Dartmouth students take the stage at Kennedy Center

Although she is normally found at open mic nights in One Wheelock performing slam poetry wih fellow Soul Scribes, Aimee Le '12 experienced a change of venue when she and Murktarat Yussuf '12 shared the stage with members of the Grammy Award-winning reggaeton band The Roots, at the John F.

Dartmouth ranked 9th nationally

Dartmouth placed ninth in the 2011 U.S. News and World Report annual "Best University" ranking, improving from its 11th-place ranking of the past three years, the U.S.

Christopher Nolan's ‘Inception' generates movie buzz

Imdb.com / The Dartmouth Staff Imdb.com / The Dartmouth Staff "Inception" (2010) is undoubtedly the summer movie season's breakout star.

Richardson '07 to bring skills, passion as new soccer coach

Courtesy of DartmouthSports.com Courtesy of DartmouthSports.com After spending three years "giving back to soccer" both abroad and at home, former All-Ivy defender Lucas Richardson '07 will return to the College this fall as assistant coach for the men's soccer team, head coach Jeffrey Cook announced last Wednesday. A four-year standout on the pitch, Richardson was named All-Ivy during his sophomore and junior seasons.

Football team remains optimistic despite preseason ranking

Attendance drops for Fieldstock festivities

This past weekend, students dressed in flair were seen playing tug-of-war outside of Baker, eating inordinate amounts of mozzarella sticks on Collis lawn and volleying serves on the Green as a part of the College's fifth annual Fieldstock weekend, which allowed students to form teams and compete against one another. Despite the chariot race's long history as a Dartmouth tradition, the competition saw a decline in participation this year, though this summer's Fieldstock competition was deemed successful by organizers and most Fieldstock chairs interviewed by The Dartmouth. The chariot race featured only six teams, while over 10 teams competed last year, according to Student Assembly Fieldstock chair Amrita Sankar '12. The chariot race and the eating competition were two of the most well-attended Fieldstock events, Sankar said. The large time commitment required by the competitions may have dissuaded many students from participating, according to Chad Hollis '12, Fieldstock chair for Gamma Delta Chi fraternity.

Ben and Jerry's will be replaced by local shop

Jon Erdman / The Dartmouth Staff Jon Erdman / The Dartmouth Staff Twenty years after Ben & Jerry's opened its doors on Lebanon Street, a new ice cream store has come to replace the franchise, and students and Upper Valley locals will now look to Carnival I Scream as a Hanover ice cream source. Although Ben & Jerry's just closed on Sunday, the new franchise is scheduled to open in its place on Wednesday, according to Gusanoz Taqueria employee Matt Verdine.

Over-citing up a Storm

Here is one truth you will never hear a librarian, professor or college administrator admit: the difference between plagiarizing and not plagiarizing is, in fact, a vast, bottomless chasm of gray area that students underprepared, unequipped and unfamiliar with the treacherous terrain are rarely able to successfully navigate. Let's begin with two examples.

Daily Debriefing

Dartmouth professor and former director of the College's Neukom Institute for Computational Science Richard Granger has filed a countersuit in Grafton County Superior Court in the ongoing litigation with the Newport Harbor Lutheran Church.

Misplaced Priorities

A fiery debate has been raging throughout the country about the planned construction of a mosque and cultural center within blocks of the former site of the World Trade Center.

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Library upgrades borrowing system

Jon Erdman / The Dartmouth Staff Jon Erdman / The Dartmouth Staff The College library will launch a new interface for Borrow Direct a service that allows Dartmouth faculty, students and staff to request and borrow books from five Ivy League libraries on Aug.

Mirror Mixtape

Music has a weird way with time. A 30-minute song can seem like an instant, a two-minute snore-show can feel like watching Doctor Zhivago on repeat.

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Overheards

'12 Guy to '12 Girl: You want to know my one pick up line that always works? "Urg, I'm so sexually frustrated!" '12 guy 1: You should go to Collis and get some fresh blueberries.

Two Years' Resolution

We're halfway there, or so The Mirror and Bon Jovi tell us. But halfway where? Halfway finished with "the best four years of our lives" is a pretty depressing thought but these four years have been damn good ones. In order to take advantage of our time left at Dartmouth, here is my list of resolutions for the next few years. Meet new people.

Parsa explores causes of 1979 Iranian Revolution

Despite widely held beliefs, the 1979 Iranian Revolution was not a popular movement in support of Islamic fundamentalism at its outset, but instead began as a revolution for social justice supported by a broad coalition of secular interests, according to sociology professor Misagh Parsa.

Fieldstock: A Scouting Report

Because Dartmouth is one of the only schools that requires the entire sophomore class to be on campus for the summer, there isn't much happening as far as sporting events go, except for all the "unofficial" practices and workout sessions held weekly for the varsity athletes. After Tubestock was ended in 2006, the College established Fieldstock as one of the biggest competitions of the summer. But when I was asking people what Fieldstock actually was I heard everything from "Wait, what is Fieldstock?" to "It's just for everyone to relax and have a good time." I've figured out so far that the College decided to try to make an amped up carnival for students. "I'm excited to see how it will turn out since it's one of Dartmouth's newer traditions," Jill Cohen '12 said. Nonetheless, whether you have been waiting to stuff your face full of peanut butter at the eating competition or relive Freshman Orientation by capturing the melon, Fieldstock has something for everyone. Fieldstock kicked off with a carnival on Frat Row on Wednesday.