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(02/06/15 1:12am)
While there may be no scheduled classes today, on any given day it’s likely that at least a few students have pulled an all-nighter to finish an assignment or exam. Enter Baker-Berry Library at any time throughout the term and you will see hundreds of students studying for hours on end. While College President Phil Hanlon has asked faculty “to consider a number of ways to increase the rigor of our curriculum” through unilaterally curbing grade inflation or having earlier classes, he should instead look to increase rigor by fixing structural inadequacies in the academic resources Dartmouth offers its students.
(02/02/15 12:44am)
Four students shared their experiences with intersectionality at the first of a four panel series hosted by V-February on Sunday afternoon. An annual campaign sponsored by the Center for Gender and Student engagement, V-February is aimed at promoting gender equality and ending violence against women through performance and discussion.
(02/01/15 11:45pm)
College President Phil Hanlon’s decision to eliminate hard alcohol on campus has dominated the conversation surrounding Thursday’s speech. Some observers have rallied around what they consider a bold way of curbing underage drinking. Many students have instead rallied around their Captain Morgan handles, laughing off the ban as a quaint throwback to the Prohibition era.
(01/30/15 6:20pm)
While the actual implementation and results remain to be seen, the Moving Dartmouth Forward plan announced by President Hanlon seems to adequately address many of the issues that the administration sought to fix, including sexual assault, exclusivity and the lack of an alternative social spaces on campus. Unfortunately, it really missed the mark on the issue of binge drinking. The plan does not take a realistic view and accept inevitability of collegedrinking (and underage drinking, specifically) by encouragingstudents who choose to drinkto participate in safer practices such as drinking beer and wine over hard liquor, and consuming alcohol gradually over the course of a night.
(01/30/15 3:14am)
I never went camping as a child.
(01/28/15 1:18am)
After perusing — or, more accurately, skimming — approximately 33 syllabi during my tenure at Dartmouth, I have always gotten stuck on a few recurring components: an emphasis on in-class participation and the assertion that medical exemptions be voiced early in the term, with some professors even mandating doctor’s notes excusing an inability to perform classroom duties. I believe that the former has sexist, ableist and classist implications, while the latter has classist and ableist implications. Though these are clearly not the intended results of the policies, professors should consider the disproportionate burdens these requirements might impose on their diverse student body when structuring a course.
(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.
(01/23/15 4:09am)
This past Tuesday, College President Phil Hanlon announced that the “Moving Dartmouth Forward” presidential steering committee submitted their final report. Hanlon will review their recommendations, formulate policy and present that policy to the Board of Trustees on Jan. 28. On Jan. 29, Hanlon will present his plan to combat binge drinking, sexual assault and exclusivity to the public.
(01/15/15 12:53am)
Movement Against Violence is set to expand its programming to freshman floors this term, with a curriculum tailored to the dynamics of first-year communities. The initiative aims to address issues of sexual and domestic violence prevention most relevant to the situations first-year students will likely encounter.
(01/11/15 7:29pm)
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(01/09/15 5:01am)
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(01/09/15 4:30am)
Answers to questions you were too afraid to ask.
(01/09/15 4:29am)
We do the math so you don’t have to.
(01/09/15 4:26am)
Notice your posture. This is the first thing the voice on my computer told me when I searched for guided meditations, found a website and purposefully picked the shortest one — a three-minute mediation called “Body and Sound.” As instructed, I noticed that I was in my typical kitchen table position, one leg tucked under me, one curled around the side of the chair, a tad bit hunched and leaning a little to the right. It was the position I had been in since Thanksgiving, avidly searching the Internet for presents I could give to my extended family. It was, for me, the position of the hunt.
(01/09/15 4:18am)
In her Apr. 19, 2013 article exploring the stigma surrounding depression, “Depression: What Everyone’s Not Talking About,” Reese Ramponi ’13 says the “discussion of the issue remains scarce on campus.”
(01/09/15 4:15am)
My father passed away the summer before my sophomore year. That’s how I always start the explanation, and that’s often how I end it. When people ask about my father, they don’t expect a tragic story as a response, and I truly do not wish to present them with one. Death is already painful and complicated. Loss of a parent is immensely difficult — the story is already sad, regardless of the circumstances.
(01/09/15 4:03am)
Interim Dean of the College Inge-Lise Ameer is responsible for overseeing all aspects of student life — including mental health. In an interview in her Parkhurst Office, she discussed the D-plan, Dick’s House and medical leave.
(01/09/15 3:59am)
Computer science professor Andrew Campbell developed the StudentLife app, which tracks students’ mental health, academic performance and behavioral trends. In the spring of 2013, Campbell used the app to measure the ups and downs of 48 of his computer science students’ terms.
(11/21/14 9:07pm)
During informal hearings with sexual assault victims in Washington, D.C., Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) and other co-sponsors of the Campus Accountability and Safety Act bill learned that some students felt their institutions failed them.
(11/14/14 12:48am)
On the biology foreign study program in Costa Rica and the Cayman Islands this past winter, I was surrounded by some of the most diverse and engaging ecosystems in the world. Spider monkeys cavorted outside the classroom — scorpions lurked under the bathroom sink. As someone who grew up catching insects in Mason jars and playing in the mud, I felt alive. That’s not to say that the program wasn’t challenging. We wrote scientific papers every four to five days and moved to a new field station each week. I stayed up late and woke up early, but I felt happy and fulfilled.
