Sunday, August 5, 2007

Letters to the Editor

Open Board Meetings to Alumni; Alum Calls Out New-School Heorots

Real Questions for AskDartmouth

The new AskDartmouth website, run by the Office of Public Affairs, is the centerpiece of the Administration’s effort to respond to the “misinformation” supposedly put forward by the College’s petition candidates. Though the site promises to provide “facts that may help to clarify current events and things people are talking about,” in reality, AskDartmouth limits itself to self-congratulation.

Town, College Weigh Tubestock Changes

Editor’s note: This article is being reprinted from the November 4, 2006 issue of The Dartmouth Review. It explains why Tubestock is now banned at the College.

College Republican Round-Up

New Hampshire’s jealously guarded status as the first-in-the-nation presidential primary has wonderful spillover effects for politically active students studying in the state. In this atmosphere, members of the Dartmouth College Republicans have attended a number of events throughout the spring and summer worthy even of New Hampshire voters.

Words of Summer Wisdom

Relax: It’s summer. Don’t expect sophomore summer to be amazing, just enjoy yourself, and it will be great. Take advantage of sophomore summer because it goes by so fast that before you know it, you are off, or your friends are off, and then all of a sudden you are a senior.

Sophomore Summer To-Do List

The Upper Valley certainly has a lot to offer, especially in its finest season—hazy summer. From indoors to outdoors, there is never any time to be bored with a summer spent at Dartmouth.

TDR Exclusive Interview: Frank Gado on Alumni Governance and 1891 Agreement

Frank Gado: You ask the key questions, and isn’t it curious that we’ve been given no straight answers?

The 1891 Agreement: A History in Brief

In 1891, instigated by problems the College was facing and the growing dissonance between alumni and the College, five members of the then-ten-member appointed Board resigned; five elected alumni trustees took their place. The establishment of parity is recorded in the minutes of the Association of Alumni; each time the Board expanded, the parity was honored, establishing a 116 year precedent of parity on the Board.

American Art: Higlights from the Hood

American Art at Dartmouth, is not only a survey of the history of American art, but also shows Dartmouth’s history of collecting art, focusing on how and why these pieces made their way into the Hood’s collection.

Maybe Now You’ll Get Into Harvard

What is the admissions office looking for according to Hernandez? Two words that anyone familiar with applying to college will be intimately familiar with: initiative and passion, or: a hook.

Icon: Marlene Dietrich

Icon. No other word better sums up the veiled allure and glamour of the German-born American actress, singer and performer Marlene Dietrich.

Ovid on the Green

Though “The O Myths” recount ancient tales that have long been inscribed into the Western imagination, the play did not lack the eminence of today’s modern world: Ciardelli’s diverse cast, which combined international professional actors with Dartmouth student actors, thematically shaped her vision of “The O Myths.”

By the Sea

In the summer at Ocean Grove, New Jersey black men wearing white trousers pushed the rolling chairs along the boardwalk.

Concerto in Blurb Minor

A lot of you have been writing in asking, “How is Social Justice for Tweens coming along? Can I see the proofs, possibly?” The answer is (a) horribly and (b) absolutely not.

Barrett’s Mixology

The Makeshift Bloody Mary

Three parts boxed wine.
Four parts tomato juice.
A teaspoon of black pepper.

Mix with index finger when no one is looking.

The Last Word

Summer afternoon... the two most beautiful words in the English language.
–Henry James