personally, the one i like best is the video of him, seemingly drunk, at someone's wedding. he was cutting on the bride and groom -- pure frat boy. but i gotta say, watching that video, i woulda liked to have hung out with him drinking. he was funny.
Anyway, for those so inclined, a study by a former colleague, about the way Dartmouth's culture and social rituals continue to shape students into people who feel they are a chosen people, deserving of their rightful place as masters of the universe.
http://cleandraws.com/dartmouth_culture.doc
Doug has often remarked on the phenom of deservingness at the big three, but it extends to the ivy leagues. the paper was written for a professional conference, so its rather dry:
Daniel B. Lee writes:
This paper describes the most important aspects of the rich culture of an elite institution, Dartmouth College. After introducing general features of the college, the author describes its most important annual traditions, rituals, symbols, and behavioral norms. The author suggests that the tremendous social significance of college culture has been largely ignored by sociologists. In addition to awarding academic degrees, schools with a rich college culture, such as Dartmouth College, provide students with cultural capital of enduring value. Seen from the perspective of contemporary theories of student development, a rich college culture appears to dramatically increase the quality of education provided by an institution. Consequently, the author concludes that students who attend schools that cannot afford to adequately finance the production of college culture are at a significant disadvantage. As a form of unequally distributed cultural capital, college culture helps reproduce stratification in society.
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