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(10/11/12 2:00am)
There is a scene in "Good Will Hunting" (1997) in which Matt Damon's character Will, an uneducated janitor, has an argument with a hotshot college student about some deep academic subject. After outsmarting the college student, Will memorably tells him, "You dropped 150 grand on a f*ckin' education you could've got for $1.50 in late charges at the public library."
(09/20/12 2:00am)
In an attempt to relate to younger voters, Paul Ryan proclaimed at the Republican National Convention, "College graduates should not have to live out their 20s in their childhood bedrooms, staring up at fading Obama posters and wondering when they can move out and get going with life."
(02/29/12 4:00am)
It's almost that time of year again. March Madness is just around the corner, and with it comes excitement on campuses across the country as college basketball teams jockey for a spot in the final tournament. Here at Dartmouth, however, things are pretty quiet as usual. Sure, we will fill out our brackets when the time comes, and perhaps we even root for our hometown colleges or the alma maters of friends and family. We do so, however, with the sad understanding that we will not be writing the Big Green on any of those brackets any time soon.
(02/20/12 4:00am)
In this election year, the presidential candidates have been trying to appeal to the ever important demographic of young voters. Recently, President Barack Obama has been pushing a line of rhetoric that will resonate with many college students as well as their cash-strapped families: The cost of undergraduate education has soared to unacceptable levels and must be addressed.
(01/24/12 4:00am)
Back when I was applying to colleges, I remember hearing horror stories about notoriously ruthless schools where students would constantly try to out-compete each other, even if it meant resorting to sabotage. Dartmouth, on the other hand, tried pretty hard to distinguish itself from those schools. With its reputation of having a laidback and amicable student body, the College offered an opportunity to avoid enduring four years in a competitive nightmare, which was probably one of the reasons many of us chose to come here.
(08/19/11 2:00am)
Following the recent gridlock during the debt ceiling debate, many Americans wonder whether politicians will ever be able to take quick, decisive actions. Standard and Poor's has certainly lost faith in the government, downgrading U.S. debt due to fears that lawmakers are incapable of solving the nation's deficit problems. With Democrats not wanting to cut spending and Republicans refusing to raise taxes, it's clear that our fiscal problems will not be solved anytime soon. But it doesn't have to be this way.
(08/09/11 2:00am)
Good grades, a social life or enough sleep. At other colleges, you might get to only pick two, but here at Dartmouth, you will always have all three! Many of us go out every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday night while still excelling as a pre-med econ major. All of us both play on a varsity team and sing in an a cappella group, and on the weekends when we're not partying, obviously we hike Mount Moosilauke and mentor young children like the model citizens we are. And, of course, we go about every day bubbling with energy and dressed in flair.
(08/09/11 2:00am)
This week, I came across one of the most disturbing images I have ever seen. On the front page of Tuesday's New York Times was a picture of a little boy starving to death, reduced to a thin sheet of skin clinging to a clearly visible skeleton. He is but one of countless victims of an unprecedented famine currently striking Somalia, a tragedy of which I was pretty much unaware until I saw that graphic picture.
(07/15/11 2:00am)
And so it ends. After seven books and eight movies, after all the midnight release parties and standing in front of Borders with our nerdy glasses and fake wands, the magical journey that has captivated our generation like none other comes to a sad end today with the theatrical release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. As a tribute to this great series, below are a few aspects of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry that we muggles can incorporate into Dartmouth College.
(07/05/11 2:00am)
It's official: Even a law aimed at treating everyone equally can violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. Such was the ruling last week of a federal appeals court, which struck down Michigan's Proposal 2, a constitutional amendment that prohibited discrimination or preferential treatment on the basis of race in state institutions, including public university admissions. I'm no constitutional scholar, but I think the courts invalidated a perfectly reasonable way to implement affirmative action.
(06/01/11 2:00am)
College President Jim Yong Kim definitely has his faults. His administration has much to improve when it comes to transparency, many pressing problems facing the College are still not properly addressed and some of the policy changes passed under his watch are downright preposterous. But being a college president is not easy, and at the end of the day, Kim is very much suited to lead Dartmouth.
(06/01/11 2:00am)
College President Jim Yong Kim definitely has his faults. His administration has much to improve when it comes to transparency, many pressing problems facing the College are still not properly addressed and some of the policy changes passed under his watch are downright preposterous. But being a college president is not easy, and at the end of the day, Kim is very much suited to lead Dartmouth.
(04/28/11 2:00am)
Whoever thinks Dartmouth students are entitled and unruly need only to look across the pond to Great Britain. Last fall, when the government-mandated cap on university tuitions increased to a whopping 9,000 pounds (about $15,000), British students gathered in the tens of thousands to riot, vandalize streets and throw things at the royal family. And now, as the Scottish Parliament considers letting colleges in Scotland actually charge tuition, there are fears that chaos will once again ensue.
(03/31/11 2:00am)
Last month, a prestigious private university announced plans to significantly change its dining plan. The majority of the student body did not welcome the news and voted against the changes in a referendum. As a result, the administration has addressed their concerns, adjusted the proposals and incorporated student ideas into the final plan. The school in question? Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
(03/04/11 4:00am)
At Dartmouth, we seem to have a series of perennial issues that take turns as the focal point of campus discussion. This season, the hot button issue has returned to diversity.
(02/03/11 4:00am)
Here at Dartmouth, we do not discriminate. Not against people, and certainly not against courses.
(01/24/11 4:00am)
I am a complainer. In fact, most students here could accurately be called such, as we have all done our fair share of ranting about the various things that bother us at Dartmouth. Yet all this complaining which is often supplemented by the proposal of good alternatives has rarely resulted in any real change.
(11/04/10 3:00am)
Every Homecoming, we are all reminded of the strength of Dartmouth's alumni base, when hundreds of alums make the pilgrimage to celebrate this cherished tradition. Nothing speaks better of our committed alumni than the generous amount of money they have donated to the College. But lately, there was been a shadow cast over these donations.
(10/20/10 2:00am)
The Dartmouth bubble. Almost everyone agrees it exists, and the columnists on these pages have sure spent a lot of time pondering it. But this notorious bubble has done more than narrow students' mindsets. It has, in a way, physically trapped the College itself. While other colleges are rushing to scatter research centers, degree programs or expand campuses all around the world, Dartmouth remains completely confined to a secluded few square miles here in the Upper Valley.
(10/06/10 2:00am)
The honeymoon period is over. The wave of optimism, excitement and admiration brought by his historic accession to the presidency has faded, overshadowed by financial troubles and controversial policies under his administration. Some of those who had held him to great esteem have become disenchanted, unsure whether or not he could deliver the change they were once so sure he could bring.