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The Dartmouth
April 14, 2026
The Dartmouth
Opinion
Opinion

Potentialities

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Would that I were an anthropologist. Or a sociologist. Or even a psychologist. What better way to understand the place our beloved College on the Hill has become of late?


Opinion

The Things Dartmouth Does Not Yet Know

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In 1990, I matriculated at Middlebury College. It was the year when Middlebury's fraternities (there were no sororities, due to a lack of interest) allegedly met their demise. So ... how come I was still going to Middlebury fraternity parties when I was a senior, in 1994? Fraternities at Middlebury did not die, as the college had intended.



Opinion

The Day the Greek System Died

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Picture this: Four or five guys are living on the same floor in a dorm their freshman year. Some play the same sports, some are interested in the same activities: pretty much, they all get along really well and become close friends.





Opinion

Before You Label Me ...

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Why did you want to come to Dartmouth? Was it the beautiful campus and sense of community? Was it the prestige associated with an Ivy League school?




Opinion

Do You Know?

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I used to cry to my boyfriend that I didn't know any girls on campus. The only females I knew were my roommates, and although they were great people, they were very different than me and went their own ways.








Opinion

Today's Buzzword is ...

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When I first read about the Trustees' apocryphal announcement of the five principles and their implications for the Greek system "as we know it," I was as cynical and defensive as many of my peers.


Opinion

By

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You walked past as I stood on the Green. I asked you to stop -- to link arms, but with a "I'm late for class.