The Real Deal on Campus
Nothing brings to mind a college campus quite like weed and alcohol. Yet while any 21-year old or person with a confident smile can buy alcohol, marijuana is a misdemeanor to possess, and a felony to sell. More »
Friday, April 20, 2007
A Brief History of 420…
So it’s April 20th, also known as 4/20, also known as time to get high. Yes, this day’s date is both the hour to toke and our favorite code word for smoking marijuana and talking about it in front of oblivious squares. It’s also Adolph Hitler’s birthday, but that’s neither here nor there. Many casual weed users use the date as an excuse to smoke their drug of choice, while more committed users try as often as they can to smoke when the clock, rather than the calendar, hits 4:20. More »
Oh, The Places You’ll Go
On any given Friday night an intimate group can be found on the second floor of any fraternity, passing a joint as philosophical discussion ensues. But some crave more flavor in their blazing locations. Similar to the famous Dartmouth Seven, some have found other unique places on campus to pull out that Ziploc bag and proceed to puff, puff and, ultimately, pass. More »
The Dish: The Munchies
Ah munchies, that urgent hunger that must be fulfilled, that need for anything edible, as long as it’s not a salad and preferably is covered in cheese. They don’t have to be inspired by a certain smokeable plant, they can also be inspired by good old fashioned drunkenness. Either way, they’re a college reality and they need to be dealt with. So how should you go about it? Let’s look at a few scenarios. More »
Perspectives: Canned for Cannabis
So you think it’s over? You worked hard in school, made Career Services your best friend, perfected your resume until you had it memorized and dedicated 10 weeks of your life to corporate recruiting. Maybe you feel the urge to relax in your favorite chair, kick off your shoes, have an ice-cold lemonade (or vodka tonic, pick your poison), and smoke a - not so fast! Smoking marijuana could, in some cases, cost you that internship you worked so hard to get. More »
Alex Got In Trouble: The Day That Harvard Came
The schedule of college groups volunteering over spring break was made months in advance, so I had plenty of time to plot how I would prove myself a better human being than the Harvard-bots: arm wrestling, perhaps, or a contest of SAT-style analogies. More »
The Friday Quickie: The Sexual Spectrum
I am continually amazed by the things that come out of the mouths/keyboards of the Dartmouth population, particularly when comments are made in an anonymous forum. Here’s one gem from this week’s survey on the topic of homosexuality: “Homosexuality is a blight on this earth, and the fact that America and more liberal nations such as France and Canada legitimize it as a viable lifestyle shows the depravity of society for the sake of diversity and acceptance. The Dartmouth Mirror, by constantly running these kinds of surveys, demonstrates its ubiquitous status as an unimaginative sex-rag staffed by low-quality hacks.” My advice to this dude would be to move out of our silly liberal nation to somewhere where they’re less into personal liberties and freedom of speech. I hear homosexuality is punishable by execution in Afghanistan. Bon Voyage! More »
