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December 2008
Friday, December 5, 2008
A few moments ago I had an idea, and set about tapping out a wandering, probably brilliant epistle to some colleagues and friends. In order to do this I needed to probe inside “Twitter,” but…
I would be remiss as a Psychological and Brain Sciences major if I failed to post even this little something about the death of perhaps the most famous patient in the field: H.M. H.M. is…
Raising an interesting larger issue with economic and constitutional implications, the Chicago Tribune reports that a couple neighborhoods in Milwaukee may begin minting a private currency. While this is certainly seems novel, it is far…
From the Wall Street Journal a few days ago, a few anecdotes about the college application experience. Articles like this are usually quite far removed from the actual process but I think that this piece…
If you rely on American sources for your news, you may have missed the two ministerials held in Europe this week for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Organization for Security and Cooperation…
Featured posts
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October 18, 2009
When Love Beckoned in 52nd Street
We were at San Francisco’s BIX last evening, enjoying prosecco, cheese, and a bit of music. A full year of inhabitation in Northern California has unraveled to me no decent venue for proper lounging, but… -
October 9, 2009
D Afraid of a Little Competish
So our colleague and Dartblog writer Joe Asch informed me that the D has rejected our cunning advertising campaign. Uh-oh. The Dartmouth is widely known as a breeding ground for instant New York Times successes,… -
September 4, 2009
How Regents Should Reign
As Dartmouth alumni proceed through the legal hoops necessary to defuse a Board-packing plan—which put in unhappy desuetude an historic 1891 Agreement between alumni and the College guaranteeing a half-democratically-elected Board of Trustees—it strikes one… -
August 29, 2009
Election Reform Study Committee
If you are an alum of the College on the Hill, you may have received a number of e-mails of late beseeching your input for a new arm of the College’s Alumni Control Apparatus called… -
August 23, 2009
Fare Thee Well, Tom Crady
And now Dean Tom Crady has precipitously announced his departure from the College after only 20 months on the job. How to read this? By way of background, prior to coming to Dartmouth, Crady had… -
May 31, 2009
Kangaroo Court, Indeed
In an interview with The Dartmouth, alumni-elected trustee T.J. Rodgers ‘70 explained his reasons for declining to participate in future evaluations of trustees up for “re-election,” namely the “kangaroo court” nature of such discussion in…