VERY alarmed by this article in Rolling Stone

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Anonymous wrote:And you get to pay $60000 a year so your child can be blackout drunk every weekend. This is how our young adults mature. No wonder society is such a mess! And our society praises people when they get into these schools. Alcohol is not helping anyone.

Thee kids are probbaly raised by the same moms who drink multiple glasses of wine every night "to unwind" and wonder why people call them alcoholics.

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*probably (typo)

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Anonymous wrote:The article was meant to be alarming. The best way to react is to see for yourself. Go tour Dartmouth on a busy weekend and see how the campus is on Friday and Saturday nights.

Remember, even if the school itself seems stereotypical, your student will be able to find like-minded studious friends if that what DC really wants. If the real issue is that you can't trust your DC not to be swayed by the crowd, DC could be swayed anywhere.

You can always choose not to pay for such an education, or even to keep DC at home and send DC to a local school, if you're really worried. However, as I remember it, college is the time to try a few parties, find your own pace and learn how to study independently.

Don't expect the whole picture on Dartmouth -- or anything really -- from Rolling Stone magazine.

Great post. Rolling Stone is entertainment, not journalism or investigative reporting. Dartmouth is not like the other Ivies -- and that is a good thing.

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Anonymous wrote:As much as i want to put down Dartmouth the institution i have to say fairly that this goes on just about anywhere that has Greek life. This story happened to come to light in the media and they jumped all over it.

No I am not at all bitter about them not accepting me 8 years ago because I ended up at a much better place....Yale!

I think the whole Dartmouth drinking culture situation is a result of the ill-fated decision not to admit you. I think that admissions mistake caused the Dartmouth campus to go into blackout drunk mode every weekend. If you had been admitted, things would have been different. Didn't you get rid of the crime in New Haven while at Yale? That's the rumor anyway.

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Anonymous wrote:And you get to pay $60000 a year so your child can be blackout drunk every weekend. This is how our young adults mature. No wonder society is such a mess! And our society praises people when they get into these schools. Alcohol is not helping anyone.

Thee kids are probbaly raised by the same moms who drink multiple glasses of wine every night "to unwind" and wonder why people call them alcoholics.

That is true. Kids learn from their parents that the only way to deal with life, relax, or be social is with booze. So sad.

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Can someone please explain to me why is hazing so prevalent amongst American born college students? Is it something in the American culture which enables, pacifies, and supports hazing in colleges? Has the culture in America denigrated to the point where higher education is no longer valued or taking seriously? Why is hurting others something that people laugh about? Hazing is sick, disgusting, and demoralizing. Only a socio-path or sadist will take pleasure in harming other people.

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It's about making contacts and friends that's why you pay for it. Education is second especially if it's not a STEM degree.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone please explain to me why is hazing so prevalent amongst American born college students? Is it something in the American culture which enables, pacifies, and supports hazing in colleges? Has the culture in America denigrated to the point where higher education is no longer valued or taking seriously? Why is hurting others something that people laugh about? Hazing is sick, disgusting, and demoralizing. Only a socio-path or sadist will take pleasure in harming other people.

Probably because so many elite colleges were men's colleges and that was part of the culture and tradition. There is probably much less hazing now than in the past.