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(11/19/24 9:05am)
The First Year Harm Reduction Policy, also known as “frat ban,” is officially over, having concluded on Nov. 6. As members of the Class of 2028 begin to explore a new social scene, I want to reflect on how the frat ban — the restriction on first-year students from attending non-Greek Life Council approved events in Greek spaces for the first eight weeks of the fall term — has shaped our social lives and college careers so far. Based on my experience, I would argue that the frat ban has enriched my perspective on Greek Life at Dartmouth, allowing me to engage with Greek spaces in ways that often go unnoticed in typical college discourse.
(11/14/24 9:00am)
In the wake of the battering Democrats received on Nov. 5, party members can agree on one thing — they need to appeal to working-class voters again. What they cannot agree on is exactly how to do so. One of the views I have encountered most frequently in the aftermath of the election is that Democrats lost the working-class voter by shifting too far left — and thus need to swing back to the center to meet Americans “where they’re at.” If you enjoyed losing the way you just did, then be my guest and move back to the same centrist ideologies that have more than run their course over the past 50 years. If you want to stay competitive, it’s time to take a calculated risk and embrace leftist economic policy and populist messaging.
(11/12/24 9:05am)
They like to say our country is doomed.
(11/08/24 4:01pm)
Dear Democrats,
(10/29/24 8:00am)
Any student walking around campus will undoubtedly encounter a construction project, from the ongoing renewal of the Fayerweather Halls to the newly-redone Brace Commons. Just down the road, on West Wheelock Street, the College has broken ground on Russo Hall — upperclassmen, apartment-style housing set to open in 2026. These projects are a part of Dartmouth’s $500 million commitment to meet the College’s housing demand. The Beilock administration has committed an additional $500 million to the Dartmouth Climate Collaborative to reduce the College’s emissions through improving its physical plant — including the decarbonization and structural renewal of residence halls. The collaborative is outlined as one of the major ambitions under College President Sian Leah Beilock’s administration.
(10/18/24 8:00am)
New Student Orientation for the Class of 2028 is over. So far, I have felt that my transition into the College’s environment has been consistently prioritized. Orientation was full of valuable resources, from meeting Dartmouth faculty to learning how to print on campus. While I appreciate all this effort, the mandatory session “WE Are Dartmouth” had a uniquely negative effect on my experience: led by Rev. Dr. Jamie Washington, president and founder of the Washington Consulting Group and Social Justice Training Institute, the session made me increasingly uneasy with each slide. The presentation asked participants to stand up to identify with markers of ethnicity, financial status, religion and more, pressuring me to publicly embody assigned qualities — most of which I cyclically question myself. While I don’t even fully know who I am, I was nonetheless forced to show my evolving identity to the whole 2028 cohort.
(10/15/24 8:00am)
For many Dartmouth freshmen, the first taste of college comes in the form of First-Year Trips. Trips showcase the best of Dartmouth’s community and deeply-rooted traditions, which come to life while stuck in the woods with a group of relative strangers. It’s easy to fall into the trap of “Camp Dartmouth” and forget the difficulty of the journey ahead.
(10/08/24 8:00am)
As part of New Student Orientation, the Class of 2028 had several official interactions with College President Sian Leah Beilock. At both the annual outdoor ceremony and matriculation, Beilock emphasized free speech — that Dartmouth values free speech, that free speech has limits and that there is a difference between exercising one’s freedom of expression and robbing others of it.
(09/19/24 8:00am)
Summer break — a three-month leave from school during which responsibilities are abandoned, feet go bare and possibilities seem endless. Or so one would hope.
(04/10/24 8:00am)
The world seems, broadly speaking, pretty bleak at the moment. The looming threat of climate change continues to be a massive, ineffectively addressed problem, authoritarian regimes continue to suppress citizens and there’s an ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Problems persist at home, where we see continued concerns over gun violence, persistent income inequality and legislation that punishes queer people for existing. For the average Dartmouth student, this reality is not only terrifying, but also exhausting. When met with such seemingly insurmountable pain and strife, many people’s natural instinct is to throw their hands up in defeat. But that reaction is wrong.
(04/02/24 2:03pm)
One of the most impactful moments in my first year at Dartmouth was former Rep. Liz Cheney’s “An Oath to Defend Democracy” event, hosted on June 5 and sponsored by the Dartmouth Political Union, the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Dickey Center for International Understanding. Even before Rep. Cheney took the floor, I was struck and confused by a moment between her and Rep. Annie Kuster ’78, who also attended the event — the two representatives embraced each other as true friends, despite opposing political ideals.
