Green Tea

How do you stop climate change and shake up American politics at the same time? That's easy: Create an alliance between the Tea Party and the environmental movement. If you think I'm crazy for suggesting something so unorthodox, you would have a good case.

Nearburg '72 pursues passion for speed racing

Courtesy of Charlie Nearburg Courtesy of Charlie Nearburg Charlie Nearburg '72 Th'74 always knew he wanted to race cars. The Thayer School of Engineering graduate said he first felt the rush of competition in go-kart races in junior high school.

Rec League Legends

What happens on Thursday stays on Thursdays. Welcome back to Rec League Legends, the most viewed article on TheDartmouth.com for the last three weeks.

Letter to the Editor: My Response

To the Editor: I am writing to urge students not to follow the advice in Tuesday's column "D' is for Drinking." I am as upset as any of you about the perceived disabling of the Good Samaritan policy indicated by the Hanover Police Department's filing of criminal charges against Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

AS SEEN ON: The Dark Ages?

There comes a moment in every person's life when they look back on the things they've done, the places they've gone and the television they've watched.

Crepes a la Carte 2010-10-14

NSF funds professors for rural library project

In 1992, many museum-goers falsely believed that a hole in the ozone layer was responsible for global warming, according to a survey by the American Museum of Natural History.

Men's rush finishes over weekend

Despite recent legal action taken against several fraternities, Inter-Fraternity Council President Tyler Brace '11 said that the number of students who participated in men's rush this weekend did not decrease, although he had not seen final numbers for all fraternities. Alpha Chi Alpha fraternity saw 28 men sink bids; Alpha Delta fraternity, 35; Beta Alpha Omega fraternity, 21; Chi Gamma Epsilon fraternity, 20; Chi Heorot fraternity, 15; Phi Delta Alpha fraternity, 23; Psi Upsilon fraternity, 30; Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, 24; Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, 29; Theta Delta Chi fraternity, 31; and Zeta Psi fraternity, 17, according to numbers provided by the IFC.

'14s at the Fair

Last month, I had the pleasure of attending one of the most superficial, elitist events I've ever been to the Employer Connections Fair.

Hour of Contempt

I have only seen "Jersey Shore" a couple of times, and on every occasion I was immediately bored and nauseated, and found myself wishing I was elsewhere.

Jumbles 2010-10-13

Letter to the Editor: Money Isn't Enough

To the Editor: According to Monday's edition of The Dartmouth ("Kim lauds College's focus on liberal arts," Oct.

Houston '12 gives spark to 12-3 Big Green volleyball

As the Dartmouth women's volleyball team continues to build on its fantastic 12-3 start, Kendall Houston '12, who leads the team (12-3, 3-1 Ivy) with 376 assists on the year, is doing everything she can to help push the Big Green toward an Ivy League championship. Though Houston has started for the volleyball team since her freshman year, captain Jessie Hartman '11 has seen Houston's development first-hand and believes she continues to improve. "She has always been a very dynamic player," Hartman said.

College ranks 77th in NSF report on funding

Although Dartmouth placed 77th among national institutions in a recent National Science Foundation report on federal research spending, the College would likely place higher in surveys that consider statistics that account for an institution's size and type like research dollars per faculty member according to faculty and staff members interviewed by The Dartmouth. The NSF report, which was released last month, only considered the raw overall numbers for science and engineering spending. "I'm virtually certain [Dartmouth] would rank higher," chemistry professor and department chair Peter Jacobi said, referring to a survey that would consider factors other than just total research spending. Dartmouth's size and the College's emphasis on undergraduate education in addition to research puts it at a disadvantage in broad measures such as the NSF report, biology professor and department chair Thomas Jack said. "The size of the research enterprise isn't the size that it is at other schools," he said. It is also important to consider the scope of the report, Jacobi said.

New professorship goes to physics prof. LaBelle

Editor's Note: This is the first installment in a four-part series profiling professors who were recently awarded endowed chairs. Though he had long studied electromagnetics, physics and astronomy professor James LaBelle said he had often suspected that there was something more than meets the eye about the Earth's radio emissions. "It's always been in the back of my mind, you know, could it be possible to see these really strong radion emissions from the surface of the Earth?" he said. For his work studying Earth's radio emissions, LaBelle has been honored with the Lois L.

Daily Debriefing

Inge-Lise Ameer, associate dean of the College for student support services, and April Thompson, associate dean of the College for campus life, asked for feedback from freshmen about their Orientation and early Fall experiences at Tuesday night's freshmen-only Student Assembly meeting.