The Dartmouth Debate: I’m Gonna Go Sleepers

The Dartmouth Debate: I'm Gonna Go Sleepers

Here’s Dartmouth columnist Daniel Belkin’s assessment of the 907th ‘08 Democratic presidential debate held last night in Hanover. IvyGate dedicates this two-part series to keggy.

With the start of classes yesterday here at the College, the newly-minted members of the Class of 2011 were flabbergasted at the bizarre world that lay just outside their dorm room windows. For a fleeting 24 hours, the Big Green was transformed from the tranquil academy depicted in admissions brochures to the wretched hell of presidential politics and media feeding frenzies, replete with activists, politicos and wonks. Not sure which is better.

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