Although “work hard, play hard” is very much a cliche, it is a cliche that rings true at the College and is a source of pride to many Dartmouth students. It is especially often associated with Greek organizations. Yet, the recent publication of grade point average rankings of Greek houses (“Despite objections, Greek GPAs released,” Feb. 2) has drawn criticisms from both the organizations’ members and from campus administrators. They have raised concerns that the rankings may infringe upon the students’ privacy and perpetuate typecasting.
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President Bush’s recently announced plan to increase American troop strength in Iraq belies this administration’s inadequacy in dealing with the challenges of the protracted struggle that America’s war against terror has become. Clearly, when it embarked on this grand campaign to rid the world of evil just five years ago, the White House did not envision the war requiring the type of sacrifices that it now most certainly entails.
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To the Editor:
In her discussion of the value of a Dartmouth education (“Varying Degrees of Success,” Feb. 6), Claire Murray ‘10 reduces the issue to two supposedly antithetical possibilities: making money or doing something socially useful. Such a reduction completely misses the point. What distinguishes a Dartmouth education is its unusual capacity to inspire a life-long devotion to learning. The freedom to cultivate the life of the mind by interacting with intellectual giants — in my time teachers such as Mandelbaum, Vance, and Scarlett — can illuminate any work, anywhere. It can also deepen one’s encounter with one’s own existence when the workplace is no more. Some other colleges offer the same promise. Few can deliver as well as Dartmouth does.
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