Re: Campus food pantry relocates to Kellogg Hall While I was glad to read that Dartmouth students can access the campus food pantry to supplement their culinary creativity without the burden of an expensive grocery bill, I was deeply troubled that, at a school as lavishly resourced as Dartmouth, ...
Of the recent celebrity death parade that has streamed across newspaper headlines and the bottom of CNN, none of the late American icons has had such a profound effect on the course of American history and thought as broadcasting legend Walter Cronkite.
Jason Paul Indreland, a Satanist inmate in the Montana State Prison system, is suing Yellowstone County for $10 million on the grounds that his religious freedom was infringed on by his guards, who refused his requests for satanic medallions and reading materials. Traditionally, a prisoner's First Amendment right of religious freedom is subject to limitations when a "valid, rational connection" is established between prison regulations and legitimate government interests.
To quote Jon Stewart's impersonation of President Barack Obama, "Who's got two thumbs and can't vet for sh*t?
I was sort of stunned when he said it. No, I'm not talking about Dr. Joseph Lowery's humorous end to his profound benediction, or Chief Justice John Roberts's flubbing of the oath of office, or Obama's miscounting when he said, "44 Americans have now taken the presidential oath" (43 have). Nor am I talking about Obama's bluntness when speaking about our nation's dire situation or our role in its fixing.
Leaning against a lamppost in the middle of a busy Barcelona street last term, I watched a lady get mugged.
We waited with the rest of the world, glued to a muted television in one of Barcelona's English pubs, growing hoarse from yelling at Wolf Blitzer.
I was one of those "true believer" freshmen: excited, idealistic and eager as ever to do whatever work was thrown at me.
The laughably absurd incident during the July 7 Dallas City Hall meeting of commissioners illustrates a lot of what is wrong with discourse today.
Well, here we are. From the time that we first ventured on campus as wide-eyed prospective students, eager to swap SAT scores and meet every professor we could find, sophomore summer has dangled in front of us like keys in front of an infant.