Wednesday, November 24, 2004
Volume 25, Issue 5

Drape Yourself With Sackcloth & Ashes

After it was clear that President Bush had been reelected, many a voice was crying out in the wilderness. Activists were devastated and saddened.

Howard Dean, The Comedian

Dr. Dean said that if the party "moved any further to the middle, we'd fall off the face of the flat earth," to which the audience responded with wild cheers and applause.

The New Architecture of U.S. Politics

In a recent lecture, Mr. Shribman commented about the current state of the union sans President John Kerry. He was plain-spoken and eloquent, and his commentary more or less on-the-mark.

DCAL: 'Keep It All To Yourself'

Because it was among faculty members, one would have thought that the discussion would have been an authentic examination of the role a professor's beliefs plays in the classroom. Instead, the better part of the ninety-minute charade discussed student reaction to a lecturer's leanings, with a decided emphasis on how to best siphon, and parry those lecture hall scoundrels who dissent.

Fall Athletics Roundup

The win came on Senior Day, and the last game of the season will be at Princeton Saturday, November 20th. Combining strong defense and their newfound rusher in Gaudet, prospects look high entering this weekend's game.

Rugby Secures National Playoff Berth

Dartmouth capped off their season by achieving one of its primary goals—a chance at the National title.

College Life: Butlers, Pistols, Speakeasies...

Taken together, Animal House and Wonder Boys say a lot about what we think of life on a college campus, ostensibly rational but subtly absurd, intolerable yet addictive, a pleasant conundrum. Kind of like College.

Book Review: WFB's Miles Gone By

Buckley is disgusted by timidity. He's impatient with those who waste time. He disdains things ordinary or commonplace... You can be great, or you can be awful, but just don't bother being dull.

The Last Word

No degree of dullness can safeguard a work against the determination of critics to find it fascinating.

—Harold Rosenberg