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Saturday, December 14, 2002

Be on the lookout

Says John McWhorter in today's featured article at OpinionJournal, "We can be sure that as the second semester begins in universities across the country next month, professors will be referring to Mr. Lott's comment as evidence that 'America remains a deeply racist country.'"

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Posted by alex at 12:39 AM (0 comments)

Red Storm subsiding

While at home on Strong Island, I've always rooted for St. John's as a local college sports favorite. Unfortunately, they too are cutting men's and women's swimming, as well as men's track and field (including cross country) and football, though they will be adding varsity men's lacrosse. Apparently, this is not budgetary, but rather because of Title IX. Or so reports the semi-local rag, New York Newsday.

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Posted by alex at 12:17 AM (0 comments)

Friday, December 13, 2002

Emmett, you're wrong.

Emmett, your passionate defense of Lott is inspiring, but wrong. He needs to go and he should have the courage to take one for the team here. I'm not suggesting that he leaves the Senate, that is up to the fine people of Mississippi, but to have him be in charge of the President's agenda in the Senate is problematic. There is no way he will be able to extract any good-will from the Democrats here. Regardless of hypocrisy (which you are correct to note), they know they will be able to gut Lott, and more importantly Bush's agenda, like a fish with him in charge. Do you think conservative judges will get their appointments? Or the tax cuts we need? Defense and security? Every time he needs a break, and with only a slim majority and some soft GOP Senators to boot this will be often, all the left will have to do is play a clip of him singing Thurmond's praises and mention re-election to make him offer his soul (if he has one left) to move a bill. In that slip of the tongue, Lott lost all credibility as a national leader.

Also, consider it this way... The Democrats may have flocked to protect the Clintons like flies to .... but we should have higher standards and not allow ourselves to be accused of hypocrisy.

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Posted by Christian at 6:32 PM (0 comments)

Lott and Weblogs

Rhetorica is putting together a Lott/weblog timeline.

If you didn't read the Times today, Krugman points to Joshua Marshall's Talking Points for driving the story.

Enough of this; back to the bar.

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Posted by Andrew Grossman at 3:59 PM (0 comments)

Overheard in the business center of the League

(There has been a big holiday party going on here since 11 AM)

"Can you hear me now? Now? Can you hear me now? What about now? What about...ooops! No, silly, I tripped!"

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Posted by Andrew Grossman at 3:47 PM (0 comments)

Extremist flames

A reader writes:
Do you guys find it strange that very few opinion polls are being presented in the news as to how the general public thinks the Lott controversy should be handled? It makes me wonder how much of this is being fanned by extremists instead of actual opinion. My gut reaction is that most people find the comments stupid, irresponsible, and wrong, but really don't think they amount to needing as strong a rememdy as the extremists and partisans think should be applied.

I dunno, just a thought.

Matt Glassman
Department of Political Science
Yale University
The blogosphere has really been driving major media coverage of the matter. Bloggers tend to be reactionary (and, true, sometimes written by extremists; to a larger extent than the general public, anyway), and that's what we're seeing in this case: Insta-reaction.

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Posted by Andrew Grossman at 3:44 PM (0 comments)

Talcott

That's right, Byrd certainly hasn't shed his racist views. If anyone in the Senate is an unreconstructed confederate, it's him.

PS -- Isn't Michelle Malkin a hottie?

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Posted by Emmett at 3:18 PM (0 comments)

RE: Byrd

Some of those comments were oh-so-recent. I remember him using the "WN" term just last year!

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Posted by alex at 3:08 PM (0 comments)

More Political News

The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that Carol Moseley-Braun will "definitely" run for her old Senate seat in 2004. If she wins the primary, she will face off against Republican Peter Fitzgerald, a Dartmouth grad who soundly defeated Moseley-Braun in 1998. (I interned for him in 1999.)

Roll Call thinks Fitzgerald is the most endangered incumbent going into the next cycle; I doubt that. Though he's angered many conservatives by being too John McCain-y, he'll cakewalk the nomination. He's very good on constituent services, and he's managed to keep his image free from partisanship -- critical for a Republican in Illinois. If Moseley-Braun wins the Democratic nomination, Fitzgerald will win reelection handily. If she doesn't win the nomination, there will no doubt be a bruising primary, because black voters in Chicago love her. Either scenario looks good for the GOP.

ALSO: Lott will not announce his resignation as majority leader at today's press conference, says Fox News.

