Friday, July 11, 2003Wesley WatchThese appear to be fightin' words, at least coming from the previously tight-lipped Clark. The General appears to be at least contemplating the 2004 race after a vigorous draft attempt. He has even launched his own website to "foster the national debate."Full post and comments below the fold. Posted by Scott at 12:53 PM (0 comments) My editorial todayWell I'm glad they printed it, but the Daily D did defang it quite a bit. So I thought I'd post the sentences that they must have felt were too edgy.Last sentence of first paragraph: "Of course, maybe Brent C. Reidy and Kabir Sehgal would have realized this had they actually considered the merits of their own claims." Middle of second paragraph: "Further, he thinks that 'The name Dartmouth ought to shake the walls of a room when it is slipped into a conversation.'" (The point of this one was to show how immature this kid is.) End of third paragraph: "To require an ego boost from this type of verbal massage is, quite frankly, something I�d expect from kids in elementary school." End of fifth: "No, these students, like Mr. Reidy and Mr. Sehgal, apply because they want jaws to drop when they mention they attend Dartmouth. " Beginning of seventh: I called Mr. Reidy's editorial a "childish rant," but that didn't make it. End of seventh: "At the end of his editorial, Mr. Reidy asks, 'Where do we draw the line between being low key and being last?' We�re neither, and if Mr. Reidy truly thinks this, maybe he should reapply to Harvard; it might be a better fit." I liked the original version a lot better. Full post and comments below the fold. Posted by Alston B. Ramsay at 11:08 AM (0 comments) Glabe-is WatchGlabe may be on the way in as well...Full post and comments below the fold. Posted by Alston B. Ramsay at 10:40 AM (0 comments) Smellis Watch"Could this be another example of the Administration destroying institutional memory via diktat to suit its whims and fancies? Or is the location of the fence of no historical import?"Who the hell let Ellis in here? Full post and comments below the fold. Posted by Stefan Beck at 10:23 AM (0 comments) Re: GreenprintCorrect me if I'm wrong, Nilly, but carrying around a stack of papers and claiming that you'd just been to Kiewit to retrieve a printout saved your own self from campus drunkeness charges at least once, no?Full post and comments below the fold. Posted by Andrew Grossman at 7:44 AM (0 comments) Re: GreenprintI never really understood what the big deal was. How much will they charge per sheet now? $0.05? $0.10? Those printers do cost money, as does the paper, and the amount of wasted paper that I've seen is unconscionable.Furthermore, you can inkjets for very little money these days, and a pretty serious laser printer for the price of a very, very bad speeding ticket. People should deal with it. Full post and comments below the fold. Posted by Nilanjan at 12:35 AM (0 comments) Thursday, July 10, 2003Re: GreenprintAnd where was this predicted over a year ago?Thought so. I should add that end this was pretty obvious since the system was announced, even though the College denied it loudly and repeatedly. Of course, this is hardly the only time that the College has lied to students about its future plans. Should everyone - students, alumni, and faculty - just give up on the idea of straight talk from the administration altogether? Full post and comments below the fold. Posted by Andrew Grossman at 9:18 PM (0 comments) Animal House at 25AP:In one scene, Belushi smashes a guitar. But it didn't break on the first take. Full post and comments below the fold. Posted by Andrew Grossman at 9:14 PM (0 comments) Re: GreenprintA link to the D article can be found here.Hidden at the end of the article is that "the early part of the Assembly meeting was held outside on the Senior Fence on the Green, which the College will soon relocate to the corner of Main Street and Wheelock Street. Assembly members speculated that the move was to prevent foot traffic from cutting across that corner of the Green and killing the grass there." Does this strike anyone else as odd? I always thought that the Senior Fence is in its present location based on where the Senior Fence was historically. Could this be another example of the Administration destroying institutional memory via diktat to suit its whims and fancies? Or is the location of the fence of no historical import? UPDATE: I have since been informed that the location of the fence is not historical-- it in fact used to encircle the entire Green, so moving the current sections down to the corner of Wheelock and Main would not be anachronistic. Thanks are due to Nathaniel Ward from the D for sending me the information that was left out of his original article. Full post and comments below the fold. Posted by Michael Ellis at 6:08 PM (0 comments) Friends of the Review Peter Robinson and Father George Rutler engage in some public discourse in "The Corner" at NRO.Full post and comments below the fold. Posted by alex at 4:18 PM (0 comments) GreenprintIt looks like the College will start charging students for printing, because, not surprisingly, Greenprint has led to much more printing, and much more waste (20% increase, says the Daily D). Related, the College is now giving all students free nationwide long distance, although students who abuse the system may be limited.Full post and comments below the fold. Posted by Alston B. Ramsay at 3:39 PM (0 comments) Re: Everybody Loves Unrelated Stats...and it's not the fault of all the Europeans. The Brits and others were keen in recent subsidy talks to scrap much of the program (even the Economist deemed their multilaterally negotiated proposals to be "substantial reform"). And who kept the subsidy regime in place?One guess... Yep... France. And who gets screwed? Besides the grocery-buying and tax-paying public (actually, to be fair, poor urban mobs eating state subsidized food do a bit better with ag supports in place; like in a Third World country, this is probably a concern in France), it's non-EU producers, of course, mostly situated in developing or former communist countries. But American consumers also took a knock when Chirac drove the negotiations off track (remember that Chirac is a former ag minister; by all accounts, what happened falls squarely on his shoulders). How's that? Since he got into office, GWB has been looking to negotiate a bilateral deal with Europe to phase out subsidies. The looming EU expansion set the stage for this in Europe, and a preliminary move by the EU (even something more symbolic than significant) could have been just the thing to spark some action over here as it would have disarmed much of the farm lobby's resistance. Well, maybe next year (fat chance: cut farm subsidies in an election year?!). Full post and comments below the fold. Posted by Andrew Grossman at 11:00 AM (0 comments) Wednesday, July 09, 2003Ruth Marcus and the Union Leader: Perfect together.And to think that I've eaten many a burrito from that California Tortilla...Full post and comments below the fold. Posted by Michael Ellis at 2:38 PM (0 comments) Re: Everyone Loves Unrelated StatsNot only is bad local government a major obstacle, but Gore failed to note that in the BBC article, it's the European Union who is the subsidy culprit responsible for the $913/cow/year figure. US farm subsidies, while high, are nowhere near as bloated as those in Europe.Kudos to the Bush administration for arguing against Europe's high agricultural subsidies and block-headed rules against genetically-modified foods at the Doha trade talks. Both will help American farmers (enabling the US government to trim its own subsidies) and help poor nations feed themselves. Full post and comments below the fold. Posted by Michael Ellis at 11:42 AM (0 comments) Everyone Loves Unrelated StatsFrom the department of "If I throw these stats together maybe someone will think I actually made a point:"Over at freedartmouth, Nikhil Gore writes: "The BBC reports on the UNDPs logical conclusions to countries' policies that subsidize cows at $913/year/cow while giving Africa aid at $8/year/person." I'm no fan of farm subsidies, but it's just a tad dubious to draw a connection between cow subsidies here and aid to Africa. We could give $10K per person in aid to Africa, and I'm willing to bet (through a Caymans account of course) that Africa would still be screwed up. Until its problems of corruption, ethnic fighting, and backwards health education are dealt with, any money we give them will be essentially pissed away. Full post and comments below the fold. Posted by Ryan at 12:55 AM (0 comments) Double StandardI tried to post this in the Inner Office, but Blogger apparently doesn't like me...A couple days old... "It's easier for most Latin guys and it's easier for most minority people because most of us come from heat. You don't find too many brothers in New Hampshire and Maine and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. ... We were brought over here for the heat, right? Isn't that history? Weren't we brought over because we could take the heat?" The words of Al Campanis? Jimmy the Greek? No, Cubs manager Dusty Baker. I know pointing out double standards like this is pretty much a worthless exercise, but how fast would a white manager have had to clean out his office after saying this? Remember after all that Campanis was a highly respected Dodger executive who, as a player, had been one of the most accepting and helpful teammates of Jackie Robinson. After some racially "insenstive" comments on Nightline (comments that were on par with Baker's), his career and rep were destroyed. (As context, Baker I'm sure was responding to a question about day games affecting his team's performance as the season wears on. As a lifelong Cubs fan, this is an annual event; as the Cubs go into a June swoon, the reporters begin to wonder whether the amount of day games affects their play.) Full post and comments below the fold. Posted by Ryan at 12:30 AM (0 comments) Re: Dartmouth's Brand"New applications mean better students, better ratings and finally, raised prestige."Not sure if I follow this logic. Full post and comments below the fold. Posted by Ryan at 12:08 AM (0 comments) Tuesday, July 08, 2003Little help?Can someone with experience doing CSS for Windows IE give me a hand? Won't take more than 5 minutes or so. Email me.Full post and comments below the fold. Posted by Andrew Grossman at 12:35 PM (0 comments) College RepublicansThe CR website is up and running, kicking off a year of crucial campaigning for the party. While the Democrats parade a seemingly endless troupe of wannabes, we will be focusing on qualified incumbents, on a national as well as state level. Those on campus this term should be sure to check out the events page, as we have a great BBQ coming up this Thursday.Full post and comments below the fold. Posted by JR at 11:23 AM (0 comments) Monday, July 07, 2003Re: Dartmouth's BrandIf you are working on the campaign trail for Howard Dean, use every ounce of persuasion available to bring his attention to Dartmouth and perhaps to plan events there that will garner media attention. What a rube.
Full post and comments below the fold. Posted by Andrew Grossman at 7:59 PM (0 comments) Dartmouth's brandBrent Reidy '05 is really, really stupid...Full post and comments below the fold. Posted by Alston B. Ramsay at 2:05 PM (1 comments) |
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