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(02/24/15 11:53pm)
The Dartmouth bubble is perhaps never more apparent than when I receive a text from my mom asking my thoughts on an article or news story that I have missed entirely. In an attempt to stay well-informed — especially given that I write a regular opinion column — I find it my responsibility to stay caught up with current events. Staying informed, however, becomes difficult when midterms combine with application deadlines, research and campus jobs. It seems wrong to place the ins and outs of my individual life over international news, but hey, sometimes it happens. Luckily, though, there seems to be a solution for people who become embarrassed when they eventually miss a news story — theSkimm.
(02/11/15 11:30pm)
One of the most concrete reforms in the “Moving Dartmouth Forward” plan is the implementation of a residential housing system. The idea makes sense. It does not represent a push to create an alternative to the Greek system, but creates new shared spaces on campus — ones in which students can feel grounded despite the disorienting effects of the D-Plan. Based on my experiences living in Foley House, I strongly believe that these types of communities will improve student residential life.
(01/26/15 11:30pm)
Like many, I make New Year’s resolutions each year, and — like many — I rarely ever keep them. Only eight percent of Americans stuck to their resolutions in 2014, and, sadly, I was part of the 92 percent who postponed their goals for another year. In spite of this failure, I still find the process of making resolutions constructive. I have a written record for each year of what I found lacking in my life. Be it a want for more sleep or time with friends, the records of my shortcomings have — over the years — shown shifts in my values. Reading and reflecting on past resolutions gives me a distinct perspective on my annual mental state that helps me improve, even if I’m not actually successful in fulfilling my resolutions. If more Dartmouth students engaged in this sort of self-reflection, I think this school would be much happier.
(01/13/15 1:58am)
If millennials were to have a single representative figure, it would doubtlessly be the unpaid intern. These overworked, underpaid college students – and sometimes college graduates – haunt the pages of several major news publications as the hapless victims of a system that articles label as “immoral”and “unfair.” Despite the overwhelmingly negative press, college students still seek out this free work in droves. The fact is that internships — paid or not — are a virtual necessity on the resumes of today’s college students. In a 2013 interview with The Dartmouth, the directors of Dartmouth’s Center for Professional Development described internships as “imperative” for jobs seekers. Unfortunately for college students, these internships are not imperative for employers — and therein lies the problem.
(08/04/14 11:17pm)
Sometimes I feel like I will look back at my days at Dartmouth and remember only a series of different-colored time blocks on my iCal. The fact that so many Dartmouth students portion their days out to the last minute makes me wonder why we as a school pursue this type of rigid scheduling. Dartmouth students without some sort of planner, be it a Google Calendar or an old-fashioned Moleskine, appear to be few and far between. While some of my friends spread their time over too many groups and organizations to keep track of, others have just one all-consuming activity. There is nothing inherently better with either type of commitment. Rather, it is the motivation behind one’s extracurricular involvement that determines its worth.
(07/22/14 12:26am)
As we approach the halfway point of sophomore summer — and of our Dartmouth careers — we are on the cusp of being upperclassmen and earning the responsibility that comes with that status. As a grade, we have gained the ability to set Dartmouth’s tone for the incoming freshman class. To do this, we must examine which Dartmouth traditions are valuable and constructive and which Dartmouth traditions are harmful and destructive. As we enter the second half of the summer, we must reconsider passing down the Dartmouth X. If we want to improve our community, we must discard this heteronormative and sexist value system before incoming classes inherit it.
(06/30/14 10:07pm)
It is written in the unofficial Dartmouth Bible that this term has the potential to be “the best term ever,” the sophomore summer that students hear legends of before they even matriculate. For the first time since the close of spring 2013, most of the members of the Class of 2016 have returned to Hanover — a long-awaited reunion after the D-Plan scattered us quite literally across the globe. Not only are we all back at Dartmouth, but it also seems as if our class has been given the run of the place. We have the beautiful buildings, the classrooms and the Collis stir-fry line all to ourselves.
(02/24/14 1:05am)
This is another column about sexual assault, racism, classism, the Greek system, privilege, et cetera at Dartmouth. I am writing this because as a Dartmouth student, I have the responsibility of engaging critically with the problems affecting my school. I am writing this as a member of the Greek system, because being affiliated and critiquing the very system with which I am affiliated are not mutually exclusive. I am responding to the amount of times I saw the letter to the editor by Christian Kiely ’09 (“Vox Clamantis: Intolerant Radicals,” Feb. 19, 2014) shared and liked on my Facebook newsfeed.
(02/06/14 11:41pm)
Both last year’s and this year’s Winter Carnival themes reflect the same attitude toward the colder months — winter is coming, and it’s going to be grim. Dartmouth students have a complex relationship with winter. Freshmen swear that their D-Plan will keep them out of Hanover each winter, while upperclassmen who find themselves stuck in Hanover grumble every time they fly in from warmer locales.
