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June 23, 2025 | Latest Issue
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Opinion

Sex, Love and Liberalism

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When Chris Kelly '96, suggests in his column "Lessons to Learn From 'Spanking The Monkey'" (Jan. 30) that there should be more explicit and widespread campus discourse about sex, he champions a central, and deplorable, aspect of modernity: the replacement of the idea of love with the reality of sex. Kelly is not the first to revolt against love in the name of sex.





News

Winter wolf being built

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Even though there now is enough snow to complete the traditional Winter Carnival sculpture on the center of the Green, there still is a chance the sculpture will not be completed. Patricia Bankowski '95, who is in charge of building this year's sculpture, said if enough students do not come out to help construct the sculpture, it will not be finished in time for Carnival. "I do have some concerns about the timing of the snow sculpture," she wrote in an electronic mail message.







News

College looks at honor principle

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The Committee on Organization and Policy recently sent out questionnaires to students and faculty to assess the effectiveness of the College's Academic Honor Principle. Eight-hundred random undergraduates received the questionnaire, which asked how thoroughly they have been informed about the honor principle in class, what they believe would violate the principle and if they would report such violations. The questionnaire sent to all faculty members was similar to the one sent to students.


Opinion

The Right to Life at Any Age

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During the elections of this past Novem ber, many deep changes took place, not only in who is in office and who is not, but also in the area of what is accepted and rejected by a majority of our society. Particularly in the pro-life arena, both positive and negative changes came to light. One of the most remarkable stories of the elections in November which has been deliberately ignored and played down is the overwhelming evidence they provided to demonstrate that the United States is turning against abortion.




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SA execs vote down motion to adjourn

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The Student Assembly's Executive Committee last night voted down a proposal to have the Assembly adjourn until Spring term in an effort to attempt to institute sweeping structural changes. The motion, sponsored by Assembly Vice President John Honovich '97, failed to pass an executive committee vote on its research and style.


Opinion

Laser Tag -- Not Just a Game

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I was convinced last week by a number of people that the best way to spend my Friday evening would be playing laser tag at Webster Hall. Upon consenting to the activity, a few things flashed through my mind.


News

Krauss: many languages could soon be extinct

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Speaking to a standing-room only audience in the Rockefeller Center for the Social Sciences, University of Alaska Professor Michael Krauss said more than half of spoken languages in the world today are close to extinction, Krauss' speech on Friday was the keynote address for a weekend-long seminar called "Endangered Languages: Current Issues and Future Prospects," which brought scholars together from across the country to discuss the future of languages. Krauss said only about five percent of birds are endangered, but about "40 to 75 percent of mankind's languages are endangered." Also, human languages are declining even while human population is booming, he said. Krauss gave several reasons why languages and their dialects are on the decline. He said in communities where languages are fading out, about 39 percent of language is sustained by a group of elders and about 33 percent of the language speakers are only a handful of people. The diversification of dialects may be declining because of technological advances.


Arts

LaForgia performs at the Hop

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The charmingly mannered Jeanne LaForgia '92, accompanied on the piano by her former voice teacher, Louis Burkot, gave an enthusiastic performance of selections from her master's thesis yesterday afternoon in Faulkner Recital Hall.


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CUAD honors Reagan's birthday

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Against the backdrop of 1980s music, about 30 students gathered in the Hyphen to eat pizza, play games and commemorate former President Ronald Reagan's 84th birthday on Saturday night. The party was hosted by the Conservative Union at Dartmouth, and CUAD president Bill Hall '96 said it was the fourth annual party in Reagan's honor.