Gap-year students reflect on decision to take time off
(10/30/20 6:10am)
This article is featured in the 2020 Fall special issue.
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de Wolff: In-Person Classes Were Possible
(10/22/20 6:00am)
With winter term course selection coming up soon, it’s time for Dartmouth to rethink its decision to continue holding the majority of classes over Zoom. Currently, there are only 23 fully in-person classes offered. While there are only a limited number of classrooms able to hold socially distanced classes, there are 36 spaces on campus that can hold more than 13 socially distanced students at any given time. Dartmouth should fully utilize these spaces to provide students with a break from the strain of Zoom classes. The way forward is clear: Dartmouth should hold as many in-person classes as possible next term.
Students describe experiences in isolation housing
(10/20/20 6:10am)
On the morning of Sept. 9 — move-in day for many members of the Class of 2024 — Ainsley Carter ’24 struggled to muster the strength to get out of bed. She was nauseous, vomiting and barely able to walk. Instead of moving into her dorm that day, Carter became one of the first students put into isolation.
Students struggle to make connections over Zoom
(10/13/20 6:10am)
While the video conferencing platform Zoom has made class possible during the COVID-19 pandemic, some students say they have struggled to make connections due to the lack of casual interactions common during in-person classes.
UGAs tasked with COVID-19 policy enforcement voice concerns
(10/01/20 6:05am)
Although undergraduate advisors have always had a role in enforcing community guidelines and school policy, pandemic regulations have added new duties, and with them new concerns.
Review: Yaa Gyasi's 'Transcendent Kingdom' illuminates the Black immigrant experience
(09/24/20 6:10am)
Yaa Gyasi’s follow-up to her American Book Award-winning 2016 debut “Homegoing” is “Transcendent Kingdom,” a novel alternating between past and present in the life of Gifty, a Ghanaian-American neuroscience Ph.D. candidate and former self-proclaimed “Jesus Freak.” Throughout the book, Gifty, who studies impulse control in mice, reexamines what led her to a life of empiricism after growing up in a deeply religious immigrant family in the Bible Belt. Grappling with Gifty’s experiences growing up “sticking out like a sore thumb” in her predominantly-white town and “as Ghanaian as apple pie,” the novel is both accessible and urgent.
Student Advisory Board gives guidance on campus issues, COVID-19 decisions
(09/24/20 6:00am)
As Dartmouth makes dramatic adjustments to student life due to COVID-19, the Dean of the College Student Advisory Board has met regularly with Dean of the College Kathryn Lively, seeking to bring student perspectives to the decision-making table. In the two months since its creation, the board has provided input on issues such as how to bring students back to campus safely and methods to promote adherence to COVID-19 regulations.
Navigating the Labyrinth of Mental Health During a Pandemic
(09/11/20 6:00am)
This article is featured in the 2020 Freshman special issue.
Hidden Gems: Making the Most of Dartmouth’s Resources
(09/11/20 6:05am)
This article is featured in the 2020 Freshman special issue.
Dartmouth Dining Services adapts for fall term
(09/11/20 6:15am)
This article is featured in the 2020 Freshman special issue.
Q&A with Dean of the College Kathryn Lively
(09/11/20 6:40am)
This article is featured in the 2020 Freshman special issue.
Students navigate Dartmouth’s social media landscape
(09/11/20 6:20am)
This article is featured in the 2020 Freshman special issue.
Graduate student’s sexual harassment allegations and hunger strike: A timeline
(09/11/20 7:00am)
This article is featured in the 2020 Freshman special issue.
Faculty members urge College to hold fully-remote fall
(08/21/20 6:32pm)
Updated Aug. 21, 2020 at 10:37 p.m.
Student’s involuntary hospitalization raises questions about Unmasked app policies
(08/21/20 6:30am)
Following the involuntary hospitalization of a student who expressed suicidal thoughts on the anonymous, student-run mental health app Unmasked in late July, questions have arisen surrounding the role of app moderators and the College in sharing students’ information and involving law enforcement.
Sosin: Generation 9/11 to Generation C
(07/31/20 7:00am)
Days before the start of my senior year at Dartmouth, I went out for a run in my suburban Chicago hometown to celebrate my 21st birthday. Awaiting me after my run were not birthday messages celebrating my newly minted adult status, but rather news that would brand my class as part of Generation 9/11. Terrorists had just brought down the World Trade Center and hit the Pentagon. Days later, the halcyon senior fall we had long anticipated gave way to conversations about recovery efforts, military campaigns in Afghanistan and rising discrimination against Muslims.
Fuller: The Personal Toll of a Global Pandemic
(07/24/20 6:25am)
Given the current state of the world — an unprecedented global pandemic, the ongoing ecological disaster of climate change and the social justice crisis of systemic racism — it is not surprising that the more religiously inclined among us have sounded warning bells that the Apocalypse is near. A New York Times article from April provided a concise snapshot of how widespread this sentiment is today, as well as how historically rooted the notion of the “end times” is in many religious traditions. Culturally, many of us in the United States are captivated by this idea of an Apocalyptic event and its fiery aftermath. Movies famously depict such events: from the nightmarish depictions in “The Road” to the more light-hearted and hopeful scenes in “WALL-E” to the all-too familiar totalitarian state in “V for Vendetta.” Despite some thematic differences, all of these portrayals of the Apocalypse conceive of it as a singular future event which is shared by an entire community or even an entire planet. However, this focus on large scale societal calamities distracts from the reality of what an apocalypse actually is: a personal reckoning with the tragedies of life. Perhaps, if this were better understood, we as a society would be less willing to sacrifice the lives of those around us merely to maintain some semblance of normalcy.
College agrees to investigate harassment allegations if student ends hunger strike
(07/22/20 3:53am)
Updated July 23, 2020 at 11:30 p.m.
Confronting diversity issues at Geisel: from Instagram to institutional change
(07/10/20 6:10am)
In the wake of anti-racism protests and actions, members of the Geisel School of Medicine have begun speaking out against and taking measures to combat diversity and equity issues at their medical institution. Among these initiativesis a student run Instagram account @concernedstudent1797, which posts short anomymous narratives from students who have experienced discrimination.
Students express discontent over College’s reopening plan
(07/03/20 9:00am)
In response to the campus-wide email on Monday describing the College’s plans for the upcoming academic year, students have expressed discontent and suggested changes to the College’s reopening plan.