It's no longer possible to escape from the reality of a shrinking world. As bonds between the United States and the rest of the world become tighter, so too must the bonds between the rest of the world and Dartmouth.
In the West, it's popular to depict Africa as a perpetually demanding charity case. Recently, however, the continent has begun to demonstrate economic progress of the sort Western cynics can't easily dismiss.
While most Dartmouth students were likely preoccupied with the continuing roller coaster ride that is the Bruins-Capitals series or our men's soccer team's triumph over Cape Verde, the eyes of economists and political commentators were settled on France. In yesterday's French presidential election, neither President Nicholas Sarkozy nor his socialist challenger Francois Hollande could muster an outright majority of the vote, and the two candidates must proceed to a runoff election on May 6.