The D’s Editorial
The Daily Dartmouth‘s editorial this morning claims that Dartmouth has given up on its original mission of education Indians and “while Riner has the same…
News
Thought on All This
As Stern points out, Heintz comic was far more offensive than Riner’s speech by almost any metric. Now remember, if not for instant running voting,…
Controversy Surrounds Riner Convocation Speech
A summary of the fallout, as reported in The Dartmouth. Wednesday:A news article refers to the speech as “resembl[ing] a sermon” and quotes only freshmen…
Tuck Prof to Join CEA
President Bush has named Tuck professor Matthew Slaughter to the President’s Council of Economic Advisers. The President intends to nominate Matthew Slaughter, of New Hampshire,…
Freshman Issue Online
The first TDR of the fall term, the freshman issue, has now been posted online for your reading pleasure.
Oversubscribed Courses
As of this morning, the first day of classes, only one government class (a seminar from a visiting professor) had ANY openings. I discovered this…
Scott Glabe Call-Out
Scott Johnson ’73 on the Powerline Blog calls out Scott Glabe for pointing him towards Noah Riner’s Convocation speech, and also notes Scott’s column in…
Pres. Wright at Convocation
Riner’s speech today should, of course, be contrasted directly with President Wright’s Convocation speech, now also available online . Key lines from the speeches: Riner,…
Convocation
Noah Riner ’06’s speech to the class of ’09 is available online. And in case you missed it, Sandeep Ramesh’s valedictory speech to the class…
Zywicki on Hurricane Response
Alumni Trustee Todd Zywicki ’88 has posted to his blog several interesting pieces about the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. He raises several questions about the…