Editors’ Note
By Amita Kulkarni And Jennifer Argote, The Dartmouth Senior Staff
Published on Friday, October 30, 2009
The Mirror: Get me out of here
While it may be too early to start the countdown to graduation, we can’t help but be reminded by our stressed-out peers in business suits, and the always popular “so what are you doing next year?” that, in a few months, we will have to say goodbye to the place we have called home for the past four years.
Honestly, we aren’t ready to leave. Jen and I are seriously contemplating running The Mirror with the ’11s, just so we can stick around for longer.
Yet, we both can recall points in time when we were so ready to get the hell out of here: That killer class last spring we wished we hadn’t taken, the weeks without sunshine last winter or when all our friends were abroad junior fall. We’ve all been there, but how often do we admit it?
Everyone’s happy at Dartmouth all the time, or so we were told during Dimensions — and made to believe while here, watching our peers scurry from one meeting to another “pursing their passions.”
Yet, in this issue, we hear from a group of students that often goes unnoticed — the ones who didn’t love Dartmouth as much as they had hoped.
While their stories may not change your feelings about Dartmouth, we do hope this issue reminds you that Dartmouth isn’t perfect — and that’s OK.