Monday, October 22, 2001

Homecoming: A Sober Perspective

A disco ball hung from the rafters, spinning slowly and emitting dazzling beads of light on the floor and walls. Lights flashed as their colors gleamed. A strobe light by the mixer pulsated its mesmerizing beam. Music thundered. The party ostensibly had everything necessary for a success. Almost. Visibly absent were people.

Sex Rules? Controversial 'Educational' Sex Show Comes to Dartmouth

Many students seem to remember the more shocking parts of the program, including portions offering men and women masturbation tricks with lubricants and multiple condoms and the suggestion to use Saran Wrap as added protection when engaging in anal sex. 'I learned how a middle-aged Italian lady masturbates with mirrors," said Jon Hampton '05. "That's about it.'

Highlights from Sex Rules! Maria Falzone

After failing as stand-up comedian, Maria Falzone took over Susan Landolphi's "Hot, Sexy and Safer" routine, which has since become the "Sex Rules!" show. Landolphi's performance was described by The Boston Herald as 'the graphic sex-education routine that so outraged two Chelmsford High School students in 1992 that they tried suing Landolphi for $ 3.5 million.'

Columbia Hands Indians Homecoming Loss

"Dartmouth was spelled out in red, white, and blue across the endzones. Dartmouth fans, coming from the many tailgates, around campus filled up the home stands . Excitement approached the level it had reached the night before at the bonfire. It was just the beginning of an action-packed Homecoming football game, in which Dartmouth would test its skills against the Lions of Columbia."

A Traditional Education, Online?

In an April 2000 application to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, Richard Bishirjian stated, 'The vision of Yorktownuniversity.com is to establish a presence on the Internet for scholarship on free enterprise, market economics and the history and philosophy of education, religion, and culture.'

Tracking The Pheasant

I awake early on a gray Sunday morning and peer out my window to see the thick, palpable, low-hanging clouds. After slipping into several earth tone layers, I walk outside into a chilled drizzle. Instead of returning to the warmth of my bed, I exclaim to myself, 'Some Sundays are for church, but the Lord made this day for pheasant hunting!'

Odd Trip to the Market: Darren Thomas Reviews The Dialectics of Shopping by Daniel Miller

Miller uses Hegel's The Philosophy of Right as the framework for the book. Hegel's stages, family, civil society, and State are the starting points for Miller's four primary chapters on kinship, community, ethics and identity, and political economy. Miller focuses on the contradictions in each stage and how they are overcome in the act of shopping.

On Romantic Comedy and Drug Abuse: Stefan Beck Reviews From Hell and Serendipity

Devotees of death metal, role playing games, and Goth culture are sure to enjoy the Hughes Brothers' From Hell, a grisly account of Jack the Ripper's murders in 19th century London. For soccer moms and hairdressers, there is director Peter Chelsom's new romantic comedy, Serendipity.

Lest the Old Traditions Fail

A tradition lives. Two Dartmouth students rushed the football field at the Homecoming game on Saturday.

Frosh Play With Fire

A freshmen class T-shirt, created for Homecoming, ignited controversy in the Native American community at Dartmouth. The t-shirt bears the image of an Indian god pow-wowwing around a roaring fire.

Barrett's Mixology: Bloody Mary

After a long climb up the highest mountain in Salzburg, Austria, my four companions and myself rejoiced upon the appearance of a quaint outdoors bar. The bartender was fairly young, but his experience was unsurpassed. I watched him make my mid-morning appetizer with gleeful exuberance and made a mental note for each ingredient.

Letters to the Editor

I would just like to say that Mr. Gago's article in the latest edition of the Review (Everything..., October 1, 2001) is excellent. I couldn't stop laughing at the last two lines in the article: "And her moaning still echoes in my mind. Make It Stop." I can relate. Give this man an award.