On The Relative Merits of Incompetence
On Sunday, several staff members, myself included, collaborated on a piece outlining the disastrous online course Add/Drop that occurred last Monday. As I wrote in…
Articles by Rachel T. Gambee
Stumbling Out of the Gate: Dartmouth’s Add/Drop Fiasco
Dartmouth Online: Off to a great start! Last Sunday night, the global experiment that is Dartmouth Online began inauspiciously with the spectacular collapse of the…
Cuomo Takes Aim at Res-Life Regime
Buried deep in the slew of emails that customarily announces the start to another Dartmouth term was one that would call students from an apathetic slumber, the announcement …
A Profile on Dartmouth’s Hoda Barakat
Throughout the Spring term, Hoda Barakat, newly-crowned queen of Arabic literature, has been quietly holding court on the southeast end of campus. Barakat, acclaimed Lebanese…
Margaret Atwood Comes to Dartmouth
Acclaimed writer-turned-cultural-icon Margaret Atwood spoke to a brimming Spalding Auditorium on April the 18th as part of the 2019 Dorsett Fellowship Lecture Series—“Ethics Through the…
C3I Revises Sexual Misconduct Policy
On March 29th, the Campus Climate and Culture Initiative (C3I) released a draft of their proposed United Sexual Misconduct Policy and Procedures. This document was…
In Memoriam: Professor Jeff Hart (1930-2019)
On February 17th, Professor Jeffrey Hart passed away, just seven days shy of his 89th birthday. Professor Hart was Professor Emeritus of English at the…
Things Are Heating Up in Hanover
Courtesy of Rauner Special Collections Enjoy Winter Carnival while it lasts, because it may not. Hanover is not immune to the rising temperatures affecting the…
Hood Museum Reopens After Nearly Three Years
After nearly three years of construction, the Hood Museum reopened its doors last weekend to the great delight of students, faculty, and community members alike….
The Abolition of Man
Over the holiday break I found no better way to close 2018 than re-reading C.S. Lewis’s The Abolition of Man. This was particularly meaningful as…