Elsewhere: DMS professor Dr. Joseph Rosen studies and advocates unconventional plastic surgery. Says Rosen, “Human wings will be here. Mark my words.” Rosen asked colleagues at a conference last year, “Why are plastic surgeons dedicated only to restoring our current notions of the conventional, as opposed to letting people explore, if they want, the possibilities?” His answer: “Judeo-Christian conservatism” (how’s that for a mongrel meme?). Story in the Guardian, not the Weekly World News.

Dean of Admissions Karl Furstenberg on top-tier admissions and packaging at MSNBC.

More on freshman Lindsay Earls’s suit against her school district in Oklahoma’s mandatory drug testing for participants in extracurricular activities.

AP story mentioning DMS researcher Dr. John Baron’s testing of the effect of aspirin on colon cancer.

“The finest film writer in the English language”: The SF Gate on former Dartmouth film professor David Thomson.

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