The Election of 2008 was an epic one. I'm referring, of course, to its length. Here are the words that have been ruined -- maybe permanently -- by politicians and pundits over the past year: maverick, hope, change, hockey mom, lipstick. Images of moose cadavers, bloodying Alaskan soil, have been seared into my brain, along with crowds chanting "Yes we can" in a monotone that would make Leni Reifenstahl proud. More »
By Sydney Ribot "You never forget your first time," said Jessica Guthrie '10, president of Vox Clamantis. "Voting, that is." So goes the motto of Vote Clamantis, a nonpartisan student organization. Its mission: to get as many Dartmouth students as possible to vote, regardless of their position on the Red-Blue, conservative-liberal, Republican-Democrat spectrum. More »
Trust me, I get it. The Democrats, Republicans and every other organization under the sun drove me to the edge of my politesse. Politics were crammed down my throat every time I set foot in Collis Cafe. I was going to have a conniption if one more person accosted me to ask if I was registered to vote or if I wanted to volunteer. I am, I did -- seriously, now slow your roll. Thankfully, now that the election erection has come to a climax we can sit back and complain about how it really wasn't all that great for us, despite all the hype. More »
By Luofei Deng November 4th has finally come to pass, and I could not be happier. The outcome of the election has nothing to do with my joy though. Instead, I am just happy that campus life can return to normal. The College Democrats and College Republicans can return to their little holes and go back to planning the next election cycle, scheming how to maintain relevance in the interim and ardently debating the hot topics in current events to promote their inflated sense of self-worth. More »
In the spirit of the recently ended election, Divya Gunasekaran writes about the politics of the pit. The mosh pit. From the constant power struggles of stereotypical high school cliques (I refuse to make a cliched reference to "Mean Girls" here ... dammit) to the loss of individual free will associated with mob mentality, group dynamics have always been an interesting phenomenon. More »
Put some Taylor Swift on 'repeat' and settle down, because this week Rembert Browne writes an open letter to whomever has time for his broken heart. I didn't think it would be like this. Who knew, a week after the greatest news of my life, I would be weeping uncontrollably during random times of the day? America finally has a black president, a man who is my hero, and my ungrateful self is sitting in front of my Dell, sad and lonely. What could cause a young man like myself to feel so blue, you ask? More »
Hello my name is Stefanie, and I'm a dork -- a total unabashed geek. I've been known to watch C-Span for fun, download Jonas Brothers and Miley Cyrus albums because I genuinely like them and tell painfully corny jokes at the most inappropriate times. Honestly, there's not much else to aspire to when you're a scrawny myopic klutz who spent her formative years socializing at an all-girls school. Luckily for me and my kindred dorky spirits, geeks are having their moment in the sun, heralded by actors (here's to you, Michael Cera) and musicians (see former Ivy League nerds Vampire Weekend and Chester French) who draw inspiration from painful years of being stuffed into high school lockers. More »
In January, Vanessa Sievers '10 will take office as the youngest Grafton County Treasurer in history. As treasurer, Sievers hopes to prove to some of her skeptical constituents -- including three-term incumbent Republican County Treasurer Carol Elliot -- that not all Dartmouth students are oblivious to the world outside the bubble. Sievers is confident that she will successfully invest Grafton County's assets. $18 million? No big deal. More »
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