Well, it’s that time of the term again. Classes are over, reading period is beginning and finals are just around the corner. We all know studying can be tedious and just … not fun. But have no fear! Study breaks are the perfect time to check out a new television show, which, if you decide you like, you then have six whole weeks to get all caught up! So here are some of the episodes I will be turning to for my study breaks over the next couple of days: Courtesy of fox.com “New Girl” Season 2, Episode 2 —“Katie” This episode is a great introduction to “New Girl” for those of you who haven’t had the chance to fall in love with Zooey Deschanel’s adorkable-ness yet. Jess (Deschanel) is still dealing with getting over the fact that she was laid off of her job recently. Nick (Jake Johnson) encourages her to go “off the grid,” which quickly leads Jess/Katie (you’ll see) into a love triangle. Meanwhile, Nick meets his future self, and Schmidt (Max Greenfield — fun fact! He played young Sandy Cohen on “The O.C.”) struggles to act normal around Winston’s (Lamorne Morris) mother and sister. With all of… Read more »

I have no witty introduction for this installation of Stuff Dartmouth Kids Like, except to say that this week’s theme revolves around the fact that we Dartmouth students are very nostalgic and love to talk about things that once were, but are no longer. Just look at this column’s title. Everyone in the past was a better version of who we are now. They drank more beer and rallied faster. Anyway, let’s cut to the list.

Blitz

I think I could write an entire obituary for BlitzMail if I tried. But I’ll keep it short. How great were unsuppressed recipient lists? Why doesn’t the computing department show us how to do THAT instead of sending out yet another tip in the Dartmouth Daily Updates telling us that hitting the delete button on a Mac deletes the text to the left of your cursor? Unless they already have, in which case, sorry…. Read more »

On November 3, fifteen Dartmouth students performed three-minute-long original slam poetry pieces, in the hopes of obtaining a free trip to New York for a collegiate slam invitational. The two winners were Alan Keegan ’14 and Bobby Esnard ’14.

This competition, held in One Wheelock, was hosted by Athee Le ’12, co-author of the poetry book Feral Citizens and touring slam poet. The day before the qualifier, Le held a slam poetry workshop in Collis 212, open to all aspiring poets.

The qualifier held on November 3 was organized by the Soul Scribes, a student-run group founded in 2004 aimed at promoting and showcasing spoken poetry on the Dartmouth campus…. Read more »

“3, 2, 1, Lego!” boomed the announcer as teams of students competed in the FIRST Lego League (FLL) last Saturday. Hosted by the Thayer School of Engineering, the FLL has been a national event since the early 1990s, encouraging students from local elementary and middle schools to take part in engineering and science projects. For the first time this year, faculty members are getting involved as project advisors…. Read more »

Harry Enten ’11 writes about electoral statistics and politics at The Guardian and runs a political statistics-focused blog called Margin of Error. Enten, who studied government at the College, specializes in forecasting and wrote numerous articles about this year’s election for The Guardian. Enten spoke about his love of forecasting elections and weather at TedxDartmouth in 2011, where he predicted that President Barack Obama would win the election with 51.4 percent of the vote. Follow him on Twitter at @ForecasterEnten…. Read more »

YALE: Yale University announced the appointment of Provost Peter Salovey as the next University President on Thursday. Salovey, who previously served as dean of Yale College, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences dean and the psychology department chair, will assume the post as Yale’s 23rd president on June 30.

COLUMBIA: Students at Columbia University have organized a Facebook group to coordinate relief efforts aiding New Yorkers affected by Hurricane Sandy. The group, called Caped Columbians, aims to mobilize student volunteers by providing information about drives and other service events, as The Columbia Spectator reports.

PENN: Students at the University of Pennsylvania experienced difficulties at on-campus polling locations on Election Day. Some students’ names were absent from voter rolls despite their possession of registration cards, forcing them to cast provisional ballots. Five percent of ballots cast at the five on campus locations were provisional, according to The Daily Pennsylvanian. … Read more »