Surprised and Saddened
To the Editor:
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To the Editor:
Well, good news -- "The BlabberForce" is off to a roaring start. They've recruited some prominent figureheads at Parkhurst, including President Wright and Dean Larimore. In their effort to perk up Dartmouth's image, they've composed a delightful new slogan: "We cannot be good for good sake. We must tell people how good we are." That's rich. They've also unveiled a new logo (you could even call it a Brand). It depicts a ghoulish pair of lips with a flaccid tongue flopping out, much like the Rolling Stones icon. But get this -- the tongue is pierced with a ring in the shape of a "D." Fine work, guys: you'll be name-dropping again in no time.
This summer the pages of The Dartmouth have crackled with calls for the College to bolster its "Brand." Dartmouth's image -- so the thinking goes -- does not have enough pizzazz, so everyone should work to inflate its prestige, and in no time it will be zeppelin-sized. Campus activists have even formed a new student group, playfully titled "The BlabberForce," that will try to do this.
Once in a while, a motion picture comes along that is so bad, so God-awful, so horrendous and poorly-conceived that it is instantly entertaining. Who on earth thought this crap would possibly be a good film, one thinks. A movie like this is absurdly mesmerizing: jaw-dropping, even.