Mascot is Dehumanizing
(11/15/01 11:00am)
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After a month and a half of bombing, America has forced the Taliban to flee from their capital city. Now, more than ever before, word is out that nations responsible for terrorism shall perish from this earth. The networking and sophistication allowed by state-sponsored terrorism will also come tumbling down in a rain of firepower that it can not match. It's been pretty amazing, whether you like it or not; and yet, we must not forget that the hardest battle of the "War on Terrorism" has barely begun.
After careful deliberation, I have decided that my new title should be: "Rachel Baker, Gallaudet University Plaza Dining Hall Food Comprehension Facilitator."
Dozens of representatives from seven of eight Ivy League institutions traveled to Brown University this past weekend for the fall conference of the Ivy Council.
Last night found the small auditorium of Rocky 1 bursting at the seams with students, faculty, and community members sitting and standing in every free patch of space the room had to offer.
Safety concerns on and off campus have mounted as the hunt for the perpetrator of Saturday morning's assaults on two female students continues.
Authorities "have some strong leads" and are "definitely making progress" in the case of two assaults on female students that took place on campus last Saturday morning, according to Lauren Cummings '72, the sergeant-in-charge of the investigation for Safety and Security.
The infectious rhythms of traditional and modern West African, Brazilian and Indian music will reverberate in Spaulding Auditorium tonight when the Dartmouth World Music Percussion Ensemble performs its annual fall concert entitled "Dance of the Small Drums."
If you would have asked any of us how we would be ending our field hockey careers here at Dartmouth, you would probably hear a conglomeration of ideas, including going to the NCAA playoffs and winning an Ivy League championship.
The seas were calm, too calm in fact, as the coed sailing team had a rough weekend in Charleston. The Big Green coeds finished a distant 10th in the field of 16 as the premier regatta of the fall, the Atlantic Coast Championships, was marked by extremely light winds. The women's team, meanwhile, competed at the Women's ACCs at Navy and faired slightly better, placing third. As for the freshman, they had another strong showing, coming in second at their version of the ACCs, hosted by Brown.
On Monday afternoon, the NCAA announced the teams destined for the cross country national championships next Monday in Furman, S.C. The Big Green women earned an at-large bid to the tournament while the men were an automatic selection on the heels of their second-place finish at Northeast regionals.
Over the months I've been writing for "The D," my columns have leaned 90 degrees to the Right, the free market, and the relentless and unfettered pursuit of all the things that we conservatives love -- defense spending, oil drilling, and tax cuts. So it shouldn't surprise anyone that today I'm writing about how something invented since the Eisenhower Administration is weakening the moral fiber of America and undermining our ability to resist the insidious threat posed by foreign forces. It isn't the Education Department -- no, that bloated federal agency is beyond help. It isn't MTV or the National Organization of Women. All of these insult the Republican, but this threat cannot be avoided, tuned out, or exorcised away by a God-fearing minister.
Most Americans have probably seen the new type of advertising that has emerged since the Sept. 11 attacks. These new patriotic ads proclaim a company's support of the United States while simultaneously proclaiming the benefits of some need-to-have product. Here are a few examples:
Dartmouth administrators didn't make a public statement when they learned that a sign instructing worshippers to remove their shoes before entering Rollins Chapel's Muslim prayer room had disappeared the day after the terrorist attacks.
Enrollment in classes about the Middle East and Islam has climbed to unprecedented levels across the nation in the wake of Sept. 11.
Approximately 80 students stormed and took over Parkhurst Hall for 12 hours in 1969 to protest Dartmouth's ROTC program. Opposition to the College's military ties and the trustees' conflicting decision to sustain the Reserve Officer Training Corps in a time of such prominent anti-war movements drove protestors to occupy the administration building.