Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Wearing Your Drink on Your Sleeve

By Zeke Turner

Dartmouth Medical School published a study in April's issue of the American Journal of Preventative Medicine linking ownership of alcohol-branded merchandise (ABM) to experimentation with alcohol among 10 to 14 year olds. Basically, middle-school students who own t-shirts, baseball caps and other items bearing the names of alcohol companies were found more likely to have experimented with drinking. More »

Cartoons are No Laughing Matter

By Fernando Austin

I do not watch TV very regularly. As a matter of fact, while at Dartmouth, the only occasions when I have stuck to watching the black boxes on a regular basis have been during my breaks at home in Mexico. I generally only catch glimpses of major broadcast news channels on my way through the Jones Media Center, while studying in the periodicals room, or waiting for my plane in airport terminals. More »