The Dartmouth Review The Dartmouth Review The Dartmouth Review 25th Anniversary Gala

    The Dartmouth Review     Dartlog     Inner Office     Subscribe     Indian Store     Donate

 

Saturday, April 05, 2003

U of Iowa and the state are sued over 1939 experiment

A 1939 professor induced stuttering on children who were speaking normally at the time. Only 2 of the five plaintiffs are still alive.

Full post and comments below the fold.

Posted by Ben at 10:20 AM (0 comments)

Friday, April 04, 2003

This Kid Is a Criminal

A twelve-year-old kid in Texas has been punished by his school for sticking out his tongue at a girl who wouldn't be his girlfriend. The charge? Sexual harassment. Yes, sexual harassment.

When did the world go crazy, people?

Full post and comments below the fold.

Posted by Emmett at 5:22 PM (0 comments)

Harvard's Website

Take a look at this picture, from the front page of Harvard's website. Sort of an odd image for Harvard to have there, isn't it?

Full post and comments below the fold.

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

TDR War Issue

Fresh off the press...read it at dartreview.com

Full post and comments below the fold.

Posted by Ryan at 12:01 AM (0 comments)

Thursday, April 03, 2003

I Guess

...I can't get upset when college administrators seem blissfully ignorant of the principles of free speech. It seems even congressmen have no idea. J.D. Hayworth -- a Republican from Arizona whose only other crime, as far as I know, was supporting John McCain in the 2000 primaries -- is looking to get the "million Mogadishus" professor at Columbia fired. He's circulating a petition around Congress. Here's a quote that could have come from any two-bit university president:
As members of Congress who stand for election every two years, we are no strangers to the frank exchange of ideas and vigorous debate, and we have a deep appreciation for America�s tradition of academic freedom. However, we also have an equally deep appreciation for the fact that our words have consequences.
For fun, compare this to the following statement from Jim Larimore, during the Zete fiasco in May 2001:
Some argue that anything that an organization can characterize as expressive conduct must be tolerated even though it violates the rules and standards of our community. They assert, in effect, that the Principle of Expression and Dissent "trumps" all our other rules-that it is a license for an organization to engage in any and all expressive behavior, subject to no standard whatsoever. I respectfully disagree....
Or this letter, from James Wright also with respect to Zete:
We do not have a speech code at Dartmouth [I beg to differ], but a related speech issue illustrates the way we need to confront tensions between individual rights and the values of the community.
Yep, Hayworth's rhetoric sure does sound familiar...

Full post and comments below the fold.

Posted by Emmett at 2:24 PM (0 comments)

Stanley Kurtz on Affirmative Action

Here's a good piece by Stanley Kurtz on NRO, regarding the oral arguments in Gratz v. Bollinger. It's quite good, and focuses -- rightly -- on the role to be played by Sandra Day O'Connor. I think he overstates the nature of the dilemma she's in, but not egregiously.

Full post and comments below the fold.

Posted by Emmett at 1:59 PM (0 comments)

Re: Anti-oppression

Anyone pro-oppression out there?

Well, I...

...never mind.

Full post and comments below the fold.

Posted by Emmett at 1:58 PM (0 comments)

Wednesday, April 02, 2003

Anti-oppression

Anyone pro-oppression out there? Didn't think so...

>Date: 02 Apr 2003 21:41:57 EST
>From: Eva L. Vivalt
>Subject: anti-oppression
>To: (Recipient list suppressed)

What do you feel are the main sources of oppression today?

Are you looking for fair trade?
Want alternatives to sweatshops?
Believe in closing the gap between men and women's education worldwide?

Talk about it. Then act upon it.

A bunch of us are trying to start a campus group to address some anti-oppression issues. We're going to try to get this together and determine scope (really, whatever people bring to the table) and talk about possible events at a first meeting this Thursday at 8pm in the hyphen (inside lounge between russell sage and butterfield.

Come on out... be heard... lead... discuss... help out.

Full post and comments below the fold.

Posted by alex at 10:03 PM (0 comments)

Appropriate event name?

>Date: 02 Apr 2003 17:04:58 EST
>From: Matthew E. Potts
>Reply-To: whowantesme
>Subject: S'MORES PARTY AND SHEBA SHOW!!!!!!!!!!!
>To: (Recipient list suppressed)

S'mores Entertainment Presents...

RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE

featuring a special performance by SHEBA

Where: Shabazz Underground
When: Friday 4/4
11 PM til...

Co-sponsered by PB, BBL, Cutter/Shabazz, and Tri-Kapp

Full post and comments below the fold.

