~ anna winham We Interrupted a Variety Show and are Receiving Death Threats or It’s OK to Oppress Queers and Women and Non-White People but it’s not OK to Object to that Publicly or If You Don’t Love Dartmouth, Why Haven’t You Transferred CONTENTS I. “This isn’t dialogue!” II. “You’re ruining my life; I’ve been […]
~ Nathan Gusdorf Let’s consider some of the arguments surrounding the recent sexual assault protests. The fundmental positions largely track with the following categories: those who support the protesters’ message and disagree with the means, and those who disagree with both their methods and their substantive claims. Few seem to support them completely. Now that […]
As of April 1st 2013, every member of the Dartmouth Greek community has sent in an official request to de-pledge their fraternity or sorority, the first step in the de-pledging process. Dartmouth College, which used to boast some of the highest rates of Greek affiliation in the country, with 70% of eligible students being members of Greek houses, now […]
Dartmouth College’s Economics Department just officially approved new major curriculum including a Communist Economics requirement for the major. This addition to the curriculum comes as a surprise to many students, who thought that their Economics majors would prepare them for careers in finance. In the words of Joel Whitley ’14, “if we have to learn […]
Following the lead of Middlebury, Hampshire, Unity, and most recently Harvard, Dartmouth College announced today that it will be divesting from the top 200 fossil fuel companies. In a statement from Ander Dustinson, the college stated that it would even go a step further and divest from “all evil companies.” After rereading the college’s mission […]
“blonde or brunette?” “Fox or monkey?” “Can you quack?” “Midget porn, anyone?” Almost every page on the website has a post gathering a poll on who the hottest freshman, kappa, GDI, professor, asian ’15, or “ginger gay couple” on campus is. There are posts on how to pick up girls, what Greek houses to rush, […]
I’ll admit my bias up front rather than pretend I don’t have one: I’m part of this campaign, which indicates already that I find it both persuasive and important. This piece of journalism will not be a neutral evaluation of every viewpoint (no piece of journalism is): it will instead seek to demonstrate the urgency […]