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(05/13/11 2:00am)
Yesterday evening, the Inter-Fraternity Council, Panhellenic presidents and co-ed organizations came together to address assault and violence in the Greek system. We believe that the outcomes and action plan that emerged through this collaboration are an important first step in changing cultural norms on our campus. In this meeting, Greek leaders renewed their commitment to providing a safe, welcoming and inclusive Greek system. The IFC has laid out a specific course of action so that we, as a collective organization, can achieve such change.
(11/16/10 4:00am)
The parallels between College President Jim Yong Kim and President Barack Obama have only become clearer with time. Both came in with a lot of hype, and both are now feeling the consequences of underperformance. And while disgust with Obama's performance manifests itself in a Congressional midterm loss, Kim's failings manifest themselves in the form of widespread criticism both earned and unearned.
(11/01/10 3:00am)
There are two paths from which any Dartmouth sophomore must choose. One is a road of leisure, of plentiful extracurriculars and grades boosted by participation. The other is one of hardship and darkness, of all-nighters, never-ending lab reports and low median grades on exams. These paths diverge when the student is forced to pick a major: Will it be natural sciences, or the social sciences and humanities?
(09/30/10 2:00am)
At a dinner party over interim a family friend asked me, "So what do people in fraternities do, other than drink?" Had I been asked that question my freshman year, or even sophomore year pre-rush, I wouldn't have had an answer. Luckily, I had something to say.
(08/17/10 2:00am)
Here is one truth you will never hear a librarian, professor or college administrator admit: the difference between plagiarizing and not plagiarizing is, in fact, a vast, bottomless chasm of gray area that students underprepared, unequipped and unfamiliar with the treacherous terrain are rarely able to successfully navigate.
(07/30/10 2:00am)
The other day I waited in a small room at the back of the Hop along with College President Jim Yong Kim and five other students to greet New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg before he delivered his speech to students and community members.
(06/25/10 2:00am)
Sophomore Summer. Who knew a term at college could evoke such anticipation, such hype, such excitement. I spent the interim between Spring and Summer pitying my internship-enslaved friends, sleeping and day-dreaming of soon-to-be days spent sunning on the Green, barbecuing and swimming in the Connecticut River on sultry afternoons. And then I received a blitz.
(05/14/10 2:00am)
It's inevitable. This weekend, every single one of us will get sucked into a conversation with at least one crusty, close-talking alum with whiskey on his breath rambling on about the good ol' days. You know, before students and College administrators bastardized Green Key by replacing late-night revelry with Bingo Night. Before the fraternity system traded in smooth brews for Keystone and started putting loft on their pong shots. But despite these changes, we should realize that what we have this Green Key is ours and that's all that matters.
(05/04/10 2:00am)
"Dartmouth," someone more qualified than me once said, "is the land of 4,000 grade-grubbers." We head to office hours and ask trivial questions solely for the purpose of achieving professor facetime. We factor in our expected term GPAs into our cumulative GPA before the term even begins. And few things can match the adrenaline rush as we flip through a graded exam and find a palatable grade circled in blood-red ink. Forget throw saves and Epipens, just hand me back my exam.
(04/20/10 2:00am)
Like everyone else on campus, I came into this term with high hopes and inextinguishable optimism. I planned on finding a PE credit that didn't actually require athletic prowess or dedication (whatup club lax), joining the elite institution of B@B "hard guyz" and finally the ultimate goal knocking out the dreaded ART distributive. But when I began perusing the registrar for interesting art classes, all the ones that caught my eye were in the studio art department. And this, in my mind, meant only one thing: non-NRO-able. It wasn't that I wanted to take the NR on the transcript, but I knew that in the likely scenario in which the professor was unimpressed with my Picasso-like charcoals, I would have liked the safety of the Non-Recording Option.
(03/31/10 2:00am)
You're in grade school. It's 11:59 a.m. and you watch the red second hand of the clock slowly tick its way towards recess. Slow, methodical ticks, and just as you start to suspect that your teacher set the clock to prolong the torture of long division by hand for the rest of eternity, the hallway bell exudes its sonorous scream and you tear through the doors toward the playground. But there's been a school policy change: instead of the carefree half-hour spent being chased by cootie-ridden girls and creating novel ways to have fun with a ball, there stands a new "recess coach."
(11/06/09 4:00am)
You might think hell-week-and-a-half is something only the Navy Seals must endure. Perhaps you think it's just another grueling activity for those Dartmouth students with blue ribbons in their hair lugging giant stuffed animals to class. No, hell-week-and-a-half isn't voluntary, and everyone one of us will be subjected to this torture in a little over a month.
(10/14/09 2:00am)
It has often been said that the only good things that come out of The Mirror are the Overheards. Matthew Ritger '10 has proven that assertion gospel.
(10/01/09 2:00am)
"Vulgar." "Disrespectful." "He'd be a better fit at Brown." These were just a few of the grumblings I heard at last week's inauguration ceremony as College President Jim Yong Kim took the podium. Fortunately for our new president, these critics weren't looking towards the stage.
(09/15/09 2:00am)
This scenario happens to every Dartmouth student at least six times a week: You are on your way to meet some friends for dinner at Food Court. Mass Row is completely deserted, the only sound is the crunching of acorns underfoot.
(06/01/09 2:00am)
I'm tired of having this debate. I received a blitz the other day: "Yeah, let's talk about it over lunch. Collis after 11s?" The answer, my friend, is no. Not Collis. Never Collis.
(05/18/09 5:32am)
Last week, tickets for Programming Board's spring concert went on sale in Collis at 12 p.m., and by 1 p.m. the Three 6 Mafia show was sold out. The crowd dispersed, and students left Collis both ticketless and disappointed. Now we've all been disappointed, at one point or another, with the programs Programming Board funds, but surely this is the last straw.
(05/05/09 4:54am)
Was it just me, or did anyone else find the recent student body presidential elections a travesty of the great American ideal of democratic election? Between illicit candidate voting booths, mass blitzes and an incredibly confusing election ballot, it was quite clear that the Election Planning and Advisory Committee had little to no control over this year's campaign season. Furthermore, many of the election rules in place, including senior enfranchisement, inhibit the student body's ability to elect a candidate who will serve their needs in the coming year.
(04/16/09 5:26am)
Imagine Dartmouth without the town of Hanover. No EBAs, no Wheelock Books, no Gap. Just the New Hampshire granite, and lots and lots of pine trees. Where would we purchase our schoolbooks and men's formal wear? Where would we go to get an overpriced pizza when the clocks read 2:09 a.m.?
(04/01/09 7:07am)
On my way through town yesterday, I overheard an enlightening conversation between a prospective student and her mother. The pair had just exited the Dartmouth Co-op with a new Dartmouth hoodie in hand, and were passing The Dartmouth Bookstore when the mother turned to her daughter and asked whether she would like a leisure book to read from the bookstore.