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(01/04/12 4:00am)
It has been nearly three months since Occupy Dartmouth set up camp in front of the Collis Center. Despite bitter cold and some harassment, members of Occupy remain determined to stimulate discussion about political and economic inequities. While student protesters can be commended for making the world's troubles their own, they are mistaken in pointing blame at corporate greed and free market capitalism.
(11/07/11 4:00am)
Sweaty students and middle-aged alumni flail their arms as they jump up and down on a slippery floor cluttered by empty cups and beer cans. A half-dozen naked fraternity members precariously conceal their genitals by staying behind a counter. Female students stand unconcerned a few feet away. Bodies move with manic energy but people's eyes contain no human warmth.
(10/10/11 2:00am)
This August, Campus Pride awarded Dartmouth a Five-star rating on its LGBT-Friendly Campus Climate Index. The College can be proud of some of its efforts to foster understanding between the gay and straight communities given the stigma that still surrounds homosexuality, some advocacy and support groups are important. However, Dartmouth's nationally pioneering efforts to attract gay students and its planned LGBT affinity house may constitute unnecessary favoritism and encourage students to needlessly define themselves by their sexual orientation. As nice as it sounds to make efforts to accommodate gay students, it is important to put things in perspective before supporting costly initiatives.
(09/22/11 2:00am)
This Tuesday, I attended a panel discussion called "What I Wish I Knew As A Freshman Girl." The female upperclassmen speakers talked very frankly about their mistakes as freshmen and offered their warm support to the assembled first-year women. The event seemed highly valuable, and I was left wondering why no similar opportunity existed specifically for first-year men.
(05/20/11 2:00am)
Several community members have recently asked me if my columns for The Dartmouth are designed to be offensive. In "Silencing Conservatism," (March 30), I attributed such questioning of motive to a "politically correct" speech culture that is often unreceptive to underrepresented viewpoints. This close-mindedness is a deep problem that largely stems from the temptation to think people we disagree with are malevolent.
(05/02/11 2:00am)
"Fire and brimstone," "real collapse" and "biblical concern" are the kinds of phrases many of us have come to associate with global warming. Economist Eban Goodstein did not disappoint in his lecture at Dartmouth this April, using these terms and many others as he called on his audience to save the planet by redesigning "every city on Earth" and becoming superheroes like characters from "The Lord of the Rings." Before trying to build a new world order, however, it's worth taking all the hysteria about climate change with a grain of salt.
(04/18/11 2:00am)
Thanks to Dartmouth's outstanding financial aid program, my family and I pay only a small fraction of the College's sticker price. While I'm grateful to have been handed the world's finest undergraduate opportunities at so little personal cost, it's unsettling to realize that in one year I'm sponging tens of thousands of dollars of other people's money. As much as I like Dartmouth, I can't say I value being here enough to justify the massive burden the College is bearing on my behalf. It may be time to make selfish free-riders like myself assume more financial responsibility for their educations.
(03/30/11 2:00am)
Having grown up in a college town that cast more votes for Green Party candidate Ralph Nader than for George Bush in the 2000 U.S. presidential election, I'm used to being something of a laughingstock for my conservative-leaning views. Nevertheless, it's been an eye-opener to see my columns for The Dartmouth garner accusations of racism, calls for censorship and even the occasional personal attack such as, "Mr. Lott, I pity your future wife or husband."
(03/07/11 4:00am)
All the recent alarm about the resignations of three minority faculty members (See: "A Troubling Trifecta," Feb. 18) has inevitably led to calls for special efforts to make certain racial groups feel welcome at Dartmouth. If the College really wants to foster a color-blind environment, however, it would be well advised not to treat minorities as though they need extra attention.
(02/22/11 4:00am)
A few hundred yards from where I'm writing this column, just across the river in Vermont, 16-year-olds are allowed to purchase and carry a loaded handgun without needing anyone's permission. Here in New Hampshire, an 18-year-old can openly carry a pistol without a concealed carry permit. Dartmouth's campus, with its strict ban on privately-owned handguns, stands out amidst these "wild" lands of gun-toting teenagers.
(01/25/11 4:00am)
While listening to a '62 reminisce over Christmas dinner about the spirited traditions and rustic lifestyle he had known at Dartmouth, I couldn't help but share in some of his nostalgia. It was saddening to appreciate that while Dartmouth has made great strides, it has also thrown away much of what made it special.
(01/10/11 4:00am)
Last Thursday, Dartmouth kicked off a nearly month-long Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration that comprises 26 events and will climax with the cancellation of classes on Jan. 17.
(11/30/10 4:00am)
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal this March, College President Jim Yong Kim asserted that the actual annual cost of educating a Dartmouth undergraduate is approximately $100,000. For all the plush amenities and excellent professors here, it's hard to believe that all of this money roughly twice the median U.S. household income is really being spent with undergraduates in mind.
(11/10/10 4:00am)
An axe-wielding Christ-figure stands before a fallen cross and a junk heap of shattered cultural symbols. Small, ghostly children stand in the shadow of a zombie-like schoolteacher, their gray-and-black schoolhouse looming in the distance. A gray-skinned Hernan Cortez stands in front of his burning ships, standing over piles of naked Native bodies lying at his feet.
(10/28/10 2:00am)
Walking past Dartmouth Hall this Wednesday, I couldn't help but notice three jack-o-lanterns sitting on the front steps of the building. My initial appreciation for this seeming show of festive spirit instantly vanished, however, when I approached the pumpkins and saw the appalling depictions of various sex positions. As angry and disgusted as I was that some students might think this constitutes acceptable behavior, I wasn't nearly as surprised as I should have been. Perhaps this was because of the other experiences I had with the College's licentiousness during just the few weeks I had spent on campus.
(10/11/10 2:00am)
Especially for a school that prides itself so much on its communal spirit, Dartmouth's lack of a mascot is shameful. Harvard shares this distinction, and any similarities with that school should be setting off alarm bells. "Big Green" is really just as bad as "Crimson".
(10/11/10 2:00am)
Especially for a school that prides itself so much on its communal spirit, Dartmouth's lack of a mascot is shameful. Harvard shares this distinction, and any similarities with that school should be setting off alarm bells. "Big Green" is really just as bad as "Crimson".