Spotlight: Phil Chang '08

Growing up in Korea, Phil Chang '08 had a passion for hip-hop, making contacts with industry movers and shakers at a young age over e-mail.

The Still North 2008-02-29

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Our Ivory Towers

I have to admit, the view from this ivy-garnished ivory tower of ours is just fantastic! From here I can look down upon all of the people who go to inferior universities and colleges and mock them for their plebeian lifestyle.

Verbum Ultimum: The Off-Campus Disconnect

Dean of Residential Life Marty Redman's announcement this week that room draw will be closed to seniors after 400 of them have received housing requires examination on two dimensions -- the sensibility of the policy and the efficacy of its implementation. As far as the policy itself is concerned, the Office of Residential Life has created a solution to correct the imbalance of seniors living on-campus following the construction of the McLaughlin Cluster and Fahey and McClane residence halls, which kept ORL from making good on its guarantee to house all sophomores during the last room draw cycle. Redman's campus-wide mailing, which reached Hinman Boxes on Monday afternoon, explained the policy by hitting all the right notes.

True Confessions

"I pretend to be braver than I really am." Or so admitted one of the many contributors to "Wrinkles of Discretion: The Confessional Booth," an interactive sculpture created by Jennifer Lopez '08 that was on display earlier this month at the Hop.

ObamaCorps

The heated democratic primary race forces voters to redefine their moral values. To what extent does experience improve a leader's decision-making ability?

Sucka' Punchline 2008-02-28

Buzz Fightyear 2008-02-28

Footballer's Republic

A commercial that aired during the 2006 World Cup showed a Caucasian man joining a group of locals in Dubai for a friendly game of football.

Sharing the Wealth

I am writing in response to Nina Maja Bergmar '11's column about American universities in the United Arab Emirates ("Education City," Feb.

THE GLOVE: Spoiled Ivy

Wikipedia's entry on the Ivy League notes, "The term has connotations of academic excellence, selectivity in admissions and a reputation for social elitism." The term became official in 1954 when the eight members of the Ivy League finally committed to a league to govern virtually all of their members' sports (exceptions such as skiing remain). As on the mark as Wikipedia's definition is to overall life in the Ancient Eight, it remains even more accurate when it comes to sports. The NCAA has never been accused of being an adaptable body, particularly in their refusal to ever adopt a Division I football playoff and to change rules to respond to variations in playing and competing conditions over time.

Aguava fills Rollins with site-specific musical experience

The classical music performance group Aguava -- literally translated as "alarm" in Spanish -- chose its name to evoke images associated with the fear of flooding, with particular emphasis on the aftermath of a flood -- "the discovery and feeling associated with complete and total inundation," said Carmen Tellez, one of the artistic directors and producers of Aguava.

Daily Debriefing

The Elections Planning and Advisory Committee, which oversees the 2008 elections for many key campus positions at Dartmouth, held its final information session for potential candidates in Morrison Commons on Wednesday.

LUL, Sig Ep garner national awards

The national organizations of Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity Inc. and Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity honored their respective Dartmouth chapters with various awards in ceremonies this month.

College's Big Brother Big Sister celebrates 40 years

Dartmouth's Big Brother Big Sister program celebrated its 40th birthday with ice skating, board games, tee-shirt design and raffles in a celebration that took place at Occom Pond and Kappa Delta Epsilon sorority last Saturday.