Traffic Trouble
I was born and raised in New York City, so coming to Hanover for college was a pretty big transition.
I was born and raised in New York City, so coming to Hanover for college was a pretty big transition.
Sometime in between our Pokemon and Runescape phases, many of us were obsessed with skateboarding.
My driving test is something that still haunts me. I hit the car behind me during the parallel parking section.
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It costs the same amount to live in the Choates as it does to live in McLaughlin. In the winter, S&S will probably Good Sam you if you so much as slip on ice. Jim Kim is breaking up with us.
Dartmouth problems? Why Bored@Baker is so often decried by its staunchest adherents for its faux intellectualism.
This is the story of the seasons. Fall. It begins with warmth. It begins with the sun still happily shining.
Dartmouth students' attitude toward our campus is a paradox. Our campus occupies only 0.42 square miles in Hanover, and yet in hearing some people talk about it, you would think that you need to pack a water bottle and a meal to get to class.
Dartmouth kids love to complain. We whine about food, social life, cold weather, nothing to do in Hanover we could go on forever.
This past spring break, my friend and I were greeted by an especially friendly, older saleswoman as we walked into a clothing shop.
'12 Girl 1: It was more like we were playing pong and he followed me to my room. Then we made out.'12 Girl 2: That's a flurk.
Nathan Yeo / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Justin Cozad / The Dartmouth Staff Dartmouth has its own problems, but so does the real world, which happens to be where I am returning from after an off-term in New York.
, At the end of Winter term at Dartmouth, the campus empties out. Relieved to be done with exams and the cold, students head exuberantly to the tropics, gleefully to the mountains or quietly to the familiarity of home.
It probably will not surprise anyone to hear that a school as old as Dartmouth has accumulated quite a few traditions over the years.
It's week two of Winter term, and you're in the library finishing up your reading for the night. You realize you're hungry, but one look at Accuweather kills any desire you might have had to make the trek to Collis.
Over spring break, I turned 22. It was when I was blowing out the candles on my cake that I felt an odd sense of anxiety and nostalgia.
Think about how many times per day you have the same conversation about how much you hate DDS or how you're already bored.
I'd like to believe that if some calamity were to occur today that would wipe me off the face of the Earth, I would leave behind some sort of legacy.
At Dartmouth, we all encounter the polite conversations in which we are perfectly content with treading permanently at the surface level.
'12 Guy: Have you taken your senior portrait yet?'12 Girl: Nah, I'm too ugly. '12 Girl: How is your New Year's resolution to not drink holding up?'12 Guy: Oh, I gave up resolutions for Lent. '12 Girl: Remind me to never get on your backside.'13 Guy: I don't think that's what you mean. '12 BG 1: If I go poop really quickly, does anyone want to have a cigarette with me?