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Enough About Trains

By Janos Marton | January 14, 2004

To the Editors: Trevor Burgess' patronizing letter to the editor on Jan. 12 highlights the fundamental contradiction of the proposed changes to the Alumni Constitution.

Opinion

Atrocities in Chechnya

By Ilya Feoktistov | January 14, 2004

The video showed a young man pleading in Russian as a Chechen kidnapper cut off his ear and repeatedly kicked at the stump. "I beg you to give them money, please.

News

Brooks: Education has polarized voters

By Liz Yepsen | January 14, 2004

A more educated voting public and urban sprawl are factors contributing to an increasingly polarized electorate, New York Times op-ed columnist David Brooks said in a speech yesterday entitled "The Presidency Wars: Politics and Culture in a Polarized Age." An increasing number of voters with college degrees produces a voting populace that is more likely to vote along party lines and less likely to register as independent, Brooks said.

Opinion

A Muddled, Mixed Message

By Amie Sugarman | January 13, 2004

Upon consideration of President Bush's incredible track record in international relations, one might find it difficult to conceive that his new stance toward foreigners is muddled.

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Journalist discusses Mideast

By Liz Yepsen | January 13, 2004

Determining America's global role, changing the American view of the Islamic world and channeling faith into peaceful change are all challenges the world faces in the Middle East today, Washington Post foreign correspondent Robin Wright said Monday in her speech "The Middle East and Islamic World: Challenges in 2004." According to Wright, the American view of the Islamic and Arab world as entirely distinct from the U.S.

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Dog Day hones comedic instincts in rehearsal

By Frances Cha | January 13, 2004

Though both short and long form comedy fall under the umbrella of improv comedy, this reporter soon found out that they are entirely different beasts after attending the long form-based rehearsal of the Dog Day Players, the College's oldest improv comedy group. Friday 5:30 p.m., Wilson Hall, Room 301 " Dog Day Players Once the Players had taken their boots and layers off and had stopped shivering from the cold, Cliff Campbell '04 opened rehearsal with this week's announcements.

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Smith theft marks second burglary

By Colin Barry | January 13, 2004

After the report of a second sizable theft in Smith yesterday, Hanover Police Chief Nicholas Giaccone speculated that a professional burglar may be targeting dorm rooms at the College. "If it is outside talent -- meaning people who are not from this area and make it their business to target colleges -- this has me somewhat concerned.

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Clark stumps on religion, Iraq war

By Steven Orbuch | January 12, 2004

Democratic presidential hopeful Wesley Clark spent much of his time at Dartmouth Friday discussing traditionally Republican issues while extolling a moderate Democratic message for "leadership that will hold this country together." The retired four-star general spoke and held question-and-answer sessions on religion, military strength and a host of other issues at Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity's pancake breakfast in the morning, and again at the Top of the Hop in the early evening. Both events transpired during a day in which Clark received word that he was trailing frontrunner Howard Dean by 15 points -- the narrowest margin to date between the second place Clark, and Dean-- in a Jan.

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