Wednesday, April 8, 1998

Dartmouth Ponders Ethnic Studies

Contained in the latest issue of Tick Talk, the official mouthpiece of the Student Assembly, is an endorsement of the formation of an Ethnic Studies program at Dartmouth. Tick Talk proclaimed the new Korean Studies program as a prototype for further ethnic studies programs.

Professor John Ellis Deconstructs

John Ellis is Professor Emeritus of German Literature at the University of California. He has also written and published extensively on the intellectual agendas and politics of the contemporary American university. He is one of America's foremost experts on the recent history of academia.

College 'Justice' Fails deMoya

The panel charged with investigating the alleged physical abuse of sophomores Brian deMoya and Bert Sperling by Dartmouth Safety and Security forces and members of the Hanover police force has delivered its report to Dean of the College Lee Pelton.

President Freedman: Using His Religion

Among all those presidents, however, Freedman remains among the most outspoken on Jewish issues in higher education. Through a series of public comments, notably his 1990 attack on the Dartmouth Review, Freedman has repeatedly used his ethnicity to make a name for himself in academic circles.

John Magyar and the Outing Club

According to one former professor, Dartmouth's greatest glory is its location. Nestled against the banks of the Connecticut River in between the White and Green Mountain ranges, settled astride the Appalchian Trail, is Dartmouth College.

Mad Libs: Write Your Own Keynote Address

I am (honored, delighted, outraged) at this (occasion, dinner, trial) to (speak, comment, pervade my demagoguery) about (my Jewish past, my book the award winning Idealism and Liberal Education published by the University of Michigan Press, Thurgood Marshall: Man of Character).

Letters to the Editor

I strongly suggest that you restrain from sending me further copies of Dartmouth Life. It only serves to diminish my enthusiasm for giving to the Alumni Fund. It only reinforces my commitment to contributing solely to Coach John Lyons or athletics in general.