Friday, November 4, 2005
Volume 26, Issue 4

Why Won't the Faculty Stay?

"No administrator ever attended the class nor reviewed any of the student work. A week later the Dean of Faculty informed the students that anyone unhappy with their grade could have it erased and be given a 'credit' for the course."

The Appleton-Folt Correspondence

"First they came for the music faculty and I did not speak out because I was not a musician. Then they came for the psychologists and I did not speak out because I was not a psychologist. Then they came for the biologists and I did not speak out because I was not a biologist. Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me."

Dartmouth's Culture of Drinking

The unspoken protocols: for serving beer (brothers first, then friends of brothers, then freshman girls), public urination (generally fine in your own house), and Greeks' fascination with vomiting on each other (highly encouraged).

Cartoon by Gregory Pence

"Beer Me."

Town, College Weigh Tubestock Changes

Whether it is under-age, of-age, in public, in private, beer from a can, or vodka from a water bottle, drinking will not stop simply because a Norwich selectman decides it should.

Voting Ends, Constitution Fight Begins

Any Russian can be nominated for the Politburo, you see, so long as the Party Congress approves.

TDR Interview: Dean Spatz '66

Editors' Note: Candidates from both the nominated and petition slates of candidates were contacted for interviews after the Alumni Association election. At press time, however, no response had been received from candidates from the nominated slate. Check online in the coming days at http://www.dartreview.com for interviews with the nominated candidates.

TDR Travel Woes: Hanover to Delaware

I found Kale. I've never seen anyone laugh so hard, nor have I ever I wanted to punch anyone so hard.

Hitler's Final Days: Der Untergang

Downfall is a singularly profound and moving work that seamlessly blends military and civilian lives and physical and mental manifestations of war to provide intriguing insights into the fall of the Third Reich.

Marsalis and the Academy Jazz Up Hop

It's a rare day when I get to things before the last minute. But certain things by sheer dint of their value or importance force me out of my modus operandus. Such was the case with purchasing tickets for two of this season's musical offerings at the Hopkins Center for the Performing Arts.

Rugby Advances in Playoffs

With less than five minutes to play, the Northeastern wing committed a vicious unsportsmanlike penalty as he stomped on the head of eight-man Joe Killefer.

Football Stumbles, Soccer Surges

After a strong showing Homecoming weekend in a 17-6 victory over Columbia, Dartmouth Football lost the next Saturday in a tough 42-14 loss to Harvard in Cambridge.

Letters to the Editor

ROTC Remembered; Against the New Alumni Constitution; Wouldn't You Hate ROTC Too?; Where's Soap When You Need It?; Letter From the Phi Delt Black Hole

The Last Word

College isn't the place to go for ideas.
—Helen Keller

Barrett's Mixology

2 Drams Port
1 Pennyweight Balm of Gilead Buds, crush'd
1 Grain true Cross, powder'd
1 Knuckle-Bone of the Apostle Peter, garnish

Make ye an Amalgam of yon divers Elements. Quaff.