Point Beyond Pandora

For a sci-fi film that is essentially about the struggles of a group of 3-D blue cat people, James Cameron's "Avatar" has generated a surprising amount of controversy and grossed over $1 billion dollars worldwide. If you missed it over break (and don't bother seeing it in Lebanon; they're not showing it in 3-D), here's the plot the year is 2154 and humans have paved over every last scrap of Earth's natural beauty.

DMS researchers violate animal-use procedures

Reports published following two federal inspections at Dartmouth Medical School catalogue over a dozen violations against the Animal Welfare Act, including an incident in which a live hamster was accidentally placed in a freezer, according to an article in the New Hampshire Union Leader.

Secure at Random

As wild, unpredictable and insane as terrorism may seem to us, it is not random. Terrorists have a method they wait silently until they see a gap in our security, carefully analyze the gap and then exploit it. So far, it has proven extremely difficult to disrupt this pattern.

Brox and Nox 2010-01-14

Graupe named interim head coach

Mark Graupe was named the interim head coach of the Dartmouth men's basketball team this afternoon, less than a week after former head coach Terry Dunn resigned amid reports from FoxSports.com that his team refused to play for him.

N.H. House passes first primary bill

The Granite State

Daily Debriefing

Harvard University said in financial documents that it is one of 40 colleges that the Internal Revenue Service will audit this year as part of its review of some non-profit organizations' tax-exempt status, Bloomberg reported Monday.

BOOKED SOLID: Natural Balance

We've all heard the story before. A troubled rich kid reads a little Thoreau in his 10th grade English class and rebels against his family's lifestyle by becoming (or at least trying to become) a hermit in the wilderness.

Jumbles 2010-01-13

Organic Division

Over the last decade, the general consensus among food scientists and left-wing politicians has been that the American food industry has run amuck with unhealthy, non-sustainable products.

Implementation of OAC student board postponed

The College will postpone the implementation of the Organizational Adjudication Committee student board until Spring term due to the preparation of College budget reduction proposals, Nathan Miller, assistant director of Undergraduate Judicial Affairs, said Tuesday in an e-mail to student board members.