Remember to Reflect on Memorial Day
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To the Editor:
At about this time of the year, every senior who has ever written something opinionated for a campus publication is contemplating writing a "senior column," in which they say their parting words and enlighten us as to the true nature of Dartmouth, the universe, etc.
People often think it is easy to major in philosophy, but they are wrong. They assume it is a lot of nonsense and phil students get to sit around all day and discuss whether they exist or not, and if they do, is it right to steal someone else's North Face jacket if nobody is around to see them slipping out of the frat with it.
Every once in a while I have a conversation with some person who hates Dartmouth. I have little patience for these types, because they tend to whine a lot and don't try to make the best of the situation they're in.
A few days ago Kishan Putta '96 was told that he was not especially welcome at a meeting held by Women of Color United to discuss their reactions to the recent debate on racism between Dinesh D'Souza '83 and Government Professor Roger Masters.
Thereare certain disadvantages to having a '99 for a brother. For me, one is that for three years I was the only del Pozo on campus and now I can no longer say "just blitz del Pozo." Also, for a second time my namesake will be attached to every painful, awkward gaffe made by a freshman. However, as compensation I have the opportunity to vicariously relive my younger days through my clueless kin.
In the last year on the Student Assembly, I have argued about communist feminists, gay administrators and sexism in the meal plan.
To the Editor:
To the Editor:
There is a persistent, vocal minority of students who year after year advocate the immediate abolishment of fraternities. To get their point across they usually resort to anonymous guerrilla tactics such as midnight poster-hangings, chalking and bouts of guerrilla theater in public places. These methods are understandable because guerrilla tactics act as a force multiplier when you are few in number and need to get a message across. Sometimes these students express their views in columns.
There are a lot of ways to spend your winter vacation, and most of them involve waiting for your friends to get home from their other colleges so that you can spend about a week together before you leave for Dartmouth again. This has been the regimen I have followed for the past two years, but this last winter break I got lucky. I got to be the star in one of New York's most interesting off-Broadway productions: the New York State criminal justice system.
Here's hot it goes: you're walking down the street at night, leaving the fraternity party of your choice. You feel good and that's because six or 11 beers tend to do that to a person. As you edge home, you stammer over a crack in the sidewalk you missed or trip on the curb.
Sometime during the summer term I went to my fraternity's parking lot to find that our cars had been ticketed by a Dartmouth Parking Operations officer.
To the Editor:
It's spring and love is in the air. The birds and the bees are making merry and you're in the prime of your life. You try to keep your mind on classes, but sure enough it shifts to thoughts of romance and the opposite sex.
Late last month, The Dartmouth reported that the Committee on the First-YearExperience was planning to recommend changing the name of the entering class from "Freshmen" to "First-Year Students." Since then the committee has been silent.
Now that I have been elected to the Student Assembly, I can only assume that with my position comes a staggering power and a weighty responsibility - at any moment I could be called upon to impeach Danielle Moore '95 or boycott a cafeteria.
I have personally invested a considerable amount of time and effort in doing my part to ensure that the future of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps remains secure here at Dartmouth.
"Reality Bites"- the saga of our generation- Generation X. A generation unprepared for the real world, unable to fend for itself. I say enough of this crap.
Send in the clowns! I am not going to assume you know their key players. I am not going to assume you know their issues. I am also not going to assume you know what exactly the Student Assembly does. Because I don't think anybody knows any of those things, really. Not even the SA itself.