The Gospel According to Matthew

An affiliated female student who lost her virginity through sexual assault by a fraternity brother, and then couldn't convince her friends, or herself, that there is anything else to do here but go back to hanging out in his basement. Another affiliated female student, who only remembers "crying a lot, and telling him to please, please stop." A young woman who was date-raped during her freshmen year, tried to press charges but was thwarted, and went into rush hoping to find a support system in a women's society but didn't get a bid. These are your friends.

Overheards

'10 Heorot from Long Island: I wish life was like The Sims, and every person from Long Island had a big green diamond floating over their head. '10 Girl: You know you've hit a low point when the highlight of the week is General Tso's chicken night. '12 Girl 1: I don't want to change out of my dress.

AoA: Timely reform is untenable

Campaign finance reform for Dartmouth Board of Trustee and Association of Alumni elections is politically untenable at this time, according to a report released on Thursday by an Association committee tasked with exploring the issue. "Although the clear majority of those responding recognize that the amount of money involved in alumni trustee and AoA executive committee campaigning in recent elections raises serious issues worthy of attention, the Dartmouth alumni community is significantly divided over whether anything can or should be done about it through the medium of changed election rules or guidelines," the report states. The report the result of several months of research and analysis comes after a series of elections that have been increasingly contentious and expensive.

The Still North 2009-10-16

Greetings from... London

So a girl walks into a bar in London. I mean, a pub. A girl walks into a pub. I mean, a girl tries to walk into a pub while also attempting T9 texting on a foreign phone and ends up walking into a glass door.

VERBUM ULTIMUM: Ding the System

Correction appended It is a perennial criticism even a platitude that women's rush at Dartmouth is flawed, and getting worse. Fall 2007 saw 251 bids extended to the 304 women who entered rush an acceptance rate of about 83 percent ("Women's rush week closes with 251 bids," Oct.

Reboot and Rally

Reboot and Rally is jumping back into the Petri dish this week to conduct a head-to-head body shaver smackdown.

Student Staffers

A commonly known Dartmouth statistic is that about 60 percent of Dartmouth students are involved in Greek life. The number of student employees on campus, however, might be even higher. According to Todd Kilburn, manager of the student employment office, approximately 62 percent, about 2,800 students, are in some way employed by the College.

DDS: Serving it up to students

So I have one bookmark on my iPhone, and it's the Dartmouth Dining Services menu page. You can start judging me, but I'm eating potstickers at Home Plate, so I don't even care.

Phreddie 2009-10-16

The DM Manual of Style

If Anthropologie made men's clothes, Jon Lohse '10 would be its designers' main source of inspiration.

From Cameroon to Hanover: Herve Metsam '12's journey

Four years ago, Herve Metsam '12 was a standout basketball player and student at his school in Cameroon, but he did not once think about playing college basketball in America.

Spotlight: Peter Carini

Peter Carini, college archivist, can show you Daniel Webster's socks or shards from the goalpost that exuberant fans ripped down when Dartmouth beat Yale in the famous Jinx game of 1935.

Front Row Seats: Dartmouth's Longest Serving Employees

You're a member of the Class of 2010, and after four years, you think you know this campus like the back of your hand.