Ultimate frisbee teams turn heads at spring tournaments
As the winter snow continued to pile up in Hanover over spring break, Dartmouth's men's and women's Ultimate Frisbee teams migrated south in search of better weather and stiff competition.
As the winter snow continued to pile up in Hanover over spring break, Dartmouth's men's and women's Ultimate Frisbee teams migrated south in search of better weather and stiff competition.
Maggie Goldstein / The Dartmouth Staff Dartmouth's women's lacrosse team, ranked 20th in the nation, defeated the University of Vermont, 21-6 in Hanover this Tuesday, rebounding from a disappointing loss against Brown last Saturday. Co-captain Kristen Barry '08 was pleased with the team's level of play. "We really connected as a team, from the sidelines to the defense to the attack," Barry said.
It's a very, very serious year in Student Assembly politics. Pressing issues on our candidate's agendas include: providing staples at Greenprint stations (Lee Cooper '09)and making dining facillities "more conducive to social interaction" (Molly Bode '09). Both our candidates seem to know that the media is a politician's best friend, but Cooper hasn't abandoned man's best friend: Cooper's campaign video, posted on YouTube, begins with a shot of hm petting two fraternity dogs by a roaring fire. Bode has yet to stoop to such hokey comedy and seems determined to take the high road, despite her Facebook group and auto-replies, which claim she "Bodes well" for the Dartmouth campus.
Matthew Ritger / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Dartmouth Film Society director Bailey Massey '08 still remembers her first Film Society meeting. "There was a whole table of older males," she said.
Even in the earliest days of spring in New Hampshire, Dartmouth students start eagerly anticipating the day when they can shed their winter layers and bask in warmer weather.
Courtesy of Ben Bostick With four consecutive national titles and five undefeated seasons under its belt, Dartmouth's figure skating team will defend its title at the Intercollegiate National Championship in Ann Arbor, Mich., this weekend. Dartmouth qualified to represent the Eastern Region in the National Championship after winning the qualifying competition held at the University of Delaware on March 2.
The rise in popularity of reality television reminds us that people enjoy entertainment that depicts real life.
Last term, the Gay-Straight Alliance officially changed its name to Gender Sexuality XYZ -- GSX for short.
Admission rates across the Ivy League have dropped to record levels, The New York Times reported on Tuesday, including Dartmouth, which accepted 13 percent of its applicant pool.
Despite strong student support during the Winter term, only 20 people attended the newly created Social Life Committee's first panel event on social dynamics and spaces on Tuesday night in Collis Common Ground. The committee was created last term after a petition signed by 800 students demanding the formation of a group to investigate the social dynamics at Dartmouth was brought to College President James Wright.
Sarah Laeuchli / The Dartmouth Staff Sara Ludin '08 was two weeks into the Fall term of her sophomore year when she decided to start wearing a hijab, the traditional Muslim head scarf. "There was no family pressure -- I just felt like I had to start wearing it," she said.
As heterosexual men and their dates looked on, Cody Lavender '10 and a group of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students took over the platform in the center of Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity's dance floor at a recent dance party. "We purposefully create our own space," said Lavender, co-chair of Gender, Sexuality, XYZ, formerly known as the Gay Straight Alliance.
After three years of planning and two failed attempts, the Upper Valley Haven, a Vermont-based homeless shelter, may finally begin building a new shelter for homeless adults.
Sophie Novack / The Dartmouth Staff Candidates for Student Assembly president and vice president discussed how they would best improve the Assembly's reputation on campus and increase student representation Tuesday night in Carson L01.
A Hanover area resident is suing an online sex site powered by Friendfinder Network Inc., and Various Inc., an affiliated company, for allegedly posting a feigned profile that used her personal information next to a nude photo of another female, according to the Nashua Telegraph.
Gay marriage violates the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, David Blankenhorn announced in the face of general audience disapproval in a lecture and discussion sponsored by the Vermont Marriage Advisory Council on Sunday evening.
The Tuck School of Business was ranked the seventh-best business school in America in the U.S. News and World Report's Best Graduate Schools 2009 issue, released Friday.
Elisabeth Ericson / The Dartmouth Sonny Kung '11 used to travel to Dartmouth with three days' worth of Chinese food from New York to sustain his cravings for Asian food, but the opening of Yiping's Asian Market in downtown Hanover may put an end to this ritual. "I'm excited to be able to cook with stuff I know how to cook with, instead of just boiling pasta," Kung said. The lack of local Asian food supplies was also an inconvenience to the store's owners, Russ and Yiping Weed, who had to procure Asian ingredients from a market in Manchester. "There is an Asian market in Lebanon, but it's more of an Indian grocery," Russ said. Yiping's Asian Market stocks Chinese dry and frozen goods, in addition to a smattering of Japanese sweets and some Korean and Indian items.
Admissions to the Class of 2012 were the most selective in Dartmouth's history -- the College accepted just 13.2 percent of applicants, down from last year's record 15.3 percent, the Admissions Office announced Monday.
ADRIAN MUNTEANU / The Dartmouth Staff Residents of Hanover and the surrounding area can expect a Grafton Superior Court decision in the next two months regarding their appeal of two Hanover rulings that approved construction of the Class of 1978 Life Sciences Center.