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(10/31/11 3:00am)
While the recent changes to Dartmouth Dining Services have been conducted in a clandestine fashion, one thing is transparent these changes reflect ulterior motives that are not in students' best interests. On one hand, the College maintains that the new SmartChoice dining plans provide better value and nutrition for students. But students who are required to purchase a dining plan by College policy have collectively opposed the new system, criticizing the staggeringly inflated costs and limited functionality of the new meal swipes. At the same time, DDS has consistently been touted as a "break-even," non-profit business. But students have pointed out that DDS Director David Newlove published on his LinkedIn profile that DDS has pulled in over $2 million in profits over a two-year span.
(01/05/11 4:00am)
Controversy has surrounded The Dartmouth's decision this past year to publish the names of students who were arrested on felony charges. Supporter's of The D's decision point out that other local publications had already made the names available to the general public. Critics argue that identifying defendants who have not been convicted violates the principle of presumed innocence, and permanently damages the reputations of the accused.
(11/23/10 4:00am)
Bashing men on the issue of sexual assault became a persistent theme at Dartmouth this Fall term. A song attacking fraternity members as soul-stealing rapists was sent out to campus ("Out of Control," Oct. 4), and received open support from several students. The grave nature of such attacks even put Dartmouth men such as Tom Mandel '11 ("I am a Dartmouth Frat Bro," Oct. 6) in a position of needing to defend themselves against crimes they have never committed. "I am not a rapist, nor do I work to create a safe haven for sexual violence,'" Mandel stated in the first lines of his column.
(11/09/10 4:00am)
This past week, Keshav Poddar '14 discussed the crucial issue of the American voter lacking basic knowledge of civics as they entered the polls ("Uninformed Voter," Nov. 7). I could not agree more that a significant number of voters are uninformed, but I propose that the problem extends to a larger cultural issue prevalent throughout our nation. The particular uniformed friend that Poddar mentions has made essential headway in her self-education in U.S. politics she has identified the issue of her own unawareness, and can proceed from there. But many people are not so brave to question and investigate the accuracy of their own knowledge.
(10/12/10 2:00am)
Greek houses are facing felony charges for providing alcohol to us. College President Jim Yong Kim says over and over that we drink to excess. The indefinite threat of Hanover Police's sting operations continues to linger over our campus. And after this weekend, it's no longer safe for us to use the Good Samaritan policy to help out fellow students in need. What's to become of drinking at Dartmouth?
(10/12/10 2:00am)
Greek houses are facing felony charges for providing alcohol to us. College President Jim Yong Kim says over and over that we drink to excess. The indefinite threat of Hanover Police's sting operations continues to linger over our campus. And after this weekend, it's no longer safe for us to use the Good Samaritan policy to help out fellow students in need. What's to become of drinking at Dartmouth?
(09/23/10 2:00am)
My summer in China revealed many pleasant surprises. After listening to the American media's often damning portrayals of the nation, I thought I would face the most bizarre of cultural norms and a tremendous absence of human rights. But after spending some time there, I experienced neither. Instead, I found that their culture offered many solutions to issues we face throughout this country.
(05/28/10 2:00am)
As we approach the observance of Memorial Day this year, a certain silence and indifference falls upon our campus. Perhaps this is predictable in the news media, fallen veterans are often regarded as little more than a statistic. And since the Vietnam War, our nation's civilian population has grown emotionally distant from their military counterparts. Although I have no intention of forcing an appreciation for America's honored dead upon our student body, perhaps a retrospective of how their sacrifices continue to affect us today can help us appreciate the upcoming holiday.
(05/12/10 2:00am)
As the term begins to come to a close, there's a set of grades other than my own that I'm not looking forward to seeing the class medians. Unfortunately, there isn't a way I can avoid seeing them while checking my own grades since the two appear next to one another online. Even worse, I won't be able to hide them from graduate schools several years from now. This elevates the dilemma that Dartmouth students face when selecting classes whether to take the easy A or venture into a difficult but intriguing subject that truly interests them. Though the inclusion of median grades on transcripts may have been intended to combat grade inflation at Dartmouth, the reality is that it has furthered the rat race into post-graduate admissions, making students relive the disingenuous process of getting into college ("Living a Lie," April 15).
(04/29/10 2:00am)
Across the country, the nationalist English-only movement is once again on the rise. Arizona recently passed legislation that now allows officers to investigate anyone if there is "reasonable suspicion" to believe the individual is not a legal citizen legislation which will certainly result in the infringement on free speech in non-English languages. "This is Alabama. We speak English. If you want to live here, learn it!" is the platform of one Alabama gubernatorial candidate a state that takes its name from its native Muskogean-speaking tribe. A few protesters with signs supporting this cause have even infiltrated the usually libertarian-minded Tea Party protests.
