/ The Dartmouth Staff '16 Guy: TDX won't be good tonight, because there are no '17s. '17 Girl 1: I played a game called splash cup last night?
Known for his colloquial and quippy yet profound tone and his complex characters whose stories and identities span oceans and islands, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Diaz will read his latest book, "This is How You Lose Her," Friday at 5 p.m.
Keeping up with old friends is crucial during pledge term
In case you were wondering, the bacterium Yersinia pestis killed one-third of the population of Europe in 1348.
Maggie Rowland / The Dartmouth Senior Staff As I got my economics midterm back earlier this week, I found myself once again cursing the day that I decided to "take a class out of interest". It's my senior year of college, but I still haven't learned to stick to what I'm good at and avoid the subjects I'm just not meant to tackle.
During our sophomore year, a friend made an observation about us that rang disturbingly true: we love to talk about terms. We would like to think it's not just us, but a tendency shared by many at Dartmouth.
Recent calls to stop using the NFL's Washington Redskins name have become the latest example in the debate over whether certain sports mascots are offensive to the Native American community.
After 15 years of using Blackboard as its learning management system, the College will transition to Canvas by Instructure by winter 2015.
Our quiet northeastern town is a haven for the determined men and women hiking the full distance of the Appalachian Trail, better known as thru-hikers
Alyssa Mahatme / The Dartmouth The women's soccer team defended its home turf this Wednesday against Boston University, but despite a valiant effort for the Big Green, the teams walked off still tied 1-1 after two overtime halves. One of the best opponents the Big Green (5-4-3, 2-1 Ivy) has faced this season, BU (9-3-3, 4-1 Patriot League) sits 100 spots above Dartmouth on the NCAA Division I rankings. "BU is a huge game in that they're a very good team," co-captain Marina Moschitto '14 said.
**Note: This is the first in a two-part series examining the role of journalism on college campuses.* I am a college journalist, but I consider myself light-years away from being qualified to write professionally.
JUNOT DIAZ 1902: Gone are the days of lounging on the Green. It's crunch time. OPEN FOR BUSINESS: It's been a long three weeks, but our government finally exists again.
A recent Dartmouth-led study on climate change broke away from traditional critical dialogue to discuss the potentially positive impact of warmer global temperatures on some forests.
Structuring study abroad programs to smooth student enrollment
Margaret Rowland / The Dartmouth Senior Staff When conducting research for his book "The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century," Steve Coll, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and dean of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, pored over Bin Laden divorce depositions and parking tickets that were sitting in an Orlando, Fla.
Computer science professor Sean Smith has assumed directorship of the College's Institute for Security, Technology and Society, which seeks to advance information security and privacy. Smith succeeds sociology professor Denise Anthony, who has headed ISTS since 2008 and is currently on sabbatical.
Thirteen years after the release of the cult movie "American Psycho," Jesse Singer '02 will produce a new theater adaptation of the 1991 Bret Easton Ellis novel that inspired the film.
The Supreme Court appeared to support state laws against affirmative action at public universities in a hearing on Tuesday, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported.