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(02/16/07 11:00am)
The staffs of Facilities, Operations and Management, Dartmouth Dining Services, Safety and Security, along with the other "essential" College employees who made it to work Wednesday, deserve recognition. They were the unsung heroes of the College's "snow day." The all-too-often unappreciated College workers came through to make the students' day in the snow an enjoyable and manageable one. While the College was closed for all "non-essential" staff on Wednesday, the staff of FO&M and DDS reported to work and truly demonstrated their vital role at Dartmouth. While students were sledding, playing snow football and drinking hot chocolate, the tireless efforts of FO&M allowed students to get to classes, the library and dining halls by quickly clearing sidewalks and plowing parking lots. DDS workers braved the snow to allow for the special Valentine's Day menu to be offered as planned. If not for their dedication, students would not have been able to finally enjoy the winter wonderland that is so central to the Dartmouth experience.
(02/16/07 11:00am)
Amid the recent debate over reforming Student Assembly, the organization should be praised for launching the Student Government Task Force to scrutinize the structure of student government at Dartmouth. The reform group has a real potential to significantly change the Assembly and improve its effectiveness as an organization that serves students. It is a little worrisome that the body choosing the makeup of this group is a body of students deeply involved in Student Assembly -- the Assembly's Membership and Internal Affairs Committee -- but such a setup will not preclude the group from being effective so long as MIAC acts appropriately. In selecting the eight panel members from the larger student body over the coming days, MIAC should remember to seek out independent voices. No one on the task force should have a personal interest in preventing reforms in the Assembly. For example, it would be inappropriate for a current member of the Assembly's executive committee to serve on the task force, as the task force will undoubtedly examine both the existence of and the selection for each executive position. An independent council will prove most effective and Dartmouth students will be better off for it.
(02/09/07 11:00am)
The release this past week of the Administrative Working Group's reports on administrative policies shows a marked increase in the transparency of Parkhurst. Shattering the perception that the administration insulates itself from outside criticism, the group admitted areas for improvement in the administrative structure. In implementing the necessary reforms, Parkhurst will clarify the College's hiring procedure and pull together the disorganized administrative organs of Dartmouth into a more effective body.
(02/09/07 11:00am)
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(01/31/07 11:00am)
The recent influx of wannabe voters to Student Assembly in the face of a vote on a polarizing issue demonstrates a fatal flaw in the Assembly's rules on how to attain voting rights. Currently the majority of voters in the Assembly are either those who attended three consecutive meetings or those who got a vote by being an "organizational representative." (The Dartmouth Bogglers Union has a vote.) Student Assembly should have infrastructure that at least attempts to promote a representative voting body, but its current constitution makes it easy for a vocal minority to gain a majority in the Assembly.
(01/26/07 11:00am)
Dartmouth Dining Services' announcement this past week that it will begin labeling trans fat-free food is a step in the right direction, providing students with more information about their food options in campus dining halls. Health-conscious students should have access to information about the nutritional value of foods that they eat each day. Pamphlets or websites detailing the caloric and fat content found in DDS foods would also empower interested students to make wiser choices tailored to their individual dietary and health needs. As Americans become increasingly concerned about the nutritional value of their foods, DDS should continue to increase its transparency to meet the demands of the Dartmouth student body.
(01/26/07 11:00am)
Dartmouth's swimming program has a tradition of academic excellence, and its athletes tout the structure that an athletic schedule brings to their lives. The swim program, however, also has a tradition of futility in the pool. The fact that the team arrived at the Philadelphia airport two hours before competition so that the athletes did not miss Friday classes is indicative of a problem with the program's leadership and philosophy. Division I athletics are not when-you-feel-like-it commitments. The athletic department's reputation is diluted by a program that has performed so poorly for so long. The swim program needs to find a way for its players to balance their academic and athletic commitments, or fully embrace its current coach's mentality and become a club sport.
(01/26/07 11:00am)
The Inter-Fraternity Council deserves accolades for introducing new criteria on the establishment of fraternities. The June 2005 ending of the moratorium on new single-sex Greek houses necessitated new regulations for Greek expansion. With a slew of national fraternities seeking their own chapters at Dartmouth and groups of College students lobbying for their own houses, the new benchmarks will bring standardization and objectivity to the procedure, injecting fairness into a process that has the potential to breed controversy. Last spring, under the old IFC criteria, Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity failed to earn recognition from the Greek oversight committee on two separate occasions, leading to accusations about the motives and impartiality of the IFC. The introduction of the standardized requirements will help prevent decisions that could provoke similar allegations.
(01/19/07 11:00am)
This past week, Stephen Smith '88 announced his petition candidacy for the Board of Trustees. To launch his campaign, Smith circulated a press release that outlined his three primary issues in the election.
(01/12/07 11:00am)
Student Assembly has allowed one of its few useful services to the community, the SA Course Evaluation Guide, to deteriorate. The number of students who review courses for the guide, which catalogues student opinions on professors and courses, has plummeted. Outdated course reviews from students who graduated long ago litter the guide while relatively new courses have far less, if any, student feedback. Without a variety and abundance of reviews for each course, the guide fails to give students an adequate picture of offered classes. All in all, the guide has fallen to pieces.
