What International Students?
Many members of the Dartmouth community have been wrestling with the issue of diversity and its meaning. The events of the past two weeks have further exposed the largely homogenous society that is Dartmouth. We have spoken about all different types of diversity but we have not spoken about cultural diversity -- that which is brought by international students. As you may have guessed, I am an international student myself. I have an accent. I spell and pronounce words like the English do -- colour, emphasise, draught, "kleek" (clique) and not "click," "boofay" ( buffet) and not "buffay." There are not many international students here and, in general, we are not a vocal bunch. However, since there is so much dialogue on campus about stereotyping people, I thought that I would give a different perspective -- that of an international student.