Johnston's generalizations about Greek system are unfounded
To the Editor: I am writing in response to Sarah Johnston's editorial, "Years Later-Have Greeks Changed?" (Oct.
To the Editor: I am writing in response to Sarah Johnston's editorial, "Years Later-Have Greeks Changed?" (Oct.
New Hampshire voters still favor Senator Bob Dole, R-Kan., in the upcoming Republican presidential primary, but would back retired Gen.
The women's volleyball team finished off its 1995 home schedule with a bang last Saturday, coming back from a 0-2 deficit to defeat Brown University 3-2.
About 25 members of the Conservative Union At Dartmouth met last night to informally debate Dinesh D'Souza's book "The End of Racism" and discuss race relations at Dartmouth, in anticipation of D'Souza's visit to the College this weekend. This Sunday, D'Souza, a member of the Class of 1983, will debate Government Professor Roger Masters on the problem of racism in American society. The debate is sponsored by CUAD. In a short and informal debate, Kishan Putta '96 took the position expounded by D'Souza in "The End of Racism" while John Honovich '97 argued the opposing viewpoint. Following their formal arguments, the two debaters elaborated their main points in an open discussion. Putta said black people need to focus inward on the problems afflicting their race. He pointed to the difficulty black men have being picked up by cab drivers who feel less safe with them in the car.
On my arrival at this college as a freshman, I was struck by a particular aspect of the culture of Dartmouth, namely, the emphasis on tradition.
To the Editor: How come when Marc McDonald '96 passes out in food court his picture is on the front page of The Dartmouth the very next day, but when he and his team sweep the Heptagonal Championships along with the women's team for the second straight year there is not even a single mentioning of it as late as three days later?
To the Editor: I couldn't help noticing that the headline having to do with the Dartmouth Night bonfire was incorrect.
When then College President David McLaughlin '54 resigned in 1987, cutting his term short by his own choice, many people on campus felt McLaughlin was leaving Hanover with a bad taste in his mouth. But McLaughlin has other feelings on his departure.
The men's freshman crew team made a sterling debut in its first action of the season on Sunday during a 14 boat regatta held on the Connecticut River. The heavyweights placed two boats in the top five, finishing second and fourth, and the lightweights also rowed well earning sixth overall , which was first among the lightweight boats. The strong rowing of the Big Green was surpassed only by UNH, who's top boat won by a comfortable margin of nearly 25 seconds. Regardless, the Big Green freshman kicked off their collegiate careers in impressive fashion. "Our times have improved tremendously over the past two weeks," Tom Reynolds '99 said.
G. Love and Special Sauce, a Boston-based trio whose raw, unabashed style has caught the attention of the hip-hop industry, will perform at Webster Hall this Friday at 8 p.m. Blending a strong blues influence with the lively rhythms of hip-hop, G.
Like the pond, my serenity is rippled but not ruffled." Thoreau's words from Walden danced through my head as I gazed through the pines at Storr's Pond.
The Men's Rugby team beat the University of Massachusetts 32-7 last weekend to wrap up the second consecutive season in which both the A and B sides went undefeated.
To the Editor: There were a number of problems with quotations and statements attributed to me in Friday's article about the sexual assault petition ("Group gathers signatures for sexual assault petition," Oct.
The Big Green men's and women's cross country squads ran away from their competition last weekend as both teams captured their second straight Heptagonals Championship. For the women's race, it was all Green as Dartmouth took the top three places with solid performances from senior co-Captains Maribel Sanchez [18:00.3] and Kristin Manwaring [18:13.1] and sophomore Diedra Millgian [18:16.9]. Dartmouth became the first team ever to take the top three positions. "It's a great feeling to repeat as the Heps winners," Manwaring said.
To the Editor: In last Thursday's article on the smaller Greek houses (Oct. 26, 1995), the headlines are rather ludicrous.
The Big Green traveled to Boston this past weekend seeking revenge from last year's loss to Harvard at home, and revenge was exactly what they got. Through rain and mud, Dartmouth powered past a struggling Harvard squad and came out with a 23-7 victory that puts the Big Green on a four game winning streak. "We won," tailback Greg Smith said after the game.
To the Editor: As the month of October comes to a close I am contemplating what it means to designate awareness months -- February for black history, March for women's history, April for sexual abuse awareness and so on.
For the second weekend in a row, the women's soccer team had to reschedule Saturday games to Sunday because of rain, and unfortunately, for the Big Green, for the second week in row, they had similar results. Dartmouth, who lost to Cornell last weekend 3-1 on a rescheduled Sunday game, came up short again yesterday as the Big Green fell to Harvard 3-2. Despite the day wait, the women came out strong in the first half, competing strongly with the Crimson who are currently in first place of the Ivy League. "We played really well the first half," co-Captain Holly Thomas '97 said.
In the aftermath of the 1992 Presidential election, analysts as well as many Republican leaders placed a good deal of the blame on the issue of family values.
The recent suicides of three Dartmouth students have left administrators, faculty and students at the College shaken and perplexed. Mark Reed, the medical director of Counseling and Human Development at Dick's House, said it is alarming that a school of Dartmouth's size has experienced so many suicides in such a short period of time. "Three suicides in four months is big, very big," he said. Since July, Philip Deloria '96, Sarah Devens '96 and Marcus Rice '94 have committed suicide.