September 2007

Cleary Disclosure of Crime

Late yesterday afternoon the crime statistics for last year (2006) were released. Of possible interest: Alcohol related arrests were up last year but alcohol related…


Merkel Leaves the College

“I didn’t even have time to pick my raspberries in my garden.” That’s right everyone, and with those words Sustainable Dartmouth’s Coordinator Jim Merkel decided…



Convocation, Part Deux

As Emily pointed out, earlier today Convocation took place in Leede Arena. The keynote speaker was Bruce Duthu ’80, former head of the Native American…


Convocation, welcome freshmen!

Today, about two hours ago, the College’s convocation ceremony was held in Leede arena. The ceremony, which is meant to bring the freshmen together and…


Prof Hart on alumni governance

Longtime advisor and intellectual mentor to the Review and its writers, Professor emeritus of english at the College, Jeffrey Hart, comments on the trustee governance…


Telluride comes to Dartmouth

Let’s take a break from the recent trustee fracas: Dartmouth students and members of the Dartmouth community may be interested to know that a slice…


New Contest: Ask Dartmouth

The latest post at Ask Dartmouth serves up a vertiable verbal tango to dance around a rather innocuous answer to a straight-forward question. The inquistor…


Here comes the Sun

Annie Karni has written a very readable round up of negative reactions to this past weekend’s unpleasantness in the New York Sun. By the way,…