In 1980, Candy Lightner founded Mothers Against Drunk Driving, after her 13-year-old daughter was killed by a drunk driver. In 1985, she walked out of the organization. Explaining her decision in a story in The Washington Times, she said that MADD “has become far more neo-prohibitionist than I had ever wanted or envisioned … I didn’t start MADD to deal with alcohol. I started MADD to deal with the issue of drunk driving.” Now, the substance of Lightner’s critique of her own organization can be seen in play here at Dartmouth.
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Earlier this summer, I became curious about what kind of kids the incoming ’12s would be. So I went to the best source of information for someone who wants to know what people are really like: Facebook. I’m not a Facebook regular, but I wanted to know who these 1,100 new Dartmouth students were. Going through the Dartmouth Class of 2012 Facebook group, I saw all the usual topics of conversation: DOC Trip sections, dorms and miscellaneous apprehensions about college. Then I stumbled across a topic of conversation that surprised me: “Steroetype the person above you” (so spelled … worst class ever).
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