Gender Parity is not Equity
The achievement of gender parity for the Class of 1999 is a significant accomplishment, but the College's work is not finished -- gender parity does not equal gender equity.
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The achievement of gender parity for the Class of 1999 is a significant accomplishment, but the College's work is not finished -- gender parity does not equal gender equity.
The Office of Residential Life should be applauded for its efforts to research whether the College should create more beds. But a "comprehensive review to examine students' housing needs" is hardly necessary to figure out that more beds are sorely needed.
Spending the summer in Hanover provides students with many chances to make our Dartmouth experience more rewarding.
During the last few years, the Student Assembly has been ineffective and has almost completely lost the respect of the administration and the student body. Tonight, the general Assembly should take the first step in reversing this trend by approving the recommendations made by the Student Assembly External Review Committee.
The College should commit itself to establishing gender equity in its social system and creating a new sorority would be a good start.
TheStudent Assembly should pass the recommendations of the Student Assembly External Review Committee as a vital first step in bringing some legitimacy back to student government at Dartmouth.
Dean of the College Lee Pelton took the easy way out by watering down his recommendations in the "Final Report of the Committee on the First-Year Experience," hindering his goal of increasing the quality of the first-year experience. The final report, which The Dartmouth received Friday, is a mere shadow of the initial report released more than a year ago.
Studentsdemanding that the College improve the way it handles sexual abuse complaints have noble intentions. But when they make uninformed demands on the administration they hinder the chance for productive reform.
TheCollege made the only practical decision available when it decided to move Commencement for the Class of 1995 from Baker Lawn to Memorial Field. While holding the ceremony in the football stadium is certainly less than ideal, the College really has no alternative.
Today,students have a rare opportunity to affect change and to let their voices be heard. All undergraduates should vote in the student elections.
Thechoice is clear. If Dartmouth want an effective government that will serve the students and will bicker less, then tomorrow students must vote for Brandon del Pozo '96 for Student Assembly president and Kelii Opulauoho '96 for vice president.
Student Assembly presidential candidates Brandon Del Pozo '96 andJim Rich '96 should both be penalized for violating early campaigning guidelines.
Student Assembly presidential candidate Phil Ferrera '96 has clearly violated election guidelines that prohibit cam-
The Student Assembly should be congratulated for the job it has done this term. The Assembly has made tangible efforts to help students, and more importantly, it has stopped most of its internal bickering.
With the 25th anniversary of coeducation fast approaching, the time is right for theCollege to create a task force to seriously evaluate the status of women on campus.
In theory, the Office of Residential Life's new housing plan is a good one. It makes sense for seniors, who have been at the College the longest time, to have the best housing on campus, followed by juniors and then sophomores.
The Student Assembly has made the right decision by supporting the
The Student Assembly can, for once, completely agree on something: Dartmouth's student government is in need of severe reform.
The Committee on Instruction's proposal to allow students to drop courses without a professor's permission up until the last two weeks of a term is unjustified and will not benefit the College.
Being part of a community carries certain responsibilities.