To the Editor:
I am writing in response to the article "'Aught' they 'naught' be 'zeroes?'" [Freshman Issue 1996, The Dartmouth.] I am a member of the class of 2000. I shall call myself a "double-O" (as distinguished from "double-zero"). I shall wear my class T-shirt bearing two large zeroes with pride, for zeroes are drawn as a circle (slightly smooshed, true, but that is a matter of style) which is very meaningful to me. The circle symbolizes eternity, the everlasting cycle of life, and if I am in a playful mood, I shall get out some paint and turn my two zeroes into two very large eyes with which to say, "See? With such wonder do I look upon the world."
If no one can see fit to make an official proclamation about how to name us, all the better. Let us not be defined by others but rather be free to define ourselves with our own name.
As to the bonfire, perhaps I will not run around the bonfire at all. Perhaps my classmates and I will begin a new tradition at Dartmouth, designed solely for such "unfortunates" as ourselves.
I do not consider us "unlucky" at all. Quite the contrary, I am in a very unique situation, and shall revel in it -- to the utmost.
Sorry Dartmouth, but my self-esteem is far from fragile as a freshman, especially where this issue is concerned.
