The Danger of Stagnancy: Part II
On October 10, President Hanlon sent an email to the entire Dartmouth community announcing Carolyn Dever’s decision to step down from Provost and to return…
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The Danger of Stagnancy: Part I
Leonardo da Vinci wrote that “Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap…
The Death of College Park?
On October 19, I attended a focus group for the planning of the proposed dorms in College Park, which consisted of twenty undergraduate students (who…
Right vs. Left on Climate Change
This fall, Dartmouth College Republicans, along with the Dartmouth College Democrats, have planned and launched a series of bi-weekly dinner discussions centered on a variety…
Dartmouth Football: Midseason Update
Dartmouth football has started its 136th season in quite an impressive fashion. Five games in, the Big Green are 5-0 but have won four out…
Protests at Homecoming Bonfire
A defining element of the Dartmouth College experience are the rites of passage and traditions students experience throughout their time on campus. Each year hundreds…
Cheerleading Team Stages Protests during Anthem
Last weekend, students on the Dartmouth cheerleading team protested President Trump’s decision to phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program implemented by the…
Provost Dever Steps Down
On Tuesday, October 10, President Hanlon wrote to the Dartmouth College community to announce that Provost Carolyn Dever will leave her post at the end…
Thoughts in Autumn
Once again I quote the great T.S. Eliot, this time from a different part of his “Four Quartets,” entitled “East Coker:” Home is where one…
A Warm Welcome
In his 1974 poem “The Life with a Hole in It,” one of my personal favorite poets, Britain’s other Poet Laureate Philip Larkin, wrote: Life…