Opinion

One Version of the Good Life

By Abiola Lapite | October 9, 1995

What is the meaning of life? What is our time on this earth good for? How can we spend our lives so that, as we reach the end, we each can say "Mine was a life well spent?" I make no pretensions to certain knowledge, but I am willing to offer up one version of what the good life might consist of.

---

Opinion

'To Die For' Puts OJ. Verdict in Context

By Laura Zachman | October 9, 1995

At Saturday night's screening of "To Die For," Joyce Maynard introduced the screen version of her novel with the comment, "I'm glad the movie is opening this week ... I wrote this before O.J.

---

Opinion

O.J. Verdict Shakes Faith in Justice System

By Jim Brennan | October 6, 1995

I was going to refuse to write about the end of the O.J. Simpson trial. Mainly because I have no new knowledge about the verdict, no sparkling insights into the case and no real idea why the jury decided in the way that it did.

---

Opinion

Menge is no longer Economics Dept. Chair

By Jack Menge | October 6, 1995

To the Editor: I have been interviewed by The Dartmouth on two occasions recently and identified both times, despite declarations to the contrary, as Chair of the Economics Department.

---

Opinion

Despite recent DAMELL faculty changes, continuity remains

By Beatrice Gruendler | October 6, 1995

To the Editor: I read with interest your article on the new faculty at Dartmouth and was, however, surprised not to find my name there.

---

Opinion

Read poem in its entirety

By Stephanie Yu | October 5, 1995

To the Editor: I am writing in response to the article published last week about "Women of the Ivy League" ("Women depicted in new light," Sept.

---

Opinion

Academic Skills Center helps all students

By Carl Thum | October 5, 1995

To the Editor: There are so many items that need correcting in the Tuesday, Oct. 3 article on the Academic Skills Center ("Skills Center helps students learn") that it's hard to know where to begin.

---

Opinion

People should accept the O.J. verdict

By Fouad Elnaggar | October 5, 1995

To the Editor: I'm writing to The Dartmouth to express my concern over the current O.J. Simpson debacle.

---

Opinion

Dear Old Wentworth, Give a Rouse

By Chris Houpt | October 5, 1995

Wentworth is the name of a hall, Dresden is somewhere in Germany, and, for better or worse, America has but one Connecticut, a couple states down the river. And Dartmouth is the College on the Hill, symbolized by Baker Tower and distinguished by interminable winters.

---

Opinion

Pennant Fever?

By Bryan P. Galat | October 5, 1995

The Yankees made the playoffs for the first time since 1980. The Cleveland Indians are in the playoffs for the first time since 1954, winning 100 games in the process.

---

Opinion

A Re-evaluation of 'Team Nothing'

By Nathaniel Fick | October 4, 1995

Getting an education at Dartmouth is like getting a drink from a firehose." The words of the alumni interviewer came flooding back as I stood awestruck at the center of the Green.

---

Opinion

Gender Equity: Still a Distant Goal

By Rachel R. Gilliar | October 4, 1995

It is not the 1960s anymore. The heady exhilaration of that decade, the devotion to causes and ideals and issues seems to have drifted into an early retirement.

---

Opinion

Dartmouth's O.J. fever disappoints

By Dan Mazzucco | October 4, 1995

To the Editor: I came here last year in the hopes that there was something special about Dartmouth, some mysterious quality that separates us from the rest of the world and its sad influences.

---

Opinion

Labeling DG 'weak' is inaccurate

By Dani Brune | October 4, 1995

To the Editor: I am writing in response to yesterday's article about Delta Gamma sorority ("Panhell hopes to revitalize ...," Oct.

---

Opinion

St. Francis of Assisi

By Kevin Walsh | October 3, 1995

A Role Model From the 13th Century

---

Opinion

Auto Clubs and the Real World After College

By John Strayer | October 3, 1995

Isolated as we are here at the College, sometimes the U.S. Postal Service can be students' only significant source of information about the outside world.

---

Opinion

Skate Free or Die

By Sarah Johnston | October 3, 1995

I do not own a skateboard. The only time I ever even tried to skateboard was in fourth or fifth grade, and I failed miserably, never getting my speed above a moderately paced walk.

---

Opinion

'E.Q.' Offers a New Way of Understanding Intelligence

By Laura Zachman | October 3, 1995

You forgot to return those books to the reserve desk, and now you owe $20. Do you tell yourself that "When I am involved in what I am reading, I often forget when it is due," or do you tell yourself that "I was so preoccupied with writing the report that I forgot to return the book." If you picked the latter statement, you might count yourself among those with a higher 'E.Q.' This question comes from a test given to Metlife insurance salesmen to determine their emotional intelligence.

---

Opinion

Liberal education prepares students for participation in democracy

By Mark Vogel | October 3, 1995

To the Editor: In the interest of continuing the discussion on education ("Good Education," Sept.

---

Opinion

Hard Right Turn May Hurt GOP in '96

By Jim Brennan | October 2, 1995

It is a slow, deliberate, marked shift. Yet it is practically a transformation. It has happened before in our history, and may happen again.

---