Monday, October 27, 2008

The Treehouse Effect

By Sam Buntz, Staff Columnist

A recent Verbum Ultimum ("She's Nice, But...," Oct. 17) decried the cumbersone sororirty rush processes of thePanhellenic Council, which apparently don't work well in our community as they end up denying bids to 24 percent of the rushees. Panhellenic Council President Jessica Lane '09 soon shot back with a letter to the editor ("Stop Blaming the Computer," Oct. 21) writing, "Blaming it on the computer is often a way of avoiding a harsh truth: Sometimes an organization does not like a [potential new member] as much as she likes them." More »

Peer Rec?

By Emily Johnson, The Dartmouth Staff

There are plenty of frightening things in the news these days -- from the economic crisis to Iran's nuclear ambitions to gang violence that catches innocent children in its crossfire. The article that gave me the worst shivers last week, however, had nothing to do with impending global catastrophes or violence. Rather, the subject was college admissions. More »