The DDS Detective
There is a woman in my life who, among other things, inspired me to get involved in politics, made me snickerdoodles that rival Paula Dean's and even helped me make the decision to come to Dartmouth.
There is a woman in my life who, among other things, inspired me to get involved in politics, made me snickerdoodles that rival Paula Dean's and even helped me make the decision to come to Dartmouth.
All etiquette seems to be unnecessary pomp and circumstance, created primarily for elitist and exclusionary purposes.
Etiquette is relative. That point can't be overstressed. At a dinner with somebody else's parents, you're supposed to chew with your mouth shut, ask polite questions and never laugh boisterously, no matter how funny it is to see your future in-law with a piece of cheese literally three feet long hanging from her chin.
Okay, so I'm about to present a list of what I consider to be The Rudest Behavior On Campus, but I'm also kind of hesitating because I feel like by doing that, I'm implicitly self-calling myself as some kind of bastion of etiquette and politeness. And everyone who actually knows me just wet their pants laughing at that implication, because if you spend a lot of time vacillating between total decaffeination and epic hyper-cracked-out-wooo-crunchy-bunnies as I do, you're going to accidentally tick some people off.
My game plan for this article was to use my romantic escapades in Paris to explain French dating etiquette to everyone back in boring old Hanover.
Dear Miss Muffin Top, I'm a sophomore trying to choose my major and I'm at a loss. As a senior, do you have any advice? undecided Dear Undecided, This is the moment of truth.
'11 Girl: Just because I'm naked doesn't mean I'm not a real person! '11 Sigma Delt: We should block rush 10X. '13 Girl: Who is Danny Tanner?'12 Chi Gam: You mean Eric Tanner?
I do not have texting. Yes, this means that you have to actually call my phone in order to reach me.
It was the last day of sixth grade, and I was the most talked about girl in my class. No, I was not going out with the quarterback of the Peewee football team, nor had I been spotted at the mall with a group of gasp eighth graders. I had just gotten my first phone.
Thinking of trying to navigate the social waters of flitzing while inebriated? Think again, Mr. Frat-anova and Ms. NoSpaces. This week, I delved deep into the subconscious of the human mind operating while under the influence of alcohol and incredibly ragey hormones. Here follows my groundbreaking research, in which I have decrypted the subliminal messages behind drunken blitzes through a series of examples: The "Let's Get Lunch Blitz" Sent at 1 a.m. From: Johnny B.
Correction Appended Why are Blackberries, iPhones and pocket PCs called "smartphones"? Cell phone companies say it's because they can make you smarter.
Correction Appended Can you believe that cell phone use wasn't all that popular just a few short years ago?
Advancement of communication technologies has become a completely paradoxical endeavor. We continually strive to find new and innovative ways to provide channels through which people can connect with one another, so that any face-to-face interaction is completely unnecessary.
Remember the glorious days of Spring? The beginning of the term when the Green was no longer a vast tundra that you dreaded crossing to get to 7:45 a.m.
Nothing means summer is coming more clearly than the voice of Joe Castiglione, the announcer for the Boston Red Sox.
Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff I was a little harsh on Collis stir-fry last week.
I have and will always have a soft spot for Palm and its devices. Palm is the company that made the legendary PalmPilot and it was also largely responsible for popularizing smartphones with the venerable Treo.
Stephanie Han / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Stephanie Han / The Dartmouth Senior Staff I'm no Rip Van Winkle but I feel like I've just woken up into a bizarre alternate world of smartphone dominance.
So I've been sitting here on the first floor of Sigma Delt for about three hours playing Bejeweled, Blitz, on Facebook staring desperately at a depressingly blank Word document.