For John, BLUF: PC run amok in New Hampshire. Nothing to see here; just move along.
Not to be confused with our Commonwealth University of the same name, where one of the alleged Boston Marathon bombers went to college.
Not to be confused with the HMS Dartmouth, a serious college with serious students looking forward to serious jobs.
Hat tip to the InstaPundit.
Regards — Cliff
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"The threats followed a protest in which some students interrupted a program for high school students who have been admitted to Dartmouth."
The school costs over 60k a year in total costs....
Meanwhile off campus they have a nice Catholic Center.
http://dartmouthcatholic.com/
Alternative Spring Break
Aquinas House sponsors alternative spring break trips for anyone interested in spending their inter-term break serving others. On these trips, students give witness to the faith through charity and grow spiritually by attending daily Mass. In recent years, students have assisted at St. Gerard’s Campus High School for Teenage Mothers in St. Augustine, FL and at Maggie’s Place in Phoenix, AZ.
Orford Residence
Our Catholic identity calls us to reach out to the poorest of the poor, to the marginalized, to those left aside. Aquinas House students frequently volunteer at the Orford home, an assisted-living center for men and women with severe developmental disabilities. By simply spending time with residents, students see in a real and direct way what it means to be a human person and what gives us inviolable human dignity.
Cliff,
It seems that Dartmouth has a serious Frat problem.
Lots of hyperbole. Fraternities and sororities and been "hazing" their pledges for as long as they've existed. I was a Theta Chi, and in my chapter, twice a year, the pledges chosen by the brothers for initiation and acceptance as members were awoken in the middle of the night by lots of yelling and banging on beds and walls. All very frightening stuff. For the next few days, the initiates were subjected to diets of earthworms (in reality, spaghetti soaked in grape or prune juice), fish eyes (well soaked tapioca), and other delicacies. After the requisite time and "suffering" it was over, and the hugs were deeply sincere.....and friendships evolved that last a lifetime.
The military also employs hazing in its elite groups. One might even consider training to be a PJ, CCT, Special Tactics specialist, SEAL, or SF guy to be a form of hazing. It is absolutely merciless, unbelievably tough, designed to take the trainee to the absolute depths of desperation and despair. Many are called....few are chosen. But the chosen are 100% part of that brotherhood, completely reliable and known to have survived a crucible prerequisite to the unity necessary.
As a matter of tradition, new Navy Chief Petty Officers are subjected to hazing. Even though I was an Air Force senior non-commissioned officer, that I attended the Navy's senior enlisted academy at Newport, RI, gave me the "opportunity" to be an "indoctrinated Chief." We ate nasty stuff, some of it tasted horrible beyond words (but nowhere near as horrible as stuff I ate in Vietnam, the Philippines, or Thailand), and there was lots of yelling and screaming and demeaning. And then after a few days, we were told to go to the bathroom at the CPO club and put on our class A uniform and report back to the ballroom in 15 minutes. When we walked in, the room was completely dark, save a circle of Navy Chiefs, each holding a candle, we were led into the center of the circle and our "commission" was read to us by the senior ranking Chief. Then, one by one, each of the chiefs passed by, shaking our hand, welcoming us to the corps and in many cases, giving each of us a bear hug. Somehow, you knew it was for life.
Sexual adventurism was on the mind of every male I knew at Washington State University. I suspect on the mind of many of the women. Not a lot of scoring going on, but lots of trying. I am certain that there were instances of forced sex and they were dealt with as they occurred......even then. But it wasn't the norm and it wasn't a GREEK thing.
Pasta soak in prune juice sounds like a children's Halloween idea found on Pinterest.
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