(01/05/07 11:00am)
With the April 2007 alumni trustee election underway, trustee candidates will be able to actively campaign for the first time as the Alumni Council lifted the ban on campaigning last fall.
(11/17/06 11:00am)
While anecdotal evidence and exit surveys report accurate high levels of student satisfaction with the Dartmouth experience, a sudden and vast College leadership void has affected many areas of campus. Though search committees are in place for many of the several administrative vacancies, a lack of leadership has exacerbated the usual student-administrative divide on campus.
(11/10/06 11:00am)
The results of the national midterm elections this past week have arguably renewed America's faith in the ability for voters to call for a change in political direction. Preliminary data from Reuters predicts that voter turnout rose above 40 percent, the highest midterm percentage since 1982. Furthermore, the relatively quick resolution of most races, notably the decision by Sen. George Allen to concede in Virginia, prevents a long, drawn-out battle that could further demoralize those who believe in the American democratic process. President Bush has rightfully called for stronger bipartisanship as all U.S. citizens look toward a more productive future government. The elections have provided much-needed change and restored sorely needed governmental checks and balances to Washington. However, the bickering, negative and partisan campaigning that characterized much of this election season feels very close to home. Dartmouth's recent referendum on the proposed changes to the Alumni Constitution similarly experienced historic voting levels, and partisanship often trumped the issues.
(11/07/06 11:00am)
Given both the intensity and tone of the response to the Nov. 6 "Still North" comic strip by Drew Lerman '10, The Dartmouth Editorial Board would like to elucidate our rationale for printing the comic. Lerman's comic attempted to critique liberal academic revisionism through the extreme example of Nietzschean principles condoning sexual assault in a fraternity basement. Accusations that the cartoon or The Dartmouth tacitly condone rape miss the intention of the comic and misunderstand The Dartmouth's Editorial Policy.
(11/03/06 11:00am)
With the exception of those future Hill staffers who are actively involved in campaigns and get out the vote efforts, most Dartmouth students appear rather apathetic toward the upcoming election. Activism is a thing of the past, despite the vocal efforts of small progressive groups on campus. That, however, does not excuse Dartmouth students blissfully and ignorantly ensconced in the Dartmouth "bubble." This is a big election -- over 2,800 American soldiers have died in Iraq, North Korea just tested a nuclear weapon and income inequality is reaching levels not seen in the last 50 years. This may be one of the more important votes of our lives. It is not enough, however, to merely vote based on a couple of television commercials -- it is necessary to take the time to do the minimum of research required for an informed vote as well. The Dartmouth Editorial Board, by an 11-1 vote, feels that an informed vote in the Second Congressional District of New Hampshire is a vote for Paul Hodes.
(10/27/06 9:00am)
It is very easy to mock organizations when they are in trouble, especially when the behavior of their members conforms to or opposes campus stereotypes. Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority has become a campus punch line in recent weeks due to its bid night debacle. While the arrest of 11 pledges for alcohol violations this past month is no laughing matter, the College's response has raised its own curious set of questions. The incident has brought excessive drinking and hazing to the forefront of campus dialogue, and the discussion of the Good Samaritan policy has left students befuddled.
(10/20/06 9:00am)
The recent debate over Student Assembly's Committee on Standards Student Task Force Report raises a number of very serious questions about undergraduate judicial proceedings at Dartmouth. The task force, a Student Assembly initiative consisting of seven students, produced a slate of eight recommendations for the consideration of the Dean of the College. While most of these changes were procedural, The Dartmouth Editorial Board found one reform to be particularly contentious -- namely, to allow for the accused student to question the witnesses directly, including the accuser. The Dartmouth Editorial Board enthusiastically endorses all of the COS Task Force's recommendations, with one caveat, which will be discussed below. We urge that Acting Dean of the College Dan Nelson and his future successor act upon these recommendations as a whole to improve the Undergraduate Judicial Affairs Office and to correct the radical departures from due process by which Dartmouth students are currently judged within the Dartmouth community. These reforms are crucial -- not to reduce the number of cases processed by COS, as Director of Undergraduate Judicial Affairs April Thompson suggested in a letter to the editor in The Dartmouth ("Responsible Behavior," Oct. 19), but to ensure that all cases proceed according to a fair and just standard.
(10/06/06 9:00am)
A staggering six fraternity and sorority houses are on probation or recently have ended their sentences at the beginning of Fall term, as The Dartmouth reported on Thursday ("Probation hits Six Greek houses," Oct. 4). As Homecoming approaches with two to three more houses under investigation, it is appropriate to look at this abnormal situation.
(09/29/06 9:00am)
The announced retirement this past week of College Dean of Admissions Karl Furstenberg after 17 years at Dartmouth marks the end of a successful career. While in past years the admissions office has been a center of controversy -- most notably as a result of Furstenberg's remarks about the Dartmouth football program -- as The Dartmouth reported earlier this week, Dartmouth flourished and our applicant pool expanded in both numbers and diversity under Furstenberg's leadership. The Class of 2010 is the strongest yet in terms of SAT scores, diversity and includes more women than men. If trends continue, many classes to come will feature such strength in academics and diversity.