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Honorary Degrees

Wright is currently introducing Fred Rogers: “We are delighted to have you…in this neighborhood.” Applause and one airhorn.


Graduate Degrees in Progress

That’s about it now. I suppose I should set the Commencement scene for you. The morning began cloudy and threatened rain. I feared for the…



To All The Seniors

In honor of your impending graduation, allow me to provide the most valuable gift I can offer: one piece of advice that would have saved…


More on Rogers

It seems like Mr. Rogers has got plenty of fans. This is representative of the emails we’ve received (though not any, I should note, from…


“Mr. Rogers Causes a Stir at Dartmouth”

AP story here. My guess is we could’ve gotten someone from the current administration–maybe Rumsfeld or, at worst, Rod Paige–but, for Dartmouth’s own administrators, it…


More Weirdness

“Yeah, huh, what?” Someone was knocking on my bedroom door. How long had it been going on? I couldn’t say. Bob, clad in boxers, stumbled…


High Wierdness at Dartmouth

I was at last year’s Commencement. My memories of it are a bit hazy, but I’m almost sure it didn’t involve anything like this (if…


Rehashing an Old Topic

The Barcelona LSA is winding down, and of the four classes we took, two had self-grading components. I never realized how common this practice is.