Wednesday, May 1, 1996
Volume 16, Issue x

The Core Cirriculum

Columbia's Core Curriculum program is unparalleled among America's top institutions. Originally devised in 1919 as the college's response to the horrors of the first World War, the curriculum has survived while other universities have abandoned core requirements.

Columbia Professor on the Core and Columbia's Activist Legacy

Professor James Mirollo: Every September, incoming students have been told to read the first six books of The Iliad before they arrive. When they get here, they are all talking about The Iliad. That's the educational notion behind the whole Core. Students gain a common experience which they can talk about, and this creates a kind of intellectual excitement.

Columbia's Protests: Western Canon Under the Microscope

Deep in the heart of Harlem, New York, a small band of students begin a two-week fast, eating nothing, drinking only water. A week later a larger group storms and occupies a library, scuffling with police and security guards. Police fight back, handcuffing and arresting twenty-two students.

'Madonna'

She has now proclaimed that she is pregnant. She is not married to the 'father,' with whom she fell in love when she spotted him riding a bike in New York's Central Park.

Admissions and a Country Boy

The school system in my hometown has sent a grand total of one (1) student to an Ivy League school in the past quarter century — me. It's not that there aren't qualified students. The problem is that while representatives actively push Dartmouth and other schools to inner-city (read: minority) students, no one seems to give two cents about the kids out in the country.

Indian Lax Falters; Tennis Soars

Indian Lacrosse had a rough weekend last week, dropping road games to Ivy League rivals Brown and Yale, 7-15 and 7-17 respectively. Two unfortunate losses, but these defeats were vindicated when Dartmouth came roaring back Wednesday to dominate the Catamounts of UVM in a splendid victory.

Dartmouth Ruggers Best Amherst

A warm, sunny Saturday greeted Team '97 at Sachem Field for their first test against Amherst this past weekend. It has long been a tradition that the Seniors step down at the beginning of the spring, allowing younger players to have some field time together before the trials of the fall.

The Not Too Distant Future ... Emily Trinks Reviews 'Infinite Jest'

David Foster Wallace's 1,079 page Infinite Jest offers a cartoonish absurdity that is rarely found in literature, despite its sometimes tedious length. Whereas recent entertainment is self-referential in a glorifying way, Infinite Jest is a post-modern indictment of rampant commercialization.