Positive Expectations
Economics is a science of cycles, and cycles are the very nature of life. Prosperity and growth only follow after the grim periods of recessions.
Economics is a science of cycles, and cycles are the very nature of life. Prosperity and growth only follow after the grim periods of recessions.
Not too long ago an undergraduate advisor in Mid-Massachusetts hall, where I live, blitzed all residents to inform us that over the weekend, someone had entered the building and destroyed multiple windows, television screens and the vending machine glass.
I have a considerable amount of nostalgia for the 19th century. This is possibly misplaced after all, we have abolished slavery, discovered penicillin, etc.
Bashing men on the issue of sexual assault became a persistent theme at Dartmouth this Fall term.
In a recent article in The New York Times, Stanley Fish reviews a new study of the higher education industry by Robert B.
The United States federal government is headed for a fiscal train wreck. It has made significant spending commitments primarily on defense, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid but does not have a tax system that will produce enough revenue to meet these commitments in the future.
In responding to the two recent columns by Jordan Osserman '11, Intra-Fraternity Council President Tyler Brace '11 wrote, "[Osserman] cannot understand that wearing a uniform or carrying a lunchbox surely a traumatizing and dehumanizing experience for all is actually a mark of honor for pledges who choose to demonstrate their pride in becoming a part of something greater than themselves," ("Right' and Wrong," Nov.
Other than the general desire to remain "a small college," there is nothing that unites Dartmouth students and alumni like the Greek system.
Correction Appended In his recent article "Right and Right' (Nov. 18)," Jordan Osserman quips: "I guess that means I'd better start apologizing to the Interfraternity Council." While doubtless intended as a snide remark to further belittle our fine institution, it is actually the best idea he has had yet.
Apparently words have more power than I thought. Last Saturday, I was hanging out with a group of poets visiting from Washington University who wanted to see a "Dartmouth party." A friend and I took them over to a fraternity that was hosting one.
If there is one thing that Dartmouth students are great at, it's knowing how to complain, loudly and often.
Of all the lessons I have learned at Dartmouth, the most important may be: Try to help change the world for the better; don't try to save it. The difference between facilitating change and attempting to rescue the world from its ills may seem largely semantic, but there is a difference in meaning, too.
On June 3, I used my leftover DBA to donate over 150 pounds of fresh fruit, yogurt, vegetables, milk and orange juice from Dartmouth's dining halls to Willing Hands, a local organization fighting hunger in the Upper Valley. While some of us at Dartmouth find ourselves with unspent DBA at the end of the term, members of our local community including children, veterans and working families, find themselves unsure of from where their next meals will come. Like other students, I had to ask myself: "What do I do with my leftover DBA?" Students have found pragmatic solutions.
The parallels between College President Jim Yong Kim and President Barack Obama have only become clearer with time.
Even before matriculation, Dartmouth impresses upon its students that Language Study Abroad and Foreign Study Programs are integral to the "Dartmouth experience" and are the "best" ways to study abroad.
Friday's Verbum discussed persistent race issues at Dartmouth. What can be done to bring more students of different backgrounds together on campus? It's up to students themselves to understand their own tendencies to self-segregate and decide whether or not to break away from them.
You're a busy person. Yet groups are constantly asking you to spend some of your precious time at random events.
As those who have had the opportunity to read Plato know, Socrates' archenemies were the group of professional teachers and rhetoricians known as Sophists.
Every year, Dartmouth publishes its latest admissions statistics and each time, it seems that the College has admitted the "most diverse class ever." But that kind of statistics-driven diversity is an incomplete metric.
Work hard, play hard. We've all heard this maxim countless times, but is it the best way to live our lives?