Two students co-author study abroad book

Courtesy of Dan Hochman Over the course of two years, two Dartmouth seniors Dan Hochman '11 and Mike Lewis '11 coauthored a phrasebook entitled "Can We Swim Here (Naked)?: The College Student's Phrasebook for Having Fun Abroad." The pocketsize guidebook, which became available in Barnes and Noble on May 2, consists of a collection of "funny but functional" phrases translated into French, Italian and Spanish editions, Hochman said. "When you're abroad as a college kid it's the most unbelievable time you're completely free and everyone's looking to do ridiculous stuff," Hochman said.

Trudolyubov discusses social media

Meghan Cooney / The Dartmouth Staff Russian political leaders need to alter the way they communicate with their constituents and embrace social media outlets, as current efforts are ineffective and fail to adequately provide the public with information needed to make informed electoral decisions, Russian journalist Maxim Trudolyubov said in a lecture in Reed Hall on Thursday afternoon. Trudolyubov, who created the first opinion page in the Vedomosti newspaper, said social networks play an insignificant role in contemporary Russian politics. In Russia, which has a population of 141.9 million people, there is substantial political censorship, according to Trudolyubov.

Klein attacks political climate in Washington

Dani Wang / The Dartmouth Staff Washington Post columnist and blogger Ezra Klein entertained students and community members by lambasting the United States' political system which he said "seems to suck and keeps on sucking, no matter how often we ask it to stop sucking" in a lively lecture Wednesday. Speaking to a captivated audience in the Rockefeller Center, Klein said that in order to restore the system's effectiveness, more attention needs to be paid to the political process's tendency for obstructionism and brinkmanship, rather than to blaming individual politicians for the government's failure to produce policy. The most significant feature of the American political landscape today is the filibuster, Klein said.

Speakers offer insights on health care reform

Aki Onda / The Dartmouth Senior Staff To reform America's health care system, the nation must address rising costs and inequality in treatment, Elliott Fisher, director of The Dartmouth Institute's Center for Population Health and Dartmouth Medical School professor of community and family medicine, said in a presentation in Carson Hall on Wednesday.

New library cafe to open in June

Gavin Huang / The Dartmouth Staff Gleaming kitchen appliances, plastic-covered furniture and unfinished, debris-speckled floors characterize the former Berry News Center as it enters the final stages of construction before reopening as a cafe in early June, according to Dean of Libraries Jeff Horrell.

Robbie '69 emphasizes innovation, creativity

Winnie Yoe / The Dartmouth Design thinkers must use empathy, creativity, collaboration and playfulness when addressing complex problems, Thayer School of Engineering professor Peter Robbie '69 said during a Social Enterprise and Economic Development Society lecture Tuesday evening.

Spyer discusses Middle East policies