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(10/03/01 9:00am)
To be young is to rebel; this is a truth as powerful as any other. And thus I decided several months ago that instead of flying back to Dartmouth in the fall, I would drive. From California. Rebellious? Hell, I figured this put me in a class with the Vietcong. After all, how much more rebellious could I get than a decision that would thrust my mother into a weeklong state of perpetual worry?
(10/03/01 9:00am)
An unfortunate trend is emerging in the United States. At a time when Americans are particularly prone to terrorist attacks at home and abroad, the majority of Americans seem to be possessed with ideas of gallant and fearless revenge rather than ideas of a safe and secure life. Our leaders and representatives in government babble about the might of the United States military, economy, and people, and how America will someday respond (violently) to the atrocities of Sept. 11. President Bush updates the nation daily, giving the same basic message every day: "We've deployed so many troops here and there. They can run but they cannot hide. Justice will prevail. We now have the brother of the neighbor of one of the terrorists in custody "
(10/03/01 9:00am)
When we think about the differences between our values here in America and the values of the people who flew planes into our buildings on Sept. 11, the extent to which we embrace individual freedoms tops the list. America not only permits, but encourages, diversity of opinion on virtually every issue, and we have certain rights against governmental intrusion that make it easier for us to live our everyday lives without fear of constraint or persecution.
(10/03/01 9:00am)
Thinking back to my summer internship on Capitol Hill, one thing seems perfectly clear: our nation took security for granted.
(10/03/01 9:00am)
As America reevaluates the security procedures in place at its stadiums, airports and federal buildings nationwide, the U.S. university system has been forced to reexamine its security measures and consider how best to assure the safety of students and facilities.
(10/03/01 9:00am)
The times when we could afford to have the Internet be an unfettered playground for the digerati have long come to an end. Today, too many systems, including banking, water, governmental services and military information, hinge on the proper, secure functioning of our information infrastructure.
(10/03/01 9:00am)
America's computer systems could be the next victims of terrorist attacks, according to a new report by Dartmouth's Institute for Security Technology Studies.
(10/03/01 9:00am)
In the wake of Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, there has been a government-imposed crackdown at the nation's airports. Here are some of the changes that have been implemented according to a speech by Federal Aviation Administrator Jane Garvey to Congress on Sept. 21.
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The Sept. 11 hijackings forced officials at train stations, bus stations and airports nationwide to implement stricter security procedures and to assure the traveling public that trains, buses and airplanes are safe.
(10/03/01 9:00am)
Over the last few years, the United States has practiced an open-door policy towards foreign visitors and workers seen as beneficial to the American economy, including students, tourists and business people.
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According to a speech given by New Yorker staff writer Louis Menand in Rockefeller yesterday, the humanities are undergoing an increasing struggle in American universities.
(10/03/01 9:00am)
The Student Assembly, which convened as a general assembly for the first time this year, passed several resolutions and made a number of internal committee appointments at a meeting in Rocky 1 last evening.
(10/03/01 9:00am)
While Dartmouth's Greek leaders have been engaged in serious discussion for months about the future governing structure of the system and only recently approved a new proposal, most students are largely unaware of and personally uninterested in the recent decision.
(10/03/01 9:00am)
The Dartmouth Campus ROTC, in stride with military and political organizations across the country, has felt aftershocks from the devastating terrorist attacks of Sept. 11.
(10/03/01 9:00am)
A tough year in the stock market and the strain of a national emergency may lead more prospective and current students to apply for aid, but Dartmouth remains committed to fulfilling need, according to Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Karl Furstenberg.
(10/03/01 9:00am)
What could possibly motivate 18 terrorists to bomb three buildings and kill thousands? A panel discussion of the origins of the United States' war on terrorism held last night offered analysis into that and other such presumably unanswerable questions.
(10/02/01 9:00am)
A group of freshmen decide to throw a dorm party their first night at college. People are playing pong downstairs, someone gets "sexiled" by his roommate and there's a lot of beer around. Sound like a night at Dartmouth?
(10/02/01 9:00am)
There is an old saying that says people without money know who their friends are. Conversely, Barry Bonds knows who his enemies are. Here is a man at the top of the baseball world, two home runs from immortality, and he's getting about as much love from the country as George Bush at a meeting of the Sierra Club. Here are five reasons to root for the man nobody seems to want to root for.
(10/02/01 9:00am)
Shannon Rogers '04 continued her steady play from last week to pace the Dartmouth women's golf team to a 3rd place finish at the Mount Holyoke Invitational at South Hadley, MA, which took place this past weekend. Rogers shot a final Sunday round of 82 to finish with a tournament total of 165 (83+82) and finished 4th out of all 98 individual golfers.
(10/02/01 9:00am)
Before the season even started, the notion of a dominant Dartmouth football powerhouse was dismissed from the minds of the Ivy League contenders. Preseason reports left Dartmouth in the lower tier of the conference, with an offense hailed as lackluster and a defense that was described as far from extraordinary.