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(09/12/17 4:50am)
Welcome to the Dartmouth bubble! Or that’s what they call it, anyway. For you first-years here, if you haven’t heard this expression yet, you will very soon. You are, after all, in the middle of nowhere New Hampshire, population you. Despite the fact that I am now an alumna who graduated this past spring, the expression continues to follow me even now. I finally “escaped the Dartmouth bubble,” one person congratulates me, while another chimes, “Welcome to the real world.”
(09/30/16 4:30am)
It is vital that college campuses have a forum for students as well as faculty to voice their opinions unbridled, and we have worked hard to make the Opinion section exactly such a forum.
(08/12/16 2:30am)
Welcome, first-years, to the Big Green! As I type this, it is only now really hitting me that it has been a whopping four years since I wrote my own college applications. Yet the passage of time has not dulled my memory of how grueling the process was, so thank you for your hard work and congratulations!
(11/13/15 12:35am)
For all the criticisms launched against our school recently, foreign language study is one area in which the College excels. Perhaps it is because of drill, the professors’ teaching styles, the language study abroad offerings or some combination of all of these. Whatever it is, I have never progressed so quickly and confidently in a foreign language than I have at Dartmouth, and I know many students who feel similarly. Still, the inflexibility of some of the College’s language programs is severely limiting. Administrators should strive to make foreign language study more flexible so that more students can access this experience that I so cherish.
(11/04/15 11:30pm)
In his Oct. 28 column for The Dartmouth Review, “Finding a Place at Dartmouth: Thoughts on Diversity Panels,” columnist Sandor Farkas ’17 unleashed a wave of criticisms against diversity panels. He berates their participants as “living, shouting proof that Soviet-era Stalinist propaganda” exists on college campuses, and cites them as spaces where “independent and...conservative” views are “unwelcome” and even attacked. As evidenced from such comments, it seems that Farkas has failed to learn anything from the panels about diversity or the issues that minority groups face. Rather, his column is teeming with the entitlement, disrespect and ignorance that come with an unwillingness to think critically about issues of race, sex and gender. His column instead focuses on white, male discomfort and wrongly shifts the blame for minority issues stemming from systems of oppressions to those fighting these systems.
(10/16/15 12:45am)
Indigenous Peoples Day — or more commonly and inappropriately termed Columbus Day — has come yet again. Though the College has taken steps to make campus better for Native students, including abandoning the unofficial, racist “Indian” mascot more than 40 years ago and not officially recognizing Columbus Day, this year’s holiday did not pass without incident. An unnamed individual or group scattered offensive posters throughout campus celebrating “Columbus Day,” decrying “political correctness” and advertising the sale of Dartmouth “Indian” gear with the justification of defending the our immortalized “old traditions.”
(09/30/15 10:31pm)
In the last year or so, administrators have implemented many changes, ranging from the momentous “Moving Dartmouth Forward” policy initiative to the recent shift from a need-blind policy to a need-aware financial aid policy for international student admissions. Many of these decisions have been criticized within the pages this paper, and social media are likewise littered with student complaints about the College’s decisions, lack of transparency and unresponsiveness. Instead of continuing to strong-arm the student body, administrators should take student criticisms into serious consideration, provide transparent responses and offer more opportunities for students to get involved and have their voices heard.
(09/18/15 12:19am)
After the anti-abortion-rights Center for Medical Progress released a video earlier this summer that allegedly showed Planned Parenthood officials discussing the harvesting and selling of the organs of aborted fetuses, much of the backlash against Planned Parenthood has been severe. Many people, including lawmakers in several states, have called for an end to federal funding for the organization. This is not the first time that anti-choice organizations have released such videos and stirred criticism against Planned Parenthood, and it likely will not be the last. Not only are these videos and their content unfounded, but they have also blurred and threatened the larger picture of what Planned Parenthood stands for — namely, the reproductive health of both men and women.
(08/21/15 10:11pm)
Welcome, first-years, to the place I hope you will learn to call home! After all your years of hard work and sleepless nights, you have finally made it to the refuge after the storm of college applications, so congratulations!
