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(08/18/14 11:25pm)
The Class of 2016’s sophomore summer is drawing to a close, which means we are finally equipped to decide whether this term lived up to its mythical expectations. It is, after all, the D-Plan’s most distinctive feature. I recognize the positive aspects of sophomore summer, yet beyond the lamentable reductions in nearly every service imaginable, I wonder whether sophomore summer is really worth it. More than anything, sophomore summer has left me confused by why we insist on the greatness of the quarter-based D-Plan. To be blunt, this is a delusion of grandeur, and the College should seriously examine a switch to a semester calendar.
(08/08/14 1:42pm)
The summer before I came to Dartmouth, I got a book describing all the College’s academic departments and possible course options. I flipped through it, impressed with the wide variety of offerings, but I did not pay much attention to it or seriously consider what path I wanted to pursue during my four years at the College.
(07/17/14 11:22pm)
Dartmouth has a long and celebrated history of computing. Indeed, the first time I heard of Dartmouth was in my IT class in middle school. My teacher mentioned a tech-savvy college in New Hampshire, equipped with widespread Internet access and its own email protocol. When I visited campus five years later, I found the tour guide’s praises of campus technology quite convincing. Yet I have since realized that Dartmouth’s days at the forefront of campus computing systems are over. We now have a confusing smorgasbord of various services that leave much to be desired.
(06/23/14 11:45pm)
“What did you think of Shonda?”
(05/27/14 8:35pm)
The Improve Dartmouth chalkboard cube requests input on how “to end high-risk drinking.” At first, I couldn’t immediately think of an answer because I was unsure of what exactly high-risk drinking entailed. Is it “blacking out”? Is it the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention definition of binge drinking, which results in a BAC of .08 or higher? Apparently, there is some point at which otherwise normal drinking becomes risky. Yet when we focus on “high-risk drinking,” we never question our love affair with alcohol. The “high risk” is built into our basic attitudes about drinking. The student who drinks a few beers one night could conceivably take it too far the next and end up in the hospital — and we don’t find that particularly alarming.
(05/13/14 10:46pm)
Last week, Cosmopolitan.com published “How Cyberbullying Is Making Sexual Assault On College Campuses Even Worse,” by Katie Van Syckle ’05. Van Syckle discusses recent high-profile Bored at Baker incidents and her own attempts to have an offensive post about her removed. The article suggests that all questionable posts can — and must — be identified and removed by the College and the Hanover Police. Van Syckle seems to attribute offensive posts on Bored at Baker to sinister problems with Dartmouth’s campus culture, not the fundamental setup of the site itself. Bored at Baker may cater to Dartmouth students, yet its content is in no way representative of the student body. Caught up in the furor over controversial posts, we too often treat Bored at Baker as a legitimate arbiter of campus opinion and forget to consider how such offensive content got there in the first place.
(04/30/14 7:02pm)
When we arrive in Hanover as freshmen, our memories of the at-times stressful process of making a college decision begin to fade. Though some students host prospective students or become tour guides, many others are not too involved with the College’s admissions efforts. Without the spectacle of student protest to mesmerize campus, Dimensions programming came and went without much fanfare. Around 350 prospective students attended the third Dimensions this past weekend, and about 300 attended the two performances of the Dimensions show. These numbers should give us pause, especially in light of the handwringing over our admissions numbers.
(04/15/14 10:38pm)
Board of Trustees chair Steve Mandel ’78 recently indicated that the College plans to implement a “house system” to build community and a “dorm-based sense of identity.” Many of Dartmouth’s peers already offer more comprehensive dormitory systems that, beyond providing students with convenient and consistent housing, give them a social network. Yet the proposed house system risks becoming a failed initiative.
(04/30/13 2:00am)
The festival featured panels, presentations and film screenings focused on transmedia and "the future of storytelling across platforms," held at various local venues, including Tupelo Music Hall and the Main Street Museum. The 48 Hour Film Slam, which gave participants an opportunity to craft their entries from scratch, drew active participation from Dartmouth students. Selected films from various age groups won cash prizes, and the competition awarded extra cash to films featuring the Upper Valley.
(04/15/13 2:00am)
Anglophiles looking for their dose of British culture need not hop across the pond. Talent from the British Isles is making its mark on the North American arts scene in a variety of ways.