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Whitehouse praises Obama health plan
October 9, 2008
If elected, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will move quickly to reform the American health care system, Sen.
News
Drive registers Dartmouth voters
By
Elise Quinones
| October 9, 2008
Andy Foust / The Dartmouth Staff Vote Clamantis, a nonpartisan political awareness group, hosted a voter registration drive in Collis Common Ground on Wednesday to facilitate student participation in "one of the greatest elections of our time" by making the voter registration process as painless as possible, Jessica Guthrie '10, the organization's president, said.
News
Search comm. reacts to student concerns
By
Susan Matthews
| October 9, 2008
Sam McIntire / The Dartmouth Staff In response to student concerns that the presidential search committee's leadership statement does not fully represent undergraduate needs, Student Body President Molly Bode '09, the only student representative on the committee, said the Student Assembly will create a Visions Report Statement, which will focus on qualifications students wish to see in the College's next president.
Opinion
God, Some People
By
Peter Blair
| October 9, 2008
Recently, "To Be Straight With You," a live dance show about "tolerance, intolerance, religion, and sexuality," was performed at the Hopkins Center ("'Straight with You' explores sexuality, religion, intolerance," Sept.
Opinion
Class Cuts
By
Sam Buntz
| October 9, 2008
At Dartmouth College, we have an ongoing discussion about the role of race in our community. The discussion perennially waxes and wanes.
Arts
Raabe rocks the Hop with '20s Weimar pop
By
Divya Gunasekaran
| October 9, 2008
Courtesy of Max Raabe and the Palast Orchester When Marilyn Manson and Dita Von Teese were planning their marriage in 2005, they wanted to make sure they booked the perfect music.
Arts
DFS honors actress Laura Linney
October 9, 2008
In an era when Tinseltown's celebrities are infamous for temper tantrums and dubious talent, Laura Linney has earned a reputation as not only an Oscar-caliber actress, but also as an anti-diva. This Friday Linney brings her refreshingly laid-back attitude to the Hopkins Center of the Arts.
Arts
Interview with Joan Didion: Writer explains process, challenges
By
Lucy Randall
| October 9, 2008
Correction appended. As part of her visit to Dartmouth, Joan Didion met Tuesday morning with professors Annelise Orleck, Colleen Boggs, Ivy Schweitzer, and Alexis Jetter and their students.
Sports
Yale, Dartmouth battle for first Ivy win in Hanover Saturday
By
IVAN ZLATAR
| October 9, 2008
Zach Ingbretsen / The Dartmouth Staff After opening the Ivy League schedule with a disappointing loss at Pennsylvania University last week, Dartmouth football returns home to face Yale University this weekend at Memorial Field.
Sports
Women's soccer bounces back from Princeton loss, beats Albany
By
Dana Malajian
| October 9, 2008
Dartmouth women's soccer bounced back from last week's disappointing loss to Princeton by crushing America East opponent University of Albany, 5-0, on Tuesday night in Hanover. The Big Green (5-4-1, 0-2 Ivy) scored five goals off of 23 shots, while holding the Great Danes (3-12) to only four shots in 90 minutes of play.
News
Daily Debriefing
By
Katie Gonzalez and Jen Buchholz
| October 8, 2008
Female faculty members and graduate students in the political science department at Rutgers University believe that they are being unfairly treated because of their gender, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education.
News
Alpha Kappa Alpha re-establishes College chapter
By
Rebecca Cress
| October 8, 2008
After five years of inactivity, Dartmouth's chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., was officially re-established this fall by nine current Dartmouth students.
News
Non-athletic activities earn PE credit
By
Drew Joseph
| October 8, 2008
BEN GETTINGER / The Dartmouth Staff Amidst the hunt to find a LIT credit that also fulfills a CI, or trying to discover the easiest SLA, students must also complete three physical education credits and a 50-yard swim test in order to graduate. "We feel that [the PE requirement] is part of the total educational experience," Roger Demment, senior associate athletic director for physical education and recreation, said.
News
New speech classes attract students
By
Madeline Sims
| October 8, 2008
Dartmouth's Institute for Writing and Rhetoric, a new program aimed at improving students' writing and speaking skills, offered courses for the first time this Fall term.
News
SA solicits input on leadership statement
By
Ann Baum
| October 8, 2008
John Shi Student Assembly President Molly Bode '09 solicited student feedback on Dartmouth's presidential search committee's leadership statement at the General Assembly meeting Tuesday night.
Arts
Didion draws crowd to inaugural Montgomery lecture
October 8, 2008
Sophie Novack / The Dartmouth Staff Exactly a year after her daughter's wedding, and soon after her husband's death, Joan Didion tried to escape her grief by covering the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston.