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The Week in Review

TDR Interviews: Jeffrey Hart
by Alexander D. Talcott

Jeffrey Hart: Outside the Ivory Tower
by James S.C. Baehr
 One spring night in 1992, two men faced off against each other amid a sea of wealthy benefactors in Lincoln Center. One of those men was President James Freedman, giving out the award for outstanding teaching at Dartmouth. The other man was Professor Jeffrey Hart, accepting this award. The two men could not be more ideologically opposed, yet the ceremony was another victory for the controversial and conservative Hart over the college establishment led by Freedman.

Why Western Thought Still Matters
by Stella M. Baer
 Just what is lost when the Western canon is no longer taught? Professor of English emeritus Jeffrey Hart uses his new book to remind us of what used to be the core of every liberal arts education, before the multiculturism movement.

Everything I Never Wanted to Know About Sex
by Bruce Gago
 "It feels like a warm, wet vagina." So began a vivid description of masturbation at Dartmouth’s Spaulding Auditorium. Maria (middle–aged and fat; the Orientation booklet states no last name) first told men that it was necessary to masturbate so that they may lead normal sex lives.

Pacifism: Part of the Problem
by Thomas C. Donovan
 The attack on the United States on September eleventh by the Al Qaeda terrorist organization based in Afghanistan has posed a serious question to the United States government and to the American people: should military action be pursued as a tool to bring this and other terrorist organizations to justice? To most, this question is obviously answered in the affirmative.

Experience Need not Apply
by Alison E. Jeffe
 All but one of the College’s technical maintenance employees are white males—a fact so lamented by official Dartmouth that the hire of Claire Walton, Dartmouth’s only female locksmith, received front-page billing in the Daily Dartmouth last August.

In Texas, It's Always Boar Season
by Ryan D. Gorsche
 Wild boar, or feral hogs as they are often called, probably got off the boat with the Conquistadors. Since boar are non-native and do horrific crop damage, the Texas Department of Parks and Wildlfe has designated no closed season and no limit to a hunter’s bag. Not to mention that you can hunt them by any means possible any time of day. 

It's Bear Season!
by Ryan D. Gorsche
 My grandfather, Robert Tasker, was regarded by many as the greatest hunter in the state of New Hampshire, and I’ll argue his merits with any jackass in the state. Some of you reading this article may be dubious, so for your personal edification consider this anecdote.

Rock is Dead; Long Live Rock
by Stefan M. Beck
 So Radiohead releases a couple albums showcasing not only Thom Yorke's usual woeful whinnying, but also a number of astonishing musical innovations. To the casual listener, these new sounds may evoke Nintendo soundtrack music, circa 1989.

It Is Time To Declare War
by Dr. Leonard Peikoff
 September 19, 2001: fifty years of increasing American appeasement in the Mideast have led to fifty years of increasing contempt in the Muslim world for the U.S. The climax was the thousands of deaths on September 11, 2001—the blackest day in our history, so far.

Kosher-Halal Dining: More than Matzoh
by Steven A. Haidar & Matthew Tokson
 Sometime in the next few months, Thayer’s Westside Buffet will be replaced with a new kosher-halal dining hall. The closure of Westside and the postponement of construction on the new eatery have contributed to the already-long lines at Food Court and the Hop. But a kosher-halal dining hall could potentially be an asset, both to admissions officers seeking to attract Jewish and Islamic applicants and to current students seeking some variation in their Dartmouth Dining services diets.

Smiling: The Classical Canon on Campus
by M. Chloe Mulderig
 Dartmouth is one of the leading liberal arts colleges in the country, yet English majors do not need to read Aristotle to graduate. The best way for a student to read the great works of literature is to take the popular Humanities 1 & 2, a two quarter first year seminar only offered to those who have exempted English 5

Six Men of Dartmouth Mourned
by James S.C. Baehr
 "I wanted you to know how much I love you and tell my parents I love them and I love my sister." Cisneros phone call to his girlfriend was his last communication to the outside world as, minutes later the building he was in collapsed floor by floor to the ground. Cisneros is among six men of Dartmouth who died in the terrorist attacks on New York City.

File Sharing Sops Network: Relief on the Way
by Seth A. Goldberg & Viraj Patel
 Though Computing Services has received few complaints about the slower speeds, many students have expressed their displeasure with the Dartmouth network. To many, Internet access is the lifeblood of communication, study, and recreation, and inevitably, slower speeds have hampered these pursuits.

Housing Scramble: Bring in the Double-Wides
by Darren P. Thomas
 An unusually large entering freshman class overextended the College’s housing options and left administrators scrambling for student housing options. 1150 students planned to matriculate in the class of 2005. A typical entering class contains around 1075 students.

Dentzer Elected Chairman of Trustees
by Stefan M. Beck
 Since June 10, Susan Dentzer has served Dartmouth College as Chairman of the College’s Board of Trustees. Dentzer, a magna cum laude graduate of the Class of ’77, was elected by the Board to succeed William H. King, Jr., who served one five year term as Chairman and two as a Trustee.

The Last Word
compiled by Rollo Begley & Stefan Beck