April 2005

A New Spin on Free Speech

College Counsel Robert Donin defends Dartmouth’s speech codes in today’s Daily Dartmouth. In his article, he cites a recent comment by President James Wright (emphasis…



President Wright and the Ford Foundation

James Wright’s letter endorsing a new Ford Foundation program to encourage academic freedom and free speech made headlines last week. Wright has recently been criticized…


Evangelicalism and the Bush Presidency.

Jeffrey Hart, Professor of English Emeritus, has a very good article today in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. He argues that the Bush presidency is populist…


More Missing Ballots

Some alumni have still not received their ballots for the Trustee election, Joe Malchow ’08 reports. Balloting ends May 6th. Any alumni who are missing…


Trustee Election in the Weekly Standard

An article in the next print edition of the Weekly Standard explains why alumni should support alumni Trustee petition candidates Peter Robinson ’79 and Todd…


Student Assembly presidential race

A summary of this year’s candidates for Student Assembly president: Brian Martin ’06 is a brother of Psi Upsilon with an unabashedly pro-Greek stance. He…


Furstenberg’s Ghost

The Daily Pennsylvanian claims that Penn values athletics more than Dartmouth does. This sounds similar to the comments made by Yale football coach Jack Siedlecki:…


Boot and Rally

Stevie Starr, known popularly as “The Regurgitator,” will visit the Collis Center again tonight on the College’s tab. His annual act is simple: swallow something…


Breaking into the Academy

Paul Mirengoff ’71 follows up on The Review‘s editorial on intellectual diversity, saying that his proposed solution may not be so easy: Without disagreeing with…