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Vote no in Thursday's SA referendum

By David Weinberg | November 9, 1993

I opened my Hinman Box Saturday to find my red cardboard Student Assembly "newsletter." One-fourth of it was a plea that all students vote in the upcoming referendum: "Do you support the continued existence of single-sex fraternities and sororities at Dartmouth?

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Refendum is beginning of student input on Greeks

By Matthew Berry | November 8, 1993

For the past three years, the Student Assembly told the student body what to think. On issue after issue ranging from supporting the censorship of the Hovey murals to condemning an Oregon state ballot referendum, the Assembly ignored the wishes of its constituents in order to further the members' personal political agendas. On Thursday, the Assembly will ask the student body what it thinks.

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Moderates left out in the cold on Greek referendum

By John Strayer | November 5, 1993

The proud and mighty Reform SA! sent out the call. They said political bickering was holding the Student Assembly back from doing something productive. Let's do something!" they shouted. The result: a referendum on the Greek system that is so poorly worded as to be utterly pointless and downright stupid. As it now stands on Nov.

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Minority views lead the way

By Sean Donohue | November 4, 1993

The question of whether or not the single-sex Greek houses should continue to exist has nothing to do with whether or not a majority of the students at Dartmouth like it.

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Taking a close look at sororities at Dartmouth

By Nicky Schmidt | November 2, 1993

Flaubert said, "One is not born a woman, one becomes one." This ancient quote seems one worth contemplating in light of recent editorials, articles, discussions and graffiti which have been circulating our campus since the beginning of rush, claiming to analyze the pros and cons of Greek membership and activity. As president of one of the six sororities on campus, I feel compelled to look beyond the graffiti, beyond the finger-pointing articles and beyond the stereotypes to examine the institution which I have arduously dedicated the past year of my life to reshaping, and at the arguments which belittle a system that has been the backbone of the feminist voice I have found at Dartmouth. I would like to begin by addressing some of the women who have resigned or gone inactive this fall.

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Family support

By The Editorial Staff | November 2, 1993

A week ago today, Dan Boyer '94 took his own life. Yesterday, friends and family gathered for a service of "celebration and thanksgiving." It is difficult to find words to describe the beauty of what happened in Rollins Chapel yesterday.

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Time to say farewell

By Amiri Barksdale | October 22, 1993

I'm saying goodbye- That's right- so long! I've been writing these damn columns too long. It's time to move on now, Temporarily at least.. I will find better tasks Upon which to release The profound genius That resides within My skull's filled with ideas! There's no way I can fail with them For twelve weeks now, I wrote and wrote. Trying to inspire thought and hope- Hope of glory and hope of praise Is what with I wrote across the days Invalid it is To go for miles Hoping to move the rank and file... In tune to my sarcastic style? Never is such a task worthwhile. Cries of arrogance and disrespect Violations that can't be checked. All this I tire of- yes, all this and more. The main thing is simple- The thoughts you ignore! In searching for basis for rapport, I've seen it clearly more and more: One woman said, "Leave!

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Give the bonfire a chance

By Brandon Del Pozo | October 22, 1993

It was this time last year that I was on the ramparts of a hastily-constructed defensive position, flinging eggs at older guys who were running at me with bags of feces. While I thought this was kind of fun and probably represented the Chinese human wave attacks of the Korean war on a slightly less dangerous scale, I could see how many people would find this only mediocre, as feces does not clean that easily. Regardless, running the risk of agreeing with a certain off-campus publication of dubious integrity, the bonfire and the tremendous circle of sweaty freshman who come with it will always have a place at Dartmouth. There is much to be said about tradition and how it keeps a school together.

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Denny jury was wrong

By Robert Di Sessa | October 22, 1993

Justice has been raped again. The court decision regarding the Reginald Denny beating case should repulse every law-abiding citizen in this country.

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'Where are all the black people?' That's a good question

By Nina Mcadoo | October 21, 1993

Last weekend my aunt and her husband came to visit me. I took them for the perfunctory tour around campus on a beautiful Saturday afternoon, and like most first-time visitors to Dartmouth, they were struck by its beauty. But as we were walking, my uncle turned to me and said, "Where are all the black people?

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Students need free condoms

By Andrew Smith | October 20, 1993

I never play the stock market. Aside from lacking even a basic understanding of what all those old, bald, white guys are actually doing when they wave those little pieces of paper at each other on the floor, it just scares me too much when companies like IBM lose half their worth in three months.

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The advisers' view of the Greek system

By John Engleman | October 20, 1993

As advisers to the Greek system at Dartmouth, we find the argument of those who oppose the single sex organizations to be arrogant and intolerant. The fraternities and sororities cannot be all the things to all people, nor do they claim to be.

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