Vox Clamantis: Trips Examined

By John Buckholz

Published on Thursday, October 2, 2008

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To the Editor:

In his column "Tripped Out" (Oct. 1), Kevin Niparko '12 was too charitable regarding H-Croo. The H-Croo "tradition" is obnoxious. People who need or appreciate this febrile welcome to Dartmouth should self-examine to determine whether college is really the appropriate "next step" in their lives. At the very least, incoming freshmen should be furnished with a questionnaire so that DOC Trip leaders can determine which students will actually appreciate being treated like infantile puppets. I had no interest in learning the Salty Dog Rag. And I had even less interest in "bumping butts" with nearly all of my freshwoman classmates.