Editor's Note
Three months ago, this campus’s media moguls asked me to rise to the challenge of writing a weekly Editor’s Note. I could only have flailed to the ground — uncoordinated, weeping and alone — faster if you’d had asked me to play limbo.
Three months ago, this campus’s media moguls asked me to rise to the challenge of writing a weekly Editor’s Note. I could only have flailed to the ground — uncoordinated, weeping and alone — faster if you’d had asked me to play limbo.
7 -The price, in dollars, of Dirt Cowboy’s fox mustard. 23 -The number of College buildings with the word “House” in their titles. 98 -Length, in pages, of Hanover’s fiscal year 2015 budget documents.\n 162,800 - The money, in dollars, Hanover allocated in fiscal year 2015 to road salt. \n 6 - The number of people who attended this week’s town hall budget meeting.
How many times have you moved while at Dartmouth? \n Of all the frustrating and invented competitions on campus, the competition for “who has moved from place to place the most terms on a row” is the most infuriating.
This week, staff photographers explored how gender intersects with campus performance groups.
Although Dartmouth’s Greek life is often the first social activity that comes to mind when considering gender-specific groups on campus, other activities frequently organize themselves along the gender binary.
It is no secret that we are not always taught to love our bodies. Bombarded by the images of mass media, from magazine covers to children’s dolls, we often idolize a peculiar notion of beauty that elevates a figure that is slim — but not too slim — above all else.
While many students may identify as feminists, there is certainly a discrepancy in how students define the term. This disparity is not limited to students at the College, however, as even within the feminist movement and feminist academic circles, the word seems to cover a broad spectrum of beliefs and ideas.
Like the illustrious David Guetta, you may look around this campus and wonder “Where them girls at?” You may also wonder “Where them guys at?” or “Where them people who fall somewhere else on the spectrum of gender at?”
Slut, creep, tramp, player — these are all words that have been thrown around to describe students who engage in sexual activity at the College, often in conjunction with those who participate in the perceived hookup culture. For years, activists and students on college campuses across the nation have decried the double standard to which men and women are subjected in relation to their sexual activity — or lack thereof.
I’ve always illustrated my personal taxonomy of jerks with the example of the equestrian statue. The first tier of jerks — i.e. people who are not jerks at all — will simply holler, “Hey, look at that cool statue of a fellow riding a horse!”
Michael Phelps is also engaged to the former Miss California, but he’s a total freak so I really don’t want to waste column space talking about that.
Writing about how gender infiltrates campus life requires nuance, empathy and a willingness to reconsider your most core beliefs. \n Thank heavens I am no longer a writer.
4 -The number of panel discussions held under V-Feb.\n 37 - The number of synonyms for the word “vagina” that “The Vagina Monologues” mentions in the introduction for the 2008 version. \n 31 - The percent of female faculty members at Harvard University in fall 2011. \n 39 - The percent of the College’s total faculty who were female in fall 2013. \n 36 - The number of people who participated in this year’s “Voices” performance.
How has V-February evolved? \n Once just a week long, now the festivities encompass a month’s worth of events, including multiple performances and panels.
The Dartmouth Mirror sat down with some members of V-Feb's planning committee to discuss their aims, regrets and the most powerful moments from this year's programming so far.?
The new undergraduate advisors packed into Brace Commons to begin their fourth day of training for an exercise called “behind closed doors.” Each of them must open a door without knowing what they will find behind it, and apply their knowledge of College regulations and protocol — as well as their own intuition — to respond to the scenario.
While the attention to including more than just two gender identities may be a newer consideration of the lyrics, her protest marks just one of many historical moments to change the alma mater since the song was officially composed by Harry Wellman of the Class of 1907 and adopted by the school in 1926.
The change, I am thrilled to say, has been my most profound quality of life improvement since investing in Spotify premium.
I do not go quietly. My heart pounds with feverish anticipation.