Original Article: http://dartreview.com/archives/2003/02/05/week_in_review.php
Wednesday, February 5, 2003
Replacement Prof
The Religion Department is currently interviewing seven candidates to replace retiring professor Charles Stinson, who specialized in the Christian tradition. The department is requesting student involvement in the search. The candidates Christine Shephardson, Stephen Shoemaker, Charlotte Radler, Clarence Hardy, and Kent McConnell have been asked to give a sample lecture in a topic from Religion 15: Introduction to the Christian Tradition. With each lecture the candidate will be required to elaborate why he or she chose their particular theme and discuss its relevance. Students are then requested to write evaluations of each professor.
Professor Stinson leaves big shoes to fill. A member of the faculty since 1968, both Stinson himself and his courses have often earned TDR's praise in our annual review of the best professor's and courses at Dartmouth. The TDR wishes him the best of luck in his retirement.
Born Again
In celebration of Martin Luther King day, Dartmouth students were treated to the spoken word stylings of Jason Carney. Carney, a self-described former skinhead, was sent to a juvenile detention center for various violent acts. It was there he underwent an epiphanyafter being housed with an HIV positive gay male. A friendship developed, and Carney's eyes were opened to the wonders of others unlike him. His work has been described as 'edgy and raw,' by Roger Bonair-Agard the distinguished author of '...and chaos congealed' and 1999 National Slam Individual Champion. Carney's poetry promises to 'reform himself and heal others.'
Moving On
In an alternative method of celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. day, students in Texas A&M's Walton Hall decided to throw a 'Ghetto Party' with students dressing in blackface. An anonymous note to Ron Sasse, the director of the Department of Residential Life, notified the university of the event and claimed that similar events had been going on for several years. The incident reminded many of a 1992 'Jungle Fever' party at the university's Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter where , according to the Bryan-College Station Eagle, students wore blackface and grass skirts and went on 'slave hunts.' The Eagle also drew similarities between this event and a party that occurred in 1998 at one 'Dartmouth University' and paraphrases Bill Kibler, the associate vice-president for student affairs, explaining that 'Some [of the party organizers] may not have known they were insulting African Americans.' The Eagle failed to get any of the current residents of Walton Hall to comment on the record, saying that many of them 'preferred to move on.'
Illegal Aliens Begin Classes
Beneficiaries of Utah's newly passed law which allows illegal aliens to attend college while paying in state fees began classes this week. The bill HB144 was passed by the Utah legislature in 2001 but was only recently implemented. Previously, children of illegal aliens who lived in Utah could attend state universities, but had to pay out of state tuition. At most institutions, this meant paying an additional $6000. The majority of people taking advantage of the new law are students who came to Utah as children when their parents entered the USA illegally.
Utah representatives felt that creating such a law as HB144, which makes higher education more accessible to illegal aliens, would help them to become 'more productive citizens.' Others opposed the bill's enactment, believing that it only encouraged, and even rewarded, breaking the law.
Utah is the fourth state to pass legislation giving illegal aliens access to higher education at in state prices. It follows California, Michigan, and Texas. The bill is awaiting passage at the federal level.
Third Dartmouth Alum Named Rhodes Scholar
Fiona Herring '02 was recently designated the Rhodes Scholar from Bermuda, making her the third Dartmouth alum to receive the scholarship this year. Ms. Herring was a computer science major at Dartmouth and is currently working toward a Master of Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She is looking forward to studying Social Anthropology at Oxford.
The other two Dartmouth alums who received Rhodes Scholarships are Heidi Williams '03 and Amar Dhand '01. Ms. Williams will be studying for a Master of Science in the mathematical foundations of computer science, and Mr. Dhand will study for a doctorate in education.
The Rhodes Scholarship was created one hundred years ago. It provides eighteen students per year with the opportunity to study at Oxford University for two or three years. Recipients are selected based on their academic achievement and character, integrity, and potential for leadership.
Four Yale Students Die in Crash
On January 17th, at 5 AM a tractor trailer driving on Interstate 95 collided with an SUV carrying nine students from Yale University. Four died and five were injured, one critically. The students were returning from Manhattan as part of a recruitment trip sponsored by Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. There was no indication that alcohol or drugs were involved. The driver of the tractor trailer, Armando Salgado, 33, of Gardena, California, was northbound on I-95 when he lost control of the truck and broke through a concrete median running into southbound traffic. In the process, two other vehicles were hit, but the drivers suffered only minor injuries. Salgado was unharmed. The accident shut down I-95 for approximately three hours both north and southbound.
