Dartlog: 08/10/2003 - 08/17/2003

The Dartmouth Review

Saturday, August 16, 2003

Anyone else heard of this?

Seems like a BlabberForce concept, seeing as they were talking about inventing a "Dartmouth" drink sometime earlier this term....

From: NYCDART@aol.com
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 15:42:14 EDT
Subject: Re: the Club

You can be one of the first NYC alums to try The Dartmouth Green*, a cool fresh drink that is quickly becoming an upscale favorite on the Hanover scene. You are invited to celebrate the
College and The Dartmouth Green at the Dartmouth Club of New York City (in residence at the Yale Club). So lets give it a shot on Thursday night, August 14, from 6 till 9:30 pm!

* Midori (melon liqueur), Malibu (coconut rum), Absolut (80 proof vodka), Triple Sec, any light beer

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Posted by JR at 3:07 PM (0 comments)

Thursday, August 14, 2003

More Dartmouth communications coverage in the Times

Here

And I didn't even have a phone in my room last year.

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Posted by alex at 4:00 PM (0 comments)

Re: Dartmouth, Blitz and the NY Times

More proof, as if it were needed, that the most inept rise to class and campus government:

Ms. Stutzman, who spent 20 hours over a three-month period transferring more than 200 folders from her student account to her alumni account, said her messages had created a chronicle of life at Dartmouth. "It catalogs your college experience," she said. "You can look back at a blitz conversation you had with a friend about whatever, and it's something you might forget ever happened. But you have it saved."

This brings to mind a fun story about Josh Green et al., the SLI, and the Dartmouth Review: after the Review published the story linked above, Green and his co-conspirators spent the next several terms storing important emails on floppy disks that they carried with them, so concerned were they that The Dartmouth Review would continue digging tidbits from their Blitzmail accounts.

I'm sure sjm, akw, or Clark could elaborate on this...

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Posted by Andrew Grossman at 12:21 PM (0 comments)

Today's D

My favorite gems from this article on Kathy Kelly, an anti-war guru:

"The audience also appeared to have strong liberal leanings -- when a former faculty member introducing Kelly asked rhetorically, 'Is anyone here a Republican?' no hands went up."

"Noting that the war cost the United States government approximately $1 billion a day, she said, 'If even a fraction of that money had been invested in education, communication, social services -- perhaps Iraqi society could have moved toward more democratic government, maybe they could have eventually overthrown Hussein.'"

Great idea. Give a murderous dictator one billion dollars a day. And finally:

"Later, Kelly suggested that, since the American taxpayers typically foot the bill for major military campaigns, planning one's finances to withhold funds from the federal government can serve as one viable form of revolt. 'I haven't paid federal income tax since 1980,' she said, also noting that her contact lenses are the most expensive things she owns."

There's also a piece on campus segregation.

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Posted by Alston B. Ramsay at 11:49 AM (0 comments)

Branding panel, or lack thereof

Kabir was probably too busy trying to figure out a different way of writing the exact same thing he's written for each of his last four or five columns in the D.

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Posted by Alston B. Ramsay at 11:44 AM (0 comments)

Dartmouth, Blitz and the NY Times

Here

Update: The librarians are interested, too.

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

Wednesday, August 13, 2003

Re: Oh these guys

Mr. Rago's vision may be "rooted in the past," but Mr. Hui's future Dartmouth is filled with chaps who can't use pronouns.

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Posted by Ryan at 10:29 AM (0 comments)

Tuesday, August 12, 2003

In other BlabberForce news...

I was supposed to talk today at a scheduled panel discussion about Dartmouth "Branding," but Kabir, Brent, et al. refused to participate and the thing hit the rocks. What a shame.

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Posted by Joe at 11:20 PM (0 comments)

Oh these guys

The irony, of course, is that no one who writes like this should have been admitted.

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Posted by Alston B. Ramsay at 10:23 PM (0 comments)

FOXNews picks up "Jack the Snipper" story

Here

I posted a Boston Globe article about it yesterday.

Also yesterday, in related (?) UNH news, Dartmouth Student Body President Janos Marton -- working on Kerry's presidential campaign -- told me that that the NH Democratic primary debates are likely to be held at UNH. Both the Republican and Democratic debates were held at Dartmouth in 2000. Maybe this story will scare the candidates away from Durham. I think I speak on behalf of The Dartmouth Review, DartLog and The Inner Office when I say that we would lllllllove to have 'em.

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Posted by alex at 4:26 PM (0 comments)

Winters predicts Kerry

Dartmouth Professor of Government Richard Winters impressed by Dean's move, but thinks Kerry will take New Hampshire.

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Posted by alex at 3:36 PM (0 comments)

Dartmouth and the Macarena

In the NY Times:

Petr Janata, a research assistant professor at Dartmouth who studies music and the brain, said the effect can be heightened when sound is linked to motion. "The brain and the body get involved. When we put specific dance to the music � like with the `Macarena' or `The Hustle' � the whole body remembers the tune."

