Vox Clamantis: Sheep Mentality?
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I read Friday's Verbum Ultimum (May 20) with much ambivalence. Certainly, anyone should be alarmed when a trustee candidate claims about how weblogs have taught him about the "real" situation on campus. As an occasional visitor of the blogs, I read them more for their entertainment value than anything else because I enjoy reading the strong opinions of some of their very bright authors. However, weblogs are hardly an outlet of unbiased and legitimate news, and I think that the candidates recognized this by posting news articles and editorials (some written by this very Editorial Board itself) in defending their stances.
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It was the hope of many people in the Dartmouth community that a number of editorials published at the end of last term would spark change rather than produce another round of administrative excuses in The Dartmouth. At the very least, they hoped for a straight answer. These hopes, however, remain unfulfilled.
An unusual number of responses have been published in The Dartmouth to counter Joe Asch's controversial column ("Dear Old Dartmouth?" Feb. 28). Indeed, he argued an extreme position and misrepresented several situations to defend it. From a student perspective, I must point out, however, that his critics have failed to convince me that his overall assessment is fundamentally wrong.
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Intrigued by the recent idylls and rants in The Dartmouth concerning our U.S. News ranking (August 24, "Dartmouth ranked ninth -- again"), I decided to peruse a copy of the magazine myself to see what all the fuss was about. I have long been a skeptic of such numeric ratings and dread the damaging incentives they create in the college admissions "game," especially given their frequent political motivations. Nevertheless, in examining the rankings, I noticed that Dartmouth is among the worst of top-notch schools in providing small classes, a category which is rightfully given significant weight in the rankings.
After getting a good laugh out of Friday's editorial cartoon in The Dartmouth, I realized that little has been said in our paper about the controversy over the membership policies of the Augusta National Golf Club. For those who haven't kept abreast of the issue, Martha Burk -- head of the National Council of Women's Organizations -- sent a letter last summer to Augusta National Chairman Hootie Johnson demanding that the club open its membership to women before the 2003 Masters tournament "or else." The Augusta National, which hosts the most prestigious golf tournament in the world, has never had a woman member. As an Augusta native and a college golfer, I have followed the controversy with interest.