Wednesday, April 23, 1997
Volume 17, Issue 4

One Fine Day: Fines at Dartmouth

"Yeah, he was really drunk — he actually could barely even speak he was so sick. But we didn't take him to Dick's House because of the fine and everything." I heard this story from a friend a couple of months ago and it is all too common at Dartmouth. Had she taken her friend into Dick's House, he would have found himself with a bill for $550. Stories of absurd fines abound.

A Tangled Web: John McWilliams Works His Way through the Bureaucracy

My investigation quickly took a bizarre twist. Every administrator that I called referred me to another administrator, and those administrators referred me to other administrators in their department. Sooner or later, these adminstrators would transfer me full circle to the adminstrators whom I initially called. Reponses like 'I don't think I'm in the position to answer that. I'll refer you to someone else' or 'I'm the wrong person for that question, but I'll gladly transfer you to the person who can help you out' were commonplace.

Dracula and Taxes

New Hampshire has long been one of the most tax-resistant states in the U.S. It has no personal income tax and no sales tax. Any candidate running for state wide office has to 'take the pledge' against a 'broad-based tax,' and so do the Republican presidential aspirants in the quadrennial presidential primary. Candidates of any sort refusing to take the pledge are regularly flattened in New Hampshire voting.

Not Bad, But Wait For Paperback: Conor Dugan Reviews 'The Partner'

The Partner is the story of Patrick Lanigan, a.k.a. Danilo Silva. Lanigan is a lawyer who faked his own death, stealing $90 million from his former law firm and its client, Benny Aricia, in the process.

Notorius B.I.G.: Life After Death?

My first impression of rap was that it was just another form of dance music. It had first appeared in dance clubs, and it was really popular among urban youth. When 'gansta' rap rose to popularity in the late 1980's, I doubted that its violent tone would fit in with mild, mainstream rap.

Gaudet '81 An Indian Again

For the past fifteen years, Dartmouth has searched the continent for a man able to return the program to the glorified heights of the late 1970's and early 1980's, when Dartmouth was perenially one of the nation's college hockey powers, and reached the NCAA Final Four.

Men's Lax Beats Cornell

Cornell has been one of the Ivy League's dominant teams in recent years, so it was with cautious confidence that an improving Dartmouth side faced its first real test of the season. This past week was the first in which the Hanover winter had subsided sufficiently for the Indians to enjoy a full week of practice, and, from the opening minutes of the game, the Indians' improvement was evident.

Letters to the Editor

As a recent alumnus, I must ask this question of the older alumni — was the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine always so bad, or is this a relatively new development? I refer of course to its childish nature (accusations of immaturity are reserved for The Review). Our alumni magazine is actually 'cute.' Also annoying.