Monday, May 12, 2003

Concealing the Budget: Oops, Forgot to Carry the One

So, in our collective attempts to find a dollar figure for annual SLI spending, Prof. Alverson was sent from Larimore to Scherr—a dead end—and I was sent from Scherr to Dolan to Larimore—another. It is no wonder that Professor Alverson said in our interview that, in matters regarding the budget, 'The faculty are treated condescendingly.'

You're Fired! Now Sign This Form

According to one separated employee who wished to remain anonymous, all employees terminated were offered severance packages on the condition that they sign confidentiality agreements stating that they would do or say nothing to discredit the College. There has been no mention of any of this by Parkhurst.

Dartmouth Indians: The New Tradition

I've heard tell that the "Indian head" is a "racist depiction" of Native Americans. But it should be obvious that the Indian mascot is not meant to depict present-day Native Americans, so how can this be the case? Native Americans have changed a great deal over the course of history. So have people of all ethnicities. That's why I'm studying English at Dartmouth College rather than wearing a bearskin and sacrificing holly-crowned virgins to Wotan.

I Can Finally End My Hunger Strike

Speakers also emphasized the moral inferiority of anyone spotted in Indian shirts. "A person of conscience wouldn't wear one," said one participant. People who wear them are "racist and stereotypical," claimed another. Others felt that students should not display the symbol because of issues of common courtesy. "How could someone knowingly offend another human being?" cried one activist.

The Banning of the Indian

Which brings us the core meaning of the 1974 decision. What is signaled, and here is the worst educational disaster, was that henceforth minority demands would be specially privileged, even if the demands might be absurd...Dartmouth students are voting with their T-shirts and windbreakers and above all with their brains. It will take ten or twenty years to recover from this issue—but "The Indian Will Never Die."

Rising Tuition Getting Stiffer

The message is clear: all schools in both the Ivy League and across the nation have experienced strains on their budget. However, at some of Dartmouth's schools, an average tuition increase was sufficient to meet the demands of the bear market. However, Dartmouth has suddenly been struck by the worst crisis in the Ivy League. With promises of budget cutbacks many times worse than those experienced this year on the horizon, it is in examining this rapid and unexpected transformation that questions of mismanagement arise.

Rep. Jim McDermott: Bad Politics and ADD

Of course this would not be a first-rate lecture if it did not involve a conspiracy theory or two. Rep. McDermott claimed that President Bush's advisors had this all planned fifteen to twenty years ago; they knew they would have to assume a new role in the world and assert our dominance.

Ivy Council: Don't Waste Your Time

From there, the "debate" just got downright silly. Despite the fact that the discussion was to be the centerpiece of our weekend, only an hour was allotted for the passage of the resolution. It was already assumed we would pass it. We were merely a body drafted to put a stamp of approval on the work of the sponsors.