Thursday, February 07, 2008

Using Our Endowment…Get It?

By Jordan Osserman, Contributing Columnist

From Saturday night party games involving a Frisbee and hallucinogenic research chemicals to dorm room doors equipped with homemade fingerprint detectors, even Alpha Theta’s Dartcon can’t hold a candle to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s nerd-dom. But what stood out most during my short visit there this Thanksgiving break was what I least expected: every student bathroom had a box filled with a cornucopia of condoms — and not just Trojans, either. These safe sex boxes were bountifully overflowing with every size and style imaginable. More »

The Paradox of Selectivity

By Evan Meyerson, Staff Columnist and Former Sports Editor

Through watching my sibling go through the 2008 edition of the college crapshoot, it has become clear to me that I could not get in to Dartmouth with today’s admissions metrics. With all due respect to the Classes of 2010 and 2011, I do not consider myself less intelligent than you all — but my God you are qualified! Twenty-five percent of ’10s scored above 1550 on their SATs. Thirty percent of ’11s were valedictorians in high school. Blah blah blah. More »