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Posted by Emmett at 12:47 PM (0 comments)

29?

From Political Wire:
Vermont Gov. Howard Dean (D) "threw his first big home state fund-raising bash Tuesday night and 29 Democrats from all over the state came," the Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus reports.
So much for those presidential aspirations...

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Posted by Andrew Grossman at 12:17 PM (0 comments)

Lott to Bleed on the Floor -- Again

Matt Drudge is reporting that Lott is having a press conference at 4:30pm CST in Pascagoula, MS. This will be apology number three. The race-baiters will never be satisfied.

Eugene Volokh cites a GOP source saying that Lott may be on his way out. If he's right, then one thing is certain: this is racial McCarthyism.

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Posted by Emmett at 12:02 PM (0 comments)

Liberal Hypocrisy

I finally managed to find a great Michelle Malkin piece on the sordid past of Senator Robert Byrd (D, the Confederacy). Some choice quotes from the former Klansman:

"There are white niggers. I've seen a lot of white niggers in my time. I'm going to use that word. We just need to work together to make our country a better country, and I'd just as soon quit talking about it so much."

"[The Klan was an] effective force [in] promoting traditional American values."

"The Klan is needed today as never before and I am anxious to see its rebirth here in West Virginia" and "in every state in the Union."

"[I will never fight] with a Negro by my side. Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds."

Trent Lott's comment, once again: "I want to say this about my state. When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We're proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years, either."

Their hypocrisy isn't just humorous. It's disgusting.

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Posted by Emmett at 11:59 AM (0 comments)

Who Are the Real Segregationists?

With all this ballyhooing over Trent Lott's praise of Strom Thurmond, it's probably worthwhile to remind ourselves, once again, that the Left has absolutely no credibility on the issue of segregation. Today, they are the ones in support of it. Here's an article from Front Page Magazine about radical separatism at Cornell.

Which way to the colored water fountains?

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Posted by Emmett at 10:14 AM (0 comments)

Thursday, December 12, 2002

Save money at Amazon, B&N, etc.

This little script (scroll down to "Dartmouth") that you can install in your browser's toolbar will search the Dartmouth library catalog for the books you've located on Amazon, B&N, etc. Benefits: instant gratification (if you're on campus) and low cost.

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Posted by Andrew Grossman at 9:54 PM (0 comments)

Also

In the spirit of posting emails sent to administrators, I post the following which I sent to the Council on Libraries. I recommend checking out their minutes for a closer look at the proposed cuts to Sanborn et al. They are meeting today. http://www.dartmouth.edu/~library/col/col.html

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I write to address an issue I do not believe has been given attention in the recent debate over library budget cuts. I understand that the Council on Libraries will be meeting today, December 12, and it is my desire that the Council discuss the Sanborn Library Fund.

Attached you will find the relevant excerpts from Edwin Sanborn's will, penned in 1927; the other clauses do not address Sanborn House or Library. In the will, he establishes Sanborn House and Sanborn Library "as a homelife center for those especially interested in English literature and for the convenience of advanced students in that subject, and a place for conference and discussion on such topics." Sanborn Library is obviously the central component of this mandate. The current proposals would destroy Sanborn House's purpose. As the minutes from the Council on Library's October 16th meeting explain, 2,000 of the 4,000 books would be removed, the reserves shifted to Baker-Berry, the librarian positions eliminated, and the hours severely curtailed to "depend on the English department," which would, without a doubt, be much more limited than the present hours of operation. This cannot be what Edwin Sanborn meant by "convenience," nor can it even resemble what he had in mind for Sanborn to "house a library on English and topics related thereto." The operative word here is, of course, "library," not "reading room." While Sanborn Library might remain a reading room, its original purpose as a research and home center, as well as "library," would be entirely negated; the books remaining would even be removed from the card catalogue, and the barren shelves would ruin the library's aesthetic appeal.

Further, there is certainly no lack of money in the Sanborn Library Fund. While I do not doubt the severity of the present budget crisis, Sanborn House is endowed with sufficient money set aside with Sanborn House and Library as the absolute top priority (See attached will). In 1927, the original amount was approximately 1.1 million, but it has since swelled to around 20 million. The trust pays out somewhere around $900,000 annually. This is more than enough to cover all expenses associated with Sanborn--staff included--and then some. Yet, presently, most of this money seems to be going to general collections. This money should instead first be used to bolster Sanborn. There is no need to pare the library's functions, and any cutting would certainly go against Edwin Sanborn's final wishes.

