Astronomy FSP to South Africa awaits approval
The physics and astronomy department's proposed foreign study program to South Africa is in the final stages before approval by the committee of chairs of the arts and sciences faculty.
The physics and astronomy department's proposed foreign study program to South Africa is in the final stages before approval by the committee of chairs of the arts and sciences faculty.
Listening to rap records can be exhausting. On the one hand, I often find myself scrambling to keep up, trying in vain to catch every profound line and lyrical allusion before it slips away.
Margaret Rowland / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Co-captain and running back Dominick Pierre '14 is a force to be reckoned with on the football field and is looking to build on his already illustrious college career in the remaining games this season.
Game day hopes: awesome tailgate, tons of likes on my Instagram picture, one of the exclusive Mariano Rivera bobblehead dolls and, oh right, a win for the Yankees.
Of the approximately 400 men who participated in the fraternity recruitment process, more than 350 accepted bids, Interfraternity Council rush chair Brett Kana '14 said.
Courtesy of the Hopkins Center The Hopkins Center for the Arts recently opened the Hop Garage, three new studio spaces directly across from the Courtyard Cafe.
Dartmouth can stop kidding itself — our society is far from post-racial
In a survey conducted this summer, The Chronicle of Higher Education found that professors and college presidents tend to agree on several contentious higher education issues, but differ in their opinions on the monetary value of higher education and the direction of academia.
Maggie Leech / The Dartmouth Award-winning philosopher and novelist Rebecca Goldstein discussed why literature is an effective medium for conveying philosophical ideas in a lecture in Filene Auditorium Monday afternoon. Goldstein, whose work has been widely acclaimed for transcending boundaries between philosophy and literature, is a Montgomery Fellow and will be in residence until the end of the fall term. Goldstein said the rift between philosophy and literature dates back 2,400 years to Plato, who dismissed poetry as a legitimate form of philosophical debate in "The Republic," she said. "Philosophy and literature have been a battleground for a long time," she said. Even as a successful philosophical novelist, Goldstein said she struggles with the legitimacy of literature as a forum for philosophical ideas.
Over the weekend, Dartmouth J Street U members joined hundreds of college students and thousands of activists from across the country at a three-day National J Street Conference in Washington, D.C.
Natalie Cantave / The Dartmouth Staff The field hockey team got back on track this weekend, winning both of its games on the road.
The unfortunate intolerance of campus "liberalis"
Natalie Cantave / The Dartmouth Staff Though the Big Green women's soccer team had high energy and expectations for the Ivy League opener against Brown University this weekend, the Bears (5-2, 1-0 Ivy) ultimately came out on top with a 1-0 win on Sunday.
Both the men's and women's rugby teams stayed undefeated in their early fall seasons with dominating wins over Brown University and Harvard University.
Seniors now have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for service
Natalie Cantave / The Dartmouth Staff After a fairly successful preseason, Dartmouth women's volleyball was shut out in its league opener against Harvard University. The team played a much closer game last week when it split games against ninth-ranked University of Minnesota in the Dartmouth Duels, leaving hope that the performance against Harvard (6-4, 1-0 Ivy) would not bode poorly for the rest of the season. "We've been practicing and playing at a really high level as we prepared for the beginning of the Ivy League, and I think there were a little bit of nerves," Kaira Lujan '16 said.
A study performed by Boston College's Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Assessment showed that female students studying at Boston College lost self-confidence between their freshman and senior years, USA Today reported on Thursday.
\n Samantha Oh / The Dartmouth Staff \nThis article has been revised to reflect the following correction:\n Correction: Oct.
What is the meaning of life? Is it to seek a higher purpose than ourselves? Is it simply to exist?