The symbolism of Commencement is misleading
One part of this whole graduation deal strikes me as particularly ironic. As we receive our diplomas they call our names and (at least in theory) each of us is honored separately, as an individual, alone.
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One part of this whole graduation deal strikes me as particularly ironic. As we receive our diplomas they call our names and (at least in theory) each of us is honored separately, as an individual, alone.
Much of my time on this page has been spent griping about one thing or another. Since this is my last column, I thought about writing something entirely happy and uplifting. Then, I thought about vomiting. So here goes, one last gripe, but beware, I probably won't be able to stave off sentimentality completely.
They really should offer a class on how to manipulate the Dartmouth Plan. I feel like I stumbled blindly into my enrollment pattern. The result of my naivete is that I have spent five miserable winters here in Hanover.
There are two common mistakes that we Dartmouth pundits make in our various arguments. These two elements are so pervasive in the bad reasoning that goes on at this place that someone really must do something.
That's so cool that you have rejected the whole corporate recruiting investment banking and consulting complex."
Dartmouth has a lot of ways of keeping one honest. That is, there are several structures that force us to examine our assumptions. One of these factors is the changing character of each individual class of students.
I stood nervously at the plate. This was to be my last at bat ever and I knew it. I had reached the end of the Little League line. I did my best to ignore the pressure that was weighing on my shoulders. I had to concentrate, it was late in the game and we were down a run.
So I read in yesterday's paper some freshman wants to suspend me from writing for The Dartmouth. As I looked closer at his column I realized he is satirizing the notion of speech codes. So is he holding my writing up as the kind of brilliance that speech codes might silence?
Last term Dining Services announced several prospective changes. Pete Napolitano and friends are planning on turning the space once known as Hovey's Grill into a 24-hour vending arcade. This represents a perfect example of Dartmouth Dining Services putting financial expediency before student need. We should demand better.
A new term and a fresh start: one of the advantages of Dartmouth's quick paced, 10 week at a time system. Certainly I am grateful that as far as my Spring term professors are concerned I have perfect attendance ... so far.
Timing is everything. Over the past couple of weeks the campus has been quite justifiably obsessed over issues of race. It is the kind of issue that when raised, deserves our undivided attention.
My resume never stops growing! It's too bad I dropped out of corporate recruiting, because my list of titles just keeps getting bigger. And I thought "Second Person in history to discuss masturbation on the pages of the daily student newspaper," was going to be the last entry for sure.
How do you self-identify? That is, who do you think you are? Most accurately, What do you think you are?
Are you sick of seeing columnists on this page babble on about esoteric topics, pumping up their word count with unnecessary quotes from Greek philosophers? Do you really want to hear some fellow student tell you that House Bill 666 is the work of Satan?
With the recent demise of Spare Rib, the sometimes controversial women's issues publication, one might fear that Spare Ribbings are gone forever. As Spare Ribbings were consistently my favorite part of that publication I am not ready to see them disappear. So they will live on, at least this week, in my column.
There seems to be a general unhappiness among students about the relations between men and women on the campus. Many liberals, myself among them, are quick to criticize the warped culture which condones or encourages sex through "hook-ups" and assault.
Dinesh D'Souza '83 spoke on campus recently. Does anybody remember? Just a few weeks ago there was a big controversy as Kappa Chi Kappa fraternity changed their name to Kappa Kappa Kappa. Remember that?
What would you say if you found out that for $5 extra, someone could go directly to the front of the grill line in Food Court? Such an arrangement might be called "Premium Service."
The College has recently witnessed the suicide of three members of the Dartmouth Community. While it is probably useless to view these successive events as a trend, there is value at looking at one of the commonalties that runs through all three deaths: Each occurred when the student was away from campus.
This past Friday there was an event in the Hyphen called the Psychedelic Coffeehouse. Posters advertising the event reveal that it was sponsored by the Programming Board, with "Thanks to Asgard." I was struck by the irony--Psychedelic Asgard?