Opinion

Wheeler: Reforming an Imperfect Process

By Katie Wheeler | September 30, 2012

So girls' rush is finally over. Some of us are enthusiastically adapting to sorority life. Some of us got into the houses we always aspired to be in, while some of us found ourselves somewhere unexpected.

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Opinion

Vox Clamantis

By Daniel Bilar Th'03 | September 27, 2012

To the Editor: I parked my car at the Roth Center on Wednesday at 9 a.m. to attend Jewish services on Yom Kippur.

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Opinion

Verbum Ultimum: Make Your Vox Count

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | September 27, 2012

Last Friday, Vice President Joe Biden visited Dartmouth's campus and spoke at a rally endorsing the Democratic ticket ("Biden stumps at Hanover event," Sept.

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Opinion

Rubin: China's New Toy

By Alex Rubin | September 27, 2012

On Tuesday, the People's Republic of China launched its first-ever aircraft carrier, a ship they purchased from Ukraine and then refurbished.

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Sellers: Under Pressure

By Emily Sellers | September 26, 2012

Parents concerned about the welfare of their children have been forbidding sex, drugs and rock n' roll in one form or another for as long as modern society has existed.

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Haynes: Compassionless Conservatism

By Campbell Haynes | September 26, 2012

In a recent piece, Jonathan Pedde obfuscates an important discussion about Mitt Romney's "47 percent" comments with largely irrelevant and mostly anecdotal evidence about private giving to charities ("Those Unconcerned Conservatives," Sept.

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Opinion

Ramesh: Diversity Isn't Free

By Chandrasekar Ramesh | September 25, 2012

The term has hardly been in session for three weeks, but McNutt is already busy recruiting '17s and '18s, filling spots on athletic teams and giving tours to prospective students.

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Opinion

Francfort: Give Every Candidate a Voice

By Kevin Francfort | September 25, 2012

Both President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, have been traveling throughout the country over the past few weeks encouraging their supporters to get out and vote for them.

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Pedde: Those Unconcerned Conservatives

By Jonathan Pedde | September 24, 2012

Over the past week, remarks that Mitt Romney made last May at a fundraiser in which he appeared to write off 47 percent of the electorate were met with a mixture of scorn and bewilderment.

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Kim: Let Academia Speak for Itself

By Yoo Jung Kim | September 24, 2012

Jonah Lehrer, the author of popular science nonfiction books such as "How We Think," first came under scrutiny following allegations of self-plagiarism in various web and print publications.

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Kim: The Fallacy of "Follow Your Passion"

By Yoo Jung Kim | September 23, 2012

A fair number of my now-graduated friends are struggling in the dismal job market, still trying to figure out what they want to do with their lives.

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Opinion

Short Answer

By The Dartmouth Opinion Staff | September 23, 2012

Last week, The Dartmouth Editorial Board praised the College for investing greater resources in the arts and constructing the Black Family Visual Arts Center after focusing so heavily on the sciences and research in the previous few years.

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Opinion

Verbum Ultimum: Embracing the Arts

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | September 20, 2012

Over the past several years, Dartmouth has put a great deal of emphasis on strengthening its graduate programs and research departments, particularly in the fields of health care and the sciences.

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Opinion

Our Democratic Duty

By Lulu Chang | September 20, 2012

This past Friday, I was reminded of the strength and venerability of our extensive alumni network when I participated on the "Dartmouth Today Panel" as a member of the Hill Winds Society.

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Opinion

Brooks: Correct Correlations

By David Brooks | September 19, 2012

Recently, I was reading a portion of Steve Coll's Pulitzer Prize-winning book "Ghost Wars," which details the attack on the U.S.

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Wang: Looking for a Messiah

By Ethan Wang | September 19, 2012

In an attempt to relate to younger voters, Paul Ryan proclaimed at the Republican National Convention, "College graduates should not have to live out their 20s in their childhood bedrooms, staring up at fading Obama posters and wondering when they can move out and get going with life." Too real? Given these troubled economic times, this nightmarish prospect has no doubt crossed the minds of many students here at Dartmouth especially my fellow '13s.

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Opinion

Wheatley: Adding Insult to Initiation

By Louis Wheatley | September 18, 2012

I'm not the only one exhausted by the constant bickering between College administrators and students on the issues of drinking, sexual assault and hazing.

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Opinion

Iturrey: Occupational Contradictions

By Alesy Iturrey | September 18, 2012

Monday marked the one-year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York City, and protestors celebrated the event with songs, parades and blockades around the island of Manhattan, a spectacle that resulted in approximately 180 arrests for disorderly conduct.

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Opinion

Hoyt: An Imperfect System

By Hannah Hoyt | September 17, 2012

We're at that point in the year when sophomores begin nervously scurrying around campus in small groups.

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Opinion

Wