Short Answer: Presidential Action

Friday's Verbum Ultimum called for the 17th College president to make aggressive moves in restoring Dartmouth to a position of collegiate primacy. What is the first such move you would recommend?

Atheist Shout-out

I was sort of stunned when he said it. No, I'm not talking about Dr. Joseph Lowery's humorous end to his profound benediction, or Chief Justice John Roberts's flubbing of the oath of office, or Obama's miscounting when he said, "44 Americans have now taken the presidential oath" (43 have). Nor am I talking about Obama's bluntness when speaking about our nation's dire situation or our role in its fixing.

'Benjamin Button,' 'Slumdog Millionaire' earn Oscar love

The Oscars are obsolete. Year after year, the Academy has proven itself to be hopelessly out of touch with public taste, and this year's nominations are no exception.

Daily Debriefing

Dartmouth received a record 18,007 applications for the Class of 2013, according to a College press release.

Pentagon pick Lynn '76 receives ethics waiver

William Lynn '76, a former defense lobbyist and President Barack Obama's pick for deputy secretary of Defense, has cleared a major hurdle on his path to Senate confirmation after receiving an ethics waiver from the Office of Management and Budget.

Gillibrand '88 tapped for Senate

New York Gov. David Paterson has tapped Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand '88, D-N.Y., to fill the Senate seat vacated by Hillary Clinton, who was confirmed as secretary of State on Wednesday, Paterson announced at a Friday press conference.

I Feel Like... 2009-01-26

Gillibrand '88 picked for N.Y. Senate seat

New York Gov. David Paterson has tapped Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand '88, D-N.Y., to fill the Senate seat vacated by Hillary Clinton, who was confirmed as secretary of State on Wednesday, Paterson announced at a Friday press conference.

I Feel Like... 2009-01-23

Overheards

'11 AD [playing pong] : Can we stop playing this game and go study? '10 Girl 1: You know what would make every girl want us during rush?

Spotlight: Officer David Hunt

Safety and Security Sergeant David Hunt knows everything about the ins and outs of the Dartmouth social scene.

Convict Confessions: Anonymous stories of students' encounters with H-Po and S&S

Male '12: So basically my first encounter with H-Po was back in October. I had just come back from Heorot, and I was just being an idiot and was holding a Keystone can. "Oh, I'm not gonna get caught by H-Po, I can just, like, move the can to the other side of my body, and they'll never be able to see it," I thought to myself at the time. The girl I was with wanted me to walk her back to her dorm, so we were on this corner of indecision: She wanted to go home, and I wanted to go to EBAs.

Counterpoint: Getting picked up

Bad choices happen. Too much alcohol happens. S&S happens. Even with these inevitabilities, however, there's no reason that getting picked up should constitute a necessary element of the essential Dartmouth experience.

Point: Getting picked up

Having passed over the threshold of youth and entered the beer-soaked beginnings of adulthood, the first years of college hold a special charm and promise.

Amy Knows Everyone

I'm over 21, I've been at Dartmouth for almost four years now, and I'm a girl, which means I normally don't have the urge to chuck things at people, or if I do, I seldom follow through with it. Because of all this, I'm not really all that worried about my relationship with Safety and Security.