October 2007

Homecoming Shirt Underwhelms

Some people found last year’s Homecoming shirt offensive for its depiction of an Indian, and while this year’s shirt will probably not incite demonstrations and…


And So It Begins

The email below across my inbox this morning through a chain of forwards. It comes from a major fundraiser (and donor) for the Dartmouth Parents…


Abandoning the Sense of Community

Excellent Op-ed in today’s paper by Jacob Baron ’10. Among Dartmouth’s many special elements — breathtaking physical beauty, green shutters on the dormitories, fraternity pledge…


They Start Young

The Daily D ran a story today about the electioneering for freshman class council. The article itself was unremarkable save for the introduction of Dartmouth’s…


Higher than Average Rush

Yesterday witnessed the end of this year’s rush process. According to the Daily D the number of participants this year was higher than normal. Here…


More Bureaucracy on the Way

>Date: 15 Oct 2007 19:40:00 -0400>From: Special Programs & Events Committee>Subject: SPEC Event Funding>To: (Recipient list suppressed) I am writing to inform you all about…



Dartmouth Supports Sweatshop Art

There is a fascinating new article in the Dartmouth Independent on Wenda Gu—the man responsible for the hair all over our library. I encourage everyone…


Tales from the Crypt

A new edition of The Dartmouth Review is now online. TDR secured confidential administrative documents concerning pong, alcohol arrests from year to year, and comparative…


Lessing, Revisted

To build off of Andy’s post below, I’d like to draw attention to today’s NYT reprint of an article written by Doris Lessing originally in…