DOC seeks student leadership

Current and former members of the Dartmouth Outing Club submitted a letter to College President James Wright, Dean of the College Tom Crady and acting Dean of Student Life Joe Cassidy on Thursday requesting that the administration read and respond to a statement describing students' vision of a student-run DOC.

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Summer Better than Others

My last article -- in which I lambasted the corporately-recruited -- defended the glory of Summer term.

Black Holes in Dallas

Of course, I am not politically correct. This is not to say that I don't understand political correctness, or that I don't think it has some place in civilized society, but I am against the way it has been obnoxiously spread and applied to everything nowadays. I completely agree that things such as racial slurs and epithets have no constructive use in society.

A View from the Top: My Love

My distaste for ESPN is well-documented in these pages. That position may preclude me from ever landing a six-figure salary in the world of sports journalism, but I am holding strong to it.

Daily Debriefing

Three Dartmouth professors were appointed to endowed chairs on June 25, Vox of Dartmouth reported on July 21.

Consumer health site lets patients choose best care

The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice is teaming up with Consumers Union to launch a web tool which will rank nearly 3,000 hospitals online.

Prof. discovers gene for viable plants

More mothers worldwide may soon be able to order their children to finish their vegetables, as Dartmouth biology researchers have identified a plant gene that is key to growing healthy and nutritious plants.

DHMC ranked among top hospitals in nation

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center was recently ranked among the country's best hospitals for cancer treatment, gynecology and ear, nose and throat-related medical care in the U.S.

Director Vincent Moon shines on 'Blogotheque'

I've always thought that my dream of life-as-a-musical -- complete with spontaneous, choreographed dancing in the streets -- would forever remain make-believe.

Athletes United links College athletes, local children

Aspiring Upper Valley athletes now have the opportunity to learn from members of several Dartmouth varsity squads, thanks to Athletes United, a newly-formed organization responsible for organizing and overseeing one athletic league for children in the Upper Valley each term.

Heartburn at the Hop

To borrow from Michael Scott in the season four finale of the "The Office": "[The Hopkins Center] has been cruisin' for a bruisin' for a long time.

Irony? In the The New Yorker?

It was a slow news day, indeed, that prompted the major media to pounce on The New Yorker magazine like a pack of salivating jackals on a tender, wounded baby antelope.

Daily Debriefing

The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center will require criminal background checks and drug tests for potential new employees beginning Sept.