Tuesday, June 1, 2004

Rodgers Elected to the Board of Trustees: An In-Depth Interview With TJR

Rodgers: "One thing that is distinctly different at Dartmouth today is I don't believe that there is the freedom of speech, or the freedom of assembly at the College today, compared to when I was there. You're in a precarious state when the freedom of speech is not robust. Obviously you're on a campus and people can make statements, but I don't believe the freedom of speech is as good as it was when I was there."

Obligatory Phi Delt Mention

In the winter of 2003, nineteen upstanding gentlemen began rebuilding a fraternity that had been dead since winter 2000. Now in the spring of 2004, after a rigorous review process, endless interviews, two Rush classes, and several reams of paper-work, the Phi Delta Alpha 'Colonists' have achieved their ultimate goal: to regain recognition and become fully accepted into the Dartmouth fold, with all of the rights and privileges of every other house on campus.

The Dartmouth Review: Out of Business?

Here's the central tension at the Review: If we had our way, the kind of stuff we cover on a regular basis wouldn't have a place at the College—but then, of course, we'd have no reason for being. After all, if there's nothing left to write about, we're out of a job. (Mediocre reporting is already ably handled by the staff of the Daily Dartmouth.) So all in all, it's a symbiotic beast.

Porn Is Too Hard to Beat On Your Own

On a more serious note, xxxchurch espouses the sort of fanaticism that, along with ostracizing itself from the mainstream audience it seeks to reach nationwide, would not sit well here in our tolerant and permissive community of Dartmouth College. Most notably, one section of the site takes an egregious potshot at homosexuals.

A Nice-Feeling Earthquake

While each of these women inarguably overcame obstacles or achieved something personally or publicly significant, the stories themselves were not the most intriguing part of the presentation, nor was the earth's failure to split at its seam. Rather, it was the fact that none of the stories (save that of the woman who had a child) focused upon circumstances that are unique to women.

Divestment: Don't Bother

Dartmouth's Advisory Committee on Investor Responsibility is spending money on "expensive" notification service software and using administrative assistants' College-paid hours for issue research—all to use the College's meager shareholder votes on resolutions that will never pass. It just seems a bit, well, irresponsible.

The Olsen Twins: Double Your Pleasure

The film consists largely of what I call soft-core soft-core porn. By the time the opening credits have scrolled by, Mary-Kate (or maybe Ashley, I honestly couldn't tell the difference) has already appeared naked twice, for no reason. Then, in the opening scene, one of the interchangeable twins attempts to seduce a conductor to avoid purchasing a train ticket. Later, the two tear through Times Square in nothing more than skimpy bath-towels.

Letters to the Editor

Stalin the Environmentalist; Dull Scientist Calls Immelt Dull; Feel-Good Free-Thinking Cultists?; Empty Whining; Student Elections Coverage Prompts Indignation

The Last Word

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.

—Winston Churchill

Barrett's Mixology

1 oz Vodka
3 oz Orange Juice
1.5 oz Sprite
A Splash of Peach Schnapps

Combine ingredients over ice.