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(02/12/97 11:00am)
As the deadline for spring term course selections draws near, many of us are pouring through the ORC to find classes fulfilling multiple distributive requirements, or to locate that "perfect" third class. Some of us, juniors and seniors especially, anticipate enduring that last dreaded distributive -- a lab science, language, or perhaps a literature class. Still, as this termly ritual continues, some of its variables have changed. And, for some students, these changes represent the first opportunity to learn about their histories and collective pasts in an academic setting. This Winter and Spring, for instance, mark the first offering of an Asian-American history course at Dartmouth. The class is one for which many Asian-American students have been fighting for years. Now that it and other courses like it are offered to the Dartmouth community, the question becomes: who will educate themselves and what will be learned?
(01/30/97 11:00am)
This past Saturday morning, a friend and I decided to join the masses and wait in line for student tickets to see the White Oak Dance Project. Perhaps it was my lack of faith in the average Dartmouth student's awareness of campus programming or my belief in the ability of my peers to act with integrity and justice that left me unprepared for the morning ahead. Or, maybe it was my anticipation of efficient and thorough crowd control by the Hopkins Center staff that misguided me. Regardless of my reasoning, I could not have anticipated the frustrating and somewhat disappointing experience that was to come.
(01/23/97 11:00am)
Last Friday morning, I opened my BlitzMail account and engaged in the common Dartmouth ritual of checking Weekend Update. Eager to find out what events had been planned for the holiday weekend, I scrolled down the message, noting speeches, sporting events and parties. What I did not expect, however, was the offensive nature of the Update's joke.
(01/20/97 11:00am)
Though the thrill of sophomore summer may be over, its memory remains somewhere within the bodies of now defrosting '98s. I, myself, have already forgotten many of the hours spent physically in Sanborn Library and mentally by the River, taking in the sunshine. Instead, I feel nostalgia for the weekend road trips and time spent outside with friends that defined the spirit of the summer.
(08/14/96 9:00am)
With one week left in the term, I find myself ready for a familiar ritual: packing my life into Xerox boxes, locating homes for my fridge and futon and bidding farewell to a room I have known for only ten short weeks. And, though I've cut down on how much I will take with me, the task of packing remains bittersweet.
(07/31/96 9:00am)
As a Dartmouth student, you need not look any further than page three of your Handbook to see the Principle of Community by which we are all expected to abide. In June of 1980, the Board of Trustees endorsed this Principle, voicing its commitment to an appreciation for diversity and an environment where the "rights and interests of others" are respected. Yet, more than sixteen years later, we are still confronted with blatant violations of this principle, blatant sexism and homophobia, every time we enter the Reserve Corridor.
(07/17/96 9:00am)
Quickly and quietly, a year has passed since the discovery of the now infamous Beta poem -- a year marked by turmoil and talk about the Greek system, its merits, problems and effect on campus social space. How appropriate that after a year of discussion, action and reflection we return to the thing that sparked such controversy this past winter. We return to shit.
(07/03/96 9:00am)
Until recently, I had imagined the College's physical education program director as a man sitting on a Caribbean beach, ordering tropical drinks and tipping the waiters with fists full of fifties, freshly garnered from some poor sophomore who'd failed skiing class for the second year straight. Maybe he'd work in the summer, escape the heat in his air-conditioned office and cruise around Hanover in his shiny new BMW. Maybe that was even his car that almost hit me this morning on the way to the Hop.
(06/11/95 9:00am)
The members of the Class of 1995 will commemorate the culmination of their Dartmouth experiences this weekend, rounding out a week of senior activities and celebrations.
(05/02/95 9:00am)
From the Freshman Office to the Women's Resource Center, the College's administrative internship program allows upperclass students to work closely with administrators to see how high-level decisions are made at the College.
(03/28/95 10:00am)
This year's graduating seniors learned yesterday that besides acceptance letters or job offers, they will have one more thing to look forward to this term -- hearing President Bill Clinton speak at their Commencement in June.
(02/27/95 11:00am)
With the release of housing priority numbers for the 1995-96 academic year, members of the Class of 1998 said they are concerned about where they will live next year, while some freshmen expressed their anger with the new system.
(02/20/95 11:00am)
More than 50 students gathered in the lobby of the Collis Center Sunday night to protest proposed federal government cuts in educational funding and to urge other students to contact their Congressional representatives.
(02/07/95 11:00am)
When Slade Ellis '98 collapsed in his residence hall and had to be rushed to the hospital two weeks ago, the College's "dean-on-call" system sprang into action.
(01/30/95 11:00am)
Four years ago, John Weeks '44 returned to Dartmouth and visited Thayer Dining Hall expecting to see the portrait of his grandfather Harry Bates Thayer, Class of 1879, hanging in the television lounge.
(01/18/95 11:00am)
As the number of students who take Advanced Placement exams increases, colleges and universities across the country are beginning to question the extent to which they reflect a student's knowledge in a particular subject.