Squash finishes at No. 8 after loss

The Dartmouth men's squash team fell in its final match at the College Squash Association Championships in a heartbreaking 5-4 loss to Williams.

Club lax trades snow for sun in Fla.

Courtesy of Christy Lazicky Last weekend, the Dartmouth women's club lacrosse team escaped Hanover's snow flurries and competed in the Fun In The Sun lacrosse tournament hosted by the University of Miami.

Symposium draws 'puzzle freaks' from across the U.S.

Hordes of "puzzle freaks" -- builders, designers, obsessive solvers and general aficionados of mechanical puzzles -- flocked to Dartmouth for Mechanical Puzzles Day, an eight-hour celebration and symposium of the enigmatic gizmos on Tuesday. The event, held in Kemeny Hall, included a series of lectures from eminent puzzle-makers and historians from all over the world, and culminated in a "puzzle party" at the end of the day. The event is the brainchild of Dartmouth mathematics and computer science professor Peter Winkler when he was working on a mini-symposium for the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Boston, held Feb.

Nelson presents alcohol policy to SA

As part of a campaign to prompt student discussion about alcohol on Dartmouth's campus, Senior Associate Dean Dan Nelson spoke to the Student Assembly on the history of alcohol use at the College, the administration's attitude towards student drinking and its future plans for the alcohol on Tuesday. Over the past year, Nelson has given a similar presentation to a variety of campus groups, including undergraduate advisors, College staff and leaders of Greek organizations. The timing of Nelson's presentation coincides with a student and faculty committee's review of the College's Social Event Management Procedures.

Letter to the Editor: Conservative Criticism

To the Editor: Max Bryer '08's column ("Grow Up, Conservapedia," Feb. 19) was merely a childish jab at people he does not agree with and a liberal mirror image to his main point of contention in the piece.

Spam e-mails target 1,000 BlitzMail users

An unidentified group posing as the "Dartmouth Team" sent e-mails to approximately 1,000 BlitzMail users Monday evening, asking recipients to confirm their e-mail usernames and passwords.

Executive Recruiting

The common explanation for George W. Bush's election and re-election was that he was the candidate "voters would rather have a beer with" (even though Bush is a recovering alcoholic and does not drink). Today, comparison between Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama has been greatly sidetracked by voters' subjective, personal and arbitrary emotional reactions.

Till Death Do Us Part?

Remember trying to choose that perfect, cleverly representative AIM screen name in middle school?

Daily Debriefing

Dartmouth Daily Updates, a new communication system introduced by the Office of Public Affairs and Peter Kiewit Computing Services, began distributing its daily announcements to the Dartmouth community through e-mail Monday.

Kelley '81 describes life as a cartoonist

After a junior-year pole-vaulting mishap landed him in Dick's House, Steve Kelley '81 used the downtime during his recovery to reevaluate his work and his future prospects.

Dartmouth researchers help find new planets

Alison Crocker '06 was in the middle of her first night on the job at the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona when she helped discover two extra-solar planets last spring.

Women's basketball loses footing in Ivy League title race

The Dartmouth women's basketball team led by over 10 points in one game and trailed by over 10 in the other midway in the second half of each game of its New York Ivy swing, but the final outcome was the same in each as the Big Green fell to Columbia, 58-55, and Cornell, 50-43. Dartmouth (8-14, 5-3 Ivy) slipped from its first-place tie in the Ivy League standings to a third-place tie with Columbia (8-14, 5-3 Ivy), while Cornell (15-6, 7-1 Ivy) seized sole possession of first place, with Harvard (13-9, 6-2 Ivy) one game back. It was a rough weekend for Dartmouth, as both captain Kristen Craft '08 and Koren Schram '09 were ill in what may have been the deciding weekend for Dartmouth's Ivy title aspirations. "Cornell and Columbia are both tough teams to play on a very long road trip," Craft said.

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Mariah redefines genius

If you somehow doubted the genius of the songstress responsible for such albums as "Butterfly," "Glitter" and "Rainbow," Mariah Carey is back to remind you that she's not just another diva with a five-octave vocal range and 17 number one hits -- she's also kind of clever. Carey has parodied Einstein's most famous theorem in the title of her highly anticipated new album "E = MC2," which is slated to begin its inevitable reign at the top of the charts on April 15, 2008. "Touch my Body," the recently released first single from the album, is crack-cocaine for the ears. Imagine yourself in Mariah Carey's stilettos.