Wednesday, May 22, 2002

College to Block Review Delivery in Dorms

Dean Redman proposes to curtail dorm delivery of all student publications under the College's new dorm-locking policy. Andrew Grossman and Alex Wilson discuss the winners and losers of a lock-out.

Start the Revolution Without Me: Casing Million Marijuana March

J. Lawrence Scholer searches for stoners in Boston.
"Are you alright?" he asked.
"No, I'm not," I said. "Let's go."

Barak Speaks Amid Protest

Barak lands in Lebanon, NH, and gives his thoughts on the Palestinian conflict and the War on Terror: "We should deal with terrorists the same way our forefathers dealt with pirates on the high seas."

TDR's Rock-'N-Roll Primer

Stefan Beck reviews the latest the Strokes, the White Stripes, and other cutting-edge emo-core: "When I want to perforate my liver with beer that tastes like it was brewed in an old Vision Street Wear sneaker, I want to do it while listening to rock music. Real rock music. I mean songs so loud and vicious that I don't even notice what I'm drinking."

'How's the awe going?'

Andrew Grossman dissects the philosophy of awe: "Awe may be a simple subset of wonder, not necessarily characterized by fear but instead by revelation."

Australian for Death: the 'Metal Storm'

Ryan Gorsche reviews the tremendous firearm: "You call that a gun; this is a Gun."

Restaurant Review: Simon Pearce

Despite many suggestions for which establishments should be included in my endeavor to review a representative range of restaurants within a reasonable distance of Hanover, the name Simon Pearce persisted at the top or near the top of everyone's list.

Where East Meets West; Alex Talcott in Macau

I had two goals while in Macau. First, to avoid the "triads," the gangs that compete for sovereignty over Macanese organized crime.

Letter from Kalb: Beating the Virginia Blues

Battling isolation, loneliness, and exhaustion, TDR's correspondent on the Appalachian Trail writes from Troutville, V.A.