At first glance, one would think that Dartmouth would consider student parking to be a priority on campus. We do, after all, like to affectionately say that we are located in the middle of nowhere. For students who live in the New England area, it naturally makes sense to drive to and from campus. During my freshman year, commuting to and from campus meant having my father make the three-and-a-half-hour trip up I-91 to pick me up. After packing up the car, he would switch over to the passenger’s seat and I would take the wheel and drive home. Largely due to the inconvenience of this commute, my parents allowed me to bring my own car up to campus when I became a sophomore, and I have had it up here ever since.
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Fairness is a non-issue in college admissions. The college admissions process is neither fair, nor can it be. Trying to structure admissions policy based on some determination of what is fair, as many have recently done with regards to early admissions programs, is misguided.
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To the Editor:
Sarah Overton ‘07’s recent op-ed (“Time to Take Responsibility,” Oct. 12) shows the veritable lack of information available to freshmen regarding campus and administrative relations. I, personally, wouldn’t consider the three members of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority who ended up passed out and at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center over the weekend a “petty event.” It was flagrant stupidity and the administration is right for trying to prevent things like that from happening in the future. There are houses on campus that actually do act responsibly and have great rapport with the administration, so it can’t be impossible. People should stop whining about how the administration is out to get them and maybe start thinking about why they keep getting in trouble.
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