By William Schpero, The Dartmouth Staff
An additional 100 seniors will be forced to live off-campus next fall due to changes in the College's eligibility standards for on-campus housing, according to a letter sent to students by the Office of Residential Life on Monday. Students from the Class of 2008 or earlier, along with fifth-year students in the Thayer B.E. program, will be ineligible to participate in room draw in the spring or in the fall housing assignment process for private and College-owned coed, fraternity and sorority and undergraduate society houses.
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By Erin Jaeger, The Dartmouth Staff
Emerging from the depths of Rauner Special Collections library and into the hands of Frost aficionados everywhere, 20 lectures given by poet Robert Frost at the College between 1947 and 1966 will be published for the first time. The lectures, recently transcribed by James Sitar '01, were given by Frost as part of Dartmouth's Great Issues course.
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By Rebecca Cress, The Dartmouth Staff
Investigating whether she could lead a sustainable lifestyle on $6 or $7 per hour, political essayist Barbara Ehrenreich worked as a house cleaner, waitress and Wal-Mart salesperson, among other low-wage careers, between 1998 and 2000. Unable to afford a residence in a trailer park working at these jobs, Ehrenreich lived in a residential motel for part of the experiment, where she saw families living in one room with a queen bed, but no window shades, tables or refrigerators. Her employers required her to take drug tests, which Ehrenreich called "a little ritual of humiliation."
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By Aimee Lim, The Dartmouth Staff
From teriyaki eel to rice noodles, Asian cuisine has taken the spotlight in dining locations across campus and has recently been a star newcomer at Collis Cafe Late Night. Specifically, sushi and Vietnamese pho -- a traditional noodle soup -- have helped to satisfy the recent campus craving for global flavors.
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By Mitch Davis, The Dartmouth Staff
In his studies of media in the modern world, McKenzie Wark has found that as videogames become more realistic reality seems to have become more like its virtual counterpart.
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By Erin Jaeger, The Dartmouth Staff
- Brown University will eliminate all tuition for students from families that earn less than $60,000 a year, following similar decisions by Dartmouth, Harvard University, Yale University and Stanford University, according to The New York Times. More »
- Though the recent shootings at Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois University have drawn attention to crime on college campuses, a report released last week by the Bureau of Judicial Statistics found that campus crime rates have declined over the past 10 years, according to InsideHigherEd.com. More »