Posted by alex at 5:04 PM (0 comments)

The Supreme Court Debates Affirmative Action

Here's a partial transcript of yesterday's oral arguments in the closely watched University of Michigan case...

UPDATE Here's a better transcript, that gives the names of the justices asking the questions.

Full post and comments below the fold.

Posted by Emmett at 12:08 PM (0 comments)

Tuesday, April 01, 2003

Governor Shmovernor

The recent high-profile firing of Steve Lavin at UCLA and the resignation of Matt Doherty from UNC has raised an amusing point about public university spending. These men's basketball coaches are the highest paid state employees in their respective states. They make more than the Governor, Attorney General, Comptroler, etc. I'm surprised their isn't more taxpayer outcry about this. And also that private universities wouldn't thus be more dominant by then paying for the best coaches as they do with professors.

UPDATE

Readers Brian Ross '04 and Jeremy Presser '04 respond.

Ross: "[I]n response to your comment on dartlog.net about the coaches - the reason state schools still do good is because they can attract the top coaches not with money but with prestige and large recruiting pools. Most major state schools that I can think of (UCLA, UNC, Kansas, Arizona) have been successful programs for quite some time and thus have prestige to attract the best even if the money isn't there."

Presser: "[T]here isn't much public outcry about the coaches because their respective sports (UCLA/UNC basketball) bring in much more money every year than the money they pay the coaches. This allows the athletic departments to sponsor non-revenue sports beyond their original budget. Plus, if they were paying $200,000 for a coach, the talent level would drop to the point where they would lose significant ticket sales, tv revenue and alumni donations. Basketball and football are money sports, despite the high salaries."

Full post and comments below the fold.

Posted by alex at 11:42 PM (0 comments)

Not to make light...

of their mission, but the "Free Food!" subject and the exclamation points try to make this event like a real blast. Are these meetings really fun, light-hearted, etc.?

>Date: 01 Apr 2003 22:51:59 EST
>From: Coalition Against Abusive Relationships Everywhere
>Subject: Free Food!
>To: (Recipient list suppressed)

Come check out CARE at our kick-off meeting of spring term!

Thurs, 3 April
10pm
Collis 212

Enjoy some free EBAs and get to know others committed to promoting awareness of dating violence on campus.

We'll be watching a brief documentary on domestic abuse and sharing thoughts and ideas about programming for the upcoming term.

See you there!

Full post and comments below the fold.

Posted by alex at 11:36 PM (0 comments)

Dartmouth Review, Free Press announce merger

Former Dartmouth Review editor Andrew Grossman and former Free Press editor Timothy Waligore will announce the collaboration of these two news organizations at a conference later today. "It was the plan all along," said Mr. Waligore, who conceived of the Free Press while living in Washington, D.C., with Mr. Grossman. "Paleo-conservatives and the anti-globalization Left just have so much in common; this makes sense in so many ways."

Mr. Grossman spoke similarly of the new operating agreement. "When Ralph Nader, Pat Buchanan, and Hunter S. Thompson have basically the same take on world affairs, you know that there's something going on. This merger carries that kind of synergy out to its logical end." Mr. Grossman also agreed that the deal had been long in development. "We've wanted to work the Free Press for some time and have been sending Review staff members to Free Press meetings since the beginning, just to build this kind of bridge... Evidently, it worked!"

The new organization, to be called the Dartmouth Free Review Press Herald, will set up office on the first floor of the former Zeta Psi fraternity's building, with half of that space being reserved for the former Review staff's private functions. "There was concern that their [The Free Press's] staff would run down our bar with some celerity, but we addressed that in our operating agreement."

"Hands off our stash, man," added Mr. Waligore, giggling madly, explaining that "you [The Dartmouth Review] promised, man. You promised!" Mr. Grossman ackowledged that staff coming from the Review had agreed to procure marijuana outside of the organization. "It wasn't really an issue for us," he said. Mr. Grossman and Mr. Waligore declined to discuss other, rumored drug-related terms of the agreement, referring questions to the new organization's counsel, Schwartz, Jacobstein, Rabinowitz, Goering of Lebanon.

According to both sides, editorial details are still being hammered out. Who will hold the top post is still undecided, although many insiders consider current Review co-editor Ryan Gorsche a front-runner, citing his broad experience and extensive arsenal. The combined publication's publishing schedule for the Spring is also undetermined, with factions arguing between weekly and quarterly editions. In recent days, a compromise position has emerged that would call for issues to be scheduled weekly but only published bimonthly. Alston Ramsay, coeditor of the Review and a driving force behind the negotiations, explained the rational behind this third way. "The Review has two decades of experience in combining aggressive scheduling with erratic output. There's a lot of history, a lot of tradition and feeling bound up in this model. People have fought for this, I fought this, and I'm proud of our heritage in this."

