Tuesday, April 10, 2007

The Curriculum’s the Thing

Professor Tomasi explains his success in terms of eating soup: often, on a campus as fervently liberal as Brown, Professor Tomasi is forced to listen to and endure the most absurd drivel while he quietly and passively looks down at his bowl and “eats his soup.”

Court Hears Arguments on College Suit

Yet another kerfuffle has enveloped the Association of Alumni of Dartmouth College. The Association recently found themselves defending their decision on October 23, 2005: a decision not to allow proxy voting in the election of their Executive Committee.

Bill Richardson’s Reasonable Liberalism

If his desire to run the government like a business weren’t enough, the fact that he is truly a democrat in the tradition of Bill Clinton can only lead one to hope that, if a Democrat must be president, at least let it be Richardson.

Moroccan Ambassador Plays Coy

Smart, competent men like Ambassador Aziz must cease to only acknowledge the smoke and mirror reforms of Morocco. Though Morocco is a trusted ally now, that status could easily change if true reforms within the government are not taken and radical Islam is allowed to flourish.

The New Criterion’s Eyes on Hanover

The election of Messrs. Zywicki and Robinson to the board put the fear of that great but non-gender-or-religiously-specific supreme being, if there is one, into the Dartmouth administration. As an editorial in The Wall Street Journal noted, “A few reformers have achieved a bit of influence, and now the New Hampshire school’s insular establishment is doing everything it can to run them out of Hanover.”

Serious Applause for Robert Hollander

Though not a religious man, Professor Hollander seems to revere the Comedy to an extent that seems nearly religious. The impulse, though, does not bring out woolly-headed obsession with the poem’s rank in the canon but instead renewed determination to understand the text and enjoy it. Throughout our conversation, Hollander returns most often not to arcane academic disputes but to the popular recitations of Benigni.

The Dartmouth Conundrum

Editor’s Note: Beginning this issue, the Review presents in serial a memoir of Dartmouth by John Bruce ‘69, an occasional contributor to these pages. Some names have been changed, but the events are true.

How Dartmouth Changes

Dartmouth today has been astonishingly transformed from the College I entered in the fall of 1947. It is different, but also the same in the most important ways.

Think Outside the Box

Cate Lunt, reporting for duty. I’m here to call people out on their racist, sexist, classist, heteronormative, anthropocentric, heteronormative, logocentric, Eurocentric, capitalist, phallocratic, and heteronormative behavior. I am a foot soldier in the war on apathy. Gandhi said, “Be the change you want to see in the world.” Yeah, all right, let’s do this!

Barrett's Mixology

Hot Toddy
A generous serving of scotch.
1 tsp honey.
Boiled water.
1 slice fresh lemon.
Pinch nutmeg.

Pour water into a mug and dissolve in the honey. Add the scotch. Add the lemon and nutmeg. Stir well.

The Last Word

It has always been difficult to get Big Bird to be very pretty. Big Bird in England is much more gorgeous.
–Jim Henson