Friday, March 5, 2004

My Messiah is Cooler Than Yours

The Passion's Jesus isn't a postmodern fuzzy-wuzzy Jesus. Gibson's Jesus suffered, died, was buried and resurrected, something on which Carroll seems unwilling to reflect.

Dartmouth's Great Sucking Sound

Besides noting that the event stripped all legitimacy from the College's criticism that the Greek system is anti-intellectual (door prizes included Playstation, not Arisotle), Judah estimated that the event could have cost up to $50,000 dollars—for approximately 750 students in attendance. That's $65 per student—like, a keg a piece!

Shelby Grantham's Hate-Free Sing-a-long

Once, while lecturing on the racism of white band-aids, a student suggested that it was not racism that drove corporations to make white band-aids, but profit. Grantham proceeded to silence him by calling him "a white supremacist." After class, she sent an e-mail to all her students to clarify her comments—and call his views those of a white supremacist again

The Quotable Grantham

On Tax Cuts: "Animals don't know the rules of economics."

On Racism: "Only white people can be racist."

Grantham Explains the Racism of Band-Aids

My own experience as a white person is that those assumptions are deeply embedded in white culture. I am aware of feeling them all the time. My experience as a white woman operating in a white man's world is that some of those assumptions (the last in particular) are particularly deeply embedded in the minds of most of the men I have encountered (not all).

TDR On the Road Again

Zeta Psi appealed the decision by suing the town in the Grafton County Superior court. The organization contended that the Review should be treated no differently than The Dartmouth, which holds its offices in Robinson Hall

Separate but Equally Delicious

Like their liberal counterparts, these modern conservatives' protests attempt to provoke a reaction from their audience, particularly those who disagree. Unlike many of rage-fueled marches of the past, however, bake sales and the like make a specific and content-filled point: Racial preferences in education are unfair.

Dartmouth Activist Dinner: No Animals Harmed

The most recent "leading" she has had was in the Hanover area, specifically in the lobster tanks of the Hanover Co-op. We kid you not. "Hands closed with rubber bands, a tank so clean that it is clear that they aren't being fed... slowly starved to death... I've got to do something about it, I'm not sleeping at night," she wailed. And so, Grantham took up arms to seek relief for the helpless lobsters unable to speak for themselves.

Lies, Damned Lies, and Vaginas

Domestic violence, sexual abuse, rape as a political tool, genital mutilation—these are serious problems. The fact is, with a few exceptions, the Monologues don't really deal with abuse, exploitation, and the like.

A Well-Rounded Sex Education

It was billed as an "innovative way to explore healthy sex and sexual health." Evidently, one way to do this is through lascivious pastries. Sitting in the center of Collis Commonground was a long table laden with baked goods shaped anatomically. I coyly gobbled a sugar cookie penis amidst the bagnio

Three Ladyboys on This One from Hansel

Dan became Jane, Sparks became Trixette, and Snacks became Helga... We can't pin down exactly where we lost our dignity, but we are fairly certain it was sometime between the donning of dresses and the application of body glitter. Unfortunately, it was swept up and disposed of in the same garbage bag as our Russian friend Zhenka, never to be regained

Charge of the Bud Light Brigade

Political editor, mixologist and lovable Review mascot Rollo Begley enlisted in the United States Army and will soon add another title to his name: Second Lieutenant.

TDR Interview: Meir Shlomo

Obviously 9/11 has been a huge tragic traumatic experience for the American nation, for the whole world, for that matter, and I think that it was a wake up call for all of us that terrorism is a major threat in the world for us of western societies, and we've got to wake up and do something about it.

Barrett's Mixology

My instantaneous admiration for the gentleman caused me to lose my train of thought completely, forcing me to stare open-mouthed as he proceeded to down all four drinks, muttering to himself, "One, two, three, four. Down the red lane they go." The scene seemed somehow familiar to me, but I couldn't help thinking he had accidentally ordered the wrong drink.

Feminists Who Don't Hate Babies!?

Ms. Winn did not discuss in detail situations where the health of the mother is at risk, emphasizing the rarity of such circumstances, and the fact that an emergency Cesarean section can usually be performed instead of a late-term abortion.