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Sunday, June 14, 2009

Blanchflower to Receive Honor

As you all probably know, Dartmouth College has some history with the U.K.; William Legge, the 2nd Earl of Dartmouth, was the head of the trust that Samson Occom and Reverend Nathaniel Whitaker helped establish in order to help Eleazar Wheelock's Indian Charity School remain financially viable.

One more link was added yesterday on the 13th.

Professor Blanchflower, a particularly prescient Dartmouth economist who served in the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee until just two weeks ago and saw the recession coming a long ways off, is set to be made a Commander of the British Empire in recognition of his services in economics and monetary policy.

The rank of Commander (CBE) is the third highest achieveable following Knight Grand Cross and Knight Commander. It does not entail knighthood or the ability to use the title of "Sir."

Full post and comments below the fold.

Posted by Sterling C. Beard at 6:32 PM (0 comments)

Saturday, June 06, 2009

Dartmouth Indian Punter Trying Out With Steelers

We at TDR have heard that Dartmouth's own All-American punter, Brian Scullin, is trying out with the Pittsburgh Steelers. If he makes it, he'll be the second Dartmouth graduate in the NFL alongside current Tenessee Titans fullback Casey Cramer (Jay Fiedler last played pro ball in 2005). We wish him the best and hope he makes the squad. Go Indians!

Full post and comments below the fold.

Posted by Sterling C. Beard at 7:08 AM (7 comments)

Monday, June 01, 2009

Debt Talk

Looks good:

From: "Judy Fothergill"
To: All
Subject: Rockefeller Panel Today - The Threat of Our National Debt

"Debtor Nation: The Threat to America's Future"
A Panel Discussion with Moderator, Marjorie Rose, Economics, Dartmouth College

Panelists James Poterba, Economics, MIT;

Andrew Samwick, Director, Rockefeller Center; Economics, Dartmouth College;

Jonathan S. Skinner, Economics, Dartmouth College

4:30 PM , 3 Rockefeller Hall
Sponsored by The Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences with Wa.S.up: Wake Up. Speak Up. Dartmouth Students for Fiscal Responsibility

More info: http://d2u.dartmouth.edu/archive?id=2126

Talk may be cheap, but the dollar sure will be too at the rate we're spending.

Full post and comments below the fold.

Posted by Sterling C. Beard at 8:50 AM (0 comments)

Friday, May 29, 2009

Told Ya!

Here we are, this is from today's D:

Google’s Gmail is now the leading contender to replace BlitzMail as the College’s e-mail system, according to biology professor C. Robertson McClung, chair of the Task Force on E-mail and Collaboration Technology and associate dean of the faculty for the sciences.

Remember folks, you heard it here first!

Full post and comments below the fold.

Posted by Sterling C. Beard at 2:38 PM (2 comments)

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Should've Gone to Freecreditreport.com. Or not.

Here's a quotation from an article from yesterday's D regarding the drop in the College's credit rating and the cost it incurs:

Days before the College plans to issue over $400 million in bonds, Standard & Poor’s downgraded the College’s credit rating to double-A plus, the second highest rating, from its prior triple-A status. The change will likely have only a marginal effect on the College’s upcoming bond issue, according to Adam Keller, Dartmouth executive vice president for finance and administration.

Because of the downgrade, Dartmouth will incur “a very modest cost” — interest rates will increase between one and two-tenths of one percent on the new bonds, Keller said in an interview with The Dartmouth.

That doesn't sound too bad, does it? The College took some risks, gets its credit rating lowered, but it'll shrug it off, right?

Let's crunch some numbers here. 0.1-0.2% on those loans means that the that the College will pay out about $400,000-$800,000/year of extra interest on the $400,000,000 loan - in other
words, the annual cost of 3-6 full professors. Unless your name is Tim Geithner or Henry Paulson, it's hard to call that amount of money "modest."

In contrast, those flat-screen TVs in Collis and FoCo that are a favorite target of editorials in the D are probably cost $3,000-5000 each. I'm not sure what model they are, but a quick trip to Best Buy's website seemed to give a price range for the big screen models at around $2,000-3000, even though they were on sale. If there was something that students should be upset about, TVs in Collis and FoCo ought to be a bit lower on their list.