(05/25/15 11:02pm)
Internships are an invaluable part of the college experience and are critical in providing the experiential learning that the College so values. Many of these positions, however, are unpaid, and the costs of living, food and transportation can add up. Students on financial aid often face these additional expenses alongside the burden of expected leave-term earnings, presenting the choice between taking more loans to pursue a potentially invaluable internship or working long hours at a low-paying job — one that is often irrelevant to their future career interests.
(05/10/15 11:03pm)
In her May 6 column “Incorrectly Politically Correct,” Ziqin Yuan ’18 articulated what she sees as the adverse effects of political correctness, including sheltering individuals from reality and preventing important discourse for fear of repercussion. While these are important concerns, they divert attention from what political correctness really means. Yuan also dismisses how language can — and does — perpetuate stereotypes and create opportunities for critics to disregard reclaimed language and reorient it once again as a tool of oppression.
(04/12/15 10:39pm)
The American justice system is anything but just when it comes to people of color — and the same holds true for women. This past year alone, several politicians have proposed anti-choice bills that would limit abortion in such ways as banning all abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy and requiring any woman seeking an abortion to first procure the notarized consent of the child’s father. On March 30, the justice system further impinged on women’s reproductive rights when 33-year-old Indiana resident Purvi Patel had a miscarriage and was sentenced to 20 years in prison as a result. With this, the anti-choice campaign has transformed into more than just a flawed movement for protecting the unborn — it is now a movement for punishing the pregnant.
(03/29/15 10:33pm)
This spring break, I had the privilege of working with the vibrant, vast Native American community in Denver alongside 11 other members of the College as part of alternative spring break program. We went to the state’s capitol and watched the proceeding of House Bill 1165 — a bill that would create a subcommittee of Native Americans to review Native American mascots used by public schools and determine whether to ban a mascot’s use, at a penalty of $25,000 per month for noncompliance. Fortunately, the bill passed — but only by a narrow 6-5 vote. While this bill is a critical milestone, it is too little for such a significant issue and has taken far too long to be created.
(03/10/15 12:02am)
As many students and their families are well aware, attending this college is not cheap. A report by The Chronicle of Higher Education for the 2014-15 academic year listed Dartmouth as the eighth most expensive college in the U.S. by sticker price. Given the College’s rural location, the steep price of a Dartmouth education compared to elite, urban institutions, such as Harvard University, seems puzzling. Still, this is America, the land of “be born rich or stay poor,” so college tuition nationwide is high and continues to rise. Yet what makes the College’s tuition unacceptable is not only the high price tag, but also the meager financial aid packages that often make attending an institution that supposedly meets “100 percent of demonstrated need” stressful — even impossible — for all but the richest of students.
(02/23/15 11:02pm)
In her Feb. 19 column, “Never Been Flogged,” Meghan Hassett ’15 did an excellent job of pointing out the sexist and abusive nature of the “relationship” between Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele in “Fifty Shades of Grey” that can mistakenly be seen as women’s sexual liberation. Yet the problems in “Fifty Shades of Grey” lie beyond just sex. Indeed, even if the portrayal of BDSM were completely removed, the plot is still riddled with abuse and triggers for victims of sexual harassment or violence. If fans of the novel and film are idolizing an inconsiderate and aggressive stalker like Christian Grey, then we clearly need to do a better job of ensuring that women have the agency and confidence necessary to identify and say “no” to abuse.
(02/09/15 12:01am)
College President Phil Hanlon’s “Moving Dartmouth Forward” plan fails to address sexism, racism and other forms of exclusivity. Rather, the hard alcohol ban exacerbates them, creating situations in which binge drinking and sexual assault are more likely to occur. The policy targets women and shifts the blame for sexual assault from misunderstandings about sex and consent to alcohol, essentially making this policy another form of victim blaming.
(01/26/15 2:41am)
The Greek system indisputably has a lot of problems. One that consistently crops up is the concept that Greek houses create spaces where sexual violence is more likely to occur and is perhaps even tolerated. If Greek houses truly exacerbate this issue, however, it is not a product of the Greek system in general — it is a product of the current, male-dominated system. Incorporating sororities into “mainstream” social life by increasing their visibility and social participation on campus would help combat sexual violence and empower women across campus.