Everyone is aware of secret societies at Dartmouth, whether they are in one, have friends in them or pass the Sphinx Tomb on the way to the gym. A fairly large proportion of our senior class, almost a quarter, is involved in them. Dating back to 1783 with the formation of the first class societies, Dartmouth’s system has since grown to 10 senior societies, with eight of them secret. More »
On Monday afternoon interim Vice President for Institutional Diversity and Equity Stuart Lord sent a campus-wide blitz denouncing the student body for its lack of interest in his office’s upcoming Campus Climate programs. Though these luncheon-discussions will concern the significant topic of diversity at Dartmouth, only 20 students committed to attend the meetings. Granted, he sent a note of clarification later that evening, but the cynical tone of that first missive was as inappropriate as the implied assumption that everyone just blew off the program because we don’t care or because we think the book is closed on the issue of diversity. More »
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