Singing No Praise

In a time of global depression and melting snow sculptures, it was life-affirming to listen to visionary director and Montgomery Fellow Peter Sellars lecture on arts in the age of Obama.

Theism in Thought

In his column last week ("Seeing Through the Shrouds," Feb. 5), Sam Buntz points out the lack of diversity in the Opinion section of The Dartmouth, arguing that "the reality is that we live in a homogenous environment where many people pick hors d'oeuvres from the same materialistic, postmodern boilerplate." Dartmouth is hardly unique in this respect; one of the greatest ironies of the modern Academy is that diversity is preached everywhere, but truly practiced nowhere.

Theism in Thought

In his column last week ("Seeing Through the Shrouds," Feb. 5), Sam Buntz points out the lack of diversity in the Opinion section of The Dartmouth, arguing that "the reality is that we live in a homogenous environment where many people pick hors d'oeuvres from the same materialistic, postmodern boilerplate." Dartmouth is hardly unique in this respect; one of the greatest ironies of the modern Academy is that diversity is preached everywhere, but truly practiced nowhere.

Daily Debriefing

Yale University faculty retirement funds have been hit hard by the economic recession, according to the Yale Daily News.

Tuck prof. draws on high-profile failures for book

Emotions and past experience have a large influence on executive decision making, according to Tuck School of Business professor Sydney Finkelstein.

Scholar says Haiti intervention failed

United Nations military interventions in Haiti have failed to provide long-term solutions to the country's political and economic instability, Thomas Urban, a visiting scholar of anthropology at Brown University, said in a Tuesday lecture at the Rockefeller Center.

Senate slashes funds from the stimulus bill

A Senate amendment to the federal economic stimulus package passed Tuesday cut about $59 billion in funding for education and state governments from the version of the bill approved by the House of Representatives.

I Feel Like... 2009-02-11

AS SEEN ON: 'Top Chef' contestants face the chopping block

Just five weeks remain in Bravo's "Top Chef: New York," and the heat is on for the five "cheftestants" still in the kitchen.

Best Man for the Job

To quote Jon Stewart's impersonation of President Barack Obama, "Who's got two thumbs and can't vet for sh*t?

One More Time

This will probably be the most difficult sentence I ever write. So many judgments (most of them probably negative) can be made of a person who ventures an opinion like the one that follows.

Phreddie 2009-02-10

Ski team takes victory at third consecutive carnival

Dartmouth's ski team blew past its competition this weekend, winning the University of Vermont Carnival with a total of 919 points.

HEAR AND NOW: Disturbed over 'Disturbia' loss

Nobody likes a sore loser. But sometimes a loss is so grossly unjust, so flagrantly lacking in common sense, that it is impossible to ignore.