Friday, August 26, 2005
Volume 25, Issue 16

Willis-Starbuck '07 Killed in Berkeley

If the shooting was sensational and tragic, the announcement of the suspects by police was even more so; gasps of astonishment permeated the crowd as two of Willis-Starbuck's close friends, Hollis and Christopher Wilson, were named as the conjectured killers.

TDR Interview: Historian Robert Dallek

If the next presidency really falls on it face, economically and politically, Bush may look that much better.

The Morocco Beat

Ever seen Casablanca? Well, that's how I imagine Tangier during the glory days—as a glamorous foreign hub of danger, love, and adventure.

Czechs to Cuba: You Say You Want A Revolution?

One understands why a little better after meeting Jan Bubenik, an experience akin, and here I exaggerate only slightly, to encountering George Washington had he successfully retired from revolutionary politics at the age of 30.

On The Road With Harry Camp

There is no better way to recover from a late night in a fraternity basement, to start off a long day of studying, or to pass a weekend morning than to visit one of our many area diners.

Digging Up History in Belarus

We were part of a group of eighteen Dartmouth students, led by Rabbi Edward Boraz of the Tucker Foundation and Dartmouth Hillel who had traveled to Belarus for "Project Preservation: A Cross-Cultural Education and Service Project," or, to put it more simply, to restore a neglected Jewish cemetery in northwestern Belarus and to better understand the horrors and magnitude of Hitler's "Final Solution."

The William Tell Inn: A Swiss Miss

The William Tell, I was told, is the best Swiss restaurant in New Hampshire, and considering the geographical qualifier, that may very well be true. Indeed, I hold considerable suspicion that the establishment's superlative ranking is wholly dependent on its status as the only dedicated Swiss restaurant in the state.

Not Your Mother's Heidi

Heidi's other love interest, Scoop Rosenbaum (Gordon Gray), is first introduced at a 1968 Eugene McCarthy rally, clutching a crackpot paper call the Liberated Earth News (which the prop manager has fittingly represented with a copy of Dartmouth's liberal rag).

Guns, Lesbians, and Guillotines

Florence is a fun, easy read, however a lack of depth prevents it from being a meaningful critique. It is an entertaining, thought-provoking book—it is just that the thoughts that it provokes are not original. Buckley focuses his satire on clichéd targets: the bumbling American idealist, the French obstructionist, the religious extremist and the corrupt wealth that supports him.

South Park Is Not Conservative

Just a glance over the dust jacket of South Park Conservatives should give us occasion to pause. There's a pugilistic boxing glove and a garish cartoon explosion.

Rugby Opens New Clubhouse

This fall the Dartmouth Rugby Football Club begins its quest to return to the national championship with a highly competitive schedule that will eventually send two teams to the National Tournament in the spring.

Football Prepares for Fall Season

The Indians are looking to rally behind new head coach, Buddy Teevens '79 and avenge the losses to all but one of their Ivy League opponents last season. The 2005 team includes eleven returning starters, two on offense and nine on defense.

Letters to the Editor

Editor's Note: J. Stethers White's tongue-in-cheek review of the 1485 witch-hunting manual, the Malleus Maleficarum [see TDR 7/22/05] provoked the fury of dozens of disgruntled witches, Wiccans, warlocks, and other members of the various neo-pagan faiths. A selection of their responses appears below.

The Last Word

An intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of the Lone Ranger.

Barrett's Mixology