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(04/13/12 2:00am)
We've seen Student Assembly insiders in the past promise that they have the solution, but the results speak for themselves. It is time that we bring a fresh perspective to our student government, one that empowers students across this community. I, along with my running mate Julia Danford, promise to be the agents of change our campus needs.
(03/27/12 2:00am)
Watching President Barack Obama announce College President Jim Yong Kim as his nominee to lead the World Bank with Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner '83 at his side,was one of my proudest moments as a student of Dartmouth College. The nomination of our president to lead one of the most important institutions devoted to lifting developing nations out of poverty affirms Dartmouth's impressive tradition of developing the future leaders of our country and the world. This occasion is a testament to the commitment of members of the Dartmouth community, both past and present, to make the world's troubles their own.
(08/23/11 2:00am)
After reading Andrew Lohse's most recent diatribe of baseless statements ("Misleading Voices," Aug. 19) criticizing this fine institution, its student body and professors who have toiled tirelessly to put together the Leading Voices in Politics and Policy lecture series, I feel compelled to defend the community and address each senseless fallacy put forward by the true misleading voice, Lohse himself.
(08/16/11 2:00am)
In recent weeks, this page has featured an eloquent dialogue on the merits of careers in corporate America. As a student in this Summer term's public policy class that has included visits by several distinguished political figures, I cannot help but see the irony in the fact that these leading figures' lectures took place during corporate recruiting season. While Andrew Lohse ("A Corporate Stranglehold" Aug. 2) demonized finance careers and painted them as mutually exclusive from solving domestic and global problems, this prima facie divide may not be so sharp in reality. Perhaps former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson '68, the most recent lecturer in the series, is the quintessential example of how those who work for large corporations can proceed to solve global problems.
(08/09/11 2:00am)
You've distinguished yourself from a highly competitive applicant pool of 22,385 individuals. One out of 9.7 students was accepted. Approximately 1,100 people from across the globe will have the privilege of calling themselves members of the Dartmouth Class of 2015.
(02/10/11 4:00am)
Former College President John Sloan Dickey said, "The world's troubles are your troubles and there is nothing wrong in the world that better human beings cannot fix." Recently, fellow columnist Charles Clark '11 ("Tilting at the World's Troubles," Jan. 27) found fault with Dickey's inspiring statement, pointing out the egotism of his words and arguing that the world's troubles cannot be universally defined and a consensus on solutions cannot be achieved. Clark's column falls one step short of claiming that the world's troubles cannot be solved, since they apparently cannot be collectively defined. While this logical deduction may have been unforeseen, his argument begins a dangerous path towards inactionthe last thing we need. Though it may be difficult to understand the context of problems and contribute to meaningful solutions, it is not impossible to define and solve the world's troubles.
(01/14/11 4:00am)
Some praise the inventions of the computer and internet as two of man's greatest achievements. Innovations that were once used responsibly, however, have become time-sucking distractions. Our modern-day addiction to technology is especially damaging in the classroom setting. The only effective way to prevent these irresponsible classroom distractions is for professors to ban them altogether.
(11/29/10 4:00am)
Not too long ago an undergraduate advisor in Mid-Massachusetts hall, where I live, blitzed all residents to inform us that over the weekend, someone had entered the building and destroyed multiple windows, television screens and the vending machine glass. Since the perpetrator was unknown, the blitz said, all the student residents would be fined an equal share of the damages. Given that students are already paying an inflated price for housing at the College, fining innocent bystanders in cases like this one is simply unacceptable. Why should I pay for some drunken fool's rampage?
(10/13/10 2:00am)
Last month, I had the pleasure of attending one of the most superficial, elitist events I've ever been to the Employer Connections Fair. A gathering of many firms from Wall Street, Silicon Valley and elsewhere, the fair attracted numerous recent Ivy League graduates and future Fairfield County residents hoping to recruit some of Dartmouth's brightest into their companies.
(05/03/10 2:00am)
Every year, prospective students grace Dartmouth's campus during Dimensions weekend. And almost every year the weather uncharacteristically cooperates (thank you Sun God for turning around the forecast this year with your omnipotent mask and boom box). But year after year, the College blatantly excludes early decision members of the incoming class from its annual Spring bash. Notwithstanding that Dimensions should serve as an introduction to the College for all admitted students, including ED students in the event would encourage regular decision students who attend to matriculate and therefore is in the best interest of the College.
(03/05/10 4:00am)
As freshmen, we can respect tradition and absorb taunts deeming us the "worst class ever," but we should not have to accept what we believe are the worst classes ever courses that don't truly interest us just because we cannot receive spots in our first choices. The trend is clear: many students, particularly freshmen, often do not receive their first-choice class selections. It seems that the College has done little to address this problem, meaning that first-years, the tadpoles of Occom Pond, suffer.
(02/18/10 4:00am)
President Barack Obama's Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel once said, "A crisis is a terrible thing to waste." The announcement of the new Hanover Police alcohol policy unleashed nothing short of a crisis for Dartmouth's Greek life, which represents a large segment of the Dartmouth student body. While the police later announced that they will delay its implementation, we must not waste the brief crisis that swept the College and we must take action to protect the Dartmouth community's interests.
(02/05/10 4:00am)
It seems that everyone is criticizing the administration for its handling of the budget crisis. Some individuals demand more details, others ask for union representation, but Dartmouth students can play more of a role in the College's fiscal crisis than acting as critics. It is time that students recognize their responsibility to the Dartmouth community and propose creative solutions to reduce the budget gap.