Dartlog: 04/27/2003 - 05/04/2003

The Dartmouth Review

Saturday, May 03, 2003

Dartmouth going to NCAA Tourney - NCAA Field Announced

Dartmouth won the drawing by the Ivy League office tonight, officially breaking the 3-way tie for the league's title and giving the men's lacrosse team the automatic qualifier to the NCAA field of 16.

*** Update - Sunday ***
Dartmouth (11-2) will play @ Syracuse (8-5) on Sunday, May 11th. Gametime has not been set yet.
Princeton (10-3) also made it from the Ivies. They were seeded 4th in the 16 team field and will host Albany (10-5) on Saturday, May 10th.

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Posted by Ben at 7:18 PM (0 comments)

Ivy Champs

Dartmouth won the Ivy League Title in Men's Lacrosse for just the third time in school history tonight, as they beat Harvard 5-4 in front of 2100 fans at Scully-Fahey Field. It is the first Men's Lax title for Dartmouth, who finished the regular season at 11-2 (5-1) since 1965. Should Princeton win tomorrow afternoon, there will be a three-way tie for the title with Cornell, and a drawing will decide the league's automatic berth to the NCAA tournament. If Princeton should be upset by Brown, then Cornell will get the automatic bid over Dartmouth by virtue of its win over the Green earlier this season.

Dartmouth, winless in conference play in 2002, becomes the only school in Ivy League history to go from worst to first in a single year.

The NCAA field will be announced on Sunday, and Dartmouth stands at least an outside chance of getting an at-large berth should they fail to get the automatic bid.

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Posted by Ben at 1:22 AM (0 comments)

Friday, May 02, 2003

All People Are Equal...

...well, you know how the rest of it goes.

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Posted by Emmett at 3:24 PM (0 comments)

Thought Reform at the University of Tennessee

A fraternity at this public institution is being required to submit to an outrageous program of thought reform because of constitutionally protected expression. Last Halloween, five members of the fraternity -- who, it seems, come from the town of Jackson, Tennessee -- dressed up as the Jackson Five, wearing black facepaint for the part. There was, of course, a furor. FIRE drew attention to the University's prior attempts to punish the students.

This is really despicable. Sometimes I despair of the chances for free expression at America's colleges and universities... As my boss, Alan Charles Kors, has said, "A nation that does not educate in liberty will not long survive in liberty -- and, indeed, will not even notice when it is lost."

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Posted by Emmett at 3:19 PM (0 comments)

University of Miami Denies Approval for a Conservative Group

At the University of Miami, a conservative group -- Advocates for Conservative Thought -- has been denied approval for official organization status. The University, headed by President Donna Shalala, is employing an egregious double standard, under which many liberal, professional, and cultural groups with overlapping missions co-exist -- but there is no room for conservative ideas.

Read about it here.

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Posted by Emmett at 12:52 PM (0 comments)

Censorship at Illinois State University

The facts are a bit unclear, but it seems officials at ISU ordered an "affirmative action bake sale" to remove its sign because some students don't like to be told their darling policy is racist.

The bake sale was sponsored by the College Republicans. An increasingly frequent event on college campuses, the bake sale prices cookies depending on the race of the buyer -- cheaper for blacks, more expensive for whites and Asians.

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Posted by Emmett at 12:31 PM (0 comments)

Who's more influential?

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Posted by Andrew Grossman at 12:44 AM (0 comments)

Thursday, May 01, 2003

Huh?

Got a postcard from the Dartmouth College Fund yesterday. It partially reads, "You may not have taken accounting while you were at Dartmouth, but keeping the BOTTOM LINE in the black is a difficult task..."

Uh, Dartmouth doesn't offer accounting.

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Posted by Ryan at 9:29 PM (0 comments)

Election results

For '04 VP. It was a write-in vote, and we were oh so close.

Kieron A. H. Bryan - 35
G. Rollo Begley - 25
Chad I. Butt - 18
Frederica R. Ghesquiere - 17
Joanna E. Giordano - 13

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Posted by Alston B. Ramsay at 7:40 PM (0 comments)

Trustee Election

Emmett, as I mentioned in a post way back, I disagree with the very idea of voting in Trustee elections. The reality is that all the candidates are selected by a committee that actively seeks people who won't rock the boat, and then muzzles them so it's next to impossible for them to say what they believe on any specific issue. This is clearly illustrated when the best we can do is a guy who's willing to keep our liberal arts mission around on equal footing with the research university he agrees we should be building.