(03/26/24 8:05am)
Conservatism is dead in the national Republican Party. For the casual follower of politics, the near clean sweep of state and territorial contests by former President Donald Trump in the Republican primaries should put to rest any confusion about this statement. Although more classical conservative elements of the GOP put up a modest fight vis-a-vis former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and, to a far lesser extent, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Trump’s challengers had no practical chance of success. With Lara Trump’s election as Co-Chair of the Republican National Committee and the rise of a sizable pro-Trump faction in Congress, Trump has asserted near total control over the Republican machine in a matter of only eight years.
(03/05/24 9:15am)
It has been 740 days since Russian President Vladimir Putin began his full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The attack was a global shock: nobody could fathom that in the 21st century, we would regress to colonialist regimes waging a territorial war. This detestable action should not be tolerated by any country, as we cannot allow a new precedent of larger countries violating the sovereignty of smaller ones.
(03/05/24 9:10am)
A group of Dartmouth students recently undertook a hunger strike in protest of the College’s handling of the ongoing conflict in Gaza. Amongst their list of demands was the call for Dartmouth to divest from all corporations that are complicit in Israel’s treatment of the Palestinian people, consistent with the demands in Sunrise Dartmouth’s Dartmouth New Deal last fall. In an email to campus, Dean of the College Scott Brown recently pledged that Josh Keniston, the Chair of the Advisory Committee on Investor Responsibility, would engage with the proposal. While the strikers’ intentions may be admirable, divestment is not the best course of action and may even be counterproductive.
(02/29/24 9:05am)
Currently, 15 bills have been introduced in the New Hampshire legislature to limit the rights of transgender people. House Bill 619, which outlines which genital reconstructive surgeries are allowed to be performed on minors and which are not, passed through the New Hampshire House of Representatives in January and is scheduled to reach the state Senate in March. This bill, sponsored by eight Republican senators, contains several inaccurate words when referring to transgender healthcare. The phrase “gender reassignment surgery” itself is considered outdated by the medical community, which uses the term “gender-affirming care” to describe the variety of mental and physical healthcare options available to transgender people. The bill also contains the word “genitalia” 21 times and the word “transgender” a grand total of zero times. This is not the first time that Republican policymakers have displayed a shameless obsession over the genitals of children to misrepresent the nuances of transgender experiences.
(02/22/24 9:10am)
Throughout my first term and a half at Dartmouth, I have consistently felt different. I am not from a large metropolitan city or one of its suburbs. I am not from New England or the Bay Area. I do not come from a long history of wealth. I come from a university town in the South with a population of about 26,000 people.
(02/22/24 9:05am)
At Dartmouth, other than making connections with our professors, we primarily interact with peers our age. “Homophily,” or the tendency for people to choose to associate with those similar to them, is common when we make friendships. This is common when it comes to what age group we make friends with. The concept that we must confine ourselves to same-age friendships remains unchallenged on our college campus, where the majority of people are considered to be young adults. Simply put, most of our friendships and close relationships are with other college students — which is natural.
(02/22/24 9:00am)
There seems to be pressure placed upon humanities majors to abandon their studies for STEM fields. I have felt this pressure myself at Dartmouth, the desire to let go of my English major and study something more “practical.” Beyond my doubts, I have also had people tell me that English and writing have no future — that it is best to give up before I pour all of my time and energy into it. It’s not an incredibly outlandish desire, considering the STEM craze that has been ensuing for the past decade, driven by an increase in STEM-only schools and programs. But something in me will not let go. I simply love what I study far too much. After all, what job does not require strong writing and critical thinking skills? As a matter of fact, most employers typically look for candidates with strong written communication skills.
(02/20/24 9:00am)
The past few months have been excruciating for many elite universities across the United States, and outside observers have had no mercy. News coverage of campus reactions to the war between Israel and Palestine has been far-reaching, painting a picture of chaotic controversy. In one instance, Fox News even titled one of their recent newsletters “The Poison Ivy League,” and guests on the network have criticized many elite schools’ responses to protests.
(02/08/24 9:05am)
Google collects users’ data and sells it, and that’s an undeniable fact. The reality that the world’s most popular search engine is spying on us is such common knowledge that it barely registers for most people anymore. Google is so ingrained into everyday life that most consider the search engine’s data collection to be a necessary sacrifice for the sake of browsing the internet. However, this accepting and defeatist attitude ignores the fact that there is a far superior alternative: Firefox. For any internet user, but especially those in college, Firefox is the only browser with no caveats.
