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April 17, 2026
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Mehring: A Constitutional Crisis

By Adam Mehring | January 9, 2013

Is our government broken? If the question sounds dramatic, allow me to elucidate. The most recently adjourned Congressional body, steeped in fringe politics and partisan interests, could barely perform its most fundamental civic duty of voting on and passing laws.

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Ramesh: The Barnes Dance

By Chandrasekar Ramesh | January 8, 2013

As citizens of Dartmouth College, we are all indoctrinated into the Salty Dog Rag. However, as residents of Hanover, we are all intimately familiar with another boogie the Barnes Dance.

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Student Roundtable

By Guest Columnists | January 8, 2013

Campus leaders provide a variety of perspectives on Philip Hanlon '77's appointment as Dartmouth's 18th president. President-elect Hanlon will bring to Dartmouth the vision of an accomplished administrator, the heart of a dedicated teacher and the mind of a renowned scholar all supreme qualities that will allow Dartmouth to thrive under his leadership. Our institution finds itself at a unique juncture.

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Kufta: Don't Forget About Us

By Matthew Kufta | January 7, 2013

Since the appointment of President-elect Philip Hanlon '77, many have highlighted the need for Hanlon to reconcile Dartmouth's undergraduate-centered identity with the needs of the College's graduate and professional schools.

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Yang: It Is A Small College...

By Lorelei Yang | January 6, 2013

During former College President Jim Yong Kim's administration, Dartmouth pursued a poorly-conceived and half-baked mission of globalizing the College's reach and increasing its international profile.

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Francfort: Diverse Enough?

By Kevin Francfort | January 6, 2013

/ The Dartmouth Staff As Dartmouth students began their winter break, the Presidential Search Committee appointed University of Michigan Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Philip Hanlon '77 as the next President of the College.

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Sheikh-Hassan: Dangerous Myths of Exceptionalism

By Sadia Sheikh-Hassan | November 12, 2012

This column is meant to address the concerns of "IndependentVoice" an anonymous commenter on The Dartmouth's article covering the bias incident last week who requested that someone discuss why this election has caused the phrase "f-ck white people" to trend on Twitter ("Incident Team reacts to bigoted vandalism," Nov.

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Wheeler: Obama's Folly

By Katie Wheeler | November 12, 2012

This past Tuesday, Barack Obama was reelected as the president of the United States. His triumph was met with great enthusiasm on college campuses across the nation.

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Hunter: Moving Beyond a Petition

By Max Hunter | November 12, 2012

On Saturday afternoon, a petition entitled, "Administration of Dartmouth College: Build feminist consciousness at the College in order to end the perpetration and normalization of sexual violence" began to circulate around Facebook and via email.

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