Bottom line, turnout in trustee elections is viewed by the College and the alumni organizations as an indicator of alumni support. Voting just makes them believe you're happy with the way the system is currently run. So people who aren't (which includes both Emmett and myself I believe) shouldn't vote at all. Trust me, with this choice of candidates it doesn't matter how you vote anyway.

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

Wednesday, April 30, 2003

More on Poetry

You may be interested to know why I wanted to post the poem "New Hampshire." (Alright, maybe you're not.) Besides being a great poem about a great state, it has this unbeatable stanza:

She had one President. (Pronounce him Purse,
And make the most of it for better or worse.
He's your one chance to score against the state.)
She had one Daniel Webster. He was all
The Daniel Webster ever was or shall be.
She had the Dartmouth needed to produce him.

Neat, huh? Those of you who worked on the 2000 presidential campaign will appreciate this little bit, too:

And I remember one whose name appeared
Between the pictures on a movie screen
Election night once in Franconia,
When everything had gone Republican
And Democrats were sore in need of comfort:
Easton goes Democratic, Wilson 4
Hughes 2. And everybody to the saddest
Laughed the loud laugh the big laugh at the little.

Why did I only encounter this after graduation...

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Posted by Emmett at 9:05 PM (0 comments)

Also

Does anyone else have thoughts on the trustee election? Anyone agree with me? Disagree? I'd love to hear it.

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Posted by Emmett at 5:52 PM (0 comments)

Poetry Is Dead

Or so says Newsweek, at least. To prove them wrong, read this. Or this. Or this.

(Grossman tipped me off to the article.)

UPDATE You know, when I googled for the above poem -- using the terms "Robert Frost" and "New Hampshire" -- one of the first links to appear was rfrost.com, which (get this) sells essays on Frost's poems, ostensibly to students who couldn't be bothered doing it themselves. I guess that really settles it, no?

Also, I tried to find online Frost's longish poem, "New Hampshire," with no luck. It's the title poem from one of his books, yet I can't find it anywhere. Anyone know where it might be hiding?

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Posted by Emmett at 5:49 PM (0 comments)

Re: Emmett Please...

Never fear Alston, just a good-natured ribbing. I've been nothing but impressed with your fine stewardship of the Review.

Clearly, though, the structure of the sentence seems to suggest that Grantham herself was the author:

Grantham is a long-time veteran of the peace movement. Her left-wing credentials include several years working full-time against the Vietnam War and an article in the conservative campus publication The Dartmouth Review about her English 5 class called "Into the Heart of Darkness."

Poor prose, once again. Now that you mention it, however, I do remember Barrett's article, and it was uproarious.

I find it's generally a good idea to doubt anything the D says. This only serves as more evidence of the wisdom of that position.

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Posted by Emmett at 5:19 PM (0 comments)

SA Elections

For the past several years, as both a student and alum I have been the designated "Review guy who cares enough about Student Assembly to write about the elections. Well, I seem to have blown it this year, since I gather the election is today (it's a little difficult to be sure since the Daily Dartmouth appears to have scrupulously avoided mentioning the day of the election in any of this week's election stories).

That said, for those of you who still haven't voted, which is probably most of you unless A LOT has changed at Dartmouth, here's my last minute take on the presidential election: Janos is the way to go. A lot of what the Assembly does continues to be stupid, and Janos certainly hasn't come through with the scorched earth reforms I've long thought are essential if students want to have any control over the path the College takes. But given what he's working with he's done a good job (and if he's tough enough to still want the job after doing it for a year that in itself is a reason to vote for him).

He's been a staunch and highly credible supporter of the Greek system, and a far more vigorous advocate of student rights than any SA president has dreamed of being going back to my Freshman year in 1997 (the Swim Team, Alcohol Policy and Dorm Delivery issues come to mind). His push for a young alumni trustee may be futile, but it's a worthwhile endeavor that looks closer to getting done now than it ever did before. And despite having strong political views, he seems to have shown a laudable amount restraint in bringing them into SA, and kept the organization focused on Dartmouth, as it should be.

