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(08/09/11 2:00am)
Class of 2015, we're not so different, you and I. We both start off the term with a familiar sense of nervous excitement. We both feel as if we're getting uncomfortably old you because you're starting college, and I because I never considered that I would one day see '15s on the Dartmouth campus us. But most of all, we are alike because we're Dartmouth students. That fact alone is really all you'll need to make some of the best friendships of your lives.
(08/05/11 2:00am)
What was striking about these three speakers was that they each advocated for vigorous dialogue and debate in policy discussions despite their various ideological commitments. Each recognized that at least part of their agendas were somewhat countercultural, and emphasized the need to convince people of the value of their ideas.
(07/19/11 2:00am)
Dartmouth is often slow to pick up on trends The College on the Hill is usually set in its ways, reluctant to pick up on crazy fads such as giving extra class credit for labs, Greek reform and a Board of Trustees that includes people other than MBAs. But one trend that Dartmouth should not miss out on and one for which it can find plenty of successful examples is comprehensive housing reform. This idea has been tossed around on these pages before, most recently by Ethan Wang ("Lessons From Hogwarts," July 15). I would like to expound on this point and offer reasons why all members of the Dartmouth community should embrace this idea, as well as offer what I think is the first concrete plan for such reform.
(06/28/11 2:00am)
As the news on Friday night made its way from Albany to blogs and news reports, New York City erupted in celebration. Partiers spilled onto the streets, crowds burst into cheers and the Empire State Building displayed rainbow-colored lights to commemorate the signing of a bill recognizing same-sex marriage in the state of New York.
(05/05/11 2:00am)
News that Osama bin Laden is finally dead was received at Dartmouth on Sunday with near-universal jubilation. The feeling on campus was palpable in the library one could hear cheers at first, followed by a perfect silence as students huddled around laptops to watch President Obama's speech. Perhaps the best part of the night for me was being able to congratulate my friends who had served in the military before coming to Dartmouth. For the people who fought, were wounded and had friends die for the sake of eliminating this threat to world peace, the news was a true victory and relief.
(04/20/11 2:00am)
It's an accepted reality that whenever budgets are cut, difficult decisions must be made. These decisions always upset some people take the recent staff layoffs or tuition increase as examples but most still see the necessity of making them. The one area that seems to be untouchable, however, is financial aid. From Dartmouth's elimination of its no loans aid policy to the end of need-blind admissions for international students at Williams College, changes to financial aid never occur without vociferous opposition. Indeed, the mere idea of cutting student aid seems almost un-American. What happened to the sacredness of opportunity, the respect for achievement? What happened to the belief that anybody should be able, through hard academic work, to pull themselves out of poverty, graduate from Dartmouth and become a junior analyst for Goldman Sachs, just like the Founding Fathers intended?
(04/06/11 2:00am)
Anybody who has been following the news recently is aware that Yale University, that enclave of hipsters and liberalism, is being investigated by the U.S. Department of Education for the school's allegedly inadequate responses to cases of sexual harassment and assault. The investigation came after a group of students filed a complaint with the Department. If it finds Yale at fault, the university stands to lose over $500 million in federal funding. It is unlikely that Yale will be found guilty in the matter the university had previously launched investigations of the events that cleared the accused individuals of wrongdoing but the Yale case is an interesting study for campuses such as Dartmouth that often find themselves discussing issues of harassment and assault.
(01/06/11 4:00am)
You don't have to be a founding father to appreciate the value of free speech. The First Amendment has been protecting blowhards and civil rights leaders alike since it was first written into the Constitution. Even in our divided country, the importance of free speech is so universally acknowledged that it would be downright un-American for somebody not to believe in italthough he or she could expect Americans to defend the right to think so.
(09/27/10 2:00am)
The first day of class can be a dream crusher. After a few weeks away from school we find ourselves almost excited for the new course load. We have scanned hundreds of lofty-sounding course titles and culled through all sorts of ambitious class descriptions, hoping that the three classes we take will satisfy some of the intellectual curiosity that has been building up over the interim. Or at least provide an interesting means of fulfilling our major requirements.
