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Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:00 +0000 Fri, 09 May 2008 22:58:31 +0000 en-us Copyright 2008, The Dartmouth, Inc. editor@thedartmouth.com (Katy O'Donnell) http://thedartmouth.com/ 120 Morton Klein, the National President of the Zionist Organization of America, proclaimed Israel's importance in the Middle East and denounced the legitimacy of Israel's neighbors, drawing audience controversy, during his speech in Collis Common Ground on Thursday, given in celebration of the 60th anniversary of Israel's independence. http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/news/zionist/ http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/news/zionist/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:00 +0000 NEWS ANALYSIS In the race for the executive committee of the Association of Alumni, supporters of the Association's lawsuit against the College have claimed that the Board of Trustees ignored or denied several of the Association's requests to meet prior to the Board's September announcement of changes to Dartmouth's governance structure. Board Chairman Ed Haldeman '70, however, said in his Sept. 8, 2007 letter announcing the proposed governance changes that, "We carefully considered input from many alumni, current and former trustees, faculty, parents, students, and other members of the Dartmouth community." http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/news/board/ http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/news/board/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:00 +0000 The Student Assembly's All Greek and Society Open House, designed to introduce freshmen to Dartmouth's Greek and social organizations, ultimately offered an incomplete representation, as only 17 of the 31 fraternity, sorority, coed organizations, and affinity houses on campus sent members to the event, which was held in Collis Common Ground on Thursday. Several fraternities were absent from the event. http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/news/openhouse/ http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/news/openhouse/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:00 +0000 A contribution from the Manton Foundation will lead to the formation of a $3 million endowment for Dartmouth's Digital Library program and a $1 million endowment for maintenance of the Orozco murals in Baker-Berry Library. The foundation is a frequent supporter of museums and art. http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/news/library/ http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/news/library/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:00 +0000 Jazz is an eclectic and complex musical style, but academia has largely ignored its "equally eclectic" roots, argued Gaye Theresa Johnson, a professor of black studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara in a presentation in Dartmouth Hall on Thursday. http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/news/jazz/ http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/news/jazz/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:00 +0000 Dartmouth's track and field teams will cap off their spring seasons this weekend with the annual outdoor Ivy League Heptagonal championship meet, hosted by Yale in New Haven, Conn. Dartmouth's men's and women's squads have had impressive spring seasons leading up to this year's Ancient Eight competition. http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/sports/track/ http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/sports/track/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:00 +0000 Room draw closed Wednesday night, leaving 80 to 100 students on the wait list, according to Rachael Class-Giguere, director of undergraduate housing. All rising sophomores on the wait list are guaranteed housing for next year. Rising seniors quickly selected five-person suites in McLane and Thomas Halls. The Channing Cox and Maxwell apartments, traditionally reserved for seniors, will house sophomores for the first time next year, Class-Giguere said. Many rising sophomores also selected single rooms, another room-draw rarity, as there are usually few singles available for sophomores, Class-Giguere said. Massachusetts Row and the Fayerweather Halls were popular, as they have been in the past, but students were reluctant to choose rooms in the Lodge and Brewster Hall. "Their perception is that [the Lodge] is far away and removed," Class-Giguere said "With Brewster, you're in Alumni Hall and people are saying it's so far away, but it's right behind this building." The Office of Residential Life announced during the Winter term that 100 members of the Class of 2009 would not be permitted to participate in room draw due to the construction of a Visual Arts Center, which ORL believed would necessitate the destruction of Brewster and the Lodge. ORL rescinded this announcement last month, although many rising seniors may have already found off-campus housing, Class-Giguere said. http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/news/briefs/ http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/news/briefs/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:00 +0000 Given the volume of dialogue that has raged in the pages of this and other publications for months over the Board of Trustees' expansion plan, it is increasingly hard to believe that any lack of communication precipitated the current state of affairs. Central to the debate is the assertion by members of the petition slate in the Association of Alumni executive committee election that the lawsuit against the College was filed as a last resort after all other lines of communication between the two parties had failed -- a dubious claim even in the particularly nebulous back-and-forth about who contacted whom and when. http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/opinion/verbum/ http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/opinion/verbum/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:00 +0000 John Mathias '69's recent Opinion piece mentioned only once the key issue in the Association of Alumni election -- maintenance of alumni parity on the Board of Trustees -- but what he said was interesting: "Issues of alumni governance and 'parity' should be addressed in constructive dialogue with the trustees" ("Time For Alumni Unity," May 6). http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/opinion/murphy/ http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/opinion/murphy/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:00 +0000 To the Editor: With all due respect to John Mathias '69, his piece insults the intelligence of both students and alumni ("Time For Alumni Unity," May 6). To be clear, I take issue with his motivation and reasoning, not with his love for Dartmouth. http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/news/letter/ http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/news/letter/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:00 +0000 Dartmouth's track and field teams will cap off their spring seasons this weekend with the annual