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(02/09/06 11:00am)
Along with the rest of the seniors, I will be an alumnus very soon, entering into a new relationship with the College. Trust is the most important aspect of any relationship, and, with this Sunday's special meeting of the Dartmouth Alumni Association, graduates have even less reason to trust those who govern their organization. Many Dartmouth alumni feel alienated from the College, as has been demonstrated time and again in recent years. Three outsider "petition" candidates have been elected to Dartmouth's Board of Trustees. A new constitution was rejected in 2003. Finally, a raging debate has erupted over the proposed merger between the Alumni Association and the Alumni Council. At a time when building trust between alumni and the College is more important than ever, College leaders are damaging the faith in the system that alumni do have.
(11/16/05 11:00am)
The role of Student Assembly at Dartmouth is pretty simple: to help improve life at Dartmouth and to convey student concerns to the administration. To accomplish our task, SA has a few tools: relationships with the administration, money and, most importantly, motivated students. Dartmouth students know how to effect change, and SA members are no different. Think about what they have accomplished recently on big issues relevant to students: funding for club sports (SA secured a $30,000 increase this year), ROTC (SA asked the trustees to consider the issue, and they voted to support the program last weekend), divestment from the Sudan (SA worked with other campus groups to accomplish this), college judicial policies (SA has established peer advisors for Committee on Standards cases), the Good Samaritan policy (after SA's work, there are no limits on the number of times you can call), concerns regarding class size (the hiring process is underway for several new economics and government professors). The leadership of SA members has been critical in all of these issues -- in raising them, solving them or contributing to campus discussion.
(10/21/05 9:00am)
I was scared. I gripped the rails and looked across the field. Officers scanned the stands menacingly. Upperclassmen yelled and chanted ceremonially, as if performing a magical ceremony to compel a demon -- or a freshman -- to rush the field. I was the freshman class president, and I felt some responsibility for ensuring that the old tradition of rushing the field during halftime of the homecoming football game continued. I anguished, trying to weigh the benefits of rallying my class against the costs of possible college punishments. Hesitation ended up making the decision for me: the team came back onto the field and my class became the first to break the tradition.
(09/01/05 9:00am)
"Riner! You are lost in the sauce!" Gunnery Sergeant Sampson screamed into my ear. I snapped to attention, petrified. I had been caught and knew I was about to get "smoked." I had drunk all the Gatorade in my water bottle -- and thought the evidence was disposed of -- but the sergeant's eagle eye had spotted a bit of powdery residue. He berated me: "I guess you didn't know Gatorade was contraband, did you Riner? No, you knew but you didn't care. You were too busy smoking and joking to care."
(04/19/05 9:00am)
I hadn't even heard of Dartmouth. I was a high school junior from Louisville, Kentucky and I wanted to go to a good college. My parents dedicated their lives raising my siblings and me and to running a ministry for drug and alcohol addicts in our inner-city neighborhood. They always pushed me to do my best. So, not knowing any better, I Googled "Ivy League" and discovered Dartmouth. Three years after that first visit, I'm asking to be your Student Body president.
(02/10/04 11:00am)
I was disturbed to read The Dartmouth Editorial Board's (Feb. 6, "Verbum Ultimum") condemnation of the motivations behind the proposed student-led presidential debate. If the event had come to fruition, I doubt that The Dartmouth would be so quick to criticize. Granted, the work to bring a full presidential debate to Dartmouth students could have been done better in a number of ways. But even in light of the shortcomings, the planners should be commended for their efforts to bring such a monumental event to students. There are few key areas of misunderstanding that I believe have led The Dartmouth astray in their judgment of the student-organized presidential debate, and I would like to respond with the facts.
(11/24/03 11:00am)
One of my favorite Calvin and Hobbes quotes is when Calvin says, "Know what's weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change, but pretty soon ... everything's different." I believe that Student Assembly's achievements this term parallel Calvin's observation that significant change often goes unnoticed.
(04/29/03 9:00am)
The best way to lead is to serve. As '06 Class President and a member of Student Assembly's Student Life Committee, I have learned just that. From coordinating last fall's Bonfire to helping in the search for a mascot to proposing the swim team protest, I have been able to experience student government's ability to serve the campus first hand. In running for vice president, it is my desire for Student Assembly to serve students in significant and lasting ways.