For Art's Sake

On his blog, Perez Hilton recently said that "sometimes people use the excuse of 'art' in order to get away with craziness!" A fan of 'art' myself, I'm a little hesitant to trust the so-called "Queen of All Media." However, if you witnessed the atrocity of Wenda Gu's hair curtains this past summer, or were a student at Yale this past week, you might feel like slapping your knee with an "Amen, Perez!

Softball bounces back after Saturday misstep against Yale

Dartmouth's softball team finished strong this weekend, sweeping Yale in a doubleheader on Sunday with scores of 5-3 and 5-2 after dropping two games to the Bulldogs on Saturday afternoon in Hanover. Dartmouth (11-22, 7-9 Ivy) lost the first of Saturday's games to the Bulldogs (16-22, 4-12 Ivy) when Yale's Allie Canulli crossed the plate on a wild pitch to take a 10-9 lead in the top of the seventh inning. In the nightcap, the Big Green was shut out 6-0 by Yale's Rebecca Wojciak, who allowed only five hits in seven innings of play. The Big Green saw better outcomes on Sunday, when solid performances earned the team a 5-3 victory in the opener and a 5-2 win in the second game of the doubleheader. After the weekend series, Dartmouth sits four games behind top-seeded Harvard (21-18, 12-4 Ivy) in the North Division of the Ivy League, while Yale sits in third place, seven games behind the Crimson and three games behind the Big Green. Dartmouth jumped out to an early lead in game one of Saturday's doubleheader, scoring three runs off of three hits by Christy Autin '10, Katie Chifcian '09 and Audrey Kolodziej '11 in the bottom of the first inning. After tagging another run on the board in the second inning, the Bulldogs threatened Dartmouth with three runs in the third inning, one on a wild pitch and the other on an error by Autin at shortstop. Dartmouth answered with two runs in the bottom of the third inning and another in the fourth, taking a 7-3 lead heading into the fifth. But Yale retaliated with a six-run rally in the next inning, accumulating seven hits while batting around to take a 9-7 lead.

Making Technology a Priority

One major item has been left out of the recent discussion of possible improvements at Dartmouth College: technological upgrades.

A Fratty Free Market

If you have acquired an aversion to the term "alternative social spaces" over the past few (dozen) weeks, keep reading.

Buzz Fightyear 2008-04-22

BlarFlex 2008-04-22

Daily Debriefing

Significant disparities between the graduation rates of black and white students exist at many colleges and universities, Inside Higher Ed reported Monday.

Students present at Carrol Round

Gerard DiPippo '08, Claudio LoCascio '08 and Monica Yu '08 travelled to Washington, D.C. last weekend to present term papers from their senior seminar on topics ranging from the impact of jetlag on international trade to the effects of corruption on foreign investment.

DOC Trips announce this year's trip leaders

Of the 645 student who applied to lead a Dartmouth Outing Club First-Year Trip this September, 42 percent were selected, and 65 students were put on a waiting list.

Dartmouth Past and Present Battles for Gold in China

Competing half a world away in China, Sarah Parsons '10 and her teammates on the United States women's hockey team defeated Canada to win the gold medal at the 2008 International Ice Hockey Association women's world championships.

Toe to Toe: Hodes versus Schmidley (Schmidley)

Best Available Player: Darren McFadden, RB Arkansas. It's been an eventful and highly public off-season for the former Hog superstar, who has been labeled everything from a "can't miss prospect" to a "shaky character guy" to a "pure burner" with a number of other redeeming qualities for NFL play.

Toe to Toe: Hodes versus Schmidley (Hodes)

Best Available Player: Glenn Dorsey, DT Louisiana State University. While Schmidley will certainly make a compelling case for Darren McFadden, a man sure to turn beast in the NFL, we should not be blinded by skill positions.