Monday, October 30, 2000

Anthropology on Trial

Andrew Grossman discusses the lack of ethics among contemporary anthropologists. "More so than any other group of professionals, anthropologists are aware of the effects of perspective and political motivations on objectivity."

The Moose's National Rampage

Dartmouth changed its moniker from the Indians to the "Big Green" in 1968—imitating its colorful Ivy League rivals the Harvard Crimson and Cornell Big Red—and, from there, the thought police began a march across academe.

Dartmouth's Shameful Censorship

During the 1937-38 school year, Walter B. Humphries, class of 1914, decided to create a painting to immortalize the beloved song. He caricatured the song and painted it for the walls of Hovey's Grill, the establishment on the first floor of Thayer Dining Hall named for the poet. Humphries' murals adorned the walls of the Grill until 1979 when, with John Kemeny as president, the College decided that the paintings were too offensive.

Thanks for Sharing

A freshman orientation debacle. "Experience Dartmouth! was instead an infomercial for the Gay-Straight Alliance, LUL, and other marginal groups. The Dartmouth experience, as defined that Sunday night, is a constant struggle to abandon the dark ages of Dartmouth's tradition and history and transform the campus into some brave, new utopia.

The Battle of the Books: The great authors ignored

The bias in favor of females and minorities stands in sharpest relief when only living authors are compared. While six hundred years of literary history impose some constraints on even the most brazen canon renovators, they have a freer hand in hyping, or dumping, contemporary writers.

Ten Things You Can't Say In America

What do "bad schools, crime, drugs, high taxes, the Social Security mess, 'racism,' the health-care 'crisis,' unemployment, welfare state dependency, illegitimacy, and the gap between the rich and the poor" all have in common? According to libertarian journalist Larry Elder, "politicians, the media, and our so-called 'leaders' lie to us about them.

Papal Sin: Misrepresentation Corrected

Papal Sin by Garry Wills is the latest in a long series of books condemning the gall of the Roman Catholic Church to continue to hold on to its beliefs and traditions in the face of modernity. The book starts off as a compelling look at the papacy, but by the end falls far short of its intended goals.

Real College Football

Jeffrey Hart's thoughts on Ivy football. "Big-time football isn't college football. It isn't even played by college students, even though they wear the colors of various "educational institutions."

Ted Murphy '94 wins Olympic medal

Dartmouth Crew is done proud. "Ted Murphy '94, rowing the Men's Heavyweight Pair Without a Coxswain, won a silver medal at the Olympics—one of only six Americans to medal in rowing this Olympiad."

Letters to the Editor

Microsoft, No money for SLI, Against Authoritarian Dartmouth, and more.