Al-Nur functions as hub of Muslim life in Upper Valley
Editor's Note: This is the second installment in a four-part series examining religious life at Dartmouth. The Upper Valley is not exactly teeming with religious diversity, but the resources available to practicing Muslims are especially low, even for tweedy rural New Hampshire and Vermont.
Phrygian members take stand in AoA elections
The ongoing Association of Alumni elections, which end June 5, have drawn more student involvement than most -- with students circulating letters, authoring editorials and reaching out to alumni in order to affect the vote -- but there are similarities between the student movements in this election and those in recent ones. The most widespread student movement comes from the pro-parity, pro-lawsuit side.
Notices sent to College regarding cyber piracy
Amid a nationwide campaign asking states to require colleges to police their networks for online piracy, Dartmouth experienced one of its highest known rates of illegal file sharing last April.
Thompson, Burke defend COS
ADRIAN MUNTEANU / The Dartmouth Staff At a public forum hosted by Student Assembly, administrators justified the discrepancies between the College Review Committee's report on the Committee on Standards released Monday and the recommendations made in 2006-2007 by an Assembly committee. Senior Associate Dean Katherine Burke, who chaired the administration's Review committee, and April Thompson, director of Undergraduate Judicial Affairs, led Thursday's talk.
Unconventional Wisdom
Four years and 48 columns later, my time at Dartmouth and my tenure as an Opinion columnist have come to an end.
Verbum Ultimum: An Unsatisfactory Review
Last Friday's release of the Committee on Standards Review Committee recommendations to Dean of the College Tom Crady presented the opportunity to air misgivings about the troublesome flaws with our COS processes.
Point: Blind Dates Are the Only Way to Make it Out of Formal Season Alive
Notice the ties and heels running through campus at around 4 p.m. lately? How about the school buses departing around 5:30 p.m.
Counterpoint: Blind Dates Aren't Worth the Risk
By Amy Davis I am against blind dates for formals. Now, I know what you're thinking: Why not take the risk?
Spotlight: Ian Tapu '08
Grey Cusack / The Dartmouth Staff Ian Tapu '08 was selected to lead his class at Commencement as one of eight 2008 class marshals.
Overheard
'11 Boy [at the Hop]: I want to get Schroedinger's Equation tattooed on my back. '11 Friend: For what?
The DM Manual of Style
The days are growing longer, and the trees are growing fuller. Fenced lawns covered with that blue, chunky hydro-seed gunk are gradually welcoming grass.
Sound Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself
Yes, video killed the radio star, but the Internet killed copyright infringement laws and artist royalties. Back in the day, radio was the medium where new artists were discovered and bands made it big.
Rembert's Woulda' Coulda' Shoulda'
I know it's early to start thinking about this, but since it's May and the seniors are on the last leg of their Divas Live 2004-esque farewell tour, I have started to feel like an old man.
The Green Keys to my Heart
If love is a battlefield, then there is no better war zone than our beloved Green Key. This past Sunday, the warpath could be seen across campus, in trails of broken glass, crumpled beer cans and condom wrappers.
La Vie Dartmouth
Well friends, I'm not very good with the whole "later, 'tater" talk. I get all up in the mushiness like the sappy heroine of a Danielle Steele novel (the non-sexy sections). Or I brace myself against all emotion, devolving into awkward morning-after Blitz lingo: "So, um, that was fun.
What I Learned at College
About two weeks ago, the telltale signs started pouring in from my friends at other schools: Facebook status updates, phone calls, e-mails, all conveying the same message.
The Big Green Bucket List
So there I was, at a complete loss as to what to write about for my last Mirror column ever. I could have made it emotional and nostalgic, but that would be useless.