Prickett discusses upcoming book

Katharine Pujol / The Dartmouth Stephen Prickett's 992-page anthology, "European Romanticism: A Reader," will "change the field" of Romanticism, with works ranging from Norwegian poems to a full act from the opera "Don Carlos." Prickett, an English professor at the University of Glasgow, presented his work which took a team of 18 editors 12 years to complete in a lecture at the Rockefeller Center on Tuesday. The book which features original works of literature in 14 different languages alongside their English translations was inspired by Prickett's desire to "rethink certain academic structures" and to answer a number of questions related to the study of Romanticism, he said. "There is a persistent question of what Romanticism means, and whether there is such a thing as Romanticism," he said.

Sandefur criticizes U.S. regulations

Tina Ma / The Dartmouth The United States government repeatedly oversteps its boundaries and breaches its allotted constitutional powers by issuing arbitrary business regulations, Cato Institute adjunct scholar Timothy Sandefur said in a lecture at the Rockefeller Center on Tuesday. The government's creation of "barriers to entry" including licensing requirements and certificates of necessity threatens Americans' civil liberties by preventing businesses from easily entering the market, he said. Sandefur, the principal attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation, gave an example of a "barrier to entry" by describing a current case in which he is representing a St.

Canada stresses value of education

Maggie Rowland / The Dartmouth Staff It costs $5,000 plus academic expenses to support a child for a year in Geoffrey Canada's Harlem Children's Zone, a non-profit organization working to break the cycle of poverty through educational and social support programs.

Changes to BlitzMail to occur on schedule

The College has nearly completed its transition from BlitzMail to the Microsoft Office 365 program suite and expects all incoming students to have access to the new system in early May, according to Susan Zaslaw, project manager for the transition from BlitzMail.

Wright discusses perception of war

Programmers meet for ‘hackathon'

Gavin Huang / The Dartmouth Staff Correction appended### Over the course of a 12-hour "hackathon," members of the Hacker Club discussed the creation of their latest, most complicated program Course Picker, an application designed to make course selection easier for students.

Tanner administration focused on policy work

Aki Onda / The Dartmouth Senior Staff During his yearlong tenure following a contentious election cycle, former Student Body President Eric Tanner '11 drastically altered Student Assembly by replacing the previous four committees with seven specialized committees and shifting the Assembly's focus from programming to policy.

College prepares for GOP debate

Maggie Rowland / The Dartmouth Staff Following the announcement that broadcast journalist Charlie Rose will moderate the Oct.

Novelist discusses use of identity

Nik Medrano / The Dartmouth Staff Nelly Rosario struggled with her Dominican-American identity while writing her 2002 award-winning novel, "Song of the Water Saints," but by conducting research and drawing inspiration from other books, she was able to craft a story in which she "found humanity" and illustrated the history of the Dominican Republic, she said in a lecture in Kemeny Hall on Thursday. Rosario's novel takes place in her native country, the Dominican Republic, a place she said is defined by its reliance on trade and commerce.