'To Die For' Puts OJ. Verdict in Context
At Saturday night's screening of "To Die For," Joyce Maynard introduced the screen version of her novel with the comment, "I'm glad the movie is opening this week ... I wrote this before O.J.
At Saturday night's screening of "To Die For," Joyce Maynard introduced the screen version of her novel with the comment, "I'm glad the movie is opening this week ... I wrote this before O.J.
I was going to refuse to write about the end of the O.J. Simpson trial. Mainly because I have no new knowledge about the verdict, no sparkling insights into the case and no real idea why the jury decided in the way that it did.
To the Editor: I have been interviewed by The Dartmouth on two occasions recently and identified both times, despite declarations to the contrary, as Chair of the Economics Department.
To the Editor: I read with interest your article on the new faculty at Dartmouth and was, however, surprised not to find my name there.
To the Editor: I am writing in response to the article published last week about "Women of the Ivy League" ("Women depicted in new light," Sept.
To the Editor: There are so many items that need correcting in the Tuesday, Oct. 3 article on the Academic Skills Center ("Skills Center helps students learn") that it's hard to know where to begin.
To the Editor: I'm writing to The Dartmouth to express my concern over the current O.J. Simpson debacle.
Wentworth is the name of a hall, Dresden is somewhere in Germany, and, for better or worse, America has but one Connecticut, a couple states down the river. And Dartmouth is the College on the Hill, symbolized by Baker Tower and distinguished by interminable winters.
The Yankees made the playoffs for the first time since 1980. The Cleveland Indians are in the playoffs for the first time since 1954, winning 100 games in the process.
Getting an education at Dartmouth is like getting a drink from a firehose." The words of the alumni interviewer came flooding back as I stood awestruck at the center of the Green.
It is not the 1960s anymore. The heady exhilaration of that decade, the devotion to causes and ideals and issues seems to have drifted into an early retirement.
To the Editor: I came here last year in the hopes that there was something special about Dartmouth, some mysterious quality that separates us from the rest of the world and its sad influences.
To the Editor: I am writing in response to yesterday's article about Delta Gamma sorority ("Panhell hopes to revitalize ...," Oct.
Isolated as we are here at the College, sometimes the U.S. Postal Service can be students' only significant source of information about the outside world.
I do not own a skateboard. The only time I ever even tried to skateboard was in fourth or fifth grade, and I failed miserably, never getting my speed above a moderately paced walk.
You forgot to return those books to the reserve desk, and now you owe $20. Do you tell yourself that "When I am involved in what I am reading, I often forget when it is due," or do you tell yourself that "I was so preoccupied with writing the report that I forgot to return the book." If you picked the latter statement, you might count yourself among those with a higher 'E.Q.' This question comes from a test given to Metlife insurance salesmen to determine their emotional intelligence.
To the Editor: In the interest of continuing the discussion on education ("Good Education," Sept.
It is a slow, deliberate, marked shift. Yet it is practically a transformation. It has happened before in our history, and may happen again.
Chris Houpt's column, "The Merits of a Diverse Education" (Sept. 28, 1995) so misses the point that it almost seems humorous.