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Daughters Before Dollars

By Erin McDonald | January 16, 2008

To the Editor: Where are our women? As a proud member of the Greek system and a proud woman of Dartmouth, I am still waiting to hear what the females on the Board of Trustees -- who represent all of the women of Dartmouth -- have to say about the unfair and blatantly inconsiderate decision to allow Beta back on campus. Sadly there are only three women on the 18-member Board of Trustees, but that means there are three powerful Dartmouth leaders who can step up and advocate for the women of the College on important issues like the one at hand. I truly hope that all of the Trustees, male and female, are closely monitoring the emotional response from Dartmouth students and alumni who oppose the College's decision to bring back Beta.

Opinion

XO, I Love You

By Brian Solomon | January 16, 2008

Optimism abounded when Nicholas Negroponte announced his goal to design the $100 laptop, an item that could improve learning for millions of poor children in developing countries.

Opinion

Strictly Business

By Christian Haines | January 16, 2008

The current cause-celebre in the ongoing debate about the roles of fraternities and sororities on our campus is the eviction of Alpha Xi Delta from the physical plant it has rented from Beta Theta Pi for the last ten years. As this incident includes many of the issues that are discussed whenever the pros and cons of the Greek system are debated, I feel that a fair amount of conflation is occurring. I would like to speak directly to the AZD-Beta issue, however, instead of injecting it with many of the other issues surrounding the Greek system. All talk of gendered spaces aside, at its heart, the AZD-Beta dispute is a legal contract matter: Beta leased its physical plant to AZD. I have no personal knowledge of this lease, but I assume that in this lease there are conditions under which Beta can renew it or evict AZD from the house. If Beta breached the contract, AZD should sue Beta.

Opinion

The Privilege to Prioritize

By Dan Chiu | January 16, 2008

"I personally think that society is responsible for a very significant percentage of what I've earned," investor-philanthropist Warren Buffet famously said.

Sports

The Glove: New Year, Same Story

By Dave Glovsky | January 16, 2008

n contrast to the remarkable fluidity shown by many professional sports teams -- my New England Patriots were 5-11 in 2000, the year before they went off on their current run -- college sports teams tend to be more consistent on a year-to-year basis.

Big Green women's basketball broke its winning streak on Monday.
Sports

Holy Cross downs women's hoops

By Kevin Liao | January 16, 2008

Jennie Post / The Dartmouth Staff In a close contest against nonconference rival Holy Cross, the Big Green women's basketball team's inability to hit key shots proved a deciding factor in a tough 60-52 loss on Monday night.

Robert Jensen, associate professor of journalism at the University of Texas at Austin, discussed the societal implications of pornography on Monday.
News

Jensen says porn reflects 'worst of human beings'

By Andrew Wells | January 15, 2008

Andy Foust / The Dartmouth Attendees at Robert Jensen's lecture, "Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Intimacy" responded enthusiastically to his request for the crowd to complete the sentence, "Pornography is blank." Jenson was met with cries of "awesome," "degrading," "complicated" and "prostitution," as audience members shouted in reply.

Senatorial candidate and Dartmouth Medical School professor Jay Buckey met with Dartmouth College Democrats for a dinner discussion on Monday.
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Buckey meets with College Dems

By Susan Matthews | January 15, 2008

Erin Jaeger / The Dartmouth Staff As part of a grassroots approach to his campaign for Senate, Dartmouth Medical School professor Jay Buckey joined the Dartmouth College Democrats for a dinner discussion on Monday.

News

Yale increases aid for middle class families

By Mat Grudzien | January 15, 2008

Yale University President Richard Levin announced on Monday that the cost of undergraduate education at the university would now be reduced by an average of 50 percent for each student currently receiving financial aid.

Opinion

No More Sons of Dartmouth

By Sara del Nido | January 15, 2008

To the Editor: I could not agree more with Elise Waxenberg '08's opinion of what the College should do in response to Dartmouth Beta's return ("Reparations and Recognition," Jan.

Opinion

The Future of Fundraising

By Amie Sugarman | January 15, 2008

To the Editor: As a Dartmouth and Alpha Xi Delta alum, I would like to express my deep concern with the College's decision to allow Beta Theta Pi back to campus.

Opinion

Discrimination Against Beta

By Sal Sciretto | January 15, 2008

To the Editor: Seems like nothing has changed at my alma mater. Like my country, the U.S.A., Dartmouth always has me battling to endure the love-hate relationship that comes with the territory.

Opinion

Join the Dartmouth Beta-Blockers

By Kelsey Blodget | January 15, 2008

Correction appended The College didn't have to give Beta a second chance. But it did. Why, when frats already outnumber sororities on campus two to one, would the College make a move that will disenfranchise women even further?

Opinion

Republi-Can

By Zak Moore | January 15, 2008

Early in the 2008 primary season, intangible ideas seem to be most important to voters -- change and hope rather than policy or experience.

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