As for his opponent, Brett Thiesen has a number of nice ideas, but there's no indication he has any plan for how to accomplish any of them. I noticed he called in his Daily Dartmouth op-ed for a student referendum on major College policy changes, which would be great. But given that to achieve it would probably require an upheaval on the scale of the 60's anti-Vietnam protests, I've got to wonder about a guy who doesn't even devote a sentence to how he might get that kind of power for his constituents. Since he doesn't I think you have to conclude he either a) doesn't understand the issue well enough to be in charge of SA; or b) doesn't have any idea how to go about achieving his major campaign proposals, in which cased he probably shouldn't be in charge of SA. So, given a choice between a guy who's been better for Dartmouth and the SA than all his immediate predecessors, or a guy with good intentions and no sign of the ability to follow through, who are you going to choose?

Full Discloser: Janos is a member and former president of my fraternity and an alum of my high school, so I'm well disposed to him on those grounds. On the other hand, I disagree with his politics profoundly, and i think his recent support of the anti-Indian t-shirt movement is just silly (Janos, it's a t-shirt for goodness sake! Can't we all just get along!). Plus you've got to figure that I'm subconsciously bitter that after I blazed the Chi Gam brother for SA President trail, Janos sneaks in and actually gets elected a few years later (and for two terms probably). So I think my biases even out, but judge for yourself.

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

Emmett please...

The operative word in the article cited was "about," as in we had written ABOUT Prof. Grantham. You should have checked our archives to read the actual article, a seminal piece by Mr. Thornhill, of Mixology lore. Just so we have an idea of the content, here's an excerpt:

"The bully pulpit was the oak-paneled 234 Baker; the topic of the sermons teetered between environmental ga-ga and feminist slop; the self-appointed preacher was Professor Shelby Grantham."

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Posted by Alston B. Ramsay at 2:37 PM (0 comments)

Whaddayaknow

The D is not afraid to mention the Review, after all... Although mentioning an article that leftie prof Shelby Grantham wrote in its pages as evidence of her "left-wing credentials" seems a bit odd. Gorsche, Alston, what are you guys doing to the paper?

Plus, the article starts like this: "On April 4, a story on the front page of The New York Times proclaimed: 'It is not easy being an old lefty on campus in this war.'" Who buys that, other than Howell Raines?

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Posted by Emmett at 2:03 PM (0 comments)

Trustee Elections

Well, the deadline is tonight at midnight, and I've made my choice: John J. Donahoe '82. He was Greek, an econ major (which means probably very sensible), a businessman (which means the same thing), and president of Aquinas House.

You have to speak in code sometimes when you're running for a position like this, so I interpret the following statement from him:

Dartmouth must continue to develop well-rounded graduates able to contribute as tomorrow's leaders.

...as an endorsement of Dartmouth's liberal arts mission. (The emphasis is original.) This would preclude turning Dartmouth into a pre-professional factory.

Then, he says this:

But the pressures on Dartmouth continue to mount. Higher education has become an increasingly competitive environment, with many leading universities going down the path of greater scale and specialization. Dartmouth must embrace the reality of a more dynamic and interdependent world. And yet the College's commitment to a cohesive, intimate, liberal arts experience is more important than ever.

That's promising, too. Lastly:

The College must not lose sight of its strengths -- the things that distinguish Dartmouth from other leading academic institutions. At the top of my list are Dartmouth's commitment to outstanding teaching, interdisciplinary experiences, and need-blind admissions. I believe these elements cannot be compromised. At the same time Dartmouth needs to strengthen its connection to our increasingly global and diverse world.

But perhaps the greatest challenge Dartmouth faces is maintaining balance. The college must actively embrace the changes necessary to attract the very best students and faculty, while preserving the "soul" that makes Dartmouth unique. We must encourage greater faculty research, while maintaining an unwavering commitment to teaching. We must create social alternatives, while maintaining a responsible fraternity and sorority system. We must continue to be a place that builds character and spirit, in addition to intellect. We must continue to encourage the importance of community and teamwork, in addition to individual accomplishment.

Good stuff. If you want to vote for him, too, go here (note: you'll need your special PIN and login numbers. You were emailed them, but if you need them again, go here.)

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

More Historical Revisionism

This time, they're rewriting history in California...

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Posted by Emmett at 1:44 PM (0 comments)

Tuesday, April 29, 2003

In Your Pants response from Nicolas Duquette '04

>Date: 28 Apr 2003 18:04:47 EDT
>From: Nicolas J. Duquette
>Reply-To: GivingTheTime
>Subject: dartlog
>To: Alexander D. Talcott

What's so weird about that "in your pants" blitz?

