It’s the most wonderful time of the year. No, it’s not Christmas, or the day that I finally get a job and stop obsessing about it. It’s that special time at Dartmouth when certain sophomore men sprout mustaches, resurrect their preschool Power Rangers lunch boxes, decide to wear the same clothes for months on end, or mysteriously lose all of their hair. It’s time for a new pledge class.
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When I was just a wee, innocent prospie, visiting Dartmouth to decide if it was the school for me, I saw my first glimpse of the pledging process. I watched a naked frat boy running laps around a fetid basement and then crashing into a huge pile of Keystone Light cans, crushed plastic cups and torn Keystone boxes. On that particular night, he and his pledge brethren were bartending the party naked. Was it hilarious? Absolutely. Was it embarrassing for them? Surely. So why did they go through it?
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A little feel-good food may convince you that grease and mayonnaise can cure all ills. In search of such soulful satisfaction, we made a jaunt over to Quechee, Vt., home of such wonders as “the most spectacular river gorge in Vermont,” the Cabot cheese factory shop and the miniature cows at the Fool on the Hill.
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The start-of-term honeymoon is over, and campus is back to its usual bickering. Loving the Greek system, hating the Greek system, arguing about the college mascot. Alex Howe, wandering around outside Food Court, glancing maniacally in the direction of TDX and sharpening a mighty bundle of #2 pencils.
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If you’re like me, you’re too lazy to lug your five-pound laptop around. Maybe you want a computer that’s more durable, or at least cheap enough so you will not feel as bad when it breaks. Are you jaded by the multitude of viruses in Windows or the fruity brightness of Macs? There may be a solution on the horizon to any or all of the above issues.
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‘11: Omg, how beautiful does the moon look tonight? It’s so romantic. Aww.
Another ‘11: Uhh, that’s a streetlamp.
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Book: “Gulag: A History” by Anne Applebaum
The often belittled story of the Gulags, the soviet concentration camps, has never been told with such piercing accuracy as in Anne Applebaum’s “Gulag: A History.” A 2004 Pulitzer Prize winner, Applebaum skillfully juggles her sources, raising arguments so precise and definitive that they’re hardly arguable. This adroitly composed scrutiny of soviet homicide, is a must-read, and not just for history buffs. — Mat Grudzien
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This is the story of how I got in trouble. Until this night, my life had been a pre-Yoko Beatles single. This is how I became a mid-’70s Rolling Stones bootleg.
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Ursula Grisham ‘08
Ursula echoes the cream color of her square-neck top in her snakeskin flats and boasts a gold pendant necklace.
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Ty Moddelmog ‘08
Ty compensates for his green mesh shorts with a Thomas Pink button-up and retro RayBans.
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