AROUND THE GREEN

Dartmouth has again beennamed one of the nation's "Top 10Colleges and Universities" by U.S.

News & World Report. For the sixth straight year the College is tied with Columbia at ninth in the 2005 edition of the annual rankings that have Harvard and Princeton tied for No. 1.

The College is ranked among the Top 20in six of the lists included in the PrincetonReview's annual Best Colleges issue: No. 16 among best libraries and No. 17 among "toughest to get into" in the academic category; No. 15 for "lots of beer" and No. 13 for "major frat and sorority scene" in the parties category; No. 11 for best campus food and No. 20 for best quality of life in the overall quality-of-life category.

The Tuck School has again been rankedNo. 1 in the 2005 Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive business-school rankings—marking a return to the top spot after appearing at No. 3 last year. Tuck was previously No. I in 2001 and 2002. Tuck is also No. 1 in Forbes magazine's "best return on investment" rankings.

The Dartmouth Flood Observatory(DFO) has been an active participant incoping with Hurricane Katrina's aftermath. The DFO not only mapped and recorded the flooding that occurred on a day-to-day basis but director Bob Brakenridge participated in crossagency teleconferencing designed to better coordinate the response of the federal government.

Thirty-one undergraduates displaced byHurricane Katrina have enrolled temporarilyat Dartmouth. The majority (28)are from Tulane; others are from the University of New Orleans and Loyola. Three Tulane graduate students have also enrolled.

The Dartmouth has gone to 4-colorprinting this fall, a change made to both front and back pages.

The Corey Ford rugby clubhouse is nowa reality. A dedication celebration was held September 23-25.

Oscar winner Alan Ball debuted his newplay, All That I Will Ever Be, at the HopkinsCenter August 20. Ball won best screenplay for American Beauty and created the HBO series Six Feet Under.