It would also seem that elimination of Sanborn Library would be in direct violation of Edwin Sanborn's word and intent. Diversion of any money set aside for Sanborn House--be it to the general collection or to FO&M--would come under the jurisdiction of the New Hampshire Attorney General's office of charitable trusts as a violation of Edwin Sanborn's will. From my reading, axing the library under the proposed conditions would fall into this category.

I ask that serious attention be given to the Sanborn Library Fund. This trust has plenty of money to not only maintain the building, but also to support the necessary staff for Sanborn Library. These librarians have a level of expertise with the Sanborn collection that cannot be matched by staff in the general collection who are not familiar with the collection, which will be distributed throughout the vast stacks of Baker-Berry. There is no doubt that Edwin Sanborn intended his estate to benefit English students--and the student body as a whole--through Sanborn House and Library. These wishes necessitate Sanborn Library remaining open in its present capacity, not with most resources eliminated or removed to Baker-Berry. The proposed changes would be incredibly detrimental to these ends; they would render his every wish, and even his last will and testament, a moot point.

I hope that all parties involved in this decision, especially President Wright as executor, will have the moral integrity to uphold the word and intentions of the late Edwin Sanborn. Elimination of Sanborn Library would be a disgrace to his honor and an egregious disservice to the estate he so generously donated to Dartmouth College.

Sincerely,
Alston Ramsay

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Posted by Alston B. Ramsay at 2:23 AM (0 comments)

Wednesday, December 11, 2002

Odd

A few minutes ago a check-out girl at the grocery store said something perplexing. She attends Guilford College (Greensboro, NC) and recently had to fill out a course evaluation. Under the part for sex, the options were male, female, AND transgender.

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Posted by Alston B. Ramsay at 9:28 PM (0 comments)

Colonel Qaddafi

This has nothing to do with anything, but, for the record, if I were a colonel and I took over a country, I'd give myself a promotion. I mean, maybe just to Brigadier General at first, but eventually, why not make yourself a four-star? You're bossing around all your generals anyway, so you might as well outrank them.

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Posted by Rollo at 4:52 PM (0 comments)

Wright in NY

Apparently James Wright spoke at the Harmony Club in New York last night (no word yet on why he didn't speak at, um, the Dartmouth Club). He said to expect more (yes, more) budget cuts in April.

One observation of the speech: "He spoke for twenty or thirty minutes, but it wasn't until afterwards that I said 'you know, he never actually said anything.'"

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Posted by Rollo at 4:40 PM (0 comments)

Swim Team Update

The Valley News reports that Dartmouth will continue to discuss plans to save the swim team. I don't buy it.

http://www.vnews.com/12112002/810356.htm

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Posted by Alston B. Ramsay at 4:03 PM (0 comments)

Interesting supreme court cases

http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/name.htm

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Posted by Kyle at 1:57 PM (0 comments)

Re: My Two Cents

Yah, I'm tepid on Lott myself.

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Posted by Emmett at 11:10 AM (0 comments)

Re: My Two Cents

Emmett, while this whole Lott thing may be blown out of proportion (especially by Gore, but when was the last time he said something rational), it neatly encapsulates part of the problem with Trent Lott: he's often politically stupid. The fundamental problem with his statement is that many minorities and white liberals believe that Republicans and conservatives, especially those from the South, still have a white sheet and hood hanging next to their Brooks Brothers suits in their closets. The reality of his statement only reinforces this false perception.

I, for one, certainly hope this is the final straw for Lott. Since assuming the leadership post after Dole ran for president, Lott has been completely worthless. In addition to frequently saying stupid things, can you name one accomplishment of his? Instead, he has been rolled by the Democrats throughout his tenure. He combines the spinelessness of the Bob Michel years with the added bonus of borderline racist statements. It is time for him to go. Actually that time was about five years ago.

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Posted by Ryan at 11:06 AM (0 comments)

Censorship at Concordia University

Hillel members at this Canadian school have been told that they cannot distribute flyers for the Israeli Defense Force. Amazing.

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Posted by Emmett at 11:01 AM (0 comments)

Supreme Court Doings

The Supreme Court today is hearing Virginia v. Black, an important free speech case. A Virginia law prohibiting crossburnings is being challenged.

Here's an important and on-point Supreme Court decision from 1992: R.A.V. v. St. Paul (written by the next chief justice, Antonin Scalia). Unless the Court is now willing to undo R.A.V., this looks like a win for free speech.

