Overheard

Phi Delt '09: So you're a Kappa? Kappa '10: Yeah. Phi Delt '09: Seeeeeeeeeelf call! Girl 1, watching an animation on black holes: Whoa, how did they film that? Girl 2: I don't know, a spaceship? '08 sorority girl to formal date and whole bus: "This is NOT a platonic dress.

The Dish: A table of contradictions

"Wait, who is the chef again?" one of our companions teased. "Chef Giovanni Leopardi," our waitress cooed helpfully as she sailed past.

Beating the dead horse

Last week, I discussed the College's varied failures and successes in coping with one of the greatest challenges it has faced in the past 35 years: how to coeducate a college that, traditionally, prizes hypermasculinity. Now, on to Dartmouth today.

Alex Got In Trouble: No Limit

For Leon Chang '08, the big moment came sophomore winter in a Toulouse internet cafe. He'd been playing poker since freshman fall, when he first played for money in one of the Choates common rooms.

Betting on the Wrong Horses

If you've been paying any attention to the news for the past few weeks, you're probably aware that Pakistan is steadily but surely sending itself straight to hell in a handbasket.

Daily Debriefing

Dartmouth's Gay Straight Alliance has changed its name to Gender, Sexuality, XYZ (GSX) after a week of debate, the group announced in its weekly e-mail message to members on Nov.

Academic Crime and Punishment

The recent publicity surrounding Hanover High School students' attempt to cheat on a final exam has generated a great deal of sympathy from the press.

Telecom company sues Hanover

A local telecommunications company, SegTEL, is suing Hanover over the development of a municipal fiber optics network that would link the Hanover and Lebanon police dispatch centers.

Dartmouth eschews Clinton grant, pursues own eco-goals

The William J. Clinton Foundation has arranged to provide $5 billion in loans for institutions of higher education who have signed the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment to fund projects reducing carbon emissions, Bill Clinton announced on Nov.

New Tuck program to aid minority women

Tuck business administration professor Ella Bell launched ASCENT: Leading Multicultural Women to the Top last week in front of a crowd of 200 people at the National Museum of the American Indian in New York City.

DMS prof. tops health policy field

John Wennberg, professor of community and family medicine at Dartmouth Medical School, received the 2007 Emory Codman Award for his leadership in the area of regional variations of health care quality.

North Hall to become green living center

Sustainable dining projects see setbacks

Apple releases showy new operating system

Apple has just announced a new operating system, and it comes with both new attractions and new headaches.

Vox Clamantis ... on a cell phone?

What ever happened to the good old days of skipping tipsily into Novack to check Blitz on your way to Frat Row, or of sneaking upstairs in a frat to blitz your crush on some brother's computer?

The Still North 2007-11-16