Full post and comments below the fold.

Posted by Sterling C. Beard at 10:05 AM (4 comments)

Monday, May 25, 2009

DTV Returns to Campus

An interest group of over 40 students is bringing back DTV, Dartmouth's television station that has been defunct since 2007. Programs will include Dartmouth varsity and club sports, Dickey and Rockefeller Center lectures, student films, Dartmouth news programs, and a variety of student-made serial and comedy shows.

DTV will be launched this fall; tune in at Channel 13.

Full post and comments below the fold.

Posted by Katherine Jane Murray at 7:03 PM (3 comments)

Dartmouth UG Vets Association to Host BBQ at Beta

Got this in my Blitz inbox; spacing has been condensed in order to aid readability:

The Dartmouth Undergraduate Veterans Association cordially invites you to remember those who sacrificed for this great nation Monday, May 25th at 7pm at the flagpole on the Green.

The ceremony will include the retiring of the flag, a non denominational prayer service and a special gift for President Wright.

A barbeque will preceed the event at 6pm on the front porch of the Beta house.

Full post and comments below the fold.

Posted by Sterling C. Beard at 11:35 AM (0 comments)

Friday, May 22, 2009

Micro$oft Makes Mistake, Google Now Front-Runner

Our sources at The Review have informed us that, in the battle to replace Blitz, Microsoft may have made a critical error: they want to charge the College 2.5-3 million dollars to complete the changeover.

Google, however, will do it for free.

As a result, the College is leaning heavily, heavily towards Google now, and is most likely going to pick them.

Full post and comments below the fold.

Posted by Sterling C. Beard at 2:23 PM (9 comments)

Monday, May 18, 2009

Hit the Deck!

There was apparently a non-fatal shooting at Harvard today. It's unknown if the victim is a student; he is now hospitalized in stable condition. Both AP and the Huffington Post have the story.

Full post and comments below the fold.

Posted by Sterling C. Beard at 10:35 PM (1 comments)

Friday, May 15, 2009

Kofi Annan Named Columbia University Fellow

He'll be lecturing people, hosting conferences and moderating events in NYC. So really, I suppose little has changed.

AP has the story here.

Full post and comments below the fold.

Posted by Sterling C. Beard at 1:17 AM (0 comments)

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Zywicki '88 On Chrysler

Again, WSJ has it.

Full post and comments below the fold.

Posted by Sterling C. Beard at 5:41 PM (1 comments)

Geithner '83 Admits That Government Goofed Up

The Wall Street Journal has the story here.

Full post and comments below the fold.

Posted by Sterling C. Beard at 5:32 PM (1 comments)

Government Department Appoints James Russell Muirhead, Jr.

The Government Department has announced the appointment of James Russell Muirhead, Jr., a current associate professor at UT-Austin, as the inaugural holder of the Robert Clemens Professorship of Democracy and Politics. Full News Release here.

I was really excited when I received this news update. The creation of an endowed chair affirms Dartmouth's commitment to quality of education even in light of our necessary budget cuts to weather the economic downturn. Muirhead does have an impressive resume (Rhodes Scholar, Ph.D from Harvard, and former varsity skier(!)) and he seems willing to apply his extensive research experience, which includes three books on political theory/political science and research grants received from the National Science Foundation, to the benefit of undergraduates: "Dartmouth students, of course, are among the greatest attractions of the place. I put my mind and my heart into the classroom, and I look forward to teaching courses that explore the complexities of a democratic society, the intersection of ideas and political institutions, and the great and enduring questions of political philosophy." The Review welcomes Dr. Muirhead and hopes that he'll demonstrate a commitment to undergraduate education in addition to research.

ps - HOOK'EM!

Full post and comments below the fold.

Posted by Christine S. Tian at 10:32 AM (0 comments)

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

And the Hits Just Keep On Coming

This landed in my Blitzmail inbox yesterday morning from the Dartmouth Animal Welfare Group:

Subject: BeTtEr SeX

is had by vegetarians!