(05/25/10 2:00am)
No matter how experienced, moderate or uncontroversial a Supreme Court nominee is, there will always be at least a few Senators and pundits who find something to disagree with. Even Elena Kagan, President Barack Obama's nominee to the Supreme Court and a woman who is, by all accounts, an eminently qualified pick, has been alternately attacked for being too liberal and too conservative, for having too pristine of a resume and for not having any judicial experience.
(05/14/10 2:00am)
I used to think there was a pattern to one's studies in college. The typical progression would go like this: Suzie Student enters a prestigious liberal arts institution planning on majoring in something interesting like classics or neuroscience. Suzie has big plans, hoping to "study life from all angles" and "make a difference" or at least that's what she wrote on her application. Then Suzie gets chewed up by Dartmouth's introductory science classes, hears about her UGA's sweet hedge fund internship and decides to follow the money to a more practical and pre-professional major. So far, that's pretty much been the pattern I've noticed amongst my fellow freshmen.
(04/28/10 2:00am)
As a Catholic, I can confidently say that if I had not grown up in a liberal secular environment I would not hold the same religious beliefs I have today. Like many of the religious people I know here, it was only through the process of having to defend my beliefs to my friends and others that I progressed from a nominal faith to the more mature and intellectual convictions I hold today. From debating in classroom to mulling over life's biggest questions, argument and critical examination are necessary in order to holding fully formed views. That is why, as a Catholic and someone who cares about religious issues, I could not be more excited about AHA, Dartmouth's new group for Atheists, Humanists and Agnostics.
(04/06/10 2:00am)
"We're here to play basketball. It's not a spelling bee," said University of Kentucky basketball star DeMarcus Cousins when a reporter asked him about Kentucky's upcoming game against Cornell in the third round of the NCAA Men's Division 1 Basketball Tournament. Cousins turned out to be right about his team's chances Kentucky beat Cornell 62-45, ending Cornell's brief Cinderella story. To the media, Cornell was a team of lovable and hardworking nerds, the only team in the Sweet Sixteen with a player who could solve a Rubik's cube in under three minutes. To those of us associated with the Ivy League, Cornell became our big older brother: we can send them in to prove to those tough SEC teams that we are more than bookish dweebs who played RuneScape in middle school.
(03/09/10 4:00am)
Last week I saw something strange while waiting for my morning omelette at Collis Cafe. After the lady asked the obligatory "egg-white or regular?" the student in front of me answered that he wanted half of each.
(02/23/10 4:00am)
Apparently, there is a storm a-brewin'.
(02/15/10 4:00am)
Watching the Super Bowl last weekend, I was reminded of our preoccupation with technology. Six high tech cameras were used to film the action, the game was broadcast online in 10 different languages and the halftime show stage lights were almost amazing enough to make me forget about The Who's lethargic performance.
(01/27/10 4:00am)
Good job, Dartmouth.
(01/21/10 4:00am)
Rep. Paul Hodes '72, D-N.H. and Ann McLane Kuster '78 are likely to face tough competition in their respective election races for seats in the U.S. Congress, according to experts and recent polls. Hodes is running for the Senate seat that will be vacated by Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., while Kuster hopes to replace Hodes in the House of Representatives.
(01/11/10 4:00am)
The proportion and total number of black and Mexican-American students enrolling in U.S. law schools decreased between 1993 and 2008, according to a study by Columbia Law School professor Conrad Johnson, The New York Times reported Wednesday. The decline comes despite a 3,000-student increase in law school enrollment nationwide and higher LSAT scores and grade point averages among students in the two minority groups, The Times reported. Mexican-American and black applicants faced lower acceptance rates than white applicants between 2003 and 2008, according to The Times. The enrollment decline may be a result of law schools' admissions priorities, Associate Dean of Thomas M. Cooley Law School John Nussbaumer told The Times. Many law schools try to boost their rankings by increasing the GPAs and test scores of their classes instead of focusing on whether applicants can succeed in a law school, Nussbaumer told the Times.
(12/02/09 4:00am)
Despite unexpected electrical problems uncovered during construction, the President's House project is slated for completion by next February, according to director of planning, design and construction Stephen Campbell.