Sunday, November 18, 2007

What’s New in the Trustee Matter

Considering the grim prospects, let’s survey that which is new in the last few weeks of this ongoing controversy.

Col. James A. Donovan ’39 Passes Away

Col. James Adam Donovan ’39 , whom Review readers have known for years as a contributor of cartoons and drawings to the paper, passed away on May 27, 2007 at his home in Sandy Springs, GA.

TDR Exclusive Interview: Maureen Mooney, Who Controls the Charter?

TDR: So along those lines, if the College doesn’t come and ask for permission, would you or any other legislators take any action?

Mooney: No, absolutely not.

Edwards Plays Bryan at the Hop

Indeed, for anybody with the faintest grasp of political history, Edwards’s speech, his campaign strategy, and his political views are nothing new: he is merely the latest incarnation of an American fixture, the famous populist politician.

TDR Exclusive Interview: Ward Connerly

Ward Connerly is the founder and head of the American Civil Rights Institute, a national organization aimed at educating the public on racial preferences. He was the driving force behind California’s Proposition 209, which led to the end of the University of California System’s use of race in its admissions.

The Will to be Average

The only analytical strategy seemed to be a resolute effort to find the raw averages of various aspects of the trustee boards at these institutions.

College Given Green Grade of A-

The Sustainable Endowments Institute recently published their annual report card. . . . This most recent report card put Dartmouth College at an A-, the highest grade given out.

My Lunch with Grantham

This is the cutest rear end I have seen in a long, long, long time.

What I Saw In Chile, Hart Meets Pinochet

What seemed to be on his mind was anchovies! Chilean anchovies from the cold waters off the coast were the best in the world. And—here he leaned forward confidentially—anchovies, senor, are VERY good for your masculinity! He seemed especially interested in that. I seemed to be in the world of one of Evelyn Waugh’s early novels.

We’re Still in Kansas, Toto

I mostly relied on clues of facial expression to figure out whether my answers were getting warm or not each time I went in to give it a shot. That’s how all education takes place, it seems to me.

Rugby Crushes Brockport, Falls to Army

After a convincing win in the semi-finals against Brockport on Saturday, November 11 and a tough loss to Army on Sunday, Dartmouth finished their fall season in the number two spot in the Northeast, clinching a bid to the USA Rugby D-1 National Collegiate Championships.

I Apologize in Advance—with Cate Lunt

In trying to fill the space, I called around to get permission to run someone else’s stuff, and unfortunately the only article I could get was this column by world-famous foreign policy columnist Fromas Thiedman. Yeah. Really sorry. He’s won like twenty Pulitzers; I have no idea how.

The Last Word

Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book.
—Edward Gibbon

Barrett's Mixology

Negroni

1 Part Gin
1 Part Campari
1 Part Red Vermouth