...seriously.

Interested in learning about the relationship between people, animals, and food?

/want FREE Jewl of India?

Come check out a screening of Eleni Vlachos's new film:

SEEING THROUGH THE FENCE- a funny, accessible look into the role of food in modern society.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/porchlife

THURSDAY MAY 14
5:30 PM
ROCKY 002

COME

p.s. check out the ad that got banned from the superbowl that proves vegetarians are better in bed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwe0vuejR14

I eliminated some space between lines in order to make it easier to read, but the Blitz is as originally sent, complete with a misspelling of "jewel."

Later, when I first later caught sight of the following subject line I thought that whatever spam filter Blitzmail employs had finally failed me. Then I realized it came from the Center for Women and Gender.

Subject: Orgasm Inc. (second) Sneak Film Screening

Since Loew Auditorium was not able to hold the masses. . .

Orgasm Inc.: The Strange Science of Female Desire

Sneak Film Screening

TOMORROW (wed may 13th), 4pm
The Center for Women & Gender (6 choate road)
Free and open to all.

Orgasm, Inc. is a humorous and informative odyssey that explores the mixed messages, corporate greed and outright quackery that women confront in their quest for sexual pleasure. This film had its international debut in the last few days at a Toronto Film Festival where audiences have been motivated to speak out on issues of women's health.

http://www.thefledglingfund.org/media/health-care/orgasm-inc.html

-({})

In case you're wondering, yes, the signature does appear to be a text representation of a woman's genitals like those Vagina Monologues t-shirts they were handing out during the winter quarter.

The film description is as follows from The Fledgling Fund's website, linked above:

"With unique access and deft style of interviewing, filmmaker Liz Canner goes on an eight year odyssey following cadre of drug companies as they race to be the first to win FDA approval of their pill, cream, patch or nose spray. The promised result: orgasm and "normal" sexual function for women. Ultimately, the film concludes that the key to women's sexual satisfaction is to change not just our sex lives but also our society."

It has received grants from Chicken & Egg Pictures, a group that exists to "provide support for women filmmakers who are working to address the social justice, equity, and human rights issues of our time, locally, nationally, and globally."

The director/producer is Liz Canner.

Full post and comments below the fold.

Posted by Sterling C. Beard at 10:33 PM (1 comments)

Friday, May 08, 2009

Student Organizations Hold Bondage Clinic

The Dartmouth Coalition for Progress recently blitzed the following out to campus advertising a seminar on sexual bondage:

>From: Dartmouth Coalition for Progress
>Date: 07 May 2009 21:22:54 -0400
>Subject: All tied up?
>To: (Recipient list suppressed)

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P A N A R C H Y
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The Dartmouth Coalition for Progress
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~ Audre Lorde
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BONDAGE 101:
an interactive* introduction to erotic rope tying

Tuesday, May 12
8:00 pm
Panarchy
9 School Street

featuring Dov, NYC-based bondage expert
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On a campus with little exposure to a kink-friendly community, Dov (and Panarchy, Sexperts, DCP, GSX, and Tabard) seek to offer students a space to learn and discuss safe, consensual methods of exploring BDSM. Dov will be teaching students how to perform erotic rope tying based on an intricate style originated in Japan. No assumptions will be made about gender and sexual preference; we seek to make this event as safe, queer-friendly, feminist, sex positive and inclusive as possible.

*Participation is optional (fully clothed). Ropes will be available; feel free to bring a partner.

Cosponsored by: Dartmouth Coalition for Progress, Tabard, Sexperts, Co-ed Council, COSO
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~ From The Talented Mr. Ripley
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Cosponsored by: Dartmouth Coalition for Progress, Tabard, Sexperts, Co-ed Council, COSO

Note that the event is funded by COSO. This will pay for the expertise of "Dov, NYC-based bondage expert" (Is 'dominatrix' not PC any more?), who will demonstrate "erotic rope tying based on an intricate style originated in Japan." I'll leave it to the reader to assess how responsible a use of the College's money this is.

Full post and comments below the fold.

Posted by Brian Nachbar at 12:18 AM (17 comments)