Blood, Toil, Sweat and Apathy
A little less than nine months into 2010, we are already experiencing the bloodiest year for the American military in Afghanistan.
A little less than nine months into 2010, we are already experiencing the bloodiest year for the American military in Afghanistan.
The first day of class can be a dream crusher. After a few weeks away from school we find ourselves almost excited for the new course load.
Friday's Verbum Ultimum argued that Dartmouth athletics are finally on the upswing again. Are the recent changes enough to rejuvenate sports, and does it matter in the long run? Whether or not the newfound excitement about Dartmouth sports is here to stay depends on whether our teams can maintain their winning streaks especially against more challenging opponents.
Recent years have brought Dartmouth athletics some of its most painful seasons. Losses piled up for many of the high-profile sports teams, with game attendance and overall campus enthusiasm dropping to what felt like record lows.
The concept of "emerging adulthood" can best be described as that transitional phase of human life nestled right in between adolescence and adulthood.
The concept of "emerging adulthood" can best be described as that transitional phase of human life nestled right in between adolescence and adulthood.
Somewhere between losing my Dartmouth ID card for the second time in a week, blitzing an old internship boss for a letter of recommendation, meeting to discuss the Dartmouth Rude Mechanical's fall show and worrying that this term has become too crazy before classes even begun, I went to check my Hinman Box.
My summer in China revealed many pleasant surprises. After listening to the American media's often damning portrayals of the nation, I thought I would face the most bizarre of cultural norms and a tremendous absence of human rights.
As I have grown older, I have come to the realization that politics in America circles through the same vices year after year in a way that makes NASCAR look novel and exciting.
Freshman Fall is a frantic term, and things may feel like they're flying by so quickly you don't have even a minute to stop and reflect by yourself.
Freshman Fall is a frantic term, and things may feel like they're flying by so quickly you don't have even a minute to stop and reflect by yourself.
As I have grown older, I have come to the realization that politics in America circles through the same vices year after year in a way that makes NASCAR look novel and exciting.
The desire to escape the prison of our minds is universal. Since this is the "Senior Giving Sage Advice to Freshmen" column, I thought that would be a good opening sentence.
Within the last several months you've invariably heard many people remark, "college is the time to reinvent yourself." Usually said to inspire introspection, evoke possibility and kindle metamorphosis, this advice is instead underwhelming, overblown and vague the Chinese democracy of adolescent pity. I understand their point.
It's the end of Summer term and for fellow sophomores like myself, the halfway point in our Dartmouth careers.
We're about to be juniors in college still '12s, yes, but juniors. I don't think we use that terminology enough.
Republican lawmakers have spent the past two years relentlessly obstructing every facet of President Barack Obama's agenda, a strategy that they unfortunately appear poised to capitalize on in the November midterm elections.
Over the next few weeks, 8,200 Teach For America teachers, also known as corps members, will start the school year in classrooms in 39 urban and rural regions around the country.
A fiery debate has been raging throughout the country about the planned construction of a mosque and cultural center within blocks of the former site of the World Trade Center.
Here is one truth you will never hear a librarian, professor or college administrator admit: the difference between plagiarizing and not plagiarizing is, in fact, a vast, bottomless chasm of gray area that students underprepared, unequipped and unfamiliar with the treacherous terrain are rarely able to successfully navigate. Let's begin with two examples.