The Still North 2008-10-15

I Feel Like... 2008-10-15

Community, Click by Click

Money only has value because we as a society have agreed to give those pieces of paper meaning. What a beautiful human gift: to be able to give meaning.

"A" For Apathy

This year's election cycle marks my first opportunity to delve into the world of American politics.

Equestrian takes second, third place on weekend to start season

The Dartmouth equestrian team rode to second and third place finishes in two weekend shows up north at the University of Vermont and Middlebury College. The shows were the first of the season for the Big Green who will compete every weekend until early November. At UVM on Saturday, Samantha Parsons '10 won Open Flats and Sarah Spangenberg '11 placed first in the Novice Flats.

The Streets falls flat with disappointing fifth album

Rappers come in all shapes and sizes. There's Lil' Kim, Fat Joe and, of course, the stereotype-buster Eminem. Then there's Mike Skinner --also known as The Streets -- a 39-year-old British performer known for his infectious rhymes backed with garage-tinged beats.

Phreddie 2008-10-14

Sailing falls short of expectations in six weekend regattas

Despite a dominant showing at the Regis Bowl last weekend, the Dartmouth women's sailing team fell short of expectations, placing 17th in the Navy Women's Fall Intersectional hosted by the United States Naval Academy over the weekend. The Big Green sailing squads traveled to five other regattas, including the Hobart and William Smith Fall Intersectional, in Geneva, N.Y., where they finished in the middle of the pack; the New England Single-handed Championships hosted by Yale University; the Casco Bay Open, hosted by Bowdoin College; the Storm Trysail Regatta in Larchmont, N.Y., and the University of New Hampshire Invitational. In Annapolis, Becca Dellenbaugh '10 and Sarah Johnston '09 struggled for a 14th-place finish in Division A, while Kendall Reiley '09 and Kathy Oprea '10 fared no better, placing 15th in the Division B race. The Navy Women's Fall Intersectional differs from other regattas, as it includes a third division of competition, where one sailor single-handedly races a Laser Radial boat. Stef Gagnon '10's 11th-place finish in Division C, however, failed to improve Dartmouth's standings in the final scoring.

A Simpler Solution

Good lord, I am just sick and tired of all of these articles and columns bemoaning the wastefulness of frat parties littered with the aluminum remnants of pong games.

Grow Up, America

When presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain met for their town-hall style second debate, they fielded a predictable lineup of questions on the economy, health care and foreign policy.

Nothing miraculous about Lee's look at war, gore and racism

A company of Buffalo soldiers advance on German lines across a river. The Germans' first line of defense is not formed by bunkers, bullets or explosives, but rather something far more dangerous -- words.

Daily Debriefing

An Amherst College student was killed and three others were injured in a car crash on Interstate 91 Sunday, according to MassLive.com.

ROTC students dedicate time, effort to U.S. military

Dartmouth's Reserve Officers Training Corps is relatively invisible on campus now, but during the Vietnam War the program ignited such controversy that it was banned from campus by the administration.

Steering Committee hears council updates

The First Year Office received more complaints regarding BlitzMail than any other issue last year, according to a meeting of the Steering Committee of the General Faculty held at the Rockefeller Center on Monday. The Steering Committee meets annually to hear different councils' reports on what they have been working on during the past year. A faculty survey from last spring revealed that of the 99 faculty members that responded, 78 were using another e-mail client by itself or in addition to BlitzMail, according to members of the Council on Computing.