Many Dartmouth students seem exceedingly proud of their "work hard, party hard" mentality. Unfortunately, the balance between the two has gotten lost somewhere between Monday Night Freeze and Wednesday night's debauchery. The focus on socializing is ingrained in students from the beginning of their Dartmouth career.
For unaffiliated girls who either missed out on fall rush or chose to drop out because of disappointing results, winter rush offered a second chance to join a sorority.
I was sitting in my Government 49 class last week when Professor Baldez asked which of the present students had been part of a protest.
Although Dartmouth brings people of different religions, colors, languages and cultures together, we, the student body, sacrifice the potential benefits of such a diverse campus by segregating ourselves into exclusive groups. As an international student coming from Sweden, I know what it feels like to be an "exception to the rule." I often feel left out, and sometimes wish I had a "Nordic club" to turn to, just to feel a bit more at home. Furthermore, I can understand why not all people are willing to compromise their identity and beliefs by involving themselves in cross-cultural activities; seeing the world from someone else's perspective will inevitably challenge the way you think, and can be extremely frustrating.
In his article "'A' For Apathy," (Oct. 15) Jacob Batchelor '12 discusses the importance of political involvement and voter participation.
As I spent my summer in Northampton, Mass., a city renowned for its feminist movement and hippie culture, I came to understand the magnitude of sexism Dartmouth.
Come summer, international students at Dartmouth seeking internships fall victim to paradoxical expectations facing foreign students.
Come summer, international students at Dartmouth seeking internships fall victim to paradoxical expectations facing foreign students.
While many of us arrive as freshmen with an undying passion for community service and nonprofit work, we are quickly brainwashed with the Ivy elite's capitalist expectations: Our learning experience is limited to the how-to-become-successful indoctrination that takes place within the Dartmouth bubble, protecting us from real life.
Our "bearers of democracy" have adopted a new strategy to expand American influence: American universities are conquering the minds of the young Middle Eastern elite as they venture abroad. An enclave of American universities called "Education City" has become a new gathering spot for Middle Eastern upper-class youths in search of higher education.