http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/ The Dickinson College Student Newspaper Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:16:46 GMT http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/graphics/dickinsoniandrss.gif http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/ 150 45 150 45 http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6175 Dickinson College President William G. Durden ’71 announced his plans to retire on June 30, 2013 to a surprised but supportive Carlisle community last Thursday. “The time just felt right,” Durden explained. “Sometimes in these things you have to g Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6175 http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6176 Storytelling organization The Moth is set to perform at this year’s Public Affairs Symposium (PAS) on Sunday, Feb. 19 in the Depot. Started in 1997, The Moth is a non-profit group devoted to the live performance of storytelling. The organization Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6176 http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6177 As part of a drive to increase its involvement on campus, Dickinson College’s Event Advisory Board recently unveiled its new line-up of events for the 2012 Spring Semester. The series, dubbed Club 40, has posted a wide range of dance parties and club Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6177 http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6178 Dickinson’s fraternities have changed the way rush will happen this year. Previously, according to Kappa Sigma brother Michael Bennett ’12 rushees, those interested in pledging, would spend about 20 minutes at each fraternity’s house doing a quick “m Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6178 http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6179 Over winter break, the Kline lobby, first floor of the Library and the fourth floor lounge in East College got a sprucing up with new furniture and new carpeting. The bright colors and graphic patterns update each of these places. The Kline got long Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6179 http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6180 Ringed by a small group of Dickinson professors and students, Haitian writer and filmmaker Marvin Victor spoke for an hour on Monday, Jan. 30 at 6:30 p.m. in the Stafford Auditorium. During the lecture the French-speaking writer spoke about what insp Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6180 http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6181 Officer Marcy Wolf is more than a public safety officer. You’ve probably seen this aspiring black belt walking around campus, stopping to talk with everyone she sees. “You can always tell who the new people are,“ she says, “because they don’t underst Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6181 http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6182 Burger consumers across campus can now eat with the peace of mind that comes from knowing where their ground beef comes from. As of the beginning of the new semester, all the beef that goes into the burgers on campus comes from grass-fed, hormone and Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6182 http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6183 While most Dickinson students kept warm by the fire with friends and family, one group of Dickinsonians stayed warm under the Caribbean sun while learning about how the other half lives. In mid-January, 18 eighteen students and two faculty went to th Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6183 http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6184 The other day, in the mad dash of interviewing, I was asked an unexpected question. The standard short list of interview questions for jobs in the real word contains questions that pertain to GPA, college major, club activities, internship experience Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6184 http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6185 In the past few decades the American political landscape has been especially riddled by political controversy. From Richard Nixon to Charlie Rangel, U.S. politicians have been caught participating in unethical activities, often to the delight of the Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6185 http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6191 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6191 http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6186 <i>“This I Believe” is an international organization of essays and radio spots started in 1950 on NPR (National Public Radio). In today’s version, essays have focused on sexual identity, dealing with loss, natural disasters, living with cancer and re Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6186 http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6187 Some have painted Obama as a messiah and called him the president of the youth, of hope and of change. But upon watching his latest chat with the generation that elected him, I unfortunately had to remember the difference between pragmatism and ideal Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6187 http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6188 In 2012 politics will be taking a much different shape, although here in Pennsylvania things might look oddly similar. After the 2010 census all 50 states are supposed to redesign their legislative districts. In Pennsylvania the General Assembly (thi Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6188 http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6189 I badly want this column to be about Christopher Hitchens. I want to write about how he had no rigid commitment to any ideological movement except for freedom. I want to write about how he was the only living writer who was provocative (and truly go Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6189 http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6192 Chief Mohammed and his subordinate Inspector Ali of the State Police are on a mission to arrest a nameless terrorist suspect hiding in the Atlas Mountains near the village of Ait Yafelman. Little do they realize how difficult negotiating with village Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6192 http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6193 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6193 http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6194 For those of us staying in Norwich to study abroad for the year, last Thursday marked the halfway point of our time over here, just as the new semester began both here and at home. A few of us didn’t return to the States for the holidays, but instead Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6194 http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6195 Are you looking for Dickinson’s best kept secret? If so, look no further and meet this week’s bachelor: Kevin Dynan ’12. A native to America’s largest town (by population), Framingham MA, Kevin is an economics major and a Chinese minor. Kevin’s favor Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6195 http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6196 The Red Devils are playing their best basketball of the season at the right time. Three straight wins over playoff contenders Ursinus, Gettysburg, and Johns Hopkins have vaulted them from sixth to third in the conference with less than three weeks l Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6196 http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6197 On Saturday., Jan. 28, both the men and women’s swim teams traveled to Franklin & Marshall where the Diplomats led the way across the board, beating the Red Devils 133-72 and 129-76 respectively. Regardless of the loss (the first loss for the men’s t Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6197 http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6198 This season has been one that the 2011-12 Dickinson Women’s Basketball team will want to forget. Over break they recorded one win, which came against the winless Owls of Bryn Mawr, 71-25. Other than that it was loss after loss for this team. On Wedne Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6198 http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6199 Select members of the women’s and men’s track teams traveled to Bucknell on the weekend of Jan. 27 to compete against opponents mostly representing Div I and II teams. Both teams performed extremely well, each featuring underclassmen that earned top Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6199 http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6200 The Red Devil lacrosse team contributed about 2,000 hours of community service over their winter break to an organization called Second Chance, Inc. The experience formed a deeper bond for the team that has started to motivate them towards huge succe Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6200 http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6201 The men’s lacrosse team conjured a well-deserved applause following their flip-filled dance performance at last year’s Lipsync for Literacy event (did that really happen?), but the team’s most recent participation in its seventh annual pre-season ser Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?6201