(04/12/10 2:00am)
In the 1960s, student protests of military programs on college campuses turned violent. An ROTC commander's home was fired at with a shotgun. Buildings used for ROTC were sacked and firebombed. Ivy League schools and many other institutions conceded to the violent, anti-military insurgents, and chose to abolish their ROTC programs in protest. After the Vietnam War ended, schools maintaining the ban claimed that they were doing so because they were in disagreement with the Department of Defense's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy.
(03/29/10 2:00am)
This past St. Patrick's Day, my friend and I walked down a Montreal street with cans of Guinness, in honor of the Irish bishop. We were not alone all along Rue Crescent were Qubcois from 18 to their mid-30s doing the exact same. Something amazing happened that night. The 18 to 21-year-olds did not vomit profusely along the streets, nor did they brawl or inflict property damage. If these adults were allowed basic rights in a country that practices abhorrent socialism, certainly our land of the free and home of the brave is not more oppressive.
(03/02/10 4:00am)
Many people on campus have bandied about the phrase "social justice" over the past few weeks. But while opposition to employee layoffs has been open and vocal, there has been a mysterious silence from Parkhurst surrounding an incident that made a student feel unwelcome at Dartmouth.
(02/23/10 4:00am)
As I read "Too Few Good Men" (Feb. 22) by Blair Sullivan '10, I came upon the statement, "males have never been the victims of systematic discrimination." Such a boldly stated assertion must be true, even if it invalidates the gross injustice that men have faced historically and continue to face today. Never mind the massive inequities in our country's system that challenge the male gender according to Sullivan, men have never suffered the brunt of institutionalized inequity.
(02/02/10 4:00am)
Many critics have been quick to lash out against U.S. relief efforts in Haiti. Some of the arguments are outrageous claims of conspiracy. Televangelist Pat Robertson explained the disaster as a consequence of a "pact with the devil." Venezuela's state-run news station has even suggested that the United States caused the disaster using an "earthquake weapon." But outside of these laughable claims, credible sources have publicly commented that humanitarian aid operations are an attempt by the United States to occupy Haiti. Such remarks have become so unrelenting that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton felt it necessary to issue a rebuttal defending U.S. relief efforts. While some might believe that the United States is occupying Haiti, a look at comparable events shows that such claims are nonsense.
(01/05/10 4:00am)
After arriving at Dartmouth this past fall, I received a number of invitations to join clubs, including one from the College Democrats. I was surprised to see the e-mail invited me to stop by and "Bash Republicans." Though not a Republican or a conservative, I counted myself out. If Republican bashing was anything like gay bashing, I wanted no part of it.
(11/30/09 4:00am)
In the wake of the tragic shootings at Fort Hood, the national community has gathered to mourn the loss of 13 Americans. As a precaution, the Department of Homeland Security warned the Muslim-American community of the potential backlash from those who would blame them. At the same time, the media immediately sensationalized Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's Islamic faith and triggered a new wave of fear of the religion.
(11/11/09 4:00am)
Last week, the legislature of the "Live Free or Die" state failed to overturn a veto of a bill decriminalizing the medicinal use of marijuana for chronically and terminally ill patients ("Gov.'s veto of marijuana bill upheld," Nov. 3). HB 648 a bill proposing the permitted use of marijuana at a physician's discretion had passed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives 232-108 and in the State Senate 14-10, but was vetoed thereafter by Governor John Lynch, D-N.H.
(10/30/09 3:00am)
The appointment of College President Jim Yong Kim was celebrated as a landmark for Asian Americans. It seems unbelievable that, over the last century and a half, the federal government was responsible for race-based imprisonment and immigration bans. Since the repeal of such discriminatory acts, Asian Americans have made significant progress in this country but not without impediments. Ignorance and discrimination toward Asian Americans are still pressing issues, even at Dartmouth. Thus, it is imperative for Dartmouth and the entire Ivy League, to which the rest of the nation looks as a model for education to provide students with an education on the history of Asians in America and the outlook necessary to break the racial barriers that divide our country.
(10/09/09 2:00am)
"Live Free or Die" New Hampshire's state motto is proudly inscribed on its license plates, echoing the state's libertarian history. These were the words of a man who valued freedom more than his personal longevity Gen. John Stark, a New Hampshire native who fought in the American Revolution.