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(10/08/12 2:00am)
Whether it was through a game of harbor, a trip to the river or watching the Olympics, I found plenty of time during my Summer term for fun and distractions, and I ultimately had an amazing experience in part due to the NRO I used in one of my courses. So when I read that some professors were critical of the non-recording option policy, I immediately felt the need to come to the defense of one of the College's best policies ("NRO policy can detract, professors say," Sept. 25).
(09/20/12 2:00am)
Recently, I was reading a portion of Steve Coll's Pulitzer Prize-winning book "Ghost Wars," which details the attack on the U.S. embassy in Islamabad on Nov. 21, 1979. For a moment, I felt as though I was reading a description of the recent attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi on Sept. 11. The two attacks in many ways resemble one another. In 1979, no one had expected that the students who stormed the U.S. Embassy would explode into the radical groups that fueled the Afghan insurgency, exported terrorism and started the madrassas that would train the militants we are fighting today. However, it is the protests at the U.S. embassy in Cairo and not the attack on the consulate in Benghazi that are most troubling.
(08/17/12 2:00am)
To the delight of Dartmouth's internet trolls, the popular yet infamous message board Bored at Baker will be back up and running on Sept. 1. The site has apparently been down for the majority of the term, but the break from Bored at Baker seems to have gone unnoticed by much of the Dartmouth community.
(08/03/12 2:00am)
Gentlemen, lowering alcohol-related incidents will require a more permissive drinking environment." So began a presentation that I had been tasked to give. Because of high levels of alcohol-related incidents, the commanding general of the Third Marine Aircraft Wing had ordered all subordinate groups to create symposiums with their squadrons, led by a sergeant and involving all non-commissioned officers in the group.
(06/22/12 2:00am)
As the summer progresses, the presidential election season will pick up steam. Battleground states will see ever more attack advertisements, and the American public can look forward to further swipes back and forth between the candidates, increased media scrutiny, the veepstakes and, of course, more debates. Being a political junkie, I know I'm going to be sucked into watching my fair share of debates. I just wish for once that these debates would be focused on policy instead of mere semantics.
(05/24/12 2:00am)
In 2006, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia wrote in a concurring opinion on the death penalty case Kansas v. Marsh that there has not been "a single case not one in which it is clear that a person was executed for a crime he did not commit. If such an event had occurred in recent years, we would not have to hunt for it; the innocent's name would be shouted from the rooftops."
(05/08/12 2:00am)
On May 2, Junior Seau took his own life with a gunshot to the chest. His was the third in a string of suicides by former NFL players, and his death brought national attention to the subject of traumatic brain injury in football.
(04/24/12 2:00am)
Sometimes, we have to stop and take the time to appreciate what we have. When I was younger, I wanted a job badly. I figured that with some extra income I could afford more CDs, a new skateboard, some new clothes and maybe even a car, but my mom refused to let me find a job. Toward the end of my senior year of high school, she finally relented. However, prior to that point, all of my extra income was provided by the occasional odd job and the generosity of my parents.
(04/11/12 2:00am)
Hillary Clinton has been an outstanding secretary of state. During her tenure, Clinton has enjoyed high approval ratings nationally and has been welcomed with general acclaim by the international community. She has been innovative in guiding the trajectory of the U.S. State Department and has refocused it strategically to adapt to 21st century challenges. Hopefully, after she steps down in January, the next secretary of state will continue the innovation and progress that Clinton began.
(02/23/12 4:00am)
While reading Zack Miller's recent column about Iran's nuclear program, I began thinking about all the arguments I could make against his assertion, as I have previously argued in this paper that the Iranian threat is overstated.
(02/13/12 4:00am)
February is to full swing, and at college campuses across America, the festivities of V-Day are set to begin. Multiple groups across Dartmouth have planned myriad events for V-Week, which will culminate in performances of "The Vagina Monologues." Here at Dartmouth, the performances are produced at the behest of students with help from the Center for Women and Gender. However, one particular monologue in the play seems to be at odds with the goals of the students and groups involved in the production.
(01/11/12 4:00am)
Back in November, I tuned into the Republican primary debate on foreign policy, my favorite political topic. When the debate inevitably turned to the subject of Iran, I listened with piqued interest. With the exception of Ron Paul, the candidates were falling over one another to present themselves as the toughest person in the room. Newt Gingrich projected a particularly cavalier attitude, adding regime change to his long list of threats to the Iranian government. Rick Perry upped the ante by advocating a no-fly zone in Syria to thwart those pesky Iranians. (How a no-fly zone over Syria has anything to do with Iran is beyond me, but it sounds really tough!) Since the debates, the Republican candidates, save Paul, have been beating their war drums and increasing their vitriolic anti-Iran rhetoric. Gingrich has compared Iran to the rise of Nazi Germany with only America able to stop its leaders' diabolic schemes. Mitt Romney has desperately tried to paint necessary cuts in military spending as insouciance by the Obama administration. However, lost in all this gung-ho hyperbole is an incontrovertible reality no one is going to war with Iran over nukes, and I can give you three reasons why.
(11/21/11 4:00am)
Although it feels like so long ago that I was confusedly eyeing a map and carrying way too many papers as I walked around campus, I am not that far removed from Orientation week. One of the "mandatory" events that I didn't skip that week was a performance addressing issues related to sexual assault and violence. Since then, I have become increasingly resolved to do what I can to help prevent violence from occurring at Dartmouth. Combating issues of sexual misconduct will take a concerted effort from everyone at Dartmouth, and I have witnessed situations that could hamper such efforts.
(11/03/11 3:00am)
On the night of Dec. 14, 2010, Agent Brian Terry of the U.S. Border Patrol was conducting an operation in the desert near Nogales, Ariz. with three members of his team when they came upon a group of five suspected illegal aliens armed with AK-47 variants. Tragically, in the resulting firefight, Terry was fatally wounded. As he lay there bleeding out in the cold winter air of the high desert, Brian Terry looked at his friend and fellow agent and confided, "I can't feel my legs." Those were the last words he uttered. Two of the three rifles recovered from the encounter were traced to an ill-conceived operation conducted by the U.S. Justice Department known as Fast and Furious. The Justice Department, with support from President Barack Obama, has consistently tried to cover up the details of Fast and Furious in a stark divergence from the clear and transparent government on which the president campaigned.
(10/25/11 2:00am)
On Aug. 23, I laughed at my television as an exultant Libyan rebel wearing one of former Libyan dictator Col. Moammar Gadhafi's obnoxious hats exclaimed, "I just went inside his room, Gadhafi's bedroom, and I was really, I was like Oh my God'. I am in Gadhafi's room. Oh my God. Then this thing happened. I found this [referring to the hat], oh my goodness." Good for you buddy, and good for the rest of Libya, which celebrated the end of Gadhafi's 42-year reign last Thursday. This is a victory not only for the Libyan people but also for the application of American interventionism.
(10/07/11 2:00am)
There have been plenty of opportunities to poke fun at the president over the last few years, such as incorporating drinking games into the State of the Union Address (the phrase "let me be clear" was easily responsible for the most shots taken since his inauguration). Now presidential primary season is upon us at Dartmouth, and since there are no Democratic primary challengers to poke fun at, I'm forced to focus my affection solely on the Republicans. In case you're unfamiliar with the participants in Tuesday's debate, I've compiled a fun little profile to help familiarize you yourself with the candidates: