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(01/22/07 11:00am)
Sometimes you don't know something's broken until you take a step back and get the bigger picture. I think they call it the "fog of war." Well, for the last three years, that would seem to describe my experience with the Student Assembly. Since freshman fall, I've been an elected representative, a committee chair and a committee co-chair. I've started programs, like the Student Faculty Brunch, that have been successful, and others, like the Assembly Town Meeting, that still need work. I observed and worked closely with three different Student Body Presidents, each with their own advantages and disadvantages. With that depth and breadth of experience I can honestly say that the Assembly is broken and needs to be fixed.
(01/18/07 11:00am)
The sports year is just two weeks old, and yet it is already shaping up to be the best year in recent memory. I can only hope it will slow down, for my sanity as well as to prevent the inevitable aneurysm that comes from being a Boston sports fan. Unfortunately, former Ivy Leaguers are being left out, with no members of the Ancient Eight on the rosters of the NFL's four remaining teams. Dartmouth's best shot ended in the last game of the regular season, when Casey Cramer '04, along with the rest of the Tennessee Titans, blew their chance at the playoffs by losing to the New England Patriots.
(01/17/07 11:00am)
Unfortunately, this past term has marked a low point for Student Assembly. Under the leadership of Tim Andreadis '07, the Assembly has done little to effect real change on campus and to promote broad student interests. His two principal accomplishments have been changing the name of the "Diversity Affairs Committee" to the "Community and Diversity Affairs Committee" and issuing a statement imploring The Dartmouth to have more "journalistic integrity," a far cry from his aggressive campaign pledge to muscle the student newspaper into creating an ombudsmen position. The Assembly's Native American mascot dinner and discussion was largely the result of planning and organizing by the Diversity Affairs vice president. The report issued by the Committee on Standards Task Force had been the outcome of over six months of hard work that began under the previous administration, yet, despite its overwhelming approval by the Assembly, Andreadis worked behind the scenes to undermine the enactment of any change to our outdated disciplinary system.
(01/16/07 11:00am)
To the Editor:
(01/12/07 11:00am)
To the Editor:
(01/12/07 11:00am)
In the days before winter break, controversy held Dartmouth College hostage. Dartmouth Hall played host to student speeches, passionate protesters and the ears of the national media. A Student Assembly BlitzMail message announced that a rally titled "Solidarity Against Hatred" was planned during a meeting held in response to the Dartmouth Review issue with cover art depicting a Native American holding a scalp. What was missed in the midst of student activism was the way in which the student response to the offensive Review cover ran counter-productive to the activists.
(01/12/07 11:00am)
To the Editor:
(01/10/07 11:00am)
Apparently I wasn't the only one last week still caught up on the recent campus events, since every page of last Friday's Dartmouth had a mascot-related article. Over the past few days, I have had the opportunity to talk with students about many issues, and I am very much looking forward to discussing those issues with none other than Josie Harper in the coming week. My only hope is that my column engenders the type of intelligent discourse I expect from the Dartmouth community, not the mindless regurgitation of conservative/liberal dogma that most arguments of this nature usually boil down to.
(01/10/07 11:00am)
To the Editor:
(01/10/07 11:00am)
About 75 students attended Student Assembly's first meeting of Winter term on Tuesday night, during which the Assembly passed a resolution in support of a "Leadership Social."
(01/09/07 11:00am)
On the issue of the Dartmouth Indian I am one of the group, which I believe is the vast majority, tired of sanctimonious calls for sensitivity and sick of the blatantly offensive materials that motivate them. I do not want to be part of a debate. I want to cheer for a real mascot that represents our sports teams. I think that we need discussion and then to determine our mascot, take a cue from professional sports, by a democratic vote with all options on the table.
(01/08/07 11:00am)
Someone needs to be in charge of overseeing the 36 Division I varsity sports, 29 club sports and numerous intramural programs at Dartmouth. This task falls to Athletic Director Josie Harper, who knows that managing athletics at an Ivy League school like Dartmouth is no small feat.
(01/08/07 11:00am)
What do Keggy, the recent alumni constitution referendum, our campus' demonstrated prejudices against Native Americans and a broken desk in Reed Hall 108 have in common? Don't think too hard because the answer is nothing. Hindsight shows that Fall term 2006 was 10 weeks of glorious stagnation when we busied ourselves doing nothing in particular.
(01/05/07 11:00am)
My Christmas present came early this year and from a very unexpected source: Dartmouth Athletic Director Josie Harper. I would personally like to extend my gratitude to Harper for providing me with enough material to write three columns a week, but sadly I have only the time and clearance to write once weekly, so I will have to do my best to stick to my New Year's resolution of including at least one Josie Harper joke in every column this term. If anyone is disturbed by this, please send all grievances to Robert.Esposito@dartmouth.edu with "Most Embarrassing Athletic Director in America" in the subject line, so I know which blitzes to delete immediately without opening.
(01/05/07 11:00am)
I propose Hamlet as Dartmouth's new mascot. He is certainly indecisive enough.
(01/05/07 11:00am)
One evening early last October, just past midnight, about 30 Native American students were holding their annual Columbus Day drum circle on the Green. A solemn yet energetic ceremony, it aimed to remind the public of centuries of genocide following Christopher Columbus's arrival and commemorate the death of Native Americans in the distant and recent past. A line of students outfitted in traditional blankets encircled a small group of backup singers and several drummers beating a large drum. In preparation, they had been practicing their songs and dances four hours a week.
(01/05/07 11:00am)
Mascots across the country have come under scrutiny in the past couple of years, leaving many schools no choice but to re-examine their cheer-inducing symbols. Colleges are now being forced to join the other seventy-four eagles or forty-six tigers in the NCAA, settle for a non-offensive but hardly inspiring title like Whittier College Poets, or choose an original character that's so obscure it's comedic, like the University of California, Santa Cruz Banana Slugs.
(01/05/07 11:00am)
Why did you decide to create a new Dartmouth mascot?
(01/04/07 11:00am)
Protesting outside of Thompson was Professor Shelby Grantham. Grantham, a figure known for polarizing views, especially on race and gender issues, stood outside holding a sign that read "American Indians are people not mascots." Grantham was unavailable for comment.
(01/04/07 11:00am)
Is it appropriate for a team to use a Native American emblem as a mascot? Is it a gesture of honor and respect, or one of hatred and degradation?
