Shared Sacrifice
As I passed Collis last Tuesday in the rain, I saw a group of protesters demanding fairer compensation for Dartmouth staff members.
As I passed Collis last Tuesday in the rain, I saw a group of protesters demanding fairer compensation for Dartmouth staff members.
Dartmouth students have many complaints about Dartmouth Dining Services: The food is too expensive, the food is bland, the service is slow and, to top it off, College administrators make changes without bothering to seek out our opinions.
When describing Dartmouth to an outsider, the first descriptor that comes to mind is often: "Small, but not too small." Perhaps it's silly to hedge my summary of Dartmouth, but most of our descriptions are actually equivocations.
Last week, both Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., delivered speeches on the Senate floor during which they invoked the legacy of Henry Clay, the "Great Compromiser" of the 19th Century.
President Obama's decision to join in allied military strikes against Libya has received significant criticism from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.
I'm not even going to bother with some thought-provoking misdirect of an opening for this column.
Last month, with little fanfare, College administrators made an exception to one of their most controversial policies.
Our generation is largely focused on agreement. We're not a group that defines ourselves through dissent as those who came of age in the '60s did, and with the rise of the internet's ability to create an even more extensively shared mass culture than TV, it has become all the easier to plug into the same matrix of social enthusiasms.
What many of us '11s wouldn't give to be wide-eyed freshmen again to believe, as Louis Wheatley suggests, that the euphoria we felt during Dimensions and Dartmouth Outing Club Trips would last throughout our college careers ("The Flair Effect," Apr.
My cousin is a bit of a freak. And by that, I mean she's a genius. At the age of three she was performing on local stages, singing five-minute songs in a language she didn't understand.
Anybody who has been following the news recently is aware that Yale University, that enclave of hipsters and liberalism, is being investigated by the U.S.
Changes to the eligibility requirements for Student Assembly presidential and vice presidential candidates introduced this year have recently sparked discussion among the student body about whether a formerly suspended student should be able to run for an Assembly executive position ("The Parkhursted President," April 1). I have had much difficulty solidifying my opinion on this topic, mostly because I am a staunch proponent of second chances. However, I have come to believe that the Election and Planning Advisory Committee is correct in banning anyone who has been suspended from the College from running for an executive position in the Assembly. Whenever I think of Student Assembly, I am taken back to a night this past fall when I was living in the Mclaughlin Cluster.
Come Dimensions next week, students accepted to the class of 2015 will flock to campus for what is arguably one of the most unique prospective student events in the country.
To the Editor: In Friday's Verbum Ultimum ("The Parkhursted President," April 1), The Dartmouth Editorial Board "urge[d] EPAC to reconsider its decision" to prohibit previously suspended students from running for student body president and vice president.
College President Jim Yong Kim is unpopular among many students these days. Many pieces have been published in The Dartmouth criticizing our president, from Verbums to opinion columns to Mirror articles.
Friday's Verbum Ultimum discussed the restriction preventing formerly suspended students from running for student body president or vice president.
Correction appended Next Tuesday, April 5, Student Assembly will hold an unprecedented vote.
None of us are perfect. Well, maybe you are, but I sure as hell am not. Each day, I make some error of judgment, have some flaw in my reasoning or simply misinterpret words or actions.
It's a difficult time to be a sports fan. The owners of the National Football League are currently locking out their players in an effort to secure a greater share of future league revenues.
Last month, a prestigious private university announced plans to significantly change its dining plan.