DosiRock: Sounds of the City 2012-05-04

Would I Let My Child Go to Dartmouth?

Let's get hypothetical. Let's say you had some children a boy and a girl. Let's say they were smart, and they got into Dartmouth.

Being and Dartmouthness

My parents are polar opposites in many ways. Their friends from college often express amazement that my dad, a football and baseball-playing SAE, ended up with my mom, who was a hippie flower child with hair down to her waist.

A Living Legacy

We've all heard the insane marriage statistics (apparently one in 10 Dartmouth students will marry each other) and seen the alumni in the basements celebrating their 15th reuinions.

Verbum Ultimum: Expanded Options for All

Last week, the Housing Office announced that it would expand gender-neutral housing next fall to include Mid-Massachusetts Hall, the Lodge and sections of New Hampshire Hall ("College to expand gender-neutral housing options in fall," April 26). This change marks a positive step toward increasing housing flexibility, giving students the option to live with whomever they want in a wider variety of rooms without committing to the programming required of the affinity housing program in Fahey-McLane Hall. Increasing gender-neutral housing options has been one of the primary desires of Dartmouth's LGBT community and of other students involved with gender and sexuality issues on campus.

‘Restaurant: Impossible' starts Gusanoz rebuild

Food Network chef Robert Irvine and a team of designers will descend on Gusanoz Mexican Restaurant in Lebanon today to film an episode of "Restaurant: Impossible." Over the course of two days, the team aided by about 45 Dartmouth students will revamp the "failing" restaurant with only $10,000, according to associate producer Erin Hilgedick. Gusanoz applied to participate in the show and was chosen based on a variety of factors, including the menu, staff and owners' personalities, Hilgedick said. "One of the biggest things is that we're really looking for people who have the will to change," she said, adding that Gusanoz had both a need and a desire for change. "Restaurant: Impossible" will revamp the restaurant in every area needing improvement, from the physical space to the menu.

Overheards

'13 Girl: I mean, I'm comfortable sending my underwear to an actual laundry service, just not to Psi U. '15 Guy: I've only considered being a Heorot.

Daily Debriefing

Thirteen people were charged on Wednesday in the death of Robert Champion, a Florida A&M University student who was brutally beaten to death in a marching band hazing ritual last fall, The New York Times reported.

Chicken and Waffles

This is the story of the tortoise and the hare. I've only ever heard a few true stories. "I just didn't do, like, anything today, dude.

Hollisto's World

If I asked a room full of people to share solely positive opinions about college football's Bowl Championship Series, I wouldn't hear anything but chirping crickets and muffled swears.

Too Close for Comfort

Going off to college is nothing like how it is in the movies. No one's parents actually load up a minivan of furniture and clothes, plant their kid in a dorm and then say, "Hey, I'll see you at Thanksgiving." Parents always want updates on their son or daughter's life at school.

Daddy's Little Girl

Going away to college is one of the best times for a student to assert his or her independence. Finally liberated from the grip of 18 years of parenting, a college student relishes in the opportunity to decide what to do and when to do it every single day.

Wong advocates use of traditional Chinese medicine

Traditional Chinese medicine can be integrated with Western medicine to reduce medication requirements, lessen side effects and make biomedicine more effective, Chinese medicine practitioner George Y.C.

Casler: A Timely Trip

President Barack Obama's surprise visit to Afghanistan on Tuesday was a well orchestrated and ostensibly nonpartisan move in advance of what is sure to be a bitter general election fight against presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney.

Ex Libris 2012-05-04

Dispatches of Love

Parents are pretty old and kind of weird. But even now, most of us still tell them what's going on in our lives and listen to what they have to say.

The Mirror Asks Parents of '15s: What is your impression of Dartmouth?

"While I didn't attend Dartmouth, I can definitely see the sense of community and feel the camaraderie that Dartmouth offers.

Track and field to compete at Heps.

The Dartmouth men's and women's track teams competed in the 118th Penn Relays and the University of New Hampshire Invitational this past weekend.