The Still North 2010-05-19

An "F" For Discussion

I wholeheartedly agree with Julian Sarkar '13 that Dartmouth has long suffered from inflated grades ("Over the Median," May 12). In fact, Sarkar's article is only one in a long history of appeals for reform.

Women's sailing to send five sailors to Nationals next week

The No. 10 Dartmouth women's sailing team will travel to Madison, Wis., on Monday to compete at the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association Nationals, where they placed eighth last year. The Big Green will send five women to the event Becca Dellenbaugh '10, Stephanie Gagnon '10, Rachel Moncton '12, Chandler Salisbury '13 and Madi Gamble '13.

Praise, concern greet DCHCDS

While students and faculty voiced general support for the College's new health care education and research initiatives, some staff members expressed concerns that the new program would divert attention and funds from efforts to assist staff members with health benefits.

SA approves changes to bylaws

By a vote of 17 to three, Student Assembly's General Assembly passed constitutional bylaw changes that allow for the establishment of six issue-based committees to replace the current committee system.

Hanover publishers release ‘Playwrights in an Hour' series

Last month, Marisa Smith and Eric Kraus of the Hanover-based Smith and Kraus Publishers released a book series with the convenience and accessibility of the modern reader in mind.

Students work for Congo awareness

Organizers of Congo Awareness Week are hoping to raise students' awareness of how the electronics industry, and specifically the cellular phone industry, is stimulating violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to Christy Lazicky '11, co-founder of the genocide awareness group STAND at the College.

‘Columbine' reexamines shooting

I don't often tear up, but I cried while reading the last chapter of Dave Cullen's bestselling novel "Columbine" (2009), which was recently released in an expanded paperback edition.

Study: Doctors should not treat some cancers

The nearly identical rate of survival between treated and untreated patients with papillary thyroid cancer may indicate that not all cancers need treatment or even detection, according to a new study by Dartmouth researchers Louise Davies and Gilbert Welch. "Small abnormalities that meet the pathological definition of cancer often tend not to cause health problems in human beings," Welch said in an interview.

DCERT trains students in emergency response

The Dartmouth College Emergency Response Team a student group formed this term to assist in response logistics has begun training approximately 15 students to respond to crises such as a fire, violent threat, disease outbreak, natural disaster or other campus emergency, according to founder David Seliger '12.

A Torturous Argument

This week on "24," I watched Jack Bauer continue his descent into madness and kill four people before violently torturing and killing a fifth.