My Big Fat Greek Identity
Guys wearing laminated placards are stealing bright red sirens, while fellows with bad haircuts are walking past mustachioed lunchbox wielders.
Guys wearing laminated placards are stealing bright red sirens, while fellows with bad haircuts are walking past mustachioed lunchbox wielders.
It's not often that I agree with Dan Linsalata '07, but he was correct in stating that the lawsuit filed against the College by members of the Association of Alumni Executive Committee will bring nothing but national embarrassment to the College ("Giving does not demonstrate approval," Oct.
To the Editor: In condemning libertarian economic policies of low taxes and low spending, professor John Campbell is at best misguided, and at worst grossly negligent in his pseudo-economic analysis of America and Denmark ("ExtraCurricular," Oct.
The protests in Burma are not going to have a direct effect on the Burmese military government. It would be naive of the demonstrators to believe that the government will be even remotely inclined to respond to the people's requests.
Ah, Homecoming. A chance to come together as a school, get drunk and burn things. Seriously, though, Homecoming is probably my favorite big weekend, and for the freshman class, it is a right of passage into Dartmouth woman- and manhood. First some practical advice: wear long pants and long sleeved shirts to the bonfire.
Circled by a self-flagellating cult of persistently counterclockwise freshman, the Goddess Bonfeu revels in the warm fetal glory of her worship.
On behalf of Palaeopitus Senior Society, I would like to voice our group's deep concern regarding the current debate over alumni governance, and especially the lack of interest in the sentiments of the most important constituency affected by this controversy: Dartmouth students themselves.
I have what might be some rather depressing news for Mr. Wenda Gu, if indeed he is the D reader I always suspected him to be: I have neither spoken to, nor heard of, or from a single person who enjoys your multi-million-dollar imposition into the middle of our library.
Being a confused international student with no understanding whatsoever of most American college concepts, the word homecoming does not tell me much.
In hopes of offsetting the effects of the oft-cited "Dartmouth bubble," I took the time yesterday morning to peruse CNN's website after my first class.
This past week of rush served as an annual reminder of the remarkable inequalities between men and women at Dartmouth.
The lawsuit brought against the College by six Association of Alumni executives highlights a fundamental point about Dartmouth that seems ironic these days: Alumni love the place.
To the Editor: The Dartmouth's editorial staff should check with their own writers to get their facts straight before forming and presenting opinions ("An Old Tradition Fails, Again," Oct.
The College on the Hill is an idyllic setting for an education and for the formation of life-long bonds of friendship, but I and many others were ready to move on when we graduated.
As this year's beloved Homecoming weekend approaches, in sync with perfect fall weather and visibly heightened anticipation, I can't help but feel nostalgic as I remember my own freshman Homecoming weekend, when I was so naive, and so utterly clueless.
Editor's Note: Professor Campbell's column is the second installment of ExtraCurricular, an occasional series of commentary by Dartmouth professors.
Did you know that mental blackouts result from trauma to the hippocampus in the brain? Following in the footsteps of their upperclass predecessors, members of the Class of 2011 learned this fun fact, along with countless others, as they fulfilled their summer-before-college rite of passage and began AlcoholEdu, the three-hour online course that teaches freshmen about drinking and personal safety.
On Sept. 16 private military contactors hired by the U.S. government opened fire on a crowd of innocent civilians in a congested Baghdad square.
I recently saw a silly article in the New York Times about a New Jersey high school English teacher who has begun requiring parents to do homework.
To the Editor: As a woman who has been on both sides of the Panhellenic recruitment process -- both as a Potential New Member and an affiliated woman -- I was appalled by the blatant factual inaccuracies that formed the "foundation" of Michael Kreicher '08's "Fixing the Rush Process" (Oct.