Fixing the Rush Process

Beginning tomorrow, hordes of eager sophomore men will head out to their favorite fraternities, just like any other weekend night.

Daily Debriefing

The New York City Police Department is investigating a hate crime at Columbia University Teachers College after a lynching noose was found hanging on the office door of a black professor, Madonna Constantine.

'Leaf peepers' begin to invade Upper Valley

They fill our hotels. They crowd our restaurants. They jam our roads with the slow, deliberate paces of their coach buses. It's fall in the Upper Valley and the "leaf peepers" are back. According to The New York Times, every year New England foliage attracts over 4 million leaf peepers.

Women's mentoring program revitalized

Starting life at Dartmouth can be an exciting but overwhelming experience for many freshmen women.

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I Feel Like... 2007-10-11

Jimmy's Big Mistake

The symbols of the chivalry of times past were men clad in shining, polished armor who would do away with religious dissidents with sweeping blows from their swords.

'Book Club' offers delightful drama for Austen fans

What would Jane Austen think of "The Jane Austen Book Club?" Ever the satirist of romantic pretensions, would she wrinkle her nose at the film's goofy sentimentality?

No varsity letter required: the virtues of physical education

Another week and another column sans Schmidley. Okay, so I should probably start by apologizing for last week's playoff predictions -- here's hoping Colorado lets me save a little face.

On The Vagina Dialogues

After reading both Lee Cooper '09's ("Eating In," Oct. 9) and Zachary Gottlieb '10's ("Zach's Guide to Fellating Upperclassmen," Oct.

Accepting Rejection

Rejection: Thy sweet nectar never tasted so divine. Rejection is a typical part of the Dartmouth experience, since organizational elections, applications for various programs and late nights in frat basements will at one point or another make 98 percent of Dartmouth students feel the sting of the generic rejection blitz (41 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot). I certainly can't remember all the things I've been rejected from. For those freshmen that have yet to experience this phenomenon, remember the rejection letters you received from the other supposedly illustrious institutions you applied to (early decision monogamists, I'm sorry, you can't understand): "Dear (name of student, hopefully spelled correctly), While you were more than qualified, unfortunately we did not have nearly as many spots as we would have hoped for this year.

Overdue COS Reform

The Committee on Standards Task Force, of which I am a member, and which has supported this op-ed, welcomes the news that Acting Dean of the College Dan Nelson has decided to reverse his past decision to delay consideration of the task force's proposals until a permanent dean assumes office in January ("Nelson to Convene New COS Committee," Oct.

Daily Debriefing

The Rockefeller Center extended its gratitude to student volunteers for their hard work in the Democratic presidential candidates debate during a dinner held in their honor Tuesday night in Hinman Forum.

Armed with a cell phone, visitors can tour library

Those who missed the Baker-Berry Library open house held on Oct. 4 -- and possess a cell phone -- need not worry, now that library users can take a tour of the library using their cell phones, thanks to a recently introduced program. The technology allows students to take a tour of the library by dialing a number on their cell phones and listening to a series of pre-recorded descriptions of different library locations and resources. With the introduction of this system, Baker library joins institutions such as Library of Congress and the Folger Shakespeare Library, both of which already offer similar audio tours. The initial idea to institute the program at Dartmouth was proposed by Ridie Ghezzi, the head of research and instructional services at the Baker Library, and the tour was organized by reference librarian Andrea Bartelstein. "She read an article on the Guide Cell company that organizes audio tours such as ours," Bartelstein said.

The Still North 2007-10-10