Sunday, June 9, 2002

The Year at Dartmouth: No News

What a difference a year makes, though. Last year eyes across the nation focused on Dartmouth.

At the Twilight's Last Gleaming: Reflections on Academic Culture at Dartmouth

The gracious offer by The Dartmouth Review to revisit the issue of my educational philosophy is ironic. The allegedly 'conservative' newspaper on campus is the one to recognize something of value in a professor who defines himself as a traditional American liberal.

Academia in Review: Interview with Harvey Mansfield

Harvey Mansfield: "[Professors] have, in general, a kind of philosophy of self-esteem. That education is to keep students happy and well-adjusted, rather than to challenge them."

Academia in Review: Interview with Jeffrey Hart

Jeffrey Hart: "The thing undergraduates have to recognize is there's great variation in the capabilities of Dartmouth teachers. Some are excellent, some are not."

Greeks in Review: The New Enforcement

In recent weeks, sanctions have been levied against two houses, and a third was brought before the Organizational Adjudication Committee and acquitted.

Greeks in Review: Greek System Looks Forward

"Whether motivated by alumni response, persistent student support for the Greek system, the utter lack of social alternatives or housing space for displaced Greeks, or simply the recent behavior of the Greek houses, the College seems to be increasingly reluctant to impose severe punishments for minor infractions or to impose maliciously severe restrictions on social activities."

Greeks in Review: The Greek Hunt

What I found was disappointing. The first computer I scoured held a student's paper entitiled Outtakes. 'We can learn from our memories,' the paper began. 'I don't think animals do that.'

Speakers in Review: Afghan Bashes Taliban

Razmovar interpreted the conflict in terms of black and white, good and evil. Her rhetoric differed little from that of the Presidential press office.

Speakers in Review: Al Sharpton

Sharpton began his speech by talking about the profiling of Arabs in the wake of the September 11 attacks, and suggested that the Bush administration was using the current environment to restrict civil liberties.

Speakers in Review: Ehud Barak

The atmosphere was quite intense, as Safety and Security officers stood guard in their green blazers and Hanover police deputies searched entrants' bags.

Speakers in Review: Desmond Tutu

Tutu credits the leaders of the former era for their progressivism. He considered Gorbachev's role in bringing down the Berlin Wall and important step.

Dining in Review: Kosher-Halal Debuts

One problem at the Pavilion is its high prices, especially for kosher meat dishes, which typically cost two dollars more than their halal counterparts.

Year in Review: Six Men of Dartmouth Mourned

'I know something bad is happening'," said Juan Cisneros '99 to his girlfriend on the 104th floor of the north tower of the World Trade Center on September 11. "'I wanted you to know how much I love you and tell my parents I love them and I love my sister.'

Year In Review: Zantop Killers Sentenced

According to the statement, Tulloch and Parker sought $10,000 to travel to Australia, a plan they devised in early 2000. After several failed robbery attempts, the teens chose the upscale Zantop home randomly.

Letter From Kalb: The Bridge over the River Tye

Some of you might note that I'm several days late in getting here. I had made my mileage calculations under the assumption that next week I was going to magically be able to do twenty miles every day, and I also had to take a little time off.