Jaresova: Unproductive Discourse
This Wednesday, when I stepped out of my dorm in the Gold Coast cluster, I was shocked and dismayed.
This Wednesday, when I stepped out of my dorm in the Gold Coast cluster, I was shocked and dismayed.
Beginning with the folk music revival in the 1940s, a genre of traditional songs from England and Scotland known as "murder ballads" began insinuating themselves into the national consciousness.
To the Editor: In his recent column ("Through the Looking Glass: Transcending the Hyphen," April 13), Garrett Wymore '13 cites a number of conflicts to support a central thesis that the culture of athletics, and specifically football, is in conflict with the mission of Dartmouth and the liberal arts.
A few weeks ago, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner '83 made a statement during a congressional hearing that ought to have made us all a little apprehensive.
Internalizing the idea of community at Dartmouth is difficult, to say the least. We are exposed to so many communities every day, from Greek organizations to sports teams to residential halls.
Recently, we have devoted much attention to binge drinking, sexual assault and hazing on Dartmouth's campus.
This past weekend, President Barack Obama traveled to Cartagena, Colombia to attend the Summit of the Americas hosted by the Organization of American States.
After what was the only seriously contested World Bank presidential selection process in history, College President Jim Yong Kim was elected as the new World Bank president yesterday.
This year's Student Assembly elections have certainly been exciting, featuring far more candidates for both president and vice president than in recent years.
This past winter, hundreds of thousands of people banded together to strike down the Stop Online Piracy Act before it became law.
Nathan Yeo / The Dartmouth Senior Staff My name is Julia Danford, and I'm running for Student Assembly vice president on an official ticket with friend and presidential candidate Suril Kantaria. I'm a member of the Class of 2013 from Rollinsford, N.H.
Nathan Yeo / The Dartmouth Senior Staff I'm sure many of you are wondering what Student Assembly actually does and what on earth the Assembly president does. In my administration, the Assembly president will serve as chief advocate for the student body, and having an advocate matters for everyone. We don't have time for the next Assembly president to have delusions of grandeur.
Nathan Yeo / The Dartmouth Senior Staff I promise you a student government that takes an activist approach in reaching out to all constituency groups and using existing student expertise to take an actionable project-based approach.
Yoon Ji Kim / The Dartmouth Staff Over the course of these past four days, the Student Assembly presidential and vice-presidential candidates have promised to galvanize student interest and respond to their constituencies with the administration's feedback.
Nathan Yeo / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Hello Dartmouth!
Nathan Yeo / The Dartmouth Senior Staff I want to be your Student Assembly president. I am running because I, like you, have higher expectations for this campus. Student Assembly markets itself as the vehicle of communication between students and the administration, but as of yet, neither seems capable of engaging in productive dialogue.
Nathan Yeo / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Our campus is a community of diverse voices, yet one that faces several challenges.
Nathan Yeo / The Dartmouth Senior Staff In its current incarnation, Student Assembly does nothing for the betterment of student life on Dartmouth's campus.
Nathan Yeo / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Student Assembly was the first student organization that I felt passionate about at Dartmouth.
In recent months, Dartmouth students and alumni have discussed ad nauseam the role of the College's administration in addressing issues facing student life.