Embracing Identity
A writer for The Dartmouth once joked that staffers only know two things about me: that I’m from Hawaiʻi and that I have consistently arrived late to campus each term.
A writer for The Dartmouth once joked that staffers only know two things about me: that I’m from Hawaiʻi and that I have consistently arrived late to campus each term.
When I walked away from my parents on Robinson Hall’s lawn for Dartmouth Outing Club First-Year Trips, laden with a heavy backpack leftover from my father’s Eagle Scout days and several items of mild contraband, I knew that I wouldn’t be talking for a while.
By some mishap I’ve ended up here: senior spring, less than seven weeks left until I lose student discounts and access to the Cube and the Onion — not to mention other trivial points, like lifelong friends and alumni connections and what not.
I don’t remember when I first read Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House series. I can picture the nine-volume paperback box set, each cover a different pastel gingham, sitting on the lower left of the downstairs bookcases as if it has always been there.
For those of you who haven’t heard of “duck syndrome,” it is a concept often applied to college students who appear calm on the surface but are frantically suffering underneath.
During my sophomore spring, I spent 10 weeks alongside 15 other Dartmouth students on the Paris Foreign Study Program.
Before my first Dartmouth winter, I’d seen snow exactly four times. Five if you count the only time it snowed in my lifetime in San Francisco: Dec.
In Madison's architecture class, she designed a dress out of plastic cups to symbolize the waste generated by both Dartmouth's social scene and the fashion industry.
Eliana Mallory '18 discusses her off-term experience while interning at a refugee camp in France.
It’s a crisp fall afternoon. The leaves crunch beneath my feet, and my breath trails behind me in large puffs.
Chae Kim '18 describes her interpretation of many American aspects after growing up in South Korea.
It’s sunny. It’s relaxed. It’s camp. It’s misunderstood by high school friends. It’s the pinnacle of Dartmouth traditions.
The best advice I ever got before coming to college was this: for the first couple of months, you probably are not going to love it, in fact you might hate it.
It’s 5:30 p.m. on an especially warm spring night. Sunlight’s last rays cast across Mink Brook.
After working for the Ambulante film festival in Mexico, Cecilia explores the importance of telling stories through film.
Kelly Gaudet '17 describes her experience as a writer and director of "Feminist Shakespeare."
In a "Through the Looking Glass" feature, Natalie Mendolia '19 uses creative writing to grasp an ever-changing reality.
Winters at Dartmouth are my favorite terms. Winters in general are my favorite time — there is something magical in the beginning of the year, the promise of something new and the hope for many snow days.
I started @curvedandcontoured as an Instagram account dedicated to makeup, feminism and body positivity, which is a feminist movement focused on improving self-esteem and body image.
TTLG: Grace Miller '17 discusses the trials and rewards of being a woman in computer science