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(05/20/11 2:00am)
A few weeks ago, I was presented with a surprising visual of what Dartmouth's campus dialogue on sexual assault could look like. I was talking on the phone with my sister, Rachel, a Colby College '13, the night after the Sexual Abuse Awareness Program held its annual "Take Back the Night" rally. Rachel had been a key organizer of her campus's own rally, held the same week as ours. Over 200 people attended, many of them male athletes. Although only a handful of students had prepared speeches for the event, Rachel said that several more felt comfortable enough to come forward with their own stories. She told me, "I have never been more proud of my school."
(05/05/11 2:00am)
The Dartmouth is not The New York Times. Nor is The Harvard Crimson, The Daily Princetonian, the Yale Daily News, The Cornell Daily Sun, The Daily Pennsylvanian, the Columbia Daily Spectator or The Brown Daily Herald. Many critics of The Dartmouth's editorial decision to print the names of arrested individuals point out that our student-run daily newspaper serves a smaller readership pool than major publications, and thus should be subject to different journalistic standards. However, the practice of printing the names of individuals charged with criminal offenses is not restricted to major national newspapers. This is a routine and responsible facet of journalism, from national and local newspapers to all of the campus dailies mentioned above. The fact that Dartmouth students somehow consider themselves above this convention reflects a troubling assumption of privilege and exclusivity that pervades our campus culture.
(04/22/11 2:00am)
Many of us have played war video games at some point in our lives, using controllers to manipulate characters into blowing up our virtual enemies, perhaps accidentally taking out a few pedestrians in the fusillade. What if the characters you killed in the digital world were real people, living thousands of miles away?
(04/07/11 2:00am)
What many of us '11s wouldn't give to be wide-eyed freshmen again to believe, as Louis Wheatley suggests, that the euphoria we felt during Dimensions and Dartmouth Outing Club Trips would last throughout our college careers ("The Flair Effect," Apr. 5). I too thought that the "sudden outburst of uninhibited welcome and love" demonstrated by the Dimensions and DOC Croos was genuine. I too thought that Dartmouth students wore flair because they didn't care what others thought about them.
(02/25/11 4:00am)
My participation in recent "V-Time" events has largely been restricted to staring at promotional posters tacked to bathroom stall doors in the library. I do not claim to understand the extent to which sexual assault affects our campus. Yet it is impossible to study at Dartmouth for four years and not engage in debates about gender dynamics. Perhaps unique elements of our social system foster a distinctly volatile balance between men and women. Perhaps the situation is the same on other campuses. Whatever the origin of these debates, however, they seem to reflect a common belief that the nature of modern romance is unfavorable to women.
(02/11/11 4:00am)
Growing up I never felt pressured by my parents to excel in school or athletics as is the case for many Dartmouth students, my sense of discipline was self-imposed. Nevertheless, this determination came at a price. My parents, whether they were finding elementary-school-aged Lauren reading under her covers at 3 a.m. or watching high school Lauren juggle two year-round sports with classes and sleep deprivation, worried that I was making myself unhappy. I learned from a young age to hide negative thoughts behind a mask of pleasantry in order to keep my parents from hovering.
(02/11/11 4:00am)
Looking back on past winters at Dartmouth, I remember walking outside to be physically painful. People would tell me, "This isn't even cold for Hanover," and I would stare at them in disbelief. This year, when I hear that this is "the coldest winter in 30 years," I find myself wondering why I am not feeling more miserable. Even when the temperature dropped to -31 degrees I felt pretty content.
(01/13/11 4:00am)
In his inaugural address, College President Jim Yong Kim urged Dartmouth students to "think big" and to "embrace the world's troubles as your own." With these lofty goals on the horizon, it's time the College looks outside of the Hanover bubble and embraces its growth as a leading university.
(12/01/10 4:00am)
Watching my portfolio-clutching peers rush to interviews in suits and heels, I can't help but think of going through sorority rush two years ago (replace the portfolios with nametags decorated with stickers from CVS).
