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The Politics of Admissions
By
Jacob Baron
| October 3, 2006
With Harvard's decision on Sept. 12 to discontinue its Early Action program, college admissions issues have again come to the forefront of attention in the national education consciousness. Ostensibly, Harvard's decision stems from the allegations that early admission programs bring an inherent bias to the college admissions table.
News
Daily Debriefing
By
Compiled by JR Santo
| October 2, 2006
Nearly 200 people participated in the Dartmouth Outing Club's Fall Weekend, the DOC's largest fall event.
News
Students focus on learning disabilities in 'Eye to Eye'
By
Lense Gebre-Mariam
| October 2, 2006
Mentoring program seeks to match students who own similar learning disabilities with eighth graders
Sports
Field Hockey beats Penn at home
By
Jordan Rose
| October 2, 2006
EMI ITO / The Dartmouth Staff Co-captain Whitney Waugh '08 and Stef Miller '09 scored nearly 30 seconds apart in the first half and the Big Green defense held off two corners in the waning moments of the second half to lead the Dartmouth field hockey team over the University of Pennsylvania, 2-1, Saturday afternoon at Scully-Fahey Field in Hanover. The win over the Quakers (3-7, 1-2 Ivy) gave the Big Green (2-6, 1-2 Ivy) its first victory in the Ivy League this year.
Arts
SITI Company romps hilariously through 'Midsummer'
By
Leanne Mirandilla
| October 2, 2006
This past Friday, the crowd buzzed eagerly in the Moore Theater while waiting for the first showing of SITI Company's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." As the audience filed into their seats, they were greeted by a simple but dreamlike backdrop of grey and white clouds and Puck (Jeffery Frac) playing a few chords on ... wait for it ... a banjo. It was fitting that one of Shakespeare's more revolutionary plays was performed by a theater company reputed for "creating bold new productions." When it was written in the mid-1590s, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was regarded as Shakespeare's departure from the English Renaissance and evidence of his brilliant imagination.
News
College employs students in 'get-out-the-vote' effort
By
Katy O'Donnell
| October 2, 2006
Students worked for the Office of Alumni Relations' "Vox the Vote" campaign during a four-hour "phonefest" in the top of the Hopkins Center on Saturday.
Sports
Women's volleyball takes second at Dartmouth Invitational
By
Ben Reed
| October 2, 2006
Jennie Post / The Dartmouth Staff For the Dartmouth women's volleyball team, two points turned out to be the difference between a heartening victory in a home tournament, complete with a win over an Ivy League rival, and a bittersweet second-place finish. Although the Big Green managed to score two convincing victories against the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Robert Morris University in Saturday's competition, an emotional Friday night loss to Harvard that ended in a 15-13 fifth game cost the Big Green first place in the Dartmouth Invitational and soured an otherwise encouraging weekend. Before a revved up crowd at Leede Arena in that match, the Big Green (6-6, 0-2 Ivy) dominated the first two games (30-21, 30-22), playing some of its best volleyball of the season.
News
Annual security report highlights rise in sexual assault incidents
By
JR Santo
| October 2, 2006
Samantha Ceppos / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Reported incidents of sexual assault jumped about 75 percent in 2005 to 14 reported offenses, according to a comprehensive crime statistics report released Friday by Safety and Security. Forcible sexual offenses have been rising since 2002, when three incidents of sexual assault were reported.
Sports
The Dartmouth's official MLB postseason predictions
By
Evan J. Meyerson
| October 2, 2006
The MLB playoffs are upon us, and what better way is there to greet the fall classic than with some prophetic predictions?
Opinion
The Truth About Recruiting
By
Skip Sturman
| October 2, 2006
The first thing you need to know about "corporate recruiting" is that it does not exist, at least by that name.
News
Alumni networking tool expands its reach at College
By
Julia Hecht
| October 2, 2006
The inCircle network, a social and business networking tool available to Dartmouth alumni and students, recently announced that its services had expanded to include 56 alumni and student organizations from universities around the country. The network, which was first introduced to Dartmouth in February 2005 by the Office of Alumni Relations, allows members of affiliated institutions to build and maintain personal and professional connections in a secure online community. Among the organizations and universities now affiliated with inCircle are Wharton Graduate Association, University of Michigan, University of Texas, Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, Delta Delta Delta sorority, Northwestern University and American University. "We wanted to address a need expressed by young alumni to have a way to network with each other on a daily basis on shared interests, common acquaintances, professions and locations," Director of Alumni Information Resources Jan Bent said. Companies using inCircle can either post jobs specifically to Dartmouth or to other inCircle networks. The "relationship-mapping" feature allows Dartmouth job seekers to reach out to their peers who work within a company or who have worked for a com pany for guidance and referrals. The inCircle platform also includes a searchable groups feature that allows students and alumni to communicate to friends within specific organizations, clubs, classes and interest groups.
Sports
One on One
By
John Mitchell
| October 2, 2006
Star wide receiver Ryan Fuselier '06, a true big man on campus, sits down with The D's resident Big Green sports enthusiast and talks football and freshmen.
Sports
Versatile Big Green athletes balance commitments on and off the field
By
Matthew Mackey
| October 2, 2006
Think it's tough being a varsity athlete at Dartmouth, trying to balance athletics and education and still fit the rest of your life in there too?
Sports
Men's soccer continues to struggle
By
Nedko Kyuchukov
| October 2, 2006
EMI ITO / The Dartmouth Staff Last year's Ivy champion, Dartmouth, has experienced a rough start to this season, winning only two of its first eight games and managing to score only six goals thus far.
Opinion
The Papal Insight
By
Michael Belinsky
| October 2, 2006
Those who still doubt the intensity of the Western cultural and political conflict with radical Islam should take a closer look at the lecture delivered by Pope Benedict XVI at the University of Regensburg, and the severe reaction it sparked among some Muslims. Pope Benedict, himself a professor emeritus at the University of Bonn, delivered an academic lecture this month about the role of reason in theological discussions.
News
Religion and environment join hands at conference
By
Ashley Zuzek
| October 2, 2006
Environmentalism and religion joined forces this weekend at the "All Together Now" conference, an event that stressed spirituality and morality as essential elements in dealing with today's environmental issues. The conference, initiated by Lutheran co-pastors Michael and Susan Thomas, bypassed the typical array of scientific details in favor of faith as its focus.
Arts
Andrew Moore exhibit opens at the Hop
By
Zakieh Bigio
| October 2, 2006
It is impossible to simply walk by the Andrew Moore Artist-in-Residence Exhibit currently on display at the Jaffe-Friede & Strauss Galleries at the Hopkins Center. A full-time artist, Moore divides his time between teaching at Princeton and the School for Visual Arts, shooting assignments and traveling to work on long-term projects.
Arts
Virginia graduate student discovers new Frost poem
By
Joseph Debonis
| October 2, 2006
As senior Creative Writing majors toured Robert Frost's former home in Franconia, N.H., this past Saturday, the director of Frost Place made a very fitting announcement: Frost's celebrated and prolific collection of poetry was about to incorporate a poem previously unknown and unseen to the world. The never before published poem of the beloved poet and one-time Dartmouth student Robert Frost was discovered by a University of Virginia graduate student this past month.