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(05/24/13 2:00am)
Overall, Dartmouth's pretty messed up. I've spent the past few years trying to highlight some of these problems in my articles and have spoken publicly about the devastating effects of sexual assault, homophobia and mental illness on our campus. After reflecting on my writing career, I realized I haven't written a singe article that's not either jaded, cynical or just plain depressing. I've voiced the issues but never acknowledged those that helped me overcome my own obstacles. So this is my last article, and I want to say that, just for the record, there are some wonderful things about Dartmouth. There are some gems out there, and I want to thank them.
(05/17/13 2:00am)
Green Key is touted as a weekend off, a holiday with no clear purpose other than to lay in the sun, drink in the morning and leave your books in your backpack. Sounds great, right? Well, no. In reality, classes do start again on Monday, finals are in two weeks and no invented college holiday makes drinking at 11 a.m. normal.
(05/10/13 2:00am)
I talked to Psi U member Duncan Hall '13, who explained that these problems have been brought up and reconsidered each fall, and that the rumors about their meaning are just that false rumors. While members of Psi U may explain the real meaning behind their outfits, a symbol of unity and recognition, when asked, it is difficult to spread this message across campus.
(04/19/13 2:00am)
"There's such an emphasis on being busy and finding satisfaction in responsibility, conversations end up being like What are you doing today?' instead of How do you feel about today?" Ali Oberg '13 said. "People want to be productive, and they don't see conversations about emotions as productive."
(03/29/13 3:00am)
When women's and gender studies professor Michael Bronski is looking for fun, his plan is clear he writes another book. Cheery and talkative despite the fact that I interviewed him in the sliver of spare time between his first class and his bus back to Boston, Bronski assured me that rumors of his impending retirement or permanent transition to Harvard are unfounded. While Bronski does hold a position at Harvard, his diehard fans can put aside their worries. He's here to stay, at least for the time being. In fact, Bronski called Dartmouth a perfect fit because of the opportunity here for student interaction. Beyond lecturing, Bronski said that real teaching comes from engaging one-on-one with his students.
(01/11/13 4:00am)
Other than the iPhone, what would cause Dartmouth's apocalypse? Some may not know it, but we've come close to the end of days once before. We've been invaded, but it wasn't by zombies. It was by women. If the old boys of Dartmouth had created an ancient calendar, it would have ended in 1972.
(11/09/12 4:00am)
I don't really know how to write this letter. I would like to think that is because there is nothing I'd change about my last three years at Darmouth, but it is probably more that I'm not ready to admit the things that I really messed up. I asked some friends, got some ideas about what to take back, do over and try again, but I still think that without every single mistake I made, I wouldn't have arrived at some sort of satisfaction.
(10/05/12 2:00am)
While the details change depending on who you talk to, the story goes something like this: Before it became Phi Kappa Psi in 1896, a doctor lived in the run-down white mansion we now know as Panarchy. The doctor had a schizophrenic daughter, Emily, who he often kept in the attic to shield her from the public eye. In time, the combination of loneliness and illness led her to commit suicide in the cupola, the small, domelike structure atop the house that looks out over School Street. Emily's body was buried in the Dartmouth Cemetery, but her spirit never completely moved on, according to later residents. In the years after her death, residents have reported many experiences with Emily. Research on her life and death at Rauner Special Collections indicated that there is an "ethereal female presence" of high school age often seen in the room, according to a 2004 article in the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine.
(09/28/12 2:00am)
We met behind Robo at 2 p.m. on Wednesday and then drove out to Oak Hill, a cross-country skiing area by Storrs Pond. At this point, I realized I was wearing Tevas and was at risk of cutting my toes off in the next hour. Luckily, the first thing we did upon our arrival was strap on some serious body armor. It looked like a cross between a robot suit and the armor knights used for jousting in medieval times, and it protected my toes quite well.
(09/21/12 2:00am)
If Dartmouth's administration mandated that all Greek houses on campus "go coed" by banning gender discrimination in the rush process, I can only imagine the opposition. Such an idea would go against long-standing Dartmouth traditions and undoubtedly anger many students not to mention fraternity alumni whose donations would soon plummet. By and large, the student body does not support making the Greek system coed. In a Government 10 survey conducted by Tyler Stoff '15 this year, 70 percent of the 672 undergraduates surveyed were not in support of a fully coeducational Greek system. According to the survey, the majority of students said that the Greek system should remain as is.
(09/04/12 2:00am)
It's Orientation week, so almost everyone on campus right now is a '16. However, you will likely see some rogue upperclassmen wandering around campus, as well. Who are they? What do they want? If they're not walking in packs, decked out in Dartmouth athletic gear and coming back from practice, then they might be here to meet you! Upperclassmen from numerous clubs, organizations and performance groups return to campus early to show freshmen what they're all about. Chances are, the only upperclassmen you've met are your trip leaders and a few colorful Croo members. But there are others, as well you just have to look. So, here are some tips on the best places you can look to cement those inter-class ties.
(05/11/12 2:00am)
As a biologically female, masculine-identifying transgender student, Matt Sturm '13 cannot easily answer questions about sex, gender and personal identity. For him, masculinity at Dartmouth is a complex issue, combining his changing self-identification with the misunderstandings and judgments of those around him.
(04/27/12 2:00am)
If my dad had never told me about Dartmouth, I wouldn't be here. In the Alaskan town where I grew up, many high school counselors weren't familiar with Dartmouth, so my parents were my most reliable source of information. During the college process, they were the perfect balance between absent and overbearing. It wasn't until after I was accepted that they told me they'd wanted me to go to Dartmouth since I was born. I'm glad, because if I'd known that, my teenage angst would have surely kept me from even considering it.
(04/13/12 2:00am)
"What the hell do nonners do with their time during the day? Why do they need to pull all-nighters, ever?" --Christina Danosi '13, Women's Tennis
(04/13/12 2:00am)
If you frequent Dartmouth Gender Sexuality XYZ meetings, talk with an OUTreach Peer Mentor or visit the Rainbow Room in Robo, you will encounter a warm, welcoming atmosphere for LGBT students. On the other hand, homophobic slurs were written on a windows in Fahey-McLane Hall only a few months ago. On this campus, it is clear that a spectrum of opinions exists for a spectrum of sexualities, and students on campus range from openly accepting to openly opposed.
(11/18/11 4:00am)
Step aside, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner '83 Dartmouth has found its newest celebrity contingent.
(11/11/11 4:00am)
Maybe I'll write a gay sex how-to. It wouldn't actually be much different than the monthly repetitions of Cosmopolitan's starkly heteronormative "how to please a man" articles, other than who is doing the pleasing. Maybe if Cosmo were to discuss women pleasuring women (and themselves) instead of just men, their younger readers would be spared the demeaning and confidence-crushing "advice" in these how-to articles, which fosters a destructive sense of self-worth in young women attempting to navigate their emerging sexuality.
(10/28/11 2:00am)
Drug culture dominates Dartmouth.
(10/14/11 2:00am)
I took an off-term last Spring, and it was awesome. I didn't teach English in a foreign country. I didn't work in finance. I didn't even have an unpaid internship designed to somehow further my career goals. Instead, I went home, worked in a cafe, played jazz in a lounge with my dad and relaxed.
(10/07/11 2:00am)
Kids at my high school wore "Keep the White House white" shirts on Election Day. Churches rallied together at a school board meeting to support the dissolution of the Gay-Straight Alliance Club. Once, I got a cheeseburger thrown at me for standing at an intersection with an "Obama 2008" poster.