(01/22/14 10:18pm)
Upon visiting Dartmouth for the first time, I was overwhelmed by how active the student body seemed. At first, I attributed this phenomenon to Hanover’s location. Our campus is surrounded by mountains, so the school naturally attracts outdoorsy students. After a year of attending Dartmouth, however, I realized that underneath Dartmouth students’ obsession with exercise and healthy eating lurked something much darker. What I hadn’t realized on my first visit is that Dartmouth students’ abnormal athleticism is a result of their skewed views on health and fitness.
(01/07/14 3:11am)
I’ve been unusually interested in New Year’s resolutions these past few weeks, since they can be used to not only better oneself but also the entire community. In this spirit, I’d like to encourage Dartmouth students to support small businesses in Hanover. They are vital to both local economies and the U.S. economy as a whole and need increased support from consumers to compete with large corporations.
(11/12/13 8:50pm)
I began Googling college admission websites during my junior year of high school. Like many over achieving students, I visited every Ivy League page. Each school had its own selling point, whether it was a residential college system or New York City, but from my bedroom, the D-Plan made this New Hampshire college seem more exciting than any of its peers. I imagined that after having a perfect freshman year, I would spend my sophomore year in Europe and my junior year in California. Then, I’d be back for senior year and graduate on time! The D-Plan made the opportunities at Dartmouth seem limitless.
(10/30/13 11:00am)
With course registration open this week, the time when layup lists circulate and students decide whether they can really handle that fourth class has begun. It has always been strange to choose classes while still very much in the midst of midterms. Often with course registration, students become more and more eager for their coming term while ready for this one to end. Most students seem to have ended up with at least one class that didn’t work out as well as they hoped, and course registration only exacerbates the feeling of resentment that comes from the poor choices made during the last round of choosing classes.
(10/17/13 2:00am)
On Saturday, a gloomy, gray day, a few friends and I sat on the Green and reflected on our all-too-short time here. We each admitted that there was at least one time at Dartmouth when we felt uncomfortable, especially during freshman fall. A year later and halfway through sophomore fall, all of us lament that we have only three years left, at a college that none of us wanted to leave.
(10/03/13 2:00am)
Each week, a headline either bemoans the delay of marriage or the hookup culture that has purportedly developed as a result of this shift. College-aged women are warned their lives will be unhappy and meaningless without steady relationships. This spring, the "Princeton Mom" encouraged female undergrads to spend their college careers finding husbands so that they would not have to suffer the inevitable "heartbreak" of life as a single postgrad. Over the summer, an article in The New York Times led the reader to believe that most women at elite institutions are dissatisfied with or even harmed by their sex lives, and seemed to criticize the fact that many undergraduate women today are prioritizing careers over relationships. Journalists at almost every media outlet are preoccupied with the potential consequences of changing gender relations and the related hookup culture; with every emerging study, journalists are eager to interpret statistics to declare that this generation is doomed to become full of misandric cat ladies.
(09/18/13 2:00am)
Where are you reading this article? Maybe you picked it up on your way to grab oatmeal at Collis, but most likely you're reading it on your computer or phone. Like most people in America, many Dartmouth students spend a solid part of their day behind a screen. According to a 2009 Nielsen study, the average American adult spends about 8.5 hours a day looking at a screen. That's more than one-third of the day, and keep in mind that the Nielsen study occurred before the iPad had come out.
(05/22/13 2:00am)
I first heard about Green Key during First-Year Trips. Naturally, my trippees and I wanted to absorb as much information as possible about Dartmouth's traditions and big weekends. Upperclassmen mentioned Homecoming and the bonfire, as well as Winter Carnival and its ski races, but Green Key apparently lacked a central event. It seemed to remain a big weekend just as an excuse to kick back and take a break from school.
(05/07/13 2:00am)
I applied to Dartmouth as a government major, well aware that I would probably change my mind several times before I received a response from the College. Between the time that I submitted my application and when I arrived for freshman fall, one program of study was constantly in the back of my mind: the pre-medicine track. I knew organic chemistry sounded like hell and that I probably would not have room for a government major, but four out of the top five of U.S. News and World Report's 100 Best Jobs are in the medical field. I registered for courses, feeling prepared and even excited to give pre-med a go.
(04/16/13 2:00am)
Cheetos are an example of an "optimized" food, created by food scientists after thousands of taste tests. They entered the American diet after Frito-Lay discovered the Cheeto's "bliss point," the point at which it could not taste better. The brain processes this perfect taste of sugar with the same neurons with which it experiences narcotics. This is why processed foods are so difficult to stop eating.
(09/27/12 2:00am)
Princeton University sophomore Richard Tuckwell surrendered himself to the Princeton Bureau Police on Friday after another student accused him of invasion of privacy, The New York Times reported. The students were acquaintances before they attended Princeton's annual Lawn Party weekend. While the two were together in a residence hall room following the party, the victim fell asleep and Tuckwell proceeded to take sexually explicit photographs of him without his consent. The victim, who had been drinking, awoke to Tuckwell standing above him with a camera. Princeton has not suspended Tuckwell but plans to investigate the case in an independent inquiry. Tuckwell's lawyer said that his client will not plead guilty, according to The Times.