Letterpress studio offers lessons on typography and design

Nushy Golriz / The Dartmouth Staff Tucked away in the passage connecting the Baker reserve corridor and Sanborn Library, the letterpress studio offers students and community members the chance to experiment with different book art techniques. The studio hosts a termly intensive letterpress program, and in this summer's, "Form and Letterform," participants can learn letterform design to compose a page for an abecedary, or alphabet book.

Richard Fu '13 to promote classical music and arts on campus

McDonough calls for a world without waste

Nushy Golriz / The Dartmouth Staff To eliminate waste, humans should create a world in which every aspect of a product is reused, international sustainable design expert William McDonough '73 said in a lecture on Thursday.

College to add second nutritionist

Yomalis Rosario / The Dartmouth The College will soon hire a second part-time nutritionist concentrating on counseling and programming.

Organizers introduce new Fieldstock events

James Peng / The Dartmouth Senior Staff While flair-bedecked charioteers will still careen across the Green on Saturday, Fieldstock programmers have added new events to the traditional lineup for the summer term's big weekend. The 2015 Class Council will sponsor a block party on Webster Ave.

The Dartmouth X: Fact or Fiction?

Nusy Golriz / The Dartmouth Staff Maybe you believe it, maybe you don't, but for those who are unfamiliar with the terminology, the Dartmouth X refers to the two opposing trajectories experienced by males and females in our hookup culture.

Halfway Checkup

Nushy Golriz / The Dartmouth Staff One of my standout memories of Dimensions is sitting on the Green with a bunch of prospies when a group of '11 guys came up to us.

Dartmouth boosts local economy

Nushy Golriz / The Dartmouth Staff A quintessential college town is not traditionally associated with images of big spending or economic interdependence.

There's No Place Like Home

Nushy Golriz / The Dartmouth Staff As one of the original 13 colonies to form the United States, the "live free or die" state is teeming with obsolete laws and regulations.

League coaches look to 2013 football season, emphasize parity

Maggie Rowland / The Dartmouth Senior Staff The Ancient Eight's football coaches talked league parity, standout players and future prospects at the Ivy League's annual media day press conference on Tuesday. The Big Green was slated to finish fourth in the Ivy League's preseason poll, behind defending champion the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University and Brown University.

Editor's Note

Rebecca Xu / The Dartmouth Staff I emailed Mindy Kaling '01 the other day, asking (truthfully, it was more along the lines of pleading) if I could work for her.

Hey Expectations: Meet Reality

Anna Davies / The Dartmouth Staff Earlier this week, I got an exclamation point-filled blitz from a recent graduate: "I hope your sophomore summer is going even better than anticipated!" That's a tall order.

Leng discusses sexologist's life

Nushy Golriz / The Dartmouth Staff The failed endeavors of Max Marcuse, an early 20th century German sexologist, after he fled to the British Mandate of Palestine as a German-Jewish refugee bring the cross-cultural challenges of sexology research to light, Northwestern University historian Kirsten Leng said in a lecture on Thursday. Marcuse left Germany at the age of 56, but unlike many of his Jewish peers, escaped to Palestine, where his career stalled. "He is a forgotten giant of sexology," Leng said. While in Germany, Marcuse founded an international society devoted to sexual research, wrote 14 books and published over 100 scholarly articles about subjects such as birth control, celibacy, marriage and prostitution.

Monmonier talks maps manipulated by Nazis, Dunkin' Donuts

Nushy Golriz / The Dartmouth Staff Maps can persuade, control and even enslave us, Mark Monmonier said in a lecture on Monday afternoon.