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(09/23/15 10:30pm)
The College’s decision to end need-blind admissions for international students is unfortunate. Its misguidedness is only surpassed by the incoherence of the justification that has been presented to the public. Though there has been much discussion of the policy shift in these pages, I wish to add my perspective as an international student and dispel some myths about the issue.
(08/21/15 10:11pm)
I remember stepping off the Dartmouth Coach in the fall of 2013, my freshman fall, and being overwhelmed by everything I could do that very same afternoon — and in the next four years.
(08/20/15 9:28pm)
The college experience is increasingly isolated from the real world. Dining halls with all-you-can eat buffets, friends living all around you, caring professors and advisors and beautiful green lawns are not often found as one leaves his or her’s undergraduate institution. Add to that political correctness, and you get idealistic students who are quite unprepared for the world outside college, where many people don’t think twice before causing offense.
(07/02/15 10:59pm)
Dartmouth students, like college students almost anywhere, are busy. It seems like everyone at Dartmouth is constantly embroiled in something or another for a class, team or performance group. Sometimes, even, they’re too busy too keep up with the news. Although we would consider most of our classmates very intelligent, one could make the argument that we are a great deal less aware of current events and pending issues than students at other schools. Perhaps it’s our isolation in the beautiful mountains of New Hampshire, or the time and emphasis that we place on very Dartmouth-specific activities, that leads to us being more insulated than, say, young people at a school in New York City. As fun and important as all of our Dartmouth activities are, more of an effort needs to be made to “break the bubble” and become more acutely aware of current events. College is a great time to learn, develop interests and get coffee with friends, and we need to take this time to leverage these opportunities.
(05/31/15 10:18pm)
In light of the ongoing debate about grade inflation, it is time to extend that discussion to include degree inflation. A cornerstone of the proposal from the ad hoc committee on grading practices and grade inflation, it is well-known that the average undergraduate grade point average has been increasing over the years. As Kush Desai ’17 wrote in a Feb. 26 column for The Dartmouth Review, GPAs at Dartmouth have increased by almost half a point since 1975. This trend, however, is not limited to the College — Gradeinflation.com is but one website dedicated to tracking the inflation of grade point averages across more than 200 colleges and universities in the United States from 1991 to 2006.
(05/17/15 11:25pm)
Bamako, the capital and largest city of Mali, started this past weekend well — according to Radio France Internationale, on May 14, French President Francois Hollande visited Algeria to see the signing ceremony of a long-awaited peace deal between the Malian government and a Tuareg-led rebel alliance. The Tuareg-led alliance initialled the agreement, and negotations over the details are still up for debate. Mali is home to a large Tuareg population, and the traditionally nomadic Tuareg people, with their own language, culture and rich history, have inhabited much of the Saharan interior of North Africa.
(05/03/15 10:43pm)
Over the last year and a half, there is perhaps one word that brings more hype with it than any other on campus. Many upperclassmen laud sophomore summer, and most underclassmen eagerly anticipate what is supposed to be the pinnacle of their Dartmouth experience. Yet, with about a month and half to go, I have serious reservations about the upcoming summer term.
(04/19/15 10:55pm)
With Hillary Clinton officially announcing her candidacy for president, the potential for a woman to lead the United States is once again a possibility. In the small country of Rwanda, women are also making significant strides in the political sphere. Rwanda boasts an impressive 63.8 percent of female parliamentarians in their lower house — the highest proportion across all countries and more than 10 percent above second-place Bolivia. The United States, with women making up 19.4 percent of the House and 20 of the Senate, pales in comparison.
(04/05/15 10:38pm)
As the second week of the term begins, the planning of spring interim getaways is well behind us. From the beaches of Florida to Dartmouth Outing Club trips and weeks spent at home visiting family and high school friends, students spend their week away from the College in a variety of ways. While I do not think that the College should dictate what students do during their free time, I believe the Tucker Foundation’s Alternative Spring Break program is an opportunity that every student should take advantage of at least once during their time at the College.
(02/25/15 11:07pm)
On a campus tour this past week, a visiting parent had a thoughtful question about his daughter’s college choices. He asked if she — one of the best students in her high school class — would become “average” at an institution like Dartmouth.
(02/10/15 12:36am)
On my Dartmouth Outing Club First-Year Trip, my Trip leader told us all about the “free food blitz list” — a daily email that listed the extra-curricular events where free food would be served. While the list is now long gone, the strategy of luring students to attend campus events with the offer of a free lunch or catered dinner remains prevalent. This method of boosting attendance is smart, but it is also quite telling of the issue with the extracurricular life on campus.
(01/29/15 2:07am)
After the terrible attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris, people were quick to express their condolences over Twitter. Judging from the participation in the #JeSuisCharlie social media campaign, ranging from of activists to political leaders and celebrities, nearly everyone seemed to know about the tragedy. The world, however, did not seem to have the same level of concern for the Boko Haram terrorist attack that claimed the lives of an estimated 150 to 2,000 innocent Nigerians just the previous day.
(01/16/15 3:40am)
From crucifixions to public beheadings, the list of the Islamic State’s brutality is endless. When the U.S. announced its air campaign against the rebel group in both Iraq and Syria last summer, it seemed to be the right decision. A closer look at the implications of this campaign in Syria, however, shows that the decision to intervene is misguided. The U.S. has no strategic interests in defeating the Islamic State in Syria and the campaign is unlikely to be effective.
(05/04/14 9:41pm)
On May 15 every year, many Palestinians commemorate the displacement of their families from their homes and villages in Palestine that preceded and followed the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948. The term that many Palestinians use to describe these events is “Nakba,” meaning “the catastrophe.” In years right after 1948, euphemistic terms such “al-’ahdath” (“the events”) or “al-hijra” (“the exodus”) were used. Starting with the 1990s, or ever since it became obvious that there is very little hope for the Palestinian diaspora (including refugees) to return, the term “Nakba” has been in use. May 15 is now much more significant.