? The two of us are incredibly confused about the apparent "science" linking these two.

Hollisto's MailBag: One-on-one with Sam Bean

At the end of Spring term, my obsession with Dartmouth baseball intensified as the Big Green journeyed into post-season contention.

Constant Vigilance

Despite projections of a $2.5 million deficit in the College budget for the 2010 fiscal year, we have ended the year with a $5.6 million surplus ("Dartmouth Ends Year with Surplus," July 23). Throughout the budget reduction process, College President Jim Yong Kim continually stressed changes to "back of the house" spending that would preserve the quality of the student experience at the "front of the house." Nearly half a year later, it seems that the College has followed through on its promise.

BlackBerry Plague

The other day I waited in a small room at the back of the Hop along with College President Jim Yong Kim and five other students to greet New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg before he delivered his speech to students and community members. You would think a small gathering of that sort would be full of excited chatter and cordial presidential-student conversation.

DHMC nurses in talks with reps. to unionize

Following complaints stemming from recent budget cuts and overcrowding at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, nurses at the hospital are considering unionization and are currently engaged in discussions with Massachusetts Nurses Association representatives, DHMC media relations manager Rick Adams said in an interview with The Dartmouth. Representatives from the Massachusetts Nurses Association first attempted to unionize DHMC in 2008, but those efforts ended in 2009, Adams said. The renewed interest in unionization was likely the result of a June "Management Action Plan" a six-step plan attempting to fill a $15 million gap in DHMC's budget for fiscal year 2010 that instituted policy changes that were unpopular with several nurses, Adams said. "We're seeing declining revenues, fewer patients," Adams said.

Thirty students prepare to hike the 50 on Friday

Students are stocking up on gorp, flair and moleskin in preparation for the 50 this weekend, in which a group of 32 hikers will embark on a 53.6-mile hike from Hanover to the Mount Moosilauke Ravine Lodge. Hikers interviewed by The Dartmouth said they are most looking forward to the opportunity to bond with their groups while on the trail, though some worry about the physical toll of such a long hike. "I'm really excited about being able to bond with people more than I normally get to do in day-to-day interactions," Ben Waller '12, who plans to hike the 50 this weeked, said. Emily Niehaus '12, a fellow student-hiker, said that the hike is a great opportunity to spend quality-time with close friends. "I think I'm most excited about doing [the 50 because of] the three girls that I'm hiking it with, to share the experience with them and go through it together," Niehaus said. Niehaus said she has been resting and eating healthily in preparation for this weekend. "I think it's going to be one of the hardest things I've ever done," she said. The 50 is extremely physically demanding on hikers, according to Heather Reiley '12, who has volunteered at support stations twice before and will also hike the 50 this weekend. "I've seen how beat up people's feet are," she said.

Point: Gin

Okay, so the gym may be the best place on campus to snag facetime, and we do have an aggressively large number of varsity athletes per capita.