Free Rides: Un-fare?
I rode an Advance Transit bus for the first time last week -- this is not necessarily a big deal.
I rode an Advance Transit bus for the first time last week -- this is not necessarily a big deal.
Finally, we -- the Class of 2010 -- have come to a point of no return. Our youth is gone, our goals set and corporate recruiting has gotten away with it.
A light has gone out of the world: George Carlin is dead. Not only was he a brilliant comedian, but a fierce opponent of dogmatism and political correctness.
And so summer has begun. Despite the persistent rain, barbeque grills still flare with the conflagrating promise of charred meats and a fireside recitation of Hesiod's Theogony.
Alumni Contact Information To the Editor: In his June 24 opinion piece "What Next?" Phil Aubart '10 wrote that "it seems that Dartmouth Undying certainly had access to the College mailing lists." They did not.
Well, here we are. From the time that we first ventured on campus as wide-eyed prospective students, eager to swap SAT scores and meet every professor we could find, sophomore summer has dangled in front of us like keys in front of an infant.
After the "Unity" slate's sweeping victory of the Association of Alumni election, the question is no longer whether the Association's lawsuit, filed against the College last October, will be withdrawn, but when.
To the Editor: In his op-ed ("Frat-eternity," June 20), Zachary Gottlieb states on several occasions that the administration is trying to get rid of the Greek system. If that is the case, why is the College allowing Beta Theta Pi fraternity to return to campus next fall?
In light of the recent announcement of the 14 members of the presidential search committee, what are your thoughts on the selection process and the composition of the committee? As a final jab to the defeated alumni, the search committee is two-thirds Board-appointed.
Many alumni and other supporters of the Parity Slate of candidates in the completed Association of Alumni elections must ask themselves what to do now.
To the Editor: The recent alumni election results signify that a representative majority of Dartmouth graduates still have the good sense to cut through a whole host of B.S.
While the College on the Hill has rallied for its titularly nebulous Campaign for the Student Experience, student social life continues to grow at a less-than-precipitous pace.
As I was searching for a brilliant, awe-inspiring metaphor to represent the "it's-overness" of our undergraduate years at the College on the Hill, two analogies instantly came to mind.
There's one story my mom loves to tell about her father, Herbert S. Landsman, who graduated at this Commencement 68 years ago. Her father was eating lunch at the Hanover Inn.
Dear ol' California. In case the news hasn't penetrated your corner of the Bubble, California recently became the second state to uphold gay marriage in the courts, and with a Republican-appointed majority no less.
I believe that most of us at Dartmouth would like our institution to strive for the highest standards of ethics and ideals.
As many of us commemorate Israel's 60th year of independence, it is appropriate to reflect on our relationship, as individuals and as an educational institution, with Israel.
It was a gray size 40 that draped down below my knees. In fact, there was no need for pants. What should have been a tight-fitting, European designer suit looked more like a parka on my six-year-old frame. It became our routine.
Four years and 48 columns later, my time at Dartmouth and my tenure as an Opinion columnist have come to an end.
Last Friday's release of the Committee on Standards Review Committee recommendations to Dean of the College Tom Crady presented the opportunity to air misgivings about the troublesome flaws with our COS processes.