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Thursday, July 03, 2003

All-star profs

This Boston Globe Magazine article is about competition for star professors. Two Dartmouth-related quotes -- of former President James O. Freedman and of the twice recruited Dean of Faculty, Michael S. Gazzaniga.

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Posted by alex at 2:07 PM (0 comments)

Classic Dinesh

Dinesh D'Souza has a long piece at NRO today. It's classic Dinesh -- adapted from his latest book and chock-full of the examples he's been offering in speaking engagements for years. But it's still a fun read and a great refresher. I love America, and Dinesh is the one person who has helped me verbalize exactly why I do.

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Posted by alex at 11:57 AM (0 comments)

A Matter of Opinion

The Daily Dartmouth is reporting today on the quick demise of Mojo's Bistro, a flashy little Mexican joint on South Main Street, in part of what was the Dartmouth Co-op. Apparently, there's some disagreement over why it failed to take to the Hanover scene. Owner Nigel Leeming attributes it in part to the sluggish economy. However, he also offers this reason:
"The public has to like what they see. We were progressive in terms of Mexican and it probably scared some people off," Leeming said. "We weren't your traditional Tex-Mex place."

[...]

Leeming said that the Upper Valley has long preferred a traditional, New England menu at its restaurants. Though Asian cuisine may be the exception to the rule, many other eating establishments that carry exotic fare have foundered, as did Mojo's.

"The Upper Valley is a very meat-and-potatoes place," he said. "There are twists to it, but it's a very conservative eating area."
So the burritos were too "progressive" and Hanover couldn't handle it. Hmmm... Well, some students offer other opinions on the matter:
Many students, though, said that they steered clear from dining at Mojo's because of what they saw as exorbitant prices and mediocre fare.

Petra Halsema '03 said she wasn't surprised that Mojo's had lost its, well, mojo.

"I thought the food was too pricey. If they spent less money on the decorations and more on the food, they might have succeeded better," she said.

Others were eager to see what will replace Mojo's.

"I heard that the food was overrated and expensive, and I'd love to have a restaurant I'd like to go to in its place," Zena Bugaighis '05 said.
I guess it's all a matter of opinion.

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Posted by Emmett at 11:34 AM (0 comments)

Wednesday, July 02, 2003

More off-season hockey updates

Not so much Dartmouth news, but it will have an impact on the upcoming season.

Chris Higgins, who would have been a junior forward at Yale this coming year, has signed with Montreal and will be leaving college. As well, David LeNeveu, a goaltender from Cornell, has signed a contract with the Pheonix Coyotes. These signings are significant for several reasons. They were the co-players of the year in the ECAC last year. Their losses leave a huge hole for each school to fill. Consequently, it opens the door for Dartmouth to continue their upswing and grab second this coming year. With LeNeveu, Cornell likely would've been picked to finish 2nd in the conference. Without him, they likely fall to 4th or 5th in the preseason polls. Likewise Yale probably falls from a likely 3-5 pick to more of a 5-7 pick in the preseason polls.

Harvard will now be the prohibitive favorite to win the conference. But if Dartmouth can get any sort of consistent goaltending and this year's freshmen can contribute even a fraction of what last year's freshmen did, they could contend a year earlier than I was currently predicting.

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Posted by Ben at 9:16 PM (0 comments)

Race Matters

The report on "Race Matters" conference held at Dartmouth is available here.

It gives a truly horrifying vision for higher education by outlining the next level beyond minority studies.

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Posted by Alston B. Ramsay at 11:05 AM (0 comments)

Tuesday, July 01, 2003

Update on the "Terror Truck"

A while ago, I posted on a Minnesota seminary student who was being charged with terrorism for writing a racial slur on the side of his own truck. Now it seems he's prepared to fight for his First Amendment rights.

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Posted by Emmett at 12:01 PM (0 comments)

Open Doors for the Bleeding Heart

In today's D, a guest columnist charges the college with politically correct favoritism in its admissions process. If true, these are interesting allegations.

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Posted by Emmett at 11:02 AM (0 comments)

Monday, June 30, 2003

The Latest From FIRE

At Cal Poly, in San Luis Obispo, a conservative student has been found guilty of the heinous crime of "disruption." What, you ask, did this monstrous student do? He tried to post this flier, announcing a forthcoming speech by a black conservative, in a public area. Some students who were nearby were offended at the poster, going so far as to call the campus police. The administration, of course, played along, forcing the kid through a lengthy hearing and finding him guilty for exercising his First Amendment rights.

Get the goods here. And complain to Cal Poly President Warren J. Baker here.

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Posted by Emmett at 7:42 PM (0 comments)

Wow!

I know I shouldn't like to things from Andrew Sullivan, but I really did find this example of trendy European academic anti-semitism incredibly appalling.

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Posted by Emmett at 10:39 AM (0 comments)

Fuega

What do you know? I've made it into one of the biggest Spanish language newspapers in the world. Es muy bueno!

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Posted by Emmett at 10:27 AM (0 comments)

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