Former Review publisher Charles Kluender will fill that position again in the new organization. Speaking anonymously, an insider claims, "He [Kleunder] sat down in the office and said he wouldn't move until we made him publisher. We didn't really have a choice." The source added that concerns about Mr. Kluender's health are widespread and may force him to step down before completing the duration of his term. "He can't even make it to the bar without panting," said the source. In direct response to that allogation, Mr. Kluender countered that his inactivity was not a health matter. "I know a guy who makes the best drinks you ever had," he said.

John MacGovern, who directed the Dartmouth Review's fundraising efforts from 2000 through 2002 has signed on with the new organization as CEO, president, chairman of the board, CFO, MFA, PDA, and head librarian. "I hope to, ah, bring to bear, yes, the, ah, the strengths, that I brought to my, to my work with the other, the other, the Review," he said. MacGovern also stated that he was "ready, willing, and prepared and ready" to accept editorial duties should the need arise.

Asked for his opinion of the merger, former Review editor-in-chief and current editor-in-hiding J. Lawrence Scholer exclaimed, "Books!," before collapsing onto a glass-topped table.

Full post and comments below the fold.

Posted by Andrew Grossman at 3:30 PM (0 comments)

I think this is for real...

>From: Lena.E.Previll@Dartmouth.edu (Lena E. Previll)
>Subject: QuEER bAr NiGHt
>Date: 31 Mar 2003 17:54:40 -0500
>Bulletin Topic: Activities for Students
>Expires: 5 Apr 2003 17:54:06 -0500

**********oo, pretty stars*****

Thursday, April 3

QuEER bAr NiGHt
(if this snazzy combination of lower case and caps doesn't grab your attention, we don't know what will)

(now for some perfunctory slang)
Wassap, DAWG?!
Get yo' QUEER on at LONE PINE TAVERN. We'll be mixing it up with CRaZy drinks yo, like:
Fruity Flamer
Lime Hook-up
Out with a Twist
Ellen DeGingerale
Siegfried and Roy Rogers
Coconut Cruiser

one FrEe with a drink ticket when you roll in. And kickA$$ appetizers.

Show off your VoCaL StYLiNZ at our phat KARAOKE machine.

Competition @ 10 pm!!! AWesum prizez... it's gonna be riDUNCulous, yo!

Win some TiGHT DoOR PRiZeS.

(now for some irrelevant pop culture references)
Come see Lone Pine like you've never seen it before! It's HeRE, IT's QUEeR, (go lone pine, it's your birthday....) This bar is not nearly as SkeTchY as Colin Farrell might not have been.

(and now to quote that oh-so-overquoted anthem)

"It's gettin hot out there, so come to Q-B-N... "

So do it... Thursday Night, 9pm to 1am, at the LPT... coMe sTrAigHT or with a tWisT

*****more pretty stars***********

This message brought to you by GSA.
Much thanks to COSO, Programming Board and LonePineTavern for sponsoring Queer Bar Night at Lone Pine Tavern. Special thanks to Don, Lena, Tim, Patrick, and the awesome staff at Lone Pine.

Full post and comments below the fold.

Posted by alex at 1:34 AM (0 comments)

For those with faith in SA...

>Date: 31 Mar 2003 18:19:34 EST
>From: Student Assembly
>Subject: REDIRECTING DARTMOUTH
>To: (Recipient list suppressed)

****************************

VISIONS

****************************

Budget Cuts. New Administrators. Where your Money Goes. What about Dartmouth needs to be preserved? What aspects of Dartmouth should change?

With massive budget cuts this year and more budget cuts projected for the years that follow, it is important that the Dartmouth Community articulates its fundamental needs to the administration. More programs are likely to be cut, so it is up to us to dig deep and think about what is the essence of Dartmouth. Help us in our effort to shape and define Dartmouth's future.

Please answer the following two questions and blitz them back to "Student Assembly" by April 9. Student Assembly will compile your responses and publish them to the school's administrators.

***************************

1) What is your vision for Dartmouth College and is this the direction that you think the college is heading in?

2) In response to budget cuts and an always changing Dartmouth community: What aspects of Dartmouth should be preserved and what others should be changed?

Any Additional Comments:

Full post and comments below the fold.

Posted by alex at 1:33 AM (0 comments)

Copyright © 1996-2008 The Dartmouth Review