Friday, September 26, 2008

Taking The Initiative

By Claire Murray, The Dartmouth Staff

My distinguished colleague Zachary Gottlieb '10 recently wrote about Dartmouth as a protective parental figure, asking "When does this tireless parent teach us to fend for ourselves?" ("Dartmouth Man Needs a Maid," Sept. 24). If President Wright were truly our father, he would be a model parent -- brave enough to trust his children to learn from their mistakes. We should be proud of his work with the Amethyst Initiative, the controversial group of college presidents that has provoked renewed interest in a discussion about lowering the drinking age. As the only Ivy League president supporting the Initiative, Wright has proved courageous enough to make public his position on an issue that has no easy answers. More »

Everything's Bigger in Texas?

By Spenser Mestel, The Dartmouth Staff

I love meeting Dartmouth students from my hometown of Seattle. We adamantly discuss how ridiculous umbrellas and those who carry them are, the hellish transnational flight to and from school, and how we can totally say the word "hella" without copying NorCal. But, when we're done extolling the virtues of Bill Gates, our conversation slides to an abrupt stop. More »