October 2017

GRID Shuts Down

The Gender Research Institute at Dartmouth (GRID) was shut down on July 1st with “no prior warning.” The closing marks an end to the institute’s…




Shakespeare and Trigger Warnings

Students at the University of Cambridge have been issued trigger warnings ahead of lectures on Shakespeare’s “Titus Andronicus” and “The Comedy of Errors.” As expressed…


TDR Reviews Ferguson

Artistic expression is often most meaningful when it is grounded in some reality—a variable degree of truth. This form of art is successful time and…


500 Years of Protestantism

October 31st will mark the five-hundredth anniversary of the symbolic beginning of the Protest Reformation and, therefore, one of the most momentous occasions in the…



Dartmouth Dining Services Reform

Dartmouth Dining Services is unpopular among the student body for its high costs and mandatory investment. All Dartmouth freshmen are compelled to buy the most…


The Danger of Stagnancy: Part II

On October 10, President Hanlon sent an email to the entire Dartmouth community announcing Carolyn Dever’s decision to step down from Provost and to return…


The Danger of Stagnancy: Part I

Leonardo da Vinci wrote that “Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap…