An article published in The Dartmouth on the results of the Student Assembly budget survey ("OPAL, Hood Museum ranked low in survey," Jan. 9) reported that "[m]any offices whose mission pertains to small segments of the Dartmouth community, such as OPAL and the Native American Program, were ranked particularly low, but this may be a reflection of the low number of students that are directly affected by those offices, the published results of the survey suggest." More »
On Dec. 14, a few days into winter break, I received a campus-wide e-mail from Dean Crady informing me that my friend, Cody Lavender, had died a day earlier in a tragic accident on the Edinburgh FSP. When the news reached me, I was in the middle of a phone conversation with my mom, casually scanning BlitzMail, and not expecting anything from the message entitled: "Sad News." I read the e-mail and immediately fell silent. My mom started asking for me, and all I could do was hang up the phone. More »
To the Editor: The main premise of Stefanie Lazow's article ("Ivy League recruiting practices: Does Dartmouth lower its standards?", Jan. 12) is that athletes applying for admission to Dartmouth are expected to the meet the same rigorous academic standards as other applicants. This is simply not true. While it is certainly true that some of the highest academic achievers at Dartmouth are recruited athletes, the fact remains -- supported by all available evidence from college admissions experts and the Ivy League itself -- that athletes granted admission at Ivy League schools are not held to the same academic expectations as other applicants. More »
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