May 2004


Rushed, Pledged, and Spackled

In response to Daniel Balserak’s review, reader Sheila Gastiger writes in with some dope on Alexandra Robbins’s Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities: The “sorority…



In case it’s not printed

>Date: 13 May 2004 12:23:45 EDT >From: Alexander D. Talcott >Reply-To: alex.talcott >Subject: Short letter to the editor >To: The Dartmouth I’ve enjoyed your series…



Sounds nice in theory

There’s been a lot of hand-wringing about private schools and the college admissions process. For instance, in today’s D, Zac Goldstein leads with, “Minorities, legacies…


“Does he speakee English?”

>Date: 13 May 2004 12:10:21 EDT >From: Men’s Project >Subject: tonight: The Guy Nobody Wants to Date >To: (Recipient list suppressed) please join us tonight…


Obvious

“Athletes and students with 800 SAT scores also gain admission at a disproportionately high rate, Dean of Admissions Karl Furstenberg said. Rates are also higher…