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Dartmouth In Pieces

By Sam Bonderoff | April 9, 1996

Have you ever noticed that all words are defined by other words? There is not a single word in any language whose meaning can be expressed without the deployment of other words that are subject to the very same linguistic limitation.

Opinion

On Segregated Housing

By Adam J. Siegel | April 9, 1996

Once again, the radical and anti-intellectual movement here at the College has reared its ugly head in the form of a new faction of the Dartmouth Rainbow Alliance that ironically labels itself with a self-demeaning title, the "Political Queers." This group's agenda is not only in direct contradiction with their most fundamental goals of integrating the Dartmouth Community and promoting campus-wide tolerance of the gay/lesbian community, but their proposal to obtain affinity housing for gay/lesbian students is both socially and intellectually destructive to the well being of our campus. The beauty of Dartmouth's current housing policy is that from the start, an attempt is made to integrate first-year students with as diverse a group of upper-class students as possible.

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Re-building the Community

By Sarah Cho | April 8, 1996

Dartmouth is changing. The student body as a whole is recognizing the undercurrents tugging at the community and we are facing up to the challenge of pulling together on individual and group levels.

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Lendvai's Development of Satire Asymmetrical and Hasty

By Jean Saunders | April 8, 1996

To the Editor: I realized my mistake yesterday concerning Robert Lendvai's article [April 3,] after reading John Strayer's rebuttal [April 4,] the following day. I can only point out that Lendvai's article is a poor example of the "classic slippery slope" that he must have intended and a perfect example of a straight and sudden drop. The last several paragraphs are, I assume, supposed to be the satirical revelation of his article. The extremist points Lendvai includes in his last comments are his entire argument; however, they are not mentioned anywhere in the previous paragraphs, thus making his attempt at satire asymmetrical and unparallel. Satire should be developed carefully throughout a piece, not hastily tacked onto the end.

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Standing Up For Injustice

By Abiola Lapite | April 5, 1996

There are few phrases more abused today in the English language than the line in the constitution which goes "We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal." These words, born of the desire to secure for the citizens of the new nation of America freedoms which had been lacking in the Old World, have today been pressed into the service of all those who would seek to subvert those freedoms. Who are those of whom I speak?

Opinion

Extortion in Cancun

By Matt Nisbet | April 5, 1996

In a boomtown, money flows like a raging river. During the 1880s, young entrepreneurs flocked west to legendary boomtown destinations like Tombstone, Arizona.

Opinion

Regarding Phyliss

By Kyle Teamey | April 5, 1996

To the Editor: Full Fare: without a doubt the best eating establishment on campus. With the best food, (none of that non-meat meat substitute like Collis), the best seating, (no crossbars on the tables that you hit your shins on like at the Hop and none of the noise or confusion of Food Court), great conversation, and that special Full Fare ambiance, it outshines the rest by far.

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Lendvai '99 Depicts Free Speech Inaccurately

By Jean Saunders | April 5, 1996

To The Editor: It is so ironic that liberals are often the most intolerant people around. Robert Lendvai's diatribe against free speech ["Limit Free Speech," The Dartmouth, April 3] was the best proof of this phenomenon I've seen in a long time.

Opinion

Multicultural Mayhem

By Adam J. Siegel | April 5, 1996

To The Editor: I recently received a blitz from the "Multicultural Project," an organization created by the Tucker Foundation in conjunction with several local elementary schools, which is apparently seeking to "expose area public school students to cultural education which they might not be exposed to." Hoping to recruit student volunteers, I was asked if I would be interested in participating in this program.

Opinion

On Exercising Free Speech

By John Strayer | April 4, 1996

So I read in yesterday's paper some freshman wants to suspend me from writing for The Dartmouth. As I looked closer at his column I realized he is satirizing the notion of speech codes.

Opinion

Limit Free Speech

By Robert Lendvai | April 3, 1996

The College's decision not to institute a speech code is the result of a misguided liberalism that endangers the welfare of the college community. While free speech has its virtues, those virtues must be weighed against the numerous disadvantages that the doctrine engenders.

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Vox Clamantis

By Taia Graham | April 3, 1996

To the Editor: There was an incident that took place Thursday Feb 23 involving a physical altercation between two female students (a third student was present) at approximately 9:30 p.m.

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