Life after college
As the Class of 1998 enters Dartmouth, many recent graduates are either searching for a job or entering the next stage of their education.
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As the Class of 1998 enters Dartmouth, many recent graduates are either searching for a job or entering the next stage of their education.
Editor's note: While reading this vocabulary section, take everything with a grain of salt. Although people do use these words, this section is somewhat tounge-in-cheek, so take it as that.
When the sun goes down in Hanover and the light in Baker Tower seems to be the only glow in the night sky, students accustomed to bright lights and big cities may begin to feel a little ... isolated.
When you get right down to it, the main reason anyone comes to Dartmouth is to get an education.
From day one, Dartmouth students are told that the campus thrives on discussion and debate. Last year was no exception to that, as there was the culmination of many old debates and the introduction of several new issues.
Most freshmen wonder about their living conditions at college, but at Dartmouth one cannot make a blanket statement about where students are going to live.
It is virtually impossible to go through a single day at Dartmouth without using a computer.
The College has numerous organizations dedicated to act as a support network for minority students and to foster understanding of minority cultures.
In the 23 years since coeducation, women have gone from a small minority to almost exactly half of the student body.
Like any bureaucracy, the College's operation and policy making procedure is a fragmented one, involving a vast array of people and committees ranging from Trustees to administrators to professors.
While freshman probably do not know many people at the College yet, there are administrators they should be familiar with.
The question on the minds of many freshmen as they arrive on campus in September will probably be "Now that I'm here, what do I do?"
A loud shrieking noise fills the air as an electric guitar, turned to full volume, accompanies the wild screams of "Five forty-five, five forty-five." The tired 'schmen roll over in their sleeping bags on the floor, rubbing their eyes and thinking, "What have I gotten myself into?"
Even though Hanover and Washington, D.C. are separated by more than 500 miles, it occasionally seems like the two are much closer because of the politicking at the College.
Since it was founded more than 200 years ago, the very name Dartmouth has conjured up strong images of a while, male, conservative, anti-intellectual and alcoholic place.
Every student that enters Dartmouth must make major adjustments to college life. But this year, college life is adjusting more than the students.
Maybe it's fitting that a sculpture found two years ago which Student Programs Coordinator Linda Kennedy thought perfect for a student center when Collis was a mere skeleton, is now sitting in the entrance of the three-term old center.
If you are one of the school of skeptics who thinks art is largely inaccessible and pretentious, think again.
After friends asked him for a recording of his music, Jud Caswell '94 decided to make a record of all the songs he has been playing around campus for three years.
Though Big Green Cuts may be the newest haircutting place in town, its owner is certainly no stranger to the Hanover barbering scene.