Looking back on his threemonth trek across the frozen continent, Dartmouth senior Jim Laatsch recalls ethereal storms of “diamond dust,” sparkles of frozen moisture swirling in the Antarctic air.
“It’s amazing, in a minimalist way, to stand in such a vast emptiness. It’s almost like sensory deprivation; no horizons, no features; everything’s just white.”
Last November, Laatsch […]
Jim Hornig can be considered the soul of the environmental studies program at Dartmouth. Instrumental in its creation and chair of the program from 1978 to 1992, his legacy was solidified with the opening of the Hornig Environmental Studies Library in the spring of 2001. Whether or not it was the homage intended for him, […]
Looking for the Rabbit Hole
“You take the blue pill, the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill and stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.” In The Matrix, Morpheus offers this choice to Neo, a chance […]
I write primarily in response to Peter Colabuono’s article in the Winter 2003 issue of the Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science entitled “The Genetically Modified Food Debate: Misconceptions in labeling.”
In his article, Mr. Colabuono labels as “anti-science, anti-globalization, and anti-technology” those who support the labeling of foods containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs), those who question […]
I’ve had “good intentions” towards “the environment” since I was a little kid. Before coming to Dartmouth, I recycled regularly, volunteered at the Native Plant Nursery, and occasionally ranted about how disgusting SUVs were. Aside from these token concerns, though, I wasn’t especially conscious about living sustainably. I still took excessively long showers, and every […]
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