Friday, April 13, 2007

The Dish: What’s in a name?

By By Haley Morris and Anna Payne, The Dartmouth Staff

Quick! What do a stump-toed ghecki, yards of astroturf and a past-its-Halloween prime princess costume all have in common? Why, West Lebanon of course! The Upper Valley’s dizzying, cure-all one-stop shop can satiate any and all consumer desires. Although, the West Leb strip is not exactly overburdened with an equally ample array of fine dining selections, we remained convinced that it couldn’t possibly fail us in our search for some solid grub. More »

Ledyard, According to Gifford

By Zeke Turner, The Dartmouth Staff

When John Ledyard arrived at Dartmouth in the spring of 1772, he grabbed everybody’s attention with his flashy clothes and his carriage — the first to ever reach Dartmouth. Ledyard left just one year later when he made his own canoe and floated down the Connecticut River, once again the center of attention, wearing a bearskin and reading Ovid in Latin (which distracted him from a waterfall downstream, coming perilously close to a fatal accident). More »

Alex Got in Trouble: Mash it up

By Alex Howe, The Dartmouth Staff

I am in the Dayton, Ohio airport waiting to fly back to Biloxi. My first eleven weeks on the Gulf Coast were like Natalie Portman’s character in Garden State: challenging, strangely beautiful and likely to change my life. More »

The Friday Quickie: Dissective Behavior

By Abi Medvin, The Dartmouth Staff

Senior spring is a wonderful time, particularly if you’re not taking classes. Being at school without actually having to go to school has afforded me (and a handful of my similarly toolish former AP-scholar friends) a whole lot of free time. I find that I have spent a not insignificant portion of this free time engaging in a rather shameful activity ­— talking about boys. More »

The Power of Words

By Chris Symeonides, The Dartmouth Staff

I have never been much for lyrics. There are plenty of bands that I love. I may know only about five lyrics from their entire discographies but continue to recommend them to friends. When I’m listening to a song, my primary focus has always been the instrumentation and melody (the actual “music”), as opposed to what is being said. More »

Overheard

‘09 Sigma Delt: I’ll pee in a frat shower if I have to go, but I would NEVER go in the sink. Ew. More »