As the mercury begins to rise and snow banks recede, “spring fever” will begin to spread from the Green to Baker Library (well, at least the stacks) and beyond. The thriving hook-up culture at Dartmouth will once again become quite apparent. At the same time, dames and Don Quixotes frustrated with the lacking romance in Hanover will inevitably hand down their indictments of the social scene — and give Dartmouth an unfair rap. More »
There is a lot of fog surrounding the petition candidacy of Stephen Smith ‘88 for Dartmouth’s Board of Trustees. Often it seems petition candidates are demonized merely because they earned candidacy by petition. But Smith is not only a victim, for he has engaged in some odious politicking himself. All this maneuvering has detracted attention from Smith’s real platform, which advocates a major realignment of current administrative priorities — a position worth serious consideration. It is time to see the demonization, the politicking, and the platform for just what they are. Let us be candid about Smith’s candidacy. More »
This spring, Dartmouth alumni will have the opportunity to nominate a new trustee to the Board of Trustees, replacing retiring Trustee Nancy Jeton ‘76. The election process will run from April 1 to May 15. More »
The current trustee election raises the old debates: undergraduate versus graduate education, college versus university, teaching versus research. Dartmouth is a unique institution because these yin and yang differences are meaningless here. The encircling whole of a single academic community is more visible than any one-sided facet. More »
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