Correction appended There is a scene in "Good Will Hunting" (1997) in which Matt Damon's character Will, an uneducated janitor, has an argument with a hotshot college student about some deep academic subject.
In an attempt to relate to younger voters, Paul Ryan proclaimed at the Republican National Convention, "College graduates should not have to live out their 20s in their childhood bedrooms, staring up at fading Obama posters and wondering when they can move out and get going with life." Too real? Given these troubled economic times, this nightmarish prospect has no doubt crossed the minds of many students here at Dartmouth especially my fellow '13s.
It's almost that time of year again. March Madness is just around the corner, and with it comes excitement on campuses across the country as college basketball teams jockey for a spot in the final tournament.
In this election year, the presidential candidates have been trying to appeal to the ever important demographic of young voters.
Back when I was applying to colleges, I remember hearing horror stories about notoriously ruthless schools where students would constantly try to out-compete each other, even if it meant resorting to sabotage.
Following the recent gridlock during the debt ceiling debate, many Americans wonder whether politicians will ever be able to take quick, decisive actions.
Good grades, a social life or enough sleep. At other colleges, you might get to only pick two, but here at Dartmouth, you will always have all three!
This week, I came across one of the most disturbing images I have ever seen. On the front page of Tuesday's New York Times was a picture of a little boy starving to death, reduced to a thin sheet of skin clinging to a clearly visible skeleton.
And so it ends. After seven books and eight movies, after all the midnight release parties and standing in front of Borders with our nerdy glasses and fake wands, the magical journey that has captivated our generation like none other comes to a sad end today with the theatrical release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.
It's official: Even a law aimed at treating everyone equally can violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.