Skip to Content, Navigation, or Footer.
Support independent student journalism. Support independent student journalism. Support independent student journalism.
The Dartmouth
December 26, 2025 | Latest Issue
The Dartmouth
Opinion
Opinion

Blitz Goggles

By Claire Murray | October 28, 2008

Have you ever checked your "Sent Msgs" folder after waking up on a Saturday just to make sure you didn't embarrass yourself when you came home and logged in at 3 a.m.? Me too.

Opinion

Peer Rec?

By Emily Johnson | October 27, 2008

There are plenty of frightening things in the news these days -- from the economic crisis to Iran's nuclear ambitions to gang violence that catches innocent children in its crossfire.

Opinion

The Treehouse Effect

By Sam Buntz | October 27, 2008

A recent Verbum Ultimum ("She's Nice, But...," Oct. 17) decried the cumbersone sororirty rush processes of thePanhellenic Council, which apparently don't work well in our community as they end up denying bids to 24 percent of the rushees.

Opinion

The Taco Truck

By Spenser Mestel | October 24, 2008

Last Friday the student who sold me my grilled cheese sandwich on the lawn outside of Sig Ep had the courage to ask me how it tasted.

Opinion

Gut Check

By Ben Gifford | October 23, 2008

In "Informed Enthusiasm," (Oct. 20), Peter Blair '12 picks up a gun intended for Dogmatism and aims it at Hope. Maybe I'm just a foolish and overly idealistic young'un, but to me the idea that it's somehow juvenile or ignorant to be markedly "enthused, energized, inspired" by a presidential candidate seems a bit ridiculous. I agree with Blair that it's dangerous to view "political figures as secular messiahs," even if he takes Obama's Superman reference completely out of context ("Context, Please," Oct.

Opinion

Frat Welcome Mat

By Tom Mandel | October 23, 2008

Lately, a slew of columns have questioned the decision to rush (Dmitriy Gutkovich '10's "The Unaffiliated Path," Sept.

Opinion

Lap-top Of The Heap

By Zachary Gottlieb | October 22, 2008

Classes are fantastic -- they offer us just over an hour to observe our fellow undergraduates. During my observations, I have recently discovered that a bilious subculture exists within our own intellectual community.

Opinion

A Time to Question

By Kevin Niparko | October 22, 2008

We live in a world that reveres the questioner. If we learned anything from that crusty old Socrates, it's that learning begins with questions.

Opinion

Vox Clamantis: Stop Blaming The Computer

By Jessica Lane | October 21, 2008

To the Editor: While I have a lot to criticize in the recent coverage of Panhellenic recruitment, I will try to focus solely on a rumor that has been cited by this publication as well as many women participating in rush. The computer system we use does not make matching potential new members to sororities "arbitrary" or "iffy" or "random." The results would be no different if I locked myself in a room and compared the preferences of PNMs and those of the Panhellenic organizations.

Opinion

Informed Enthusiasm

By Peter Blair | October 20, 2008

As I ran around the bonfire this past weekend, basking in the glorious glow of upperclassman taunts, insults and heckles, I couldn't help but reflect on the youthful enthusiasm I experience from others everyday at Dartmouth.

Opinion

Hazed and Confused

By Brian Solomon | October 20, 2008

As we roll out of one of the busiest weeks on campus -- starting with fraternity and sorority rush and capped off by an exciting Homecoming weekend -- the dangerous issue of hazing looms ever larger on Dartmouth's social scene and yet consistently remains an open secret, festering right in front of the College's inattentive eye. An outsider may scoff at the mention of widespread hazing, but anyone with even a remote connection to the Greek system, athletic teams or dozens of other organizations knows the truth.

Opinion

A Burning Benchmark

By Zachary Gottlieb | October 17, 2008

Homecoming. Ah, yes, the swarming Hajj of school spirit, culminating in a fiery inferno that orbits around a flaming Kaabaa of hexagonal wooden palettes.

Opinion

Welcome Home, '12s

By Molly Bode | October 17, 2008

On the night of my freshman Homecoming, decked out in my Dartmouth '09 shirt and matching green face-paint, I waited anxiously outside as the massive crowd of other '09s approached my dorm.

Opinion

To Be Or Not To Be

By Chris Talamo | October 17, 2008

What's the first verb you learn in any language? To be. That's because it is used in statements of fact -- the simplest and most obvious assertions you could possibly construct.

Opinion

Family Photos

By Alice Zhao | October 16, 2008

I began laughing the moment I opened the thin, innocent-looking envelope. Someone, or perhaps more than one person, had anonymously mailed me a photo of an inside joke from my DOC Trip, scrawling various one-liners on the outside of the envelope.

Trending
The Dartmouth