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Posted by Emmett at 10:52 AM (0 comments)

Tuesday, December 10, 2002

So confused

This is regarding the new art space in the Hop.

Date: 10 Dec 2002 16:37:28 EST
From: AREA
Subject: inform. recruit. submit.
To: (Recipient list suppressed)
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Comrade,

You, you are the oppressed proletariat and must rise with the
movement. It has, unfortunately, come to our attention that you
have not been fully interpellated into our ideology. To fulfill
our programme for critical dialogue through art, we, the
revolutionaries must proclaim our ideas courageously, define our
principles and express our intentions so that no one is deceived,
neither friend nor foe.

O, the humanity.

When we speak of the struggle, we speak the name: 'area'--the
organization that runs the student gallery space at the Top of the
Hop. Thus, we hold two shows per term in order to exhibit student
artwork. We would like to invite you of the unredeemed masses to
involve yourself by working on:

installation,
opening planning,
adjudication of artwork,
publicity,
et al.

Reply to be added to our 03W membership.

******
::now:: collecting submissions for this winter's first show

Art & the Politics of Oppression
Opening MLK week
theme: socially pertinent artwork in a time of need

submission deadline: monday january 13th
blitz 'area' or nil for further information
******
�PATRIA O MUERTE!

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Posted by alex at 10:49 PM (0 comments)

Proof

Here's proof that Lott's statement is being blown out of proportion. Quotes are below:

Al Gore [calling Lott's statement "fundamentally racist"]: "It is not a small thing for one of the half-dozen most prominent political leaders in America to say that our problems are caused by integration and that we should have had a segregationist candidate. That is divisive and it is divisive along racial lines."

Can someone please show me where in Lott's remarks he said that our problems are caused by integration? Can anyone show me where Lott is saying we should have a segregationist candidate? Can anyone show me why Lott's comments are "fundamentally" racist? At best, they are inferentially racist, if we assume that what Lott meant to say was, "You know, America would be a lot better off if the Negro were kept separate from the white man." Does Gore really think Lott believes this? Hell, Thurmond doesn't believe this (he was one of the first senators to hire a black staffer); what makes Gore think Lott does?

Lott: "My comments were not an endorsement of his positions of over 50 years ago, but of the man and his life."

Sounds fair to me.

Tom Daschle actually showed grace and understanding in his comment regarding the flap (and makes Gore look like a pathetic busybody, to boot):

Daschle: "Senator Lott, in my conversation with him this morning, explained that that wasn't how he meant them to be interpreted. I accept that. There are a lot of times when he and I go to the microphone, would like to say things we meant to say differently, and I'm sure this is one of those cases for him, as well."

(Perhaps Daschle had his ridiculous comments about Rush Limbaugh and the "right-wing" media in the back of his mind when he said this.)

Certainly, Republicans wish Lott hadn't said it. It's given the Dems the kind of thing they love to carp about, and it's embarrassed Thurmond, who should be enjoying his final days in the Senate rather than reliving controversies that have been dead a half-century. But Lott goofed. Oh well. Everyone needs to get over it.

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Posted by Emmett at 9:07 PM (0 comments)

My Two Cents

Okay, I just want to wade in on this whole Trent Lott - unreconstructed confederate business. Frankly, I think it's being blown way, way, way out of proportion. In fact, it's gotten to hysteria levels.

Trent Lott was at a dinner commemorating Strom Thurmond, and one of the notable things he's done in his very long life was, yes, run for president. (Against Harry Truman -- think about that. Amazing, huh?) Now, I would be happy to stand at a dinner party in, say, 1946, commemorating the long life of, say, George Herbert Walker Bush. (At that point, he would be 122 years old -- certainly worth commemorating.) And if I were to say, "you know, the country would have been a lot better off if it had elected you in 1992," I think that would be a pretty understandable thing.

I'm sure there are a lot of people today who think that Thurmond would have been better than Truman. Hell, I'd have voted for Strom Thurmond before I'd have voted for Truman, that's for sure (although I really would have voted for Dewey, out of them all).

It's also worth remembering that Lott was speaking off the cuff about a friend and colleague. His comment, certainly, was intended to praise a friend for his long-standing conservative values and commitment to federalism -- not his one-time position on segregation. After all, fifty-year-old positions on issues long settled hardly come first to mind when one thinks of a friend. This was the case with Lott. His remarks were impolitic -- if for no other reason than because the media and the bloggers would, predictably, go ballistic -- but they certainly were not racist. The claptrap about Lott should stop.

