Opinion

Teszler: Who's So Scared of a Carp?

By Max Teszler | February 15, 2021

Dartmouth Dining should start serving edible invasive species, adding variety to its menu while protecting the environment.

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News

Dartmouth Hillel to become a nonprofit

By Caitlin McCarthy | February 15, 2021

Dartmouth College Hillel, one of the centers for the Jewish community on campus, has taken steps to become an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. 

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Arts

New platform ‘Artivism’ provides forum for activism, art

By Paulina Marinkovic | February 15, 2021

In the wake of last year’s Black Lives Matter protests and ongoing calls for racial justice, Walt Cunningham, director of Dartmouth's Gospel Choir and Contemporary Pop Ensembles, launched “Artivism,” an organization based in the music department that sponsors and produces arts-related social justice projects run by students and faculty. 

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Special Issue

Demystifying Alpha Delta, the original ‘Animal House’

By Caitlin McCarthy | February 12, 2021

Derecognition and a hit movie have given Alpha Delta fraternity at Dartmouth a mythic reputation. With the house derecognized and shuttered in 2015, alumni have been left to reflect on AD’s legacy amid continued campaigns for reinstatement. 

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Exploring the maze: The history, growth and power structure of Dartmouth’s administration

By Lorraine Liu | February 12, 2021

Since its founding, Dartmouth’s administration has evolved from just a few roles into a sizable bureaucratic web. As Dartmouth grew both in size and in operational complexity, the College added a slew of new positions, and responsibilities — especially of the president and provost — have shifted. However, all senior administrators still work under the overall direction of the Board of Trustees. 

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The spaces between: Stepping away from Greek life at Dartmouth

By Emma Ginsberg | February 12, 2021

For some Dartmouth students, Greek life is as quintessential to campus culture as freezing New Hampshire winters and rigorous academics. Though Greek life offers positive connections and genuine support networks for some, for others, a house is not always a home. 

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To put away or on display? College grapples with Native representations in art

By Kristin Chapman | February 12, 2021

In the wake of a year marked by protests against racial injustice and police brutality, conversations have reemerged about what to do with controversial works of art — and more broadly, how institutions should confront their racist pasts. 

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Tobacco ban sparks College-wide debate on substance use

By Arielle Feuerstein | February 12, 2021

Dartmouth has a reputation for its rampant alcohol consumption and partying; after all, the College’s unofficial mascot is a sentient beer keg. For decades now, Dartmouth has attempted to shed this reputation and curb the prevalence of alcohol and drugs on campus. 

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Back in action: A look at Dartmouth EMS’s pandemic operations

By Daniel Modesto | February 12, 2021

In the six months during which Dartmouth EMS temporarily ceased operations, a team worked behind the scenes to plan how to reopen safely. In the meantime, some members off campus also found ways to help their local communities.

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Verbum Ultimum: Oh, the Places You Won’t Go

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | February 12, 2021

After cutting several study abroad programs, the College should revamp its remaining offerings. 

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In search of safe spaces: Revisiting the illicit recording of a 1984 Gay Student Association meeting

By Griselda Chavez | February 12, 2021

On April 29, 1984, The Dartmouth Review secretly recorded and published details of a Gay Student Association meeting on campus. In the fallout of the event, campus-wide conversations arose on privacy and how to support LGBTQ+ students. Decades later, the legacy of the incident persists, as do concerns regarding privacy in queer spaces on campus. 

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Teszler: Nalgene in the Streets, Tons of Trash per Week

By Max Teszler | February 12, 2021

The Dartmouth community’s wasteful habits do not match student values of sustainability.

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Pandemic prompts College to reexamine accessibility, learning accommodations

By Kyle Mullins | February 12, 2021

After several months of virtual learning, the pandemic has underscored the effectiveness of some accommodations — such as increased flexibility with assignment deadlines, extra time on exams and recorded lectures — and the potential for a more accommodating class environment in the future. 

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Arrington: Reopening the Dartmouth Experience

By Katherine Arrington | February 12, 2021

Dartmouth should bring back the college experience as soon as the public health situation permits.

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Alumni Relations shifts focus to online programming

By Anaïs Zhang | February 12, 2021

The advancement division at Dartmouth, which includes the alumni relations and development offices, has developed a host of new methods, including webinars, podcasts and livestreams to boost alumni engagement across digital platforms. 

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Editors' Note: Winter Carnival Special Issue 2021

By Jacob Strier and Natalie Dokken | February 12, 2021

A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us have been forced into home offices and dorm rooms, left to reflect on the past and think about the future. But, though we may be separated, members of the Dartmouth community have continued to grow, learn and connect digitally behind closed doors. 

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News

Shontay Delalue named senior vice president and senior diversity officer

By Gigi Grigorian | February 11, 2021

On Feb. 4, the College announced that Shontay Delalue will serve as the College’s senior vice president and senior diversity officer, the administration’s point person on equity and inclusion. Delalue, who currently serves as the vice president for institutional equity and diversity at Brown University, will assume her role on July 1.

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College to offer 10 undergraduate in-person classes this spring

By Penelope Spurr | February 11, 2021

On Feb. 5, the College released its spring term course timetable, revealing that 10 undergraduate courses will have at least one in-person section — up slightly from the eight classes taught on campus in the winter term. 

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Arts

Review: Weezer’s 'OK Human' a sincere, dynamic return to the band’s roots

By Jack Hargrove | February 11, 2021

No other band has had as inconsistent a career as Weezer has. After achieving critical and commercial success with the power-pop of their 1994 self-titled first album, the darker direction of Weezer’s second album, “Pinkerton,” initially drew negative reviews, despite later achieving cult status. Lead singer Rivers Cuomo’s embarrassment over “Pinkerton” led to a long series of albums in the 2000s full of safe, boring pop music that lacked the magic of Weezer’s early work. While the band did produce a couple of albums I enjoyed during this period, particularly 2016’s “White Album,” they reached a low with 2019’s “Black Album.”

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News

‘Visibility’ events to promote gender equity, confront gender-based violence

By Daniel Modesto | February 11, 2021

“Visibility,” Dartmouth’s month-long campaign to promote gender equity and end gender- and power-based violence, started on Jan. 29 and will feature remote programming throughout February. This year’s events will focus on the intersections between gender- and power-based violence and race.

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