Human fulfillment equals arrogance
Maslow has a theory on human needs. It is a pyramid -- at the bottom of the pyramid are physical needs, like food and clothing.
Maslow has a theory on human needs. It is a pyramid -- at the bottom of the pyramid are physical needs, like food and clothing.
In a time when cultural rifts plunge more people daily into abysmal depths of ignorance and hate, the College should be exceedingly grateful for the Native Americans at Dartmouth.
Yet another Columbus Day has come and gone, and many of us are still unsure what to make of it. In fact, Columbus Day is the probably most paradoxical holiday in the United States. On one hand, Christopher Columbus symbolizes the type of boldness that has sent men and women into outer space and to the icy summits of mountains that have been deemed insurmountable.
Being part of the fraternity system, I see its benefits and problems. Instead of trying to crush a system that has its flaws, people should try to find solutions and ideas to improve the system by working within the system.
I laugh when I picture a small group of people, perhaps on School Street, fussing over the manufacture of an anti-Greek poster campaign.
Two weeks ago, I was invited to appear on On Target, WDCR-AM's hour-long public affairs show which normally airs Sundays at 6:00 p.m. Other invited guests included Student Assembly President Nicole Artzer '94, SA Vice President Steve Costalas '94, Class of 1995 President Tim Rodenberger '95, former SA Executive Committee member Jesse Russell '96, and SA Representatives Grant Bosse '94 and Jeff Bell '96. Costalas and Bell were unable to attend the taping on Sunday afternoon so the show was set to take place with Artzer, Russell, Bosse, Rodenberger, myself and moderator Bill Hall '96. The topics for debate were to include the formation of the Student Assembly Ad Hoc Committee on Procedure, the Student Assembly agenda for the year, and the future of the Reserve Officer Training Corps program on campus. At 12:30 p.m.
Well, the decision has been made: I am an official Frat Boy. I was almost deterred by those well-thought out posters that were hanging around campus, as there message was very clearly reasoned: "Rush -- and become another f**king Dartmouth frat boy." Wow -- with persuasive arguments like that, I was almost tempted to join the poster-hangers! I'm sure you're all wondering what secret ceremonies go on inside the hallowed halls of frat row.
My never-ending search for truth led me this week to McNutt Hall. Home to the admissions office, McNutt is also the starting point for the official Dartmouth College Campus Tour.
After attending the most bureaucratic Student Assembly meeting I have yet to take part in this past Tuesday, my frustrations focused on two points. One involves the "ad hoc committee on procedure" which has been much publicized this past week in The Dartmouth.
Women of Dartmouth, throw down your beers, renounce your trust funds. Starch those aprons your grandmother saved for your wedding trunks and dust off your copies of Joy of Cooking.
I've been searching for a sunny spot in my vision. I look for it in the trees, the sky and the whispers of the wind.
Next year I suppose I will be waiting anxiously to see if my hometown baseball team can earn a wild card berth in the American League Central division.
Although finals are not something to look forward to, try picturing this scenario: It's late, you are tucked far back in the stacks of Baker Library, and you are trying to cram 10 weeks of reading into one night.
In response to the recent uproar of anti-Greek voices at Dartmouth, I feel compelled to appeal to the voice of reason.
Over the course of the past four days I have received many BlitzMail messages and even a threatening phone call for the editorial I wrote for the Thursday Sept.
With the Clinton administration firmly ensconced in Washington D.C. and the Freedman administration entrenched in Hanover, as a conservative columnist, it is very easy to lapse into a pattern of only complaining about what is wrong in our nation and at our College. Not eager to become, in former Vice President Spiro Agnew's words, "a nattering nebob of negativity," this week I wanted to let you know about a place where government is actually succeeding.
As Dartmouth continues to increase in size and number, student space has become a growing problem.
Well, rush is over for the fall of 1993, and I couldn't be more relieved. I'm glad not so much because it is an exhausting experience, but because every year it seems to bring the worst out of Dartmouth students, just for a few days. During the days of rush, it is remarkable how little respect anti-Greeks show their fellow students and how poorly they regard the intelligence of their fellow students. I'm not talking about those (I apologize most sincerely for forgetting your name) who stand outside dining halls and attempt to engage students in informal dialogue about the pros and cons of the Greek system. I'm referring to the "rush terrorists," people who self-righteously proclaim the evils of the Greek system and then retreat into the shadows to congratulate each other's heroism in anonymity.
I have some questions about the fraternity system. I am addressing these questions to the Dartmouth community with the hope that they will not be taken as a cynical stream of challenge, but as a voice in the dialogue that must be continued. First and foremost at this time of rushing, I question the need for a social system of exclusion.
Physical fitness is becoming less accessible for the average Dartmouth student. A friend and I were recently on our way to the Kresge Fitness Center when we met two people returning from the fitness center.