The seemingly indispensable bastion of elitism and greed known as Wall Street has been wracked these past few months by the sub-prime credit crisis. Lehman, Bear Stearns, and Merrill Lynch have all fallen. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley will be "de-risked" by going commercial (that's like making the e
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I live in the American Gardens Building on W. 81st Street on the 11th floor. My name is Patrick Bateman. I'm 27 years old. I believe in taking care of myself and a balanced diet and rigorous exercise routine. In the morning if my face is a little puffy I'll put on an ice pack while doing stomach crunches. I can do 1000 now.Three Job Alternatives for Wall Streeters

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Pic of the Day: When There's No Booze at Dartmouth

I took this from a distance because I didn't want to be associated with this...event. The band (Radio Riot) was pretty good though.
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How to Get Everyone to Hate You at Dartmouth

Recently, Gabrielle Tudin, Dartmouth '12, submitted an article to the school paper's opinions section complaining about how lame her classmates are. And now, she's public enemy #1 at the college.
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Harvard Dropout Matt Damon Slams Sarah Palin, Calls Her Rise to Fame a "Bad Disney Movie"

And since he is an American citizen, he has the right to voice his views.
2) All the pro-Palin pro-McCain people: Your comments aren't helping your case.
3) Tradition obviously isn't working for America anymore.
If you truly want traditional, you'd be against Palin (as a woman) running in the first place. Women stay at home and push out kids and men go to work. That's traditional.
4) "Liberals: Trust the government. Fear the people.
Conservatives: Trust the people. Fear the government.
Founding Fathers: Trust the people. Fear the government."
Now it's more like--
Liberals: Trust the intellectuals and thinkers (and all their groupies), fear the Bible hicks who can't find America on the map.
Conservatives: Trust the Bible hicks who can't find America on the map, fear the intellectuals and thinkers (and all their groupies).
Founding Fathers: Lets rule this sh*t together somewhat equally and have our slaves work in the fields!!!!
Wee America. Posted 09/10/2008 6:20 PM
Shonda Rhimes on Dartmouth

Creator of hit television series Grey's Anatomy and Dartmouth '91, Shonda Rhimes, was recently interviewed by US News and World Report (yes, the college-ranking people) about her college experiences.
Like most proud alumni, Rhimes often gives shoutouts to Dartmouth by peppering her scripts with references to
Fresno Resident Graduates From Harvard With a 4.0 GPA, Now Works at Blockbuster

I worked in a restaurant over the summer while taking classes (for fun) and it was a rather refreshing change of pace.
Just because you go/went to a nice school doesn't mean certain jobs are beneath you. Posted 09/06/2008 05:57 AM
Dartmouth Alumnus Strikes Gold In Beijing

Congratulations to Dominic Seiterle, Dartmouth '98, for helping Canada win a gold medal in men's rowing over the weekend, bringing America Jr.'s gold medal count to a whopping two.
Track Hero Withdraws; China Sh*ts Itself

How do you disappoint 1.6 billion people?
China's golden boy, track and field phenom Liu Xiang, withdrew from the Olympics today. The 110m hurdler shot to fame in 2004 by being the first Chinese man to win in a track and field event.
Liu has been having problems all season with his hamstring and ended up limp
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Norway Running Out of Quality People, Knights Penguin

A 3-foot tall penguin by the name of Nils Olav was knighted yesterday on behalf of Norway's King Harald V at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland.
Hundreds of people attended the ceremony which was complete with speeches and fanfare. Penguin Olav arrived with the escort of the King's Guard Color Detachment.
Olav has been the mascot for the Norwegian King's Guard since 1972.
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