Tuesday, November 28, 2006
The Situation On the Ground (06:52 PM) - Reader Jason Stadel, a Dakotan, a Native American, and a member of the United States Army, kindly shares his e-mail of this morning to Dartmouth Athletic Director Josie Harper. Ms. Harper, I was wondering why you took it upon your…
Outrrr [Trill that ‘R’!] rrrageous! (06:27 PM) - Andrew Cline: “On Wed., Jan 17, Dartmouth’s men’s squash team will play host to Amherst College’s men’s squash team. Amherst’s mascot is ‘Lord Jeff.’ That would be Lord Jeffrey Amherst, the British general who won Canada for Great Britain and…
Mary Sue Coleman Gets Her Answer (05:47 PM) - When the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative was overwhelmingly passed by the good people of the lakes, the University of Michigan was humbled like few universities ever are. Its entire diversity orthodoxy—of preferring some skin colors over others—was rejected by the…
Film Students Asked to Sign ‘Offensive’ Disclaimer (05:27 PM) - In a film class at the University of Idaho, the students need to sign contracts indemnifying the professor against possible offense caused by some of the films shown in class. How very artistic….
Mark Steyn Sings for La Fallaci (04:48 PM) - The December 2006 issue of The Atlantic features a wonderful essay by Mark Steyn, recently of America Alone fame and not-reviewed-in-the-New York Times fame, remembering Oriana Fallaci, the Italian journalist and writer at large who lived a rather incredibly full…
7,000 al Qaeda members killed or captured in last two years (11:21 AM) - Thirty “senior leaders” and at least 7,000 foot soldiers have been by some means neutralized by a combination of American and Iraqi forces over the last two years. You might be surprised by this news, especially if you think that…
Say, Didn’t We Resolve This One Already? (11:07 AM) - The Associated Press sends out items called “alerts” only once or twice per day—often not at all. Alerts have penultimate priority on the wire. They’re usually just one or two sentences long, and they go out when something big happens….
Grand Forks Herald Covers Indian Wars (09:06 AM) - Joseph Marks, writing for North Dakota’s Grand Forks Herald, covers the ongoing controversy over Dartmouth’s Native American club, which has accused Dartmouth of being racist, and the attending controversy over missives from Dartmouth President James Wright and Athletic Director Josie…
Still a Christmas Tree (08:12 AM) - Last year ‘round this time I covered the strange story of Dartmouth’s year-end pyramidal Douglas Fir tree resting on the center of the Green. It is a Christmas Tree. When they (Who ‘they’ is I cannot divine.) think they can…