(11/22/10 4:00am)
In responding to the two recent columns by Jordan Osserman '11, Intra-Fraternity Council President Tyler Brace '11 wrote, "[Osserman] cannot understand that wearing a uniform or carrying a lunchbox surely a traumatizing and dehumanizing experience for all is actually a mark of honor for pledges who choose to demonstrate their pride in becoming a part of something greater than themselves," ("Right' and Wrong," Nov. 19).
(11/16/10 4:00am)
Even before matriculation, Dartmouth impresses upon its students that Language Study Abroad and Foreign Study Programs are integral to the "Dartmouth experience" and are the "best" ways to study abroad. Admissions statistics emphasize that students can choose from 48 Dartmouth-led off-campus programs on six different continents. Many students cite Dartmouth's study abroad options as a major factor in their decisions to come to the College, believing that school-run programs are superior to programs run through partner institutions.
(06/16/10 1:54am)
The Undergraduate Finance Committee received an budget of $1,002,000 to allocate to student organizations for the 2010-2011 academic year, up from the $960,000 budget of 2009-2010, according to its June 3 press release.
(05/21/10 2:00am)
It's always scary to wake up after a formal and not remember how it went. It's natural to assume (pray?) that if you don't remember events that occurred the night before they must not count. The truth usually comes out though just because you don't remember what happened the night before, doesn't mean other people (and more importantly, their cameras) won't.
(05/07/10 2:00am)
Happiness Chart
(04/29/10 2:00am)
April 16, 9:40 p.m.
Norwich, Vt.
Safety and Security approached a vehicle that was parked behind a Security vehicle in the Lewiston Parking Lot in Norwich, Vt. An individual stepped out of the vehicle to speak with the officer, who immediately smelled alcohol on the individual's breath. The individual allegedly became aggressive toward the officer, prompting the officer to step back and call for support from the Norwich Police. At this point, the individual began running toward Route 5. Both Norwich Police and Hanover Police responded to the call and the individual was taken into custody.
(04/26/10 2:00am)
Other events that took place during Earth Week 2010 included "What Must We Do About Fossil Fuel CO2?" a lecture by geochemist Wallace Broecker, an Environmental Film Fest, an Earth Day Rally, a workday and potluck dinner at the Dartmouth Organic Farm, an Energy Pledge Drive Launch, an event featuring the Big Green Bus, a "Do It in the Dark" Party and a Dartmouth Green Alumni Networking Event.
(04/23/10 2:00am)
Why are Blackberries, iPhones and pocket PCs called "smartphones"? Cell phone companies say it's because they can make you smarter. In February 2009, the wireless industry trade group CTIA presented research to support the use of cell phones in the classrooms. They discussed a study called Project K-Nect, a $1 million initiative funded by the telecommunications company Qualcomm that gave smartphones to students in four low-income high schools for use in their algebra classes. The study found that students with the phones performed 25 percent better in their end-of-the-year algebra exam than students in similar classes who did not have them.
(04/14/10 2:00am)
Jeff Weiss '86 teaches leadership strategies to two very distinct audiences, as an adjunct professor at both the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and the U. S. Military Academy at West Point. The principles of his teaching, however, are important to both aspiring corporate leaders and military cadets, Weiss said.
(04/02/10 2:00am)
I'm not going to pretend that I know anything about dancing. Coordination and rhythm are two traits that just don't exist in my gene pool. Fortunately, I live in a culture where "dancing" very often involves very little skill. Furthermore, most people who witness me "dancing" are a little too out of it to fully register how hopeless I look doing it.
(01/29/10 4:00am)
As you're sitting holed up in the library at 1:00 a.m., looking out the window and wishing you could teleport back to your dorm room instead of trudging through the snow in the cold, I am walking to work in a T-shirt. It's eight hours later in Nairobi, Kenya and it's summertime.