The Blackest Friday

I finally understand how people in other countries can hate the United States. The answer lies not in our liberty or our power, but in our cartoonish excesses, our absurd obsessions -- and the tragic death of one 34-year-old early last Friday morning. At 4:55 a.m.

Women's basketball takes down the University of Delaware

The Dartmouth women's basketball team won its first game of the season on Friday, beating the University of Delaware, 59-49. Captain Koren Schram '09 led the way for Dartmouth with 17 points.

Daily Debriefing

Masik Collegiate Fragrances has introduced a fragrance line that aims to capture various universities' "signature scents," according the company's web site.

Zimride facilitates student carpools

When Student Assembly introduced Zimride, an application on Facebook that facilitates student carpooling, to Dartmouth's student body, its goal was to have 500 users by Thanksgiving.

Region not affected by freeze in hiring staff

The College's recent hiring freeze, implemented last month to help reduce Dartmouth's spending by 10 percent, has yet to affect residents of the Upper Valley, despite the College's presence as the major employer in the area, according to Traci Nordberg, Dartmouth's chief human resources officer.

Phreddie 2008-12-02

Daily Debriefing

Colleges that advertise need-blind admissions often provide inadequate financial aid packages to admitted students, according to a recent survey by the National Association for College Admission Counseling, reported by Inside Higher Ed.

Snow, rain delay travel to Hanover after break

Inclement weather severely disrupted students' return to campus Sunday, as snow and freezing rain caused a number of accidents along Interstates 95 and 91 and major delays at Boston's Logan International Airport and Manchester Boston Regional Airport, according to local authorities. The four Student Assembly-sponsored buses returning from New York City were significantly delayed, according to Uthman Olagoke '11, the Assembly member in charge of the New York City bus program.

Green firms see drop in market value

While an increasing number of companies are voluntarily lowering greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to "go green," new research suggests that doing so could lower market value and overall financial performance, according to Karin Thorburn, a business administration professor at the Tuck School of Business.

I Feel Like... 2008-12-01

Show Me The Money!

Sometimes, poverty is kind of a romantic opportunity. Once you get over the taste of rice and beans, ramen and repression, you realize that losing wealth forces you to disregard some of the distractions of opulence and cling not to guns or religion (Hi Barack!), but instead to your core values and priorities. Recent market troubles are forcing Dartmouth to come to this realization.

The Polka-Dot Umbrella Plan

When I was younger, I dreamt of becoming a polka-dot umbrella. While my peers fixated on occupations in banking, archeology, and other fields, I aspired to "protect people from the rain" professionally.

Book Review: Sedaris' humor hums in latest collection of essays

David Sedaris is the last person you'd want to sit next to on a plane, and he'd tell you so himself.