Wednesday, October 8, 2003

Dartmouth Review Booted from Media Fair

In a brief discussion, Sergeant Rebel Roberts, the campus police officer who responded to the request for help in the student center, told Editor in Chief Alston B. Ramsay that if he and the other Review staffers did not pack up their materials and leave, she would have to "take it to the next level" and have them "forcibly" removed. When asked for further elaboration, she said the "[next level] should be pretty obvious."

"It was ridiculous," Mr. Ramsay said, "A Dartmouth administrator was willing to call the Hanover Police and have me—a Dartmouth student—arrested for attending an event in the Dartmouth student center. I mean, come on!"

Buzzing Blabbering Idiots

On May 23, Mr. Sehgal wrote an op-ed for the Daily Dartmouth entitled "On Dartmouth Branding," which argued that our school is a jaundiced, haggard specter of her former self. The College needs a makeover: a nip here, a tuck there, and she'll be back to seducing alumni donors and prospective students in no time. According to Sehgal, because of Dartmouth's image problem, "[h]owever much better Dartmouth is in its quality of academics, student body, or even athletics, Dartmouth will not be considered in the same sentence as HYP"—that is, Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.

The JoeRagoForce: "I'm the best EVER!!!"

You could say I've been fairly critical of The BlabberForce—sorry, my mistake: they call it The BuzzFlood now. Fair enough. At first, I was bowled over by the chowder-headed nonsense they were serving, but lately, I've started to come around. Inspired by their hard work, I realized that I, too, must shore up my brand.

Fall Indian Sports Preview

Sports Editor Ben Flickinger looks at the upcoming season for Men's and Women's Hockey, and Football.

The New Academia: Whiteness Studies

Not surprisingly, the envisioned seachange requires substantial curriculum reforms. The report recommends that "race, ethnicity, and cultural diversity [should] make up an important part of every undergraduate's education." Thus, diversity courses should not just be "optional electives" and should not be confined to "specialized ethnic studies departments." These courses must pervade the entire curriculum so that "whiteness [is] no longer...the unacknowledged criterion of the university curriculum."

Bound and Gagged: Campus Speech Codes

On July 28, Gerald A. Reynolds, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights of the United States Department of Education, wrote an open letter to the administrators of colleges and universities across the country. In his letter, Reynolds clarified that federal laws guaranteeing civil rights in education cannot justify the inhibition of free expression—not even on the grounds that some speech constitutes harassment. This should occasion a long overdue consideration of free speech here at Dartmouth.

Michael Ellis: A Man's Man

Last Winter, we at the Review sent Michael Ellis to the annual Winter Carnival drag dance. Michael was, of course, in drag and attending against his will.But ever since he returned, he hasn't been quite the same.We thought we'd try to set him straight by sending him to a discussion on Manhood.

Another Bad Experience

Little was made of the commonality Dartmouth students share, and College traditions were never invoked as a means of bringing undergraduates together. "Be anything but a 'typical' Dartmouth student," the speakers seemed to say, "and don't forget to check out Women's Studies."

New Freshmen on the Row

Various tunes filtered onto the street, and now—at two in the morning—throngs of new freshmen had finally made there way over to the frats. Techno thumped from Tri Kap, the Dead strummed from Bones Gate, cool 80s wafted from Alpha Chi, and cheesy girl-rock beckoned freshmen toward Sig Ep. Mobs of new students—as eclectic as the music vying for them—made their way up and down the Row, nervously glancing at the different houses, trying to determine which one might next admit them sans identification.

Let's Get It On

Freshman Daniel Linsalata braves the annual orientation sex talk.

On the Road with Harry Camp

TDR culinary expert T. Henry Camp goes on the road to review four local diners:

A Day at the Downs

Like a modern day Globe Theater, the Kentucky Derby is remarkable for many things, not the least of which is the sheer variety of people it draws.Busloads of college students from Vanderbilt, the University of Kentucky, and other nearby schools happily fork over the forty-dollar general admission fee, and then take over the infield and turn it into something of a Bluegrass Mardi Gras.

Letters to the Editor

Whitey Hates the Review, Refounding Civilization, Feminists and Feminism, and more!