Despite solid diving performance, Big Green drops two meets

Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff The Dartmouth men's and women's swimming and diving teams both posted losses to Boston University on Sunday at Karl Michael Pool in Hanover.

Applications reach record numbers

Deidra Willis / The Dartmouth Staff Deidra Willis / The Dartmouth Staff Dartmouth has received a record 18,500 applications for the Class of 2014 so far this year, an increase of 4 percent from this time last year, according to Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Maria Laskaris. College administrators are currently deciding whether to increase the size of the incoming first-year class, which will ultimately determine the overall acceptance rate, Laskaris said. "Right now, we're looking at an 11-to-12 percent rate of admission," she said.

Dartmouth biathlete to compete on Team USA at Vancouver

‘Frog' heroine rejects Disney model

Courtesy of AllMoviePhoto.com Courtesy of AllMoviePhoto.com Disney's latest princess trades in royal ennui for entrepreneurship as an aspiring restaurateur in the much-awaited "The Princess and the Frog" (2009). The film that states its message that hard work is necessary because "wishing on a star can only take you so far," according to Princess Tiana's late father in a manner appropriately obvious for its young audience. Although execution of the movie's theme may lack nuance, such candor is to be expected from a mainstream animated film.

Vaughan to feature ‘rare degree'

Courtesy of DanaJessen.com Courtesy of DanaJessen.com Contributing to the wide variety of music that comes to Dartmouth, an Amsterdam-based experimental electro-acoustic duo will play with instruments from squeaky toys to recyclable objects in the Faulkner Recital Hall Wednesday.

Abdul-Shakoor '10 ties College record at Dartmouth Relays

Dani Wang / The Dartmouth Staff Dani Wang / The Dartmouth Staff The Big Green men's and women's track and field teams hosted the 41st annual Dartmouth Relays this weekend at the Leverone Field House.

Christ metaphor united followers, professor says

CURIE KIM / The Dartmouth Staff CURIE KIM / The Dartmouth Staff In order to fully understand the Middle Ages, it is necessary to study the prevailing religious doctrine of the time, University of Vermont history professor Charles Briggs said in a speech discussing his book, "Christ's Broken Body: A Unifying Myth and Narrating the End of the Middle Ages." The lecture, which took place Monday afternoon at the Haldeman Center, was hosted by the Leslie Center for The Humanities. Briggs' book, which is scheduled to be released this May, discusses the later years of the Middle Ages, specifically the 14th century, using the metaphor of the "body of Christ." According to Briggs, the body of Christ metaphor, incorporating imagery of the Crucifixion and the Last Supper, was used to imply a single, unified Christian community in Medieval Europe, and was commonly seen in the artwork and pageantry of the era. Briggs cited the Catholic ritual of the Eucharist and the Medieval Feast of Corpus Christi as examples of this phenomenon.

Men's hockey splits its weekend

Akikazu Onda / The Dartmouth Staff Akikazu Onda / The Dartmouth Staff Potting Dartmouth's first hat trick since 2005, ECAC Hockey's Player of the Week Adam Estoclet '11 led the Big Green men's hockey team to a 9-4 victory over Brown University Friday for the team's second conference win of the season. Dartmouth (4-11, 2-7 ECAC Hockey) then fell to No.

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