Parking problems rile faculty members

For professor Lynn Higgins, chair of the French and Italian department, scouring the parking lots for half an hour with the faint hope of finding a spot is an unfortunate daily routine.

College to unveil new e-billing program

Students will soon be able to view, print and pay their college bills online when the Office of Student Financial Services introduces D-Pay, a new electronic billing and payment system, in the next few weeks.

Tag, We're "It"

Applications to Dartmouth are up 11 percent this year! Crazily enough, I've decided to do a very small amount of research to investigate this statistic, primarily because I have to write about something or other, and sorority rush inspires me even less.

RIGs, The Greek Replacement

Last week a number of students delivered a signed petition to Parkhurst decrying the "lack of alternatives to a traditionally and historically male-dominated social scene." They cited the absence of prominent student-controlled social spaces where men and women can interact on equal footing in physical plants, although spaces like this do already exist in Collis and in the various residential communities. When students talk about social spaces, however, they really mean somewhere to play pong.

Daily Debriefing

At a time when top universities are making headlines for expanding their financial aid packages, elite college preparatory schools are spending their endowments to cut tuition as well.

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Alex Hodes: Vegas versus Hanover

Money wagered in vegas stays in Vegas as group returns to Hanover

Track teams tune up at Boston Univ.

Dartmouth's men's and women's track teams competed with mixed results in the Terrier Classic at Boston University last weekend. This was an individual meet with no team scores assessed or assigned. The meet mainly served as an opportunity for the Big Green to face national-level competition, improve running times and develop experience on a larger scale. Overall, the men and women are improving their times, though fatigue may have affected performances in Terrier Classic. "We ran better in the Yale meet than we did yesterday, the athletes seemed tired from events done earlier in the meets," head coach Barry Harwick '77 said.

Women's tennis wins first match against Boston College

The Dartmouth women's tennis team kicked off its 2008 campaign in promising fashion, traveling to Fort Meyers, Fla.

Men's and women's squash defeat Williams and Cornell

Both the men's and women's squash teams used the momentum from their victories against Williams last Wednesday to beat Cornell by a comfortable margin at home on Saturday, the first win in the Ivy League for both of Dartmouth's teams. The Big Green men's squash squad (11-3, 1-2 Ivy) has catapulted into the sixth spot in national play behind its three victories this week.

Men's Basketball: The Revival of a Program

In the realm of men's sports across the nation, two sports reign supreme in terms of coverage, attendance and interest: football and basketball. At Dartmouth, however, recent years have been marked by disappointing performances in both sports.

Local residents exchange stories about social class

Liz Ryan Cole, a professor at Vermont Law School, was raised in Hamilton County, one of the poorest counties in upstate New York.