Editors’ Note
By Amita Kulkarni And Jennifer Argote, The Dartmouth Senior Staff
Published on Friday, November 20, 2009
The Mirror: Conservatism at Dartmouth
While neither of us would call ourselves especially political — except for Amita, who is constantly “politically correct” — we decided that an issue about conservatism at Dartmouth would be an inte resting way to end our tenure as editors of The Dartmouth Mirror. While Jen initially considered Dartmouth to be insanely liberal compared to what she was used to down South, Amita’s “liberal” label for Dartmouth was based on the number of streakers she witnessed during Orientation.
In this issue, we focus on the history of conservatism at Dartmouth and whether it is “dead” at the College today.
While we weren’t able to confirm if conservatism on campus is dead or alive, we can confirm that our affiliation with The Mirror will be dead after today. Next term, a new strapping young social butterfly will take the helm. We hope your new editor will be as entertaining and relevant as we have been all year. In the mean time, we’ll be enjoying a life that actually allows time for work and a little more play. For the past three terms, we have made you laugh, made you cry and hopefully discussed some important issues every once in a while. It’s been a good run — see you in the Overheards!