Money only has value because we as a society have agreed to give those pieces of paper meaning. What a beautiful human gift: to be able to give meaning.
Even though most sophomore males have by now either decided to be unaffiliated or are choosing a house based on existing friendships, atmosphere or post-college benefits, there always exists a small portion of campus for which the really hard decision is whether or not to pledge.
I believe that most of us at Dartmouth would like our institution to strive for the highest standards of ethics and ideals.
When Ellen Waite-Franzen took over as the College's vice president of information technology in 2007, the glory of BlitzMail was already fading fast.
Most everything that humans have dared to imagine in the distant past has eventually become commonplace in the daily hustle-and-bustle reality of the modern world.
Technology is a uniquely human form of evolution. We can fly, breathe underwater and connect to any person on the planet in less time than it took our 18th century counterparts to walk to their neighbor's house.