outdoor Ivy League Heptagonal championship meet, hosted by Yale in New Haven, Conn. Dartmouth's men's and women's squads have had impressive spring seasons leading up to this year's Ancient Eight competition. http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/sports/track/ http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/sports/track/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:00 +0000 Baseball's loss to Columbia was rough. End of story. It was on par with the 1994 Knicks and 2001 Yankees in my book. Then again, I cannot even begin to imagine the pain Pats fans felt following their Super Bowl defeat. I suppose the only thing left to do is lighten the mood -- after all, wallowing in misery just isn't fun. http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/sports/hodes/ http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/sports/hodes/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:00 +0000 If Robinson Hall is an apartment building, The D and the DOC are like neighbors. When they have barbeques, the smell makes our mouths water. When they have dance parties on the Robo lawn, we pretend we're too busy to join them. And when people show up naked, covered in green paint to hand in their Croo applications, we hold the door. http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/mirror/editorsnote/ http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/mirror/editorsnote/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:00 +0000 Raise your hand if this sounds like your typical schedule: Leave Hanover at 1 a.m. on Friday. Drive out to Cathedral Ledge. Sleep in the car. Wake up early. Climb all day. Walk down the mountain. Drive home. http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/mirror/anatomy/ http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/mirror/anatomy/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:00 +0000 Glamorous, enviable and high-profile -- these adjectives might come to mind when thinking of Croo members for Dartmouth Outing Club First-Year Trips. But this is simply not the case, insist the members of the trips directorate. http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/mirror/croo/ http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/mirror/croo/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:00 +0000 The Schlitz Fund has enabled the wild adventures of many Dartmouth students, no matter their status (if any) in the DOC. Jennifer Garfinkel takes a closer look at the fund with a funny name. http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/mirror/schlitz/ http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/mirror/schlitz/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:00 +0000 "Something subtle, unsaid, something -- well, evil -- something which nags a sense of awe and respect and fear, hides with the lichen covered rocks on the storm-swept summit and lives in the sighing fir trees which carpet the slopes and crowd the valley." So begins the description of Mount Moosilauke in an unidentified handwritten account of the Doc Benton story in the DOC archives in Rauner. http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/mirror/benton/ http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/mirror/benton/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:00 +0000 It is often said that a first impression is one of the most important factors in the formation of opinions about a person or a thing. If that's really the case, then Dartmouth definitely has the right idea with the Dartmouth Outing Club First-Year Trips. http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/mirror/pt/ http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/mirror/pt/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:00 +0000 "DOC trips are like, totally the most fun EVER!!" This is all that I had ever heard about these wilderness initiation rituals that are unique to our college on the hill. Since DOC Trips are talked up more than Christmas, imagine how doomed I felt when my own trip (strenuous hiking, section E) wasn't the best thing EVER, nor was it even close. I felt like the rest of my four years were doomed -- I had already found the most fun thing EVER to be a huge bust. The rest of my college experience loomed ahead of me like another wilderness disaster waiting to happen. http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/mirror/counterpoint/ http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/mirror/counterpoint/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:00 +0000 Some people might be nervous about going to college their first year. Will I make new friends? Will I pass my classes? Jean Ellen Cowgill was worried about the wildlife, thanks to an unfortunate otter attack. She muses about when animals (and through hikers) attack. http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/mirror/granite/ http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/mirror/granite/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:00 +0000 Given my general inability to string together sentences and form coherent articles, as well as my questionable mastery of proper syntax, I decided it would be best not to tax myself this week by trying to write a whole article. Instead I have some Cheers and Jeers; I figure these tidbits are better for our MTV-addled attention spans. http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/mirror/reboot/ http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/mirror/reboot/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:00 +0000 Who knew that Crayola blue denim could be so raunchy? "Kristin in Slim Slacks" is putting on quite a show for a disheveled photographer who takes pictures of her highly sexualized body. Women in hot pants, tube socks and Members Only-style jackets dance around with a shirtless, hairy, jiggly rando who, according to the caption, is named Jonny. A woman practically moons the photographer. This isn't soft-core internet porn. No, my friends, it's the erotic advertising for American Apparel, patting itself on the back on the way to the bank as consumers these days, including Dartmouth students, buy it all up. http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/mirror/style/ http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/mirror/style/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:00 +0000 Think back, Dartmouth, to a time not at all long ago when the indie-rock-electro-pop-jungle-surf duo MGMT was supposed to play a concert in Fuel -- three weeks ago tomorrow, Saturday April 12. http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/mirror/pairadox/ http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/mirror/pairadox/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:00 +0000 A nationally ranked runner in fifth grade, a competitive skier in high school, a construction worker in Antarctica: Ian McKay '11 is as extreme as the locations he's visited. Next on his to-do list: space. http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/mirror/spotlight/ http://thedartmouth.com/2008/05/09/mirror/spotlight/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:00 +0000