I Wish Dartmouth Love
To persevere in bettering it with our love, and to accept that an imperfect love is ever so much better than none at all — this is my hope for Dartmouth and those who remain here.
To persevere in bettering it with our love, and to accept that an imperfect love is ever so much better than none at all — this is my hope for Dartmouth and those who remain here.
It may be silly to believe that in this unfathomably big universe, leaving this place is a huge deal. But I’ve had a lot of good things here that I don’t want to let die. I’m afraid of forgetting them.
Our green light will shine on as our collective and individual dreams evolve, and as we continue to take steps toward betterment.
When I think about my uncertain future, my mind goes back to what is the most quintessential game of Dartmouth, the game of champions: pong. When you’re down to a half, you can’t lose on a serve, so just keep trying.
’17 Guy: Staying in bed on Sunday morning and yelling “Oh god!” does not count as going to church. ’16 Guy: After Green Key last year, I was unsure if this was an Ivy League school. Econ Prof: You don’t want to run up your credit card debt buying liquor, drugs or women... I don’t know what you guys do on the weekends. Art History Prof: Yes, some people were having orgies in the streets during the Black Plague... It was kind of like Green Key weekend. ’15 Guy: I don’t see the point of running if you’re not simultaneously tanning. ’16 Girl: The easy way out is my favorite way in.
On Sunday evening after an exhausting Green Key, Jasmine was lying in bed when someone informed her that Yama was shutting down.
MEMORIAL DAY FUN:Jk, we have no reading period. COLLIS CHALK CUBE:Lesson learned: never give Dartmouth students an open forum to provide drinkingsuggestions. LAST CHANCES:Need a formal date?
Throughout my conversations, however, I neglected a certain viewpoint, one that might be more telling than the rest: those who were at some point affiliated, but chose for whatever reason to leave their house. This story is often unheard on this campus, but these individuals have seen life both in and out of the system, and they thus hold a certain wisdom.
Maybe you know their name or maybe you don’t, but we have found that most people on campus have their elusive unicorn.
I speak of the passing, the practice where some black individuals presented themselves as white, that must have occurred at Dartmouth to the same extent it did at other elite American colleges. In the process of exploring historical passing, I interviewed four Dartmouth undergraduates on their feelings about passing and its relevance, if any, to black students at Dartmouth today.
Searching desperately for a community that would appreciate our unique sense of style and disdain for restrictive clothing, we ventured down to Mighty Yoga in Hanover for a class.
If anything, my experience as a 21st-century debutante reveals a remarkable capacity for compartmentalizing my engagement in a ritual whose basis is at odds with my education, independence and general political outlook.
You guys are so cool and weird, and cohabitation with you has been one hell of a ride. For a bunch of smart people, your ability to do hilariously stupid things is truly astonishing.
Before we seniors leave forever, there are some words of wisdom that I need to pass on. In short, there is a right way and a wrong way to do laundry.
’17 Guy: It’s not even DJ Self-H8? I’m not going. ’16 Girl: All I did last year was drink, and all I do this year is lurk. CS Prof: There’s absolutely no correlation between attendance and your grade. ’09 Guy at Pigstick: Can I get a hit of that cigar?’16 Girl: Sure.
The “Dartmouth is Happy” video got us thinking. First, why were we not asked to be in this video?
POW-WOW WEEKEND HIGH YIELD:Dartmouth on the rise? Stay tuned. GREEK WEEK:We're not really sure what this is, but there’s free food, so we're not complaining. DARTMOUTH IS "HAPPY":95 percent of ourFacebook friends haveshared this.
Shifts away from the humanities toward the social sciences, however, have important implications for the quality of instruction, as well as the variety of courses offered by departments.
During my college search, I focused on the more “frivolous” details of every school, much to my parents’ dismay.
Your parents have arrived, and it’s time to hide the empty liquor handles, vacuum the EBA crumbs off your dorm carpet and iron that shirt your mom says brings out your eyes.