Bryanna Entwistle

With Dartmouth students out of quarantine, campus has a feel not too different from that of a "regular term."

Potential members of the class of 2025, you are finally seniors—and I bet you're probably just about as shocked about that as I am.

With COVID-19, all of us have been forced to put aside our meticulous plans and simply bask in the question "what comes next?"

I've had a lot of time over the past few months to reflect on my first year at Dartmouth. I've considered the many highs, but also the lows. Together they make my freshman year a mix of humbling, beautiful, challenging, and gratifying moments.

There are so many things that come to mind when I ask myself what I miss about campus. The smiles as you pass classmates on the Green, the satisfaction of finishing a paper in the Baker Berry tower room, the sweet taste of a FOCO cookie.

'24s, as the beginning of your Dartmouth experience nears, I thought that I would provide you with a couple of my own insights into what kind of things you will need to bring with you if you're on campus for your first term at Dartmouth.

In the aftermath of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery's tragic deaths, the Heavyweight, Lightweight, and Women's crews at Dartmouth decided that it was time to act.

One question that prospective students tend to ask is: "What exactly is there to do in a small New Hampshire town?"