Monday, May 13, 2002

The Idea of University: TDR Interview with Fr. George Rutler

Rutler recently visited to give a talk on the "Idea of a University." The lecture is a discussion of the ideal university depicted by Cardinal John Henry Newman in a series of lectures. The Dartmouth Review had an opportunity to speak with Father Rutler before his lecture.

The State of Discourse at Dartmouth

Once centers of national debate and dissent, colleges are now populated by students more concerned with the state of their résumés than the state of the world.

Barkan: ''Uproot the Terrorist Monopoly''

Nimrod Barkan, a senior policy advisor to the Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel, spoke on April 24 to a bustling Dartmouth hall auditorium composed of both community members and students on the current Israel-Palestinian crisis.

Green Key: 103 Years of Debauchery

During the years that followed, Green Key Weekend took on epic proportions. It became the font from which Dartmouth alums drew their most fantastic stories of life at Dartmouth.

Tracking the Elusive Gobbler

These events may have whetted my appetite more than they tided me over—for the sound of a gobbler at five A.M. as the mist rises over the Upper Valley remains the best way to experience the North American wild turkey.

Why the West Won...and Still Does: Carnage and Culture

In unearthing and speaking of battles long forgotten, Victor Davis Hanson brings to the fore moments of human courage and audacity that are not well known in this age where the classics have been mostly forgotten.

Sixties Filmmaking is Decadent and Depraved: Candy

Candy Christian (Ewa Aulin) is the blond, blue-eyed All-American girl—one must ignore her Germanic accent. She exudes innocence and naivete, incredibly attractive but not too bright. Highly impressionable, Candy adopts the philosophy of the famous poet McPhisto (Richard Burton)—"to give myself÷to whatever needs me." And, with a cast of lusty men, what Candy gives to nearly everyone she meets is no surprise.

Solondz Responds to Critics in Storytelling

In Storytelling Solondz partially rebuts many of his detractors criticisms in his examination of how art is often misunderstood. The film is split up into to parts, "Fiction" and "Nonfiction."

Letter from Kalb

Searching for himself, a KFC, and a Trail name, Trail Correspondent John Kalb writes from Erwin, Tennessee.