Friday, May 5, 2006
Volume 26, Issue 12

Everyone Loses in SA Elections

The results are in, and another Student Assembly election season has come and gone with no one the wiser for it.

TDR Interview: Josie Harper

Editor's Note: Josie Harper came to Dartmouth in 1981 as the Women's Lacrosse coach, where she led the team very successfully until 1992, when her assistant, current coach Amy Patton, took over. In the meantime, she had been promoted to Associate Director of Athletics in1990. She was promoted to Senior Associate in 1999, before replacing Dick Jaeger to become Dartmouth's seventh Athletic Director in 2002. She is the first woman to hold this position in the Ivy League. She sat down withThe Dartmouth Review to share her perspectives on the resurgence of Dartmouth sports teams.

TDR Book Review: Playing the Game

The game is constantly changing within college athletics. Years ago, Dartmouth College would enroll roughly 500 eligible football players who would be weeded out until only the best, most committed players remained to compete in games. Now, with changes in college athletics and admissions, Dartmouth can no longer afford to recruit in droves. Dartmouth Football recruits just thirty students every year out of a pool of millions of potential high school athletes across the country.

Dartmouth Skiing's Winning Tradition

The Ski Team is one of the College's most competitive inter-collegiate teams, carrying on a tradition of excellence since the first Carnivals were held at the beginning of the last century at Tuckerman's Ravine on Mt. Washington.

Athletic Facilities Receive Upgrades

Prior to the construction of Baker Library it was once said that Dartmouth was the only college with a gymnasium larger than its library.Thankfully, over the last century the College's priorities have changed and it now boasts an even larger library network that sprawls across campus.

McKinsey Delivers Report on Administration

The Human Resources department faired particularly poorly, as the report essentially called for a complete overhaul of the department's role in hiring, training, compensating, and policy-making.

Rugby Disappointed at Nationals

The seniors now leave the club in the hands of a group of promising athletes, fueled by the positive culture instilled by the outgoing leaders. The new regime will look to continue the DRFC's tradition of success in the spring and fall season to come.

Mi Casa No Es Su Casa: Against Amnesty

Colonists founded America, not immigrants. Immigrants came later, benefiting immensely from the effort of those original colonists, and some gratitude would be appropriate.

In Search of Truth: Science and Religion

A disagreement between the theist and atheist is possible, since one ofthem is right and the other is wrong. Of course, to be right presupposes a conception of Truth, without which, debate – such as those made manifest in the Gifford Lectures – is impossible.

Poetry Month Retrospetive

Editor's Note: In honor of National Poetry Month, actually in April, we offer this collection of works for your consideration.

Gordon Haff's Last Word

Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others.
—Samuel Johnson

Barrett's Mixology

The Sazerac
1 teaspoon of simple syrup
3-4 dashes Herbsaint bitters
2 ounces rye
1/4 teaspoon anise liqueur

Strip of lemon peel
Serve chilled in an Old-fashioned.