Friday, October 7, 2005
Volume 26, Issue 2

Noah Riner '06 Welcomes Class of '09

Riner: There's more to college than achievement. With Martin Luther King, we must dream of a nation – and a college – where people are not judged by the superficial, "but by the content of their character."

Church and State at Dartmouth

Those at Dartmouth who objected to Mr. Riner's obeisance to Jesus acted as though he were bent on repealing the First Amendment. It wasn't as if he had been appealing to restore Dartmouth's original charter—which called for Christianizing the Indians.

Cartoon by Gregory Pence

"Sucks to be you, dude."

The Charge of the Academy

I'd expect that there's a sizeable chunk of the student body for whom college means an opportunity to pony up tens of thousands to prevent the Bible-thumpin', holy water-tossin', ice cream social-hostin' crazies from lurching out of Jesusland.

Christianize Dartmouth?

Editor's Note: As a part of the continuing series of retrospecitves in celebration of The Review's twenty-fifth anniversary, what follows is the text of a speech delivered at Rollins Chapel on January 21, 1998. Mr. Buckley's appearance was prompted by comments then Dartmouh President James O. Freedman made at the November 7, 1997 dedication of the Roth Center for Jewish Life and Culture—as reported in the New York Times the following day—and Mr. Buckley's subsequent letter to the editor of the Times, published November 18, 1997. Mr. Buckley's speech is printed in its entirety.

The Lone Pine Revolution Continues

In a particularly Orwellian maneuver, the Alumni Council would change its name to the Alumni Assembly–and remain unrepresentative–while the Association would retains its name–and lose nearly all its power.

Dartmouth Experienced Yet Again

My purpose, according to upperclassmen not involved with the program, was to ingest enough No-Doz to see every simplistic, mechanical presentation to its hilarious end.

TDR Interview: Bill Kristol: The Weekly Standard Turns Ten

Editor's Note: Bill Kristol, editor and co-founder of the Weekly Standard, is a jack-of-all-trades, variously serving as an academic, public servant, lobbyist, and political operative before entering journalism. He is one of the nation's leading conservative commentators and is chairman of the Project for a New American Century, which seeks to promote American global leadership. Kristol was educated at Harvard, receiving a BA in 1973 and a Ph.D in 1979. TDR recently caught up with him in the Washington, DC offices of the Weekly Standard.

Myth and Madness in the Middle East

Dr. Levin has loaded his erudite analysis into an exhaustive six-hundred page tome in support of this striking child abuse hypothesis: abusive parents—and nations—beget delusional children.

Rugby Fires It Up With New Clubhouse

The first weekend of the term was a gala weekend for the Dartmouth Rugby Football Club.

Football Falls to Penn, Looks Ahead to Yale

For the first time in recent memory, Dartmouth won their season opener against Colgate, 26-21.

Moose Spotted Leaving Mike Lord's House

A bull moose was sighted last Saturday in East Wheelock, creating something of a disturbance in the normally serene cluster.

Letters to the Editor

Memories of 25 Years; Religion's Role In Academia; When Angry Tabards Attack; The Editors Repond

The Last Word

Writers should be read, but neither seen nor heard.
—Daphne du Maurier

Barrett's Mixology

Bloody Caesar

1 oz Vodka
3 oz Clamato Juice
1 dash Worcestershire sauce
2-3 dashes Tobasco sauce

Mix all ingredients in highball glass over ice. Add salt and pepper to taste. Garnish with celery stalk.