An Open(ed) Letter to Dean Lively
One sunset at Dartmouth, over Baker Library. Editors Note: This message responds to an email sent by Dean Kathryn Lively on April 13. The email…
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The Four Horsemen of the Dartmouth Apocalypse
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Viktor Vanetsov To the dismay of many bright-eyed sophomores looking forward to a summer of complete inebriation while also escaping…
The Teepee Tequila
Ingredients Toilet Paper Purell (or Everclear)Pepto-BismolDesperationTequila His papers are submitted, it was not fun,But now his work is finally done. This occasion should be joyous, he departs…
The Economics of Art(icle)
“To introduce students to this complexity, in the final weeks of winter term, the Hood Museum hosted a lecture entitled The Economics of Art that explored the art market and determinants of value.”
Race to the Fourth
With mandatory pass/fail grading, the allure of the fourth class has proven too strong to resist for most.
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…
Why Does the Moral Defense of Capitalism Matter?
Yaron Brook: “The Moral Case for Capitalism” If there is one thing that was important about the Dr. Yaron Brook speaker event titled “The Moral…
Grading Dartmouth’s Credit/No Credit System
Is a Credit/No Credit system the best option? On March 23, 2020, Provost Joseph Helble and Dean of the College Kathryn Lively announced over email…
Amid Coronavirus Lockdown, Issues with Add/Drop
I sit before the screen to add my class,Anxious as I refresh Google Chrome,It only matters if I fail or pass,The term hath mov’d into…
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…