Cross-country teams fail to qualify for national championship

In their last races of the season, the Dartmouth men's cross country team finished fifth while the women's team placed 12th at the NCAA regionals this weekend at Franklin Park in Boston, Mass. Despite its high finish, the men's team had a heartbreaking race to close out the season. Competing in the Northeast Region of the NCAA Division-I cross-country regional, the men's team was vying for a spot at the NCAA national championship, both as a team and individually.

House bill could help recent grads.

In the wake of the House of Representatives' narrow approval of a health care bill that Democratic leaders believe will extend coverage to 36 million previously uninsured Americans, several College and health policy experts told The Dartmouth that, although the bill would extend coverage to recently graduated students, the legislation is unlikely to have an immediate impact on health care coverage for undergraduate students at the College. The Affordable Health Care for America Act which will cost the federal government $1.1 trillion to implement is aimed to help struggling Americans obtain affordable and adequate health care benefits, The New York Times reported on Nov.

AS SEEN ON: Stay away from this Village

This past Sunday, AMC premiered a six-part miniseries, "The Prisoner," a remake of a 1960s series of the same name. The original was a historical landmark in science fiction television perhaps best known among members of our generation for its repeated parodying on shows like "The Simpsons." Remaking the cult show makes sense in today's faddish climate of sci-fi reboots, but over the past years, such reimaginings have bombed spectacularly (see: "Knight Rider" (2008), "Bionic Woman" (2007)). ABC's "V," which premiered this month, has thus far been the lone exception. Unfortunately, the ill-advised "Prisoner" belongs in the former camp. The pilot episode aptly named "Arrival" opens with Michael (Jim Caviezel of "Passion of the Christ") lost and disoriented in a barren desert. With only scarce memories of his previous life, Michael is taken to the Village, a totalitarian seaside town masquerading as a utopian society. Caviezel is identified only as Number Six.

Cruel and Unusual Punishment

The United States prison system is as unsavory and misguided as David Bowie's 1972 mullet. With 7 million Americans in jail, on probation or on parole, the "land of the free" is host to nearly 25 percent of the world's prisoners, according to a CNN study.

Daily Debriefing

A study appearing in the Journal of American College Health found that students who live in coed housing engage in binge drinking more frequently than do those that live in single-sex housing, according to Inside Higher Ed.

Women discuss recovery through ‘Telling My Story'

When Katherine Briggs 10 stepped into Valley Vista Alcohol and Chemical Dependency Treatment Center, she was somewhat nervous about the idea of creating and performing theatrical skits with recovering drug addicts.

The Still North 2009-11-18

Jumbles 2009-11-18

Hiding Behind Our Pink Spandex

Flair, like Homecoming or Winter Carnival, is a Dartmouth tradition. But part of what distinguishes this tradition from our termly festivals is the fact that flair is worn year-round it begins with Trips and ends, well, never.

$4 Coffee 2009-11-17

Kim talks budget in closed event

College President Jim Yong Kim addressed Dartmouth's impending budget cuts before a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Monday in Alumni Hall.

An Intolerable Situation

I have a special talent: I can identify nearly every skeptic in any crowd without asking questions.

Teachable Moments

In a recent interview with The Dartmouth about faculty reaction to the College's impending budget cuts ("College leaders to face profs' budget concerns" Nov.

Daily Debriefing

Dartmouth was ranked first in the Ivy League for study abroad participation in the Institute of International Education's 2009 "Open Doors" report.