Not So Risky Business
When I sat down to write a "real talk" article on risk taking, I came to the stark conclusion that I may be the least qualified person on this campus to do so.
When I sat down to write a "real talk" article on risk taking, I came to the stark conclusion that I may be the least qualified person on this campus to do so.
There is a chirp. It begins as a single chirp, but then someone responds to the call, and next thing you know all of campus is chirping.
So, the theme of the Mirror this week is "Real Talk." Which, just as a warning, is something I'm not particularly good at.
Amidst the chatter regarding the growing unease on campus following the departures of several female minority staff and faculty members, I have been enormously gratified to see a push for positive change where once there was complacency and apathy.
Deidra Willis / The Dartmouth Staff Too often at Dartmouth we try not to take things too seriously, and I'll admit that The Mirror is especially guilty of such frivolousness.
If we're gonna talk about numbers, let's talk about how many junk blitzes I've received in the last 24 hours: 48.
'13 Girl about a man in a club in barcelona: I told him he was a f*cking idiot, but he still took my number.'13 Girl: That's like the time I peed on a Psi U, and he still hooked up with me. '13 Girl: I feel like I've grown a lot in the past year.
Deidra Willis / The Dartmouth Staff I've never been good with math, so I'll admit I was a bit apprehensive about an entire Mirror issue all about numbers.
Stat: The phrase "alternative social space" has been featured in 208 articles in The Dartmouth to date 209 if you count this column. How's that for a statistic?
The Sparrow's Nest
New Hampshire is a very white state and I'm not referring to the snow that covers the ground in the winter.
Some people argue that you can't put a price tag on a Dartmouth education. Luckily, I can. The total cost of attendance for the 2010-2011 academic year is $55,724, up 4.6 percent from the 2009-2010 academic year, according to the College's Fact Book.
Fact: There are 4,248* undergraduates at Dartmouth. Follow-up fact: At least 4,000 undergraduates at Dartmouth are horrifically awkward individuals. Okay, little ones, don't panic.
I remember coming here freshman year and being stunned by how white everyone was. Yeah, maybe this is the sink calling the toilet porcelain, but coming from Atlanta, it was unsettling at first.
As the Hanover winter trudges on, I find myself sitting in class imagining what my life would be like if I had gone to UCLA. For one thing, it would be 80 degrees outside all the freaking time.
Yo, fuck numbers. I mean it. We're all terrible people when we focus on the numbers. Can we please just stop with numbers?
There are very few things that over half of Dartmouth students like. There are even fewer things that over half of Dartmouth students physically take part in. Other than taking classes and waiting in the Novack line before 10s, the first thing that comes to mind is the Greek system. Like all great things, the Greek system has its detractors, but as over 70 percent of eligible students end up joining a house, I think it's safe to say that Dartmouth loves the Greek scene (I refuse to use <3 as in our issue title). But this isn't about what Dartmouth loves it's about what the 70 percent of us who aren't in the library at 10 pm on Wednesday nights love.
Dartmouth loves Dartmouth loves this, Dartmouth loves that, Dartmouth loves bitches and Dartmouth loves frats.
'11 BG: After I brush my teeth, all I want to do is a little exfoliating scrub, but there's no way you can do that with drunk people next to you. '14 Cheerleader: I hate spending the entire night at GDX every night. '13 Girl 1: It's so awkward when you're playing pong with a guy that you don't want to hook up with.'13 Girl 2: Wait, then why are you playing pong with him in the first place? '11 Sigma Delt: I'm really good at having a fake lazy eye. '12 Girl: Did Sigma Delt have a theme for meetings or do they all wear flannels just because? '12 Girl 1: Who are you taking to semi?'12 Girl 2: I'm taking a '13 or a '14 because I'm scared of the '11s and I don't like the '12s. '14 Guy: Tri Delt is co-ed right?'13 Tri Delt: No.'14 Guy: Just kidding, I was thinking about Tri Kap. '12 girl about '14 Guy: he's cute.
Justin Cozad / The Dartmouth Staff With Valentine's Day fast approaching, we tend to get a little selfish, caught up in the people and things we love as individuals.