Trusting Wolves in Sheep's Clothing

In other news, Dartmouth researchers have discovered that in fact, people are far sillier with their money than was previously thought. Or at least, in deciding who to give their money to. Researchers from the College as well as University College London and Warwick Business School conducted a study to determine how human beings decided who to trust and who not to trust.

With one hand, the scientists used a computer program to create 20 faces of potential investment managers which were then shown to the participants in the study. Some were designed to seem more trustworthy than others, according to past research of human instinctual responses to the shapes and features of faces. With the other, the researchers provided information about the reputations of each of the possible investment managers. Some were given good reputations, others bad.

 But he seemed like such a nice guy...

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R.I.P. Jim Dupuis

The Dartmouth Review is sad to report the death of Jim Dupuis, commonly known around campus as "Jim Gusanoz," a nickname he gained from the restaurant he famously delivered for (prior to that, he'd delivered food for EBA's and, most recently, Ramunto's). Many students have marked his passing by posting rememberances on his Facebook wall. Many of our staffers knew Jim and considered him a friend. His passing in Montreal comes as a blow to all who knew him.

--Sterling C. Beard

OWS Psychology Explained

I know that the Occupy Wall Street issue is about as relevant to the country as President Kim’s presence on campus is relative to student life, but this video sheds light on an Occupier’s thinking. Despite the fact that “those at the 34th percentile of income in the United States are at the 90th percentile globally,” Occupy members ignore this reasoning and instead behave like these monkeys. Although this clip helps practical people understand the thought process of typical Occupy hipster, it certainly does not justify their actions. Fortunately, the Occupy movement, along with the shanty next to Collis, seem to be in steep decline.

-Will Duncan

President Obama Exhumes bin Laden's Corpse

Well, that certainly didn't take long. 

A few days ago, President Obama visited the troops in Afghanistan on the anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death. Such photo-ops aren't unusual in and of themselves. I remember being in middle school when President Bush visited troops in Iraq. If nothing else, it's in good taste for a Commander-in-Chief to go and tour the front lines.

All fine and good. Basking in the limelight of a good move is something everyone is willing to put up with, at least for a while. What was wasn't in good taste, however, was that the President turned it into an early campaign stop by later suggesting that Mitt Romney wouldn't have had the stones to order the raid that killed the deceased head of Al-Qaeda. A subsequent TV ad continued that line of attack.

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