System Failure
Late Wednesday night, I was talking with a friend in her room; she and three friends had just been through the rush process together.
Late Wednesday night, I was talking with a friend in her room; she and three friends had just been through the rush process together.
And with the flickering of wrists and a sharp crack, disturbing the early morning silence, the chicken's neck was snapped in half." So begins the overly dramatized tale of my sister's experience in Africa.
The best thing about being white is that you don't have to think about it. Before last week, not only was I all too happy not to think about it, but I was even fond of not considering myself white at all.
There has been a lot of activity here at Dartmouth the last couple of weeks, most notably of course being the Greek system's rush process.
The pretzel that lodged in President Bush's throat and left him unconscious for several seconds has not escaped close scrutiny by the nation's top law enforcement officials.
Last week, the Student Assembly hosted a dinner where students could express their visions for the College.
To the Editor: I have a brief word concerning the Jan. 23 column in The Dartmouth, "The Death of Laughter," by Assistant Professor Steve Swayne: I am quite pleased that most of our society can appreciate the wonderful works of Mel Brooks, including his script for the musical and film "The Producers." However, Mr. Swayne's viewpoint that the musical makes light of the situation of the Jews during the Holocaust is untrue and not a reason to find the performance objectionable.
I knew this would happen. Story of my life. Man, I used to hate it here. Or at least act like I did.
To the Editor: Nearly one year ago, Dartmouth professors Susanne and Half Zantop died. They were murdered while my family was gathered next door to celebrate the 76th birthday of my husband, Bob.
Need-Blind Matriculation A study published this month by the Lumina Foundation for Education called Dartmouth's tuition "unaffordable" for low to median income students while asserting that a vast majority of U.S.
To the Editor: In response to Professor Steve Swayne's article, "The Death of Laughter," in the Jan.
Immediately following Sept. 11, like so many others, I was filled with a kind of patriotic urge. I wanted to hang an American flag outside the house, but my dad said he still felt uneasy with such displays after the hollow patriotism of the Vietnam era.
The editorial "In Defense of Profiling," by Sam Stein (The Dartmouth, Jan. 22) is a clear indication that the United States still has notions of who is an American and who is not.
Diversity at Dartmouth is a sham. Certainly the Trustees would tell you they believe in diversity.
We have come a long way since the brutal assassination of Dr. King. All Americans, including the oppressed in particular, have moved forward in the face of failure to advance the civil rights causes for ethnic minorities and gender.
Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle opened up the 2002 midterm election season a few weeks ago by taking aim at last year's $1.35 billion tax cut.
Some things simply aren't funny. At least they're not funny to me. That's what I heard myself saying the other day.
Animal phobias are strange. I don't have any. Except with regards to rats, but that only makes sense.
Here are some media-sponsored tidbits to ponder: The 19 al-Qaida hijackers who killed 3,000 people at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and aboard United Flight 93 were evil, despicable people as well.
No less than a year ago, if a shoe had come onto the market and been referred to as "the bomb," Nike executives would have claimed to have found the second coming of Air Jordans.