Letter from the Editor
By Priya Krishna, The Dartmouth Senior Staff
Published on Friday, February 17, 2012
“Vox clamantis in deserto.” You will read this phrase approximately a bajillion times in this issue. Nevertheless, as forward-thinking as Eleazar Wheelock was when he chose this as our motto in 1770, I’m almost certain that at the time, he could not even begin to imagine the vocal powerhouse his tiny college in the New Hampshire wilderness would eventually become. The voices of Dartmouth are numerous and diverse — they have histories behind them, and they have evolved with time. It’s not always easy to voice oneself at this school, though — instances of censorship, administrative indifference and discrimination have certainly affected our campus and influenced which voices are privileged over others. But in the end, voices are an incredibly important part of our school. At a college as small as Dartmouth in a location as rural as Hanover, a voice can actually make a difference. So this issue is about us — how we express ourselves, where we express ourselves and why we express ourselves. After all, Dartmouth College represents 4,196 distinct voices. People ought to listen.