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Posted by alex at 3:32 PM (0 comments)

New TDR Email Contacts

Mail sent to review@dartreview.com and letters@tdr.com will bounce to sender (see here for explanation).

From now on, email TDR at these addresses:

editor (at) dartreview.com (editorial concerns)
president (at) dartreview.com (business concerns)
dartlog (at) dartreview.com (online stuff, weblog responses, etc.)

Thanks.

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Posted by Andrew Grossman at 3:29 PM (0 comments)

"Rude Kids And How They Get That Way"

Dartmouth mentioned in a Washington Post article with this title

No, we're not rude.

A DMS prof is quoted:

"Television plays a huge role in instructing children how they should act," says Steven C. Atkins, associate professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at the Dartmouth Medical School. Atkins contends that much of the behavior portrayed on TV is rude.

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Posted by alex at 3:27 PM (0 comments)

Dartmouth trivia in the blogosphere

Yes, we were the last Ivy League school to go coed.

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Posted by alex at 3:25 PM (0 comments)

Turnabout

While checking out our own newswire, I came across a post by one Jim Kalb, father of our own John Kalb. The blog is "Turnabout: Exploring culture, politics, tradition and Catholicism"

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

Bad Will Hunting

Brenda Withers '00 and Mindy Kaling (Chokalingam) '01 in "Matt & Ben," as reviewed by the NY Times

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Posted by alex at 11:41 AM (0 comments)

Proud to be crunchy

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Posted by alex at 10:19 AM (0 comments)

I wasn't kidding about the sheep

This e-mail was legit.

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Posted by alex at 10:15 AM (0 comments)

It doesn't matter...

...how strong the College is academically or how intellectual its students may be.

When I read something like this, I think of all the drug-enhanced revelry that will be going down in Hanover.

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Posted by alex at 10:12 AM (0 comments)

Monday, August 11, 2003

Forget the "Beltway Sniper"

Beware New Hampshire's "Jack the Snipper"?

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Posted by alex at 4:27 PM (0 comments)

Re: Safety & Security failure

Isn't there a federal requirement that compels them to do this sort of reporting within, I think, 2 weeks or something of events having occurred?

Someone should check on that...

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Posted by Andrew Grossman at 4:21 PM (0 comments)

Safety & Security failure

"In an effort to keep the Dartmouth College Community up-dated on incidents that
occur on campus, we are providing a periodic incident log, beginning with
weekly postings. We are also hoping to create a better understanding and
communication with the community."

You all remember the remarkable literary endeavor that was the S&S Incident Log.

Well the bulletin has not been updated since the period covering 2/14 - 2/28/03.

Highlights from the most (though not-so) recent one:

02/15/03
7:50 p.m.
Personal Injury
Accidental:
While attending the hockey game at Thompson Arena an employee was struck in the
head with a hockey puck. The employee was transported to DHMC by ambulance for
treatment.

02/16/03
3:48 a.m.
Fire Alarm:
A fire alarm activation came in for the Collis Center. The activation was due
to the bitter cold.

02/16/03
9:16 p.m.
Unwanted Attention
Written:
A student reported a case of unwanted attention.

02/17/03
1:17 p.m.
Theft
College Property:
An employee reported a theft of a digital scale from Remsen.

02/19/03
2:50 a.m.
Animal:
The Department of Safety and Security received a complaint from a student who
did not want to leave Feldberg, as there was an animal outside the door of
Feldberg Library. Safety and Security Officers responded and lead the dog away
from the door. The Officers noticed that the dog appeared to be injured. A
veterinarian was called, and the dog was transported by the Hanover Police to
the vet for treatment.

02/19/03
4:20 p.m.
Suspicious Person
Trespass:
An employee reported a suspicious person at Parkhurst Hall. A Safety and
Security Officer responded and found the male, who was non-affiliated, and had
other issues in the past at the College. The male was taken into custody by the
Hanover Police, and issued a trespass letter by Safety and Security.

02/20/03
2:32 a.m.
Depressed Person
Personal Injury
Self Inflicted:
The Department of Safety and Security received information in reference to an
alumni. Protocol was followed.

02/21/03
1:47 a.m.
Assault
Simple:
A student reported a case of simple assault.

02/28/03
12:08 p.m.
Suspicious Letter/Package:
An employee reported a suspicious letter/package. Protocol was followed.

02/28/03
4:05 p.m.
Information:
Information was passed onto the Department of Safety and Security.

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Posted by alex at 3:12 PM (0 comments)

Bowden '71 for Trustee

J. Murry Bowden '71 to be inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame

A successful businessman from Texas, he contributed to one of the great Dartmouth achievements in its history -- the undefeated 1970 football team.

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Posted by alex at 12:56 PM (0 comments)

Are you ready for some football?

Hoping for a strong season for my senior year.

Dartmouth is 4th in the league in the preseason media poll

Here's the 2003 Ivy League Football E-guide

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

Roadtrip?

Brought to my attention by fellow intern Michael Mayernick, JHU: Black church will pay whites to attend

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Posted by alex at 12:15 PM (0 comments)