The four Yale students who were killed in the crash were Kyle Burnat, of College Park, GA, Andrew Dwyer of Hobe Sound, FL, Sean Fenton of Newport Beach, CA, (the driver), and Nicholas Grass, of Holyoke, MA. The majority of those students involved in the crash were members of the Yale football and baseball teams, and were remembered fondly by the peers. A service was held that evening as the campus struggled to come to terms with the sudden deaths of their friends and classmates.
Indian Hockey Score Ivy Sweep
Dartmouth won a hard fought battle in New Haven, CT on Saturday, February 1, as they took out the Yale Bulldogs 4-3 in conference action. Hugh Jessiman had the game winner and added an assist for the team. Joe Gaul, Mike Oullette, and Jarrett Sampson also scored for Dartmouth. Nick Boucher made 26 saves in net.
Dartmouth (12-8-1, 8-6-0) moved up into 4th place with the weekend sweep. They continue their 4-game road trip when they take on Cornell and Colgate in NY next weekend. Dartmouth owns a 7-0-1 record against Cornell over the last 4 years, including 2-0-1 at Lynah. Dartmouth also improved to 5-2-0 in the Ivy League race. The win sets up a run at the Ivy Title, which they lost last year by a single point after losing to Yale at home in a game that would've given the team its first banner in 22 years.
On Jan 31, Hugh Jessiman had a goal and two assists to lead Dartmouth over the Princeton Tigers 5-2 at Hobey Baker Rink in New Jersey Friday night. Dartmouth built a 2-0 lead, allowed Princeton to tie it late in the 2nd, but got a late 3rd period goal from D-man Trevor Byrne before getting two empty-netters to ice it. Nick Boucher stopped 40 of 42 shots to pick up the win.
Jessiman is the forerunner for ECAC Rookie of the Year, and, along with Lee Stempniak, is on pace to easily eclipse the 40 point mark. Jessiman is currently tied with Yale's Evan Wax for the conference point leader with 31 points. Stempniak is not far behind with 29 points.
College Student Develops Scurvy
US researchers confirmed January 21 that by consumng a diet completely deficient in vitamin C, a college student acquired a case in scurvy. Based on his diet, doctors concluded that the unnamed student was consuming only 0.1 milligrams of vitamin C per day, far below the FDA's recommended daily allowance of 90 milligrams per day. Despite the fact that his diet of 'cheese, crackers, soda, cookies, chocolate, and water' was sufficient in calories, his complete lack of any fruits or vegetables caused him to develop scurvy. A disease best known for its common occurances among sailors in the eighteenth century, scurvy is characterized by bleeding gums, loose teeth, and muscle degeneration. Generally, one to three months of extremely low daily vitamin C intake is required to contract scurvy. The researchers added that it would only take a minimal amount off vitamin C to ward off scurvy, generally as little as a six ounce glass of orange juice daily. After two weeks of taking vitamin C supplements, the student was restored to full health.
Truly Staggering
'My front four teeth are gone, I have a hole in my cheek, my nose is broken and my eyes are swollen nearly shut. I open them and I look around and I'm in the back of plane and there's no one near me. I look at my clothes and my clothes are covered with a colorful mixture of spit, snot, urine, vomit and blood.'
So opens James Frey's first novel, A Million Little Pieces, an account of his battle and recovery from a three-year addiction to crack. (He is also a recovering alcoholic and gas and glue-huffer.) Frey's book may not be so important if not for his ambitions: Frey plans on becoming the greatest writer of his generation no matter what anyone says. Not Dave Eggers, not David Foster Wallace, not Jonathan Safran 'whatever-his-name,' and especially not the general public. And, moreover, he doesn't care what anyone else writes. Frey recently told a reporter from the New York Observer that, 'The Eggers book pissed me off because a book that I thought was mediocre was being hailed as the best book written by the best writer of my generation. Fuck that. And fuck him and fuck anybody that says that. I don't give a fuck what they think of me.'
Whatever Frey's plans, his cohorts don't seem to be worried, particularly Eggers. Eggers recently penned an article for the San Francisco Chronicle about one of the city's finest teachers. While the article, titled 'This teacher rates more than an apple,' was standard feature fluff, its author escaped no one's notice. And, as is standard with Eggers, the piece is now referred to as 'TTTMTAA.' Whatever. The less we hear of Eggers, and for that matter Frey, the better.
Sorry Ty'Rone, Congrats J. Lawrence
A recent study at the University of Chicago School of Business and MIT has concluded that candidates with 'white-sounding' names are more apt to gain employment than their non-white named peers. Researchers sent responded to want ads in the Boston Globe and the Chicago Tribune, sending in over 5,000 résumes. White-sounding applicants received a response for every ten resumes while black-sounding applicants received a response for every fifteen résumes. White names used in the study included Neil, Brett, Emily, and Anne. Black names used included Aisha, Kareeem, Tyrone, and Rasheed.