Opinion

Opinion Asks: What to Do About Grade Inflation?

By The Dartmouth Opinion Staff | May 29, 2026

The Dartmouth’s Opinion writers and staff share their thoughts on grade inflation.

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Opinion

Letter to the Editor: I’m Not Telling You Not to Vote.

By W. Richard Benash | May 29, 2026

I’m not saying no one should vote — only that our current electoral system offers a false choice between two corrupt options.

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Cartoon

Moyse: The Money Could've Gone Literally Anywhere Else

By Eli Moyse | May 29, 2026

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Opinion

Alsheikh: Ledyard on the water

By Ramsey Alsheikh | May 29, 2026

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Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Be Glad You Have the Freedom to Choose — Use It or Lose It.

By Kim Rosenfield | May 28, 2026

Refusing to vote is a vote in favor of those in power who hope you do not vote.

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Opinion

Rao: Lukianoff Honorary Degree Honors Free Speech

By Arpit Rao | May 28, 2026

At a moment when campus free speech faces threats from every direction, Greg Lukianoff stands as one of its most principled defenders. The College is right to recognize him.

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Opinion

Alahyari: Let’s Keep the Blue Book (Mostly) Closed

By Ryan Alahyari | May 26, 2026

Standardizing in-class writing might prevent AI use in the short term, but it would leave students without the skills they would need to write for themselves in the long term.

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Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Your Free Time is Power

By Eli Moyse | May 26, 2026

Part of a Dartmouth education should be teaching people how to do inefficient things because of the corruption of free time caused by advancing technology.

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Opinion

Rempe-Hiam: Beilock, Harvard Is Waiting On Your Move. Don’t Cave.

By Oscar Rempe-Hiam | May 22, 2026

Harvard University just announced a policy to combat grade inflation. Their solution will cause more problems than solve.

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Opinion

Taneja: The Apocalypse Will Save Us All

By Rohan Taneja | May 22, 2026

AI will not save us from ourselves. But it could, if we let it, give us enough time to try.

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Opinion

Rempe-Hiam: Let’s Rail!

By Oscar Rempe-Hiam | May 22, 2026

With a myriad of problems facing our country, from climate change to poverty to a lack of transportation, we need effective policy, and we need it now. Trains might just be our solution.

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Opinion

Benash: Why I Am Not Voting This Election Day

By W. Richard Benash | May 22, 2026

The Democrats have given me nothing to vote for.

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Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Want True Viewpoint Diversity? Quit Recruiting MAGA Fans and Start Amplifying Black, Undocumented and Socialist Voices

By Unai Montes-Irueste | May 21, 2026

In response to the Editorial Board’s call for more right-leaning writers, Unai Montes-Irueste ’98 argues that The Dartmouth should instead spotlight “more directly impacted voices.”

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Opinion

Menna: The Price on the Sign

By Caroline Menna | May 21, 2026

Growing up in rural eastern Washington taught me how heavily everyday life depends on fuel prices. At Dartmouth, that lesson still applies.

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Opinion

Moyse: Slopify Me!

By Eli Moyse | May 19, 2026

Dartmouth’s Office of Communications extensive, obsessive training of Claude is sad and scary.

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Opinion

Werner, Opulauoho and Jiang: At This Year’s Commencement, Dartmouth Will Honor a Man Who Helped Megyn Kelly Smear Trans People

By Kelii Opulauoho , Jiachen Jiang and Valen Werner | May 19, 2026

Transgender members of the Dartmouth community don’t have the luxury of overlooking Greg Lukianoff’s history of vilifying us. The rest of Dartmouth shouldn’t overlook it either.

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Opinion

Rempe-Hiam: The Mall Isn’t Dying, It’s Just Getting A Pickleball Court

By Oscar Rempe-Hiam | May 19, 2026

Generation Z’s revitalized interest for shopping in person provides an opportunity for malls to revitalize as commercial and community centers.

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Opinion

Hofmann-Carr: Before They Were Famous

By Brendan Hofmann-Carr | May 15, 2026

Dartmouth has been graced by some genuinely legendary performers, usually before their prime –– let’s keep it that way.

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Opinion

Rempe-Hiam: Let The Mold Traditions Fail

By Oscar Rempe-Hiam | May 15, 2026

The rite-of-passage culture surrounding first-year housing allows the College to dodge accountability for its overpriced, unsafe housing conditions.

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Opinion

Moyse: Our College’s Model Collapse

By Eli Moyse | May 15, 2026

Artificial intelligence has made us all data producers, and many of us haven’t even realized it yet.

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