Thursday, November 9, 2006

COS Reform: In Pursuit of Due Process

There is no legitimate excuse to deny the students the liberties afforded by enacting the recommendations afforded by the Task Force’s report. To do so would be an insult to the very idea of justice.

Alumni Constitution: Path to Victory; Over-aggression Comes Back to Bite DACS

Finally, the battle over the deservedly maligned Alumni Constitution has concluded. If it had been fought as a traditional military campaign, rather than on the pages of various publications and websites, the aftermath would have left the Hanover Plain looking much like the fields of Gettysburg after those bloody July days. Unlike Gettysburg, however, the underdogs emerged victorious, as, on November 2, the College grudgingly and quietly released a press release announcing that the constitution had been soundly defeated in a vote that saw a record turnout of Dartmouth alumni.

Follies of the Sustainability Saga

That’s right: on the “Dartmouth Sustainability Accomplishments” page, there is a huge blank space with the text “check back soon.”

Well, At Least Spending Should Drop...

Hodes 53%, Bass 45%; Democrats Win House and Senate; Arizona Adopts English as Official Language; 7 Seven States Ban Gay Marriage; Three States Deny Legal Marijuana; Michigan Bans Affirmative Action

TDR Interview: Historian Robert Dallek; On the Nixon & Bush Administrations

As a president in the 19th century, John Quincy Adams, said “Do not go in search of monsters abroad. We are the well-wishers of every nation’s freedom and independence. But we are the advocates and defendants only of our own.” And although the times have changed, and America is in a very different place now in 2006 than it was in 1826 or 1827 when John Quincy Adams said that, it still has a kind of wisdom.

Perrin’s Pastoral Paradise

The pleasure in reading most of Perrin’s work is found within his earnest yearning for days gone by; his modest plea for a return to former simplicity, a simplicity that has past us all by.

Indian Rugby Season Roundup

In the final minutes the Dartmouth attack—fighting for a result that would see them through to the playoffs—continued to decimate the Harvard defense.

Barrett's Mixology

Kinmen's Defense

Generally consumed at every meal, repetitively, in a miniaturized shot glass—50+ percent alcohol—and always saluted with a slam onto the table and a “Gambay!”

The Last Word

It’s a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president except me.
—Barry Goldwater