A Conversation on Campus Community

The warm ovation for Donna Shalala had just subsided, and all that remained of Dartmouth College's convocation program was the address by the student assembly president, a segment often noted mainly for its rich trove of treasured cliches. But today's speech was to be something different, something more along the lines of, well, a conversion experience. "Before I begin my speech," Danielle Moore told the audience of students and faculty, "I think it's important you know the changes that have taken place in my opinions and attitudes." She then sketched her student career.