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Posted by Emmett at 7:50 PM (0 comments)

Does Cornell Compare?

A newsgroup posting from upenn.talk. In 25 responses, no one disagreed.

Lines 12                   Penn is Not Ivy Worthy           25 Responses

sjwinter@unagi.cis.upenn.edu Career Criminal at University of Pennsylvania

Here's some insight I gleaned from TAing: most Penn undergraduates are
stupid morons. Most could use some remedial courses in basic English grammar
and spelling. Really, most of you are bragging how you came from elite
prep schools, yet you don't know shit academically. Anyone who has ever TA'd
or taught Penn undergrads will surely concur with me.

S.

Undergraduates at Penn are known as "pukes," according to other posters in the thread.

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Posted by Andrew Grossman at 7:46 PM (0 comments)

"Parents hope to raise money to save Dartmouth swim team"

Massive pickup for this AP story:
"We're not going to come up with $4 to $5 million overnight," said Bart Cameron, whose daughter, Kelly, is on the women's swim team. "We have to work out an understanding with the school on how this money is raised."

College officials said Tuesday that Dean of the College James Larimore was not immediately available to comment.

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Posted by Andrew Grossman at 3:38 PM (0 comments)

GOPers for Daschle via Johnson

NRO's Byron York on buyer's remorse in South Dakota.

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Posted by Emmett at 2:40 PM (0 comments)

Carter Bloviates

So Jimmy Carter, our one-time boob-in-chief, has received the Nobel Prize. (For peace; they don't do one for silliness.)

In his comments, he called for a "prohibition of the death penalty, at least for children." Curious. I guess the abortion advocate -- whose own special assistant in the White House had argued (successfully, alas) for the legalization of abortion in Roe v. Wade -- has now changed his mind on the matter. Well, if Jimmy Carter's become a pro-lifer, we must be doing something right.

(PS -- This contradiction was noted earlier today by Kathryn Lopez on National Review's "The Corner.")

Carter also implicitly criticized Bush's adoption of a doctrine of preemptive strike against terrorist threats. My money says Bush's policies will save more lives than Carter's ever did... But who am I to quibble with the Nobel Committee? After all, they honored this great peacemaker.


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Posted by Emmett at 2:29 PM (0 comments)

Apartheid on Campus

The New York Civil Rights Coalition has released a report titled "The Stigma of Inclusion: Racial Paternalism/Separatism In Higher Education." The report decries the "balkanized campus environment" of pea-brained administrators who create minority orientation programs, minority advisors, minority housing, etc. etc. etc. Full disclosure: Michael Meyers, the executive director of the NYCRC, is a member of FIRE's Board of Advisors.

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Posted by Emmett at 10:24 AM (0 comments)

Even Better

Regarding Grossman's discovery of a swinger's club in Pelham, NH: Here's their website, courtesy of the Google cache (is there anything it can't do?).

21st Century swingers get e-nasty.

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Posted by Emmett at 10:18 AM (0 comments)

Monday, December 09, 2002

When it's cold in Pelham, NH,...

...swing.

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Posted by Andrew Grossman at 10:46 PM (0 comments)

Terrorists

You'll all be pleased to hear that you can now download the "Most Wanted Terrorists Pocket Directory Database." You download this program to your Palm Pilot, and it gives you photos, names, identifying features, DOB, etc. for a whole bunch of suspected terrorists in case you see Mullah Omar in Starbucks. Pretty sweet.

Also, did anyone else notice the DFP headline "No Reason to Fear Pakistani Islamists"? Unbelievable.

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Posted by Rollo at 5:35 PM (0 comments)

Contrast

Dave Marmaros '01 directed me to a story in today's Valley News. A few choice quotes:
�We feel that the endowment is there to give you financial strength when you need support in a down economy."
...
Spending a higher percentage of the endowment -- 6 percent in the current fiscal year and 7.1 percent in the fiscal year to follow -- is a way to smooth over �a temporary condition of the economy.�
The above concern Vermont's Middlebury College and quote Middlebury spokesman Phil Benoit.

The article continues:
Further, Middlebury's actions raise questions about why Dartmouth, with an endowment of $2.2 billion -- four times Middlebury's -- is making budget cuts that include eliminating varsity swimming and diving, consolidating libraries, and laying off 30 employees.
...
Dartmouth looked at spending endowment money to bolster its finances, but ultimately rejected the idea, said Julie Dolan, Dartmouth's associate vice president for financial affairs.

