Sunday, April 6, 2008

TDR Interview: Dean Thomas Crady

The New Dean of the College

The Wright Retrospective

Editor’s Note: James Wright recently announced his intention to step down as President of the College. The following is a short retrospective of the major events and controversies of his presidency.

Great Books Make A Comeback

The majority of graduating seniors expressed high dissatisfaction on how they were advised in choosing courses.

Theocrats in a Democracy

Lucas Swaine, an Associate Professor of Government here at Dartmouth College, has proposed to help resolve the contention between fundamentalists—or theocrats as he calls them—and liberal democracy in his first book, The Liberal Conscience.

The New President of Dartmouth

Editor’s Note: The following is a reprint of an editorial about the then new President Wright. It was published on September 30, 1998 by The Dartmouth Review.

Professor at Dartmouth: A Bad Job?

A professor never has to grow up. . . .They can even whine, as one tenured faculty member did recently, that despite her advanced degrees she felt unable to teach freshman writing. Whoa.

Harvard Taught Me Persuasion

I can be very persuasive what with my dual Harvard degree (JD and MBA—yeah. . .I’m accomplished) and my powerful friends.

Mark Van Doren: Sanity in the Classroom

To my undergraduate gaze no professor was more in harmony with all that this represents than Mark Van Doren.

Last Word

A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
—Theodore Roosevelt

Mixology: Cairpirinha

1⁄2 Fresh lime cut into wedges
2 teaspoons sugar
Cachaça

Place lime and sugar into rocks glass and muddle using a wooden spoon. Fill glass with crushed ice and Cachaça.