Most of the spelling/grammar is inoffensive, and I would like to know the answers to some of those questions, actually.
>Date: 29 Apr 2003 09:26:53 EDT
>From: Alexander D. Talcott
>Reply-To: alex.talcott
>Subject: Re: dartlog
>To: Nicolas J. Duquette

Go for it---give 'em a call.

It's been my experience that this kind of radio show/lecture/discussion we've come to expect at Dartmouth. Forget Dante, Milton, Shakespeare. Let's chat about getting off instead.

Here's a whole section of the Review website with articles about sex on campus:

http://www.dartreview.com/archives/cat_sex_on_campus.php

>Date: 29 Apr 2003 12:20:18 EDT
>From: Nicolas J. Duquette
>Reply-To: GivingTheTime
>Subject: Re: dartlog
>To: Alexander D. Talcott

My econ major's response to this is skepticism that you or anybody who sneers and these gender studies things would tune in to an AM radio show on Milton. Mass media is rarely good at making the timeless topical and interesting as the format necessitates.

I don't actually want to know what Shiela and Jen think about sex, as I think they're both loose cannons. But if the WRC started handing out Ripley's-style pamphlets with data on the average vaginal depth, I know I'd give it a reading.

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Posted by alex at 1:15 PM (0 comments)

Is The Daily Dartmouth Racist?

Seems so! Check out how they lead one article from today's issue:

mcCongressman James McDermott (D-Wash.) delivered scathing criticism of the Bush administration and its foreign and domestic policies yesterday, calling the war in Iraq "unnecessary."

"McCongressman"? Wow. That's an old-timey prejudice!

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Posted by Emmett at The Daily Dartmouth Racist?'">1:10 PM (The Daily Dartmouth Racist?'">0 comments)

Monday, April 28, 2003

Tyrant, Fugitive...Birthday Boy.

Rollo's charming toast to Saddam's 66th: "I'll raise a glass to him. I mean, in order to keep my good beer even further from his spot in hell."

Cheers.

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Posted by Stefan Beck at 9:03 PM (0 comments)

Sunday, April 27, 2003

In Your Pants follow-up

>Date: 27 Apr 2003 19:41:09 EDT
>From: Jennifer A. Kosty
>Reply-To: BlueCanaryInTheOutletByTheLightSwitch
>Subject: In Your Pants
>To: (Recipient list suppressed)

Did you ever wonder...........................

Is it safe to have sex in the water (or the river) ?

Are there any STD's you can get while using a condom?

Is anal sex more dangerous than Intercourse?

Does the G-spot actually exsist?

Where can I get sex toys in Hanover?

How "deep" is the average vagina?

Does phone sex with another person count as cheating?

If I'm having sex on a regular basis, should I be on the pill?

Tune in to WDCR 1340 for the answers on IN YOUR PANTS - Dartmouth's only LIVE, CALL IN (or blitz in, or HB in) SEX SHOW!!!!!

We will be tackling these puzzling questions and many, many more along with resident sexpert Giavanna Munafo from the Center for Women and Gender tonight on WDCR from 10 - 12 pm, so take a break and tune in.

Don't be shy!!! If you have a question, blitz jak, call in live 643-1340, or drop of questions through intracampus mail, HB 1529

We know you're curious.... and so are we, so tune in and give us your questions!

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Posted by alex at 8:03 PM (0 comments)

An event

Usually I post event listings in jest.

For a change, here's a good one:

>Date: 27 Apr 2003 01:28:22 EDT
>From: College Republicans
>Subject: Special Event!
>To: (Recipient list suppressed)

*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
Sex, Lies, and Feminism...

Does the feminist movement seem out of touch with the lives of real women?

Do you want to learn about a modern, optimistic, and exciting role for the next generation of feminists?

Come see what noted author and political pundit Dr. Christina Hoff-Sommers has to say about the problems of the current feminst movement and its exciting future!

When: May 1 at 5:30
Where: Dartmouth 105

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Posted by alex at 2:03 PM (0 comments)

Be sure to tune in

My old lady just found a flyer in Collis that reads:

Can Girls Chafe.....

Internally?

Got Questions?
Call 643-7655
Sheila Hicks and Jenn Kosty have answers.
In Your Pants.
Every Sunday.
10PM-12 AM.
1340 AM WDCR
Because you need to know.
___________

Hicks is an '04; Kosty, an '06.

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Posted by alex at 1:56 PM (0 comments)