The Human Canon

A typical feature of the conservative critique of modern universities is a defense of the "Western Canon" as literature of preeminent worth.

Daily Debriefing

Yale University's endowment saw a negative 24.6-percent return in the fiscal year ending June 30, the most severe decline in its history, according to the Yale Daily News.

Prof. discusses health care costs

THE CUTTING EDGE

Touch the Fire 2009-09-24

BOOKED SOLID: Matthew Shepard's Mom Speaks Out

In the first few pages of "The Meaning of Matthew," Judy Shepard recounts a story that has been chronicled in countless other works over the course of the last 11 years: the grisly and disturbing tale of how her son, Matthew Shepard, was kidnapped, brutally beaten and left to die in a remote Laramie, Wyo.

New ‘Top Model' lacks realism

After enough seasons on the air, any television series reality or scripted runs the risk of becoming repetitive, and Tyra Banks appears to know that her reality TV brainchild, The CW's "America's Next Top Model," is not immune.

$4 Coffee 2009-09-24

Spears says College will not adopt AMP

The College's proposed alcohol management policy a repeatedly delayed set of guidelines on alcohol use at campus social events almost a year in the making will not become official College policy, acting Dean of the College Sylvia Spears announced unexpectedly in a meeting with Greek leaders on Wednesday. Spears' announcement comes after several campus Greek leaders told The Dartmouth this summer that they had expected AMP would be implemented during Fall term until the abrupt August resignation of former Dean of the College Tom Crady. At the Wednesday meeting, Spears also announced minor changes to the current social event management policy which AMP was to replace and proposed the creation of a new student advisory board on alcohol policy, which will work to recommend changes to SEMP. "I think that we need more evidence and information, so that [for] any new procedure or policy that we put in place we could be pretty confident it's going to result in the kind of outcomes that we hope for student organizations," Spears said in an interview with The Dartmouth following the announcement. The implementation of AMP had been delayed several times since the policy was originally finalized in Spring 2008.

A First-Year Nightmare

I've been having a recurring nightmare of late, which I assume is not uncommon among first-year students at prestigious colleges like Dartmouth.

College's newest sorority prepares for first fall rush

Kappa Delta sorority, which accepted Dartmouth's invitation to become the College's eighth Panhellenic sorority in May, will participate in its first formal rush process this fall.

Study finds genetic tests unreliable

Personal genetic testing, a growing private industry, may not be as reliable as advertised for determining a person's predisposition to common diseases, according to a recent study by Dartmouth Medical School professor Jason Moore and Vanderbilt University professor Scott Williams. The pair found in a second study, however, that the technique may be useful in gathering ancestral information. The researchers published their findings in the Sept.

Doctors discuss nicotine addiction at conference

Physicians from across the nation gathered to discuss smoking-related issues in the first-annual C.

Brox and Nox 2009-09-23

Interest in two-year colleges surges

Enrollment in New Hampshire's seven community colleges is up 12 percent this fall, an apparent reaction to the current economic climate.

Daily Debriefing

Cornell University's InterFraternity Council indefinitely banned drinking games and all non-catered parties with open invitations last week in response to the high number of students with the H1N1 virus, according to The Cornell Daily Sun.