HEAR AND NOW: The genius of Italian reality TV

Ah, traveling abroad. At the risk of sounding like a poster child for the Office of Off-Campus Programs, I'll admit that I've already had a life-enriching experience in my first few days living and studying in Italy: watching the ridiculous but undoubtedly original Italian television show, "Amici" a cross between "American Idol," "So You Think you Can Dance?" and "America's Got Talent." "Amici" opens as a menage of acrobats, hip-hop dancers and ballerina-stripper hybrids prance onto the stage with techno music blaring.

Touch the Fire 2009-03-31

No Big Deal 2009-03-31

No Big Deal 2009-03-31

Track and field kicks off outdoor season at Arizona State

The Dartmouth men's and women's track and field teams took to the outdoors this weekend at the Arizona State University Invitational in Tempe, Ariz.

Get Feisty

Discussion in France is a contact sport. I spent my spring break in Paris, staying with my French cousin, who is a student at the equivalent of a graduate business school.

Humane Drug Use

On a recent trip to Mexico, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did not seek to deflect the blame that America deserves for the Mexican drug problem: "Our insatiable demand for illegal drugs fuels the drug trade." This drug trade has been costly for Mexico and other Latin American countries.

Veto Abuse

Last week, the New Hampshire House of Representatives passed two pieces of legislation that, if made into law, will put New Hampshire at the forefront of the progressive movement ("N.H.

Dartmouth Reads

Don't you miss the days when you were able to curl up with a good book on a consistent basis? Many students do.

Baseball plays in California, wins league openers

Beginning on March 18, the Dartmouth baseball team embarked on a week-long, eight-game road trip to California to get ready for its upcoming 2009 Ivy League campaign. The Big Green (4-9, 3-0 Ivy) faced a tough string of West Coast teams, dropping seven games and salvaging one win as the team traveled throughout the Golden State. The lone win for Dartmouth came on the trip's second-to-last day, when the Big Green defeated San Jose State 7-4 at California Polytechnic State University's Baggett Stadium.

Lacrosse wins one, loses two over spring break

The Dartmouth men's lacrosse team kicked off its Ivy League schedule over spring break in addition to traveling to play two non-conference games.

Skiing takes seventh place at NCAA championships

Coming off an undefeated carnival season, Dartmouth's ski team could not maintain its perfect record and rounded off the year finishing seventh at the NCAA championships on March 14, hosted by Bates College. Accumulating a total of 555 points, the Big Green triumphed over much of the 22-team competition, but fell short of the University of Denver's winning 659-point tally. Dartmouth again matched up well against its competitors from the East, managing to beat every other Eastern team except the University of Vermont, which placed fifth with 573 points.

Women's hockey loses to top seed Wisconsin, 7-0

The Dartmouth women's hockey team fell 7-0 to the top-ranked Wisconsin Badgers in the first round of the NCAA women's ice hockey tournament at Wisconsin's Kohl Center on March 14.

Put on your dancing shoes: Dartmouth goes postseason

Once the silly string settled following the Dartmouth women's baskeball team's Ivy League title-clinching victory over Harvard, the team immediately set its sights on the NCAA tournament. "It was a great feeling," Meghan McFee '11 said.

Daily Debriefing

Joseph Jiampietro '87 has been tapped to be the senior advisor for markets to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Sheila Blair, according to a March 24 FDIC press release.

College modifies health insurance

Because the current economic climate may make it more difficult for students to afford health insurance, the College has modified the Dartmouth Student Group Health Plan to give students more flexibility to sign up for the plan late.