Brian Drisdelle

So far, each day has had its own instantaneous excursions, everything from friends calling to swim in the river to brief trips off exploring in the woods.

This time around, it was all about family; this weekend, the College invited all sophomore students to bring up their parents and siblings for a couple days, hosting all different kinds of programming and events. 

Yes, interspersed throughout those never-ending nights of acoustic riffs around the campfire are an abundance of corporate information sessions, from investment banking and consulting firms to tech and the state department.

Not only had I not taken a French class in an entire year, but also, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect.

Exploring medieval feats and revolutionary tales, I've been recently exposed to an entirely new lens through which to view the events of past eras: through art.

Just three weeks into my Toulouse LSA+, I’ve already traversed the South of France, visited three of the county’s five biggest cities, and I have another whole nine days of vacation ahead of me.

I usually spend my academic hours in the lab, or otherwise in a professor’s office getting extemporaneous assistance on some mathematical problem set. But this term is a little different.

This is one of my favorite parts of the Dartmouth experience: trying something new due to some random chain of events and ending up loving it.

At the end of this term, I’ll immediately be driving down to Kentucky with the Mountaineering Club, where we’ll be camping out and rock climbing at Red River Gorge.

The sidewalks may have been a bit slick, but the conditions offered a perfect chance to make optimal use of slippery surfaces, and students certainly didn’t hesitate.