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(05/04/07 6:20am)
In a recent op-ed, "Ain't Nuthin' But a Blame Game" (May 2), Michael Kreicher '08 concluded that blaming hip-hop music for the problems of racism, sexism, homophobia and violence in society is a convenient but invalid way to address these very real problems. I agree with his arguments, but I would like to focus more specifically on the issue of sexism. While any attempt to address sexism at Dartmouth and beyond is a good and necessary thing, the blanket-statement, activist style in which sexism is often addressed needs to change.
(04/25/07 4:51pm)
New Hampshire State Rep. Catherine Mulholland doesn't want you to eat Snickers bars anymore.
(04/10/07 9:00am)
It is probably not a good idea for me to write a column (at all; I know, Glovsky) about a class in which I am currently enrolled. However, Biology 11, with its eye-catching ORC titles ("Emerging Infectious Diseases: How Microbes Rule the World," or "Frankenstein 2.0: Building a Better Human"), has prompted disagreement, at least among freshmen and biology professors. I have found that many students who have taken the course were unsatisfied with what was demanded of them. Some students have advantages over others in any class, of course, but the general consensus is that students who did not take Advanced Placement Biology in high school have to work a lot harder to succeed in Bio 11.
(02/26/07 11:00am)
Imagine that as a high school student, you could have attended Dartmouth classes without leaving home. While this is impossible right now, the availability of classes on the Internet is already a reality for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and several other schools, including Yale, Notre Dame, Bryn Mawr and Stanford. These universities have begun to offer free online courses in an effort to extend scholarship to the general public, according to a recent Wall Street Journal article. While this new wealth of available information surely benefits the public, is it ultimately good for higher education to offer its courses to prospective students?
(02/12/07 11:00am)
When I was little, "Alice in Wonderland" was a little too scary for me. Not scary in the traditional, monster-under-the-bed sort of way, but rather in a way that most people would describe as "psychedelic." Even a six year-old can pick up on the fact that Disney's customarily watered-down version of a classic tale is not just a funny dream that Alice has. For this year's Winter Carnival, the theme of "Dartmouth Down the Rabbit Hole" invited students to plunge into a wonderland of fun winter traditions. However, this invitation has other connotations, best expressed by Lewis Carroll's Cheshire Cat to Alice: "You're mad ... you must be, or you wouldn't have come here." Is Winter Carnival Dartmouth's annual descent into madness?
(02/06/07 11:00am)
The expensive-looking certificate of acceptance to Dartmouth College that we all received in the mail conjures up rosy images of our future as Dartmouth alumni. We, as Dartmouth students, are among the nation's best, brightest and most likely to succeed. But what if our Dartmouth degree means no more than a degree from any other school? My undergraduate advisor introduced this unsettling topic at a recent floor meeting, catching us off guard as we finished our weekly game of "Wah!" a la Dartmouth Outing Club Freshmen Trips. What is the value of Dartmouth, he asked, if the renown of one's college makes no real difference in one's future salary?