�Over the long term we want to preserve the purchasing power of our endowment,� Dolan said last week. To do that during poor economic times, the college needs to spend less from the endowment, she added.
...
[Middlebury President John] McCardell said Middlebury would also be measured by �our commitment to people, which is a special characteristic of this college, and which I here reaffirm: to students �, to faculty, and to staff.�
In contrast to...

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Posted by Andrew Grossman at 12:28 PM (0 comments)

The winner

The first runner-up is former TDR editor of something or other Alex Wilson '01, who points out
Empirically, there is no reason to cut any program, PC or not, useful or not.
Of course, Mr. Wilson, being a site contributor, is ineligible to win. Besides, he has a subscription anyway, I think.

The winner of our budgeting contest is Michael Pazos '03, who sent his entry only fifteen minutes before the final deadline. Here is his suggestion of what the College might cut to protect its most important priorities:
That pesky student body
Well put.

Not only will Mr. Pazos receive a subscription and fine, high-quality Indian merchandise, but he will also be the first against the wall after some Parkhurst crony reads this and says to himself, "You know, that's not a bad idea."

Congratulations, Messrs. Wilson and Pazos, and thanks to everyone who sent in entries.

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Posted by Andrew Grossman at 1:54 AM (0 comments)

Sunday, December 08, 2002

"Ten Dollars a Vote"

Fox News is reporting on an ongoing investigation into South Dakota's close Senate election. Did Democrats buy Tim Johnson a second term in that august chamber?

National Review also asks this question in the cover article from its latest issue, but since it's not online I can't post it.

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Posted by Emmett at 7:40 PM (0 comments)

Legal Music Trading

Check out FurtherNet to legally trade live recordings of artists that permit that sort of thing.

Yes, there's a bit too much Grateful Dead and Phish, but there's also a lot of Pavement, Guided by Voices, Wilco, Tortoise, Radiohead, and many others. There's also a video recording section as well, but I haven't seen that. FurtherNet's light and fast Java-based client runs on Mac, OS X, Windows, Linux, etc.

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Posted by Andrew Grossman at 4:32 PM (0 comments)

DAC shows some spine

According to the Valley News, the Alumni Council has issued a statement critical of the administration's cuts.

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Posted by JR at 4:03 PM (0 comments)

Your favorite bitter '04

Just blitzed:

>Date: 08 Dec 2002 02:20:56 EST
>From: Alexander D. Talcott
>Reply-To: alex.talcott
>Subject: Delete
>To: James E. Wright, James A. Larimore, Barry P. Scherr

Go ahead. Delete this. Wouldn't be surprised if you had some automatic delete function for blitzes from students.

I enjoyed an evening with friends from the 2001 class tonight. We marveled at how unfortunate it is that the school has gotten worse and worse, year by year.

I recently participated in a journalism conference in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the Collegiate Network ant the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. I met with several students from Brandeis University, where they are members of a "fan club" for their president, Jehuda Reinharz. It is no surprise that no such fan club exists for President Wright. You have outworn your welcome.

As a matter of fact, you all disgust me.

How dare you? How dare you? The College has had no positive press in years. Granted, the Zantop tragedy was not your fault. But the SLI, blowing the Zete incident out of proportion, canning the swim team...honestly, what's next? Even the good press we may get is churned out by a bloated Office of Public Affairs (of which I'm an employee). If you need recommendations for cuts to be made there, I can help you out.

If anything, you have united a diverse student body against you. We stand united in opposition to you.

Why do you think all your donation offers are targeted? Nobody trusts you. What kind of disgusting modern piece of architectural crap are you going to build next?

The sad thing is, I'm actually in a good mood tonight. I spent time with old friends, chipped away at some end-of-term work, and wished my girlfriend good night and good luck before a final exam. Can you imagine the spite I feel on a bad day?

Don't ever expect a dime. I offer a public apology to William and Kathryn Talcott (~'31 and ~'33?), my future children, who may be blacklisted for their father's rants.

I've composed blitzes like this before at the end of long nights, only to delete them. Well, maybe like you, I've stopped caring. The send button is going to be clicked in a matter of seconds; your negative contributions to the College will last far longer.

Wah-hoo-wah,
Alex Talcott '04

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Posted by alex at 2:24 AM (0 comments)

Shiiitt!

Louisiana...

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Posted by JR at 12:05 AM (0 comments)