“In his inaugural address on April 6, 1998, President James Wright declared that ‘Dartmouth is a research university in all but name.’ He has repeated his claim many times since, much to the dismay of some students who view Dartmouth’s undergraduate college as its only feature worth mentioning. These students have reason for annoyance. It is a little silly to think Hanover might be home to a great research university.”
–The Dartmouth, Jan. 16, 2007
"Caught in the middle of closed and folding courses, some students have had trouble getting into the classes they need or want.
Nick Newman, a transfer student from Tulane University, said he was aggravated by what he called Dartmouth's 'complicated' course selection system.
'Tulane is set up a lot easier to understand. You just get on the Internet some time in the first couple weeks and click -- a five-year-old could do it. Dartmouth has a lot of lines and waivers,' Newman said.
"The [swimming] program faces hurdles that no other athletic program at Dartmouth has endured. These include a recent administration attempt to end the program, no college money for the program, arguably the worst facilities that any Dartmouth Division-1 team sport must tolerate and inarguably the worst aquatic facilities in the Ivy League and among the worst in D-1 swimming."
The Dartmouth, January 31, 2007
"'I'm running to be an independent. I'm not running to be a yes-man to the administration or a yes-man to the independents,' [Smith] said. 'I'm running to be Stephen Smith and be my own man.'"
--The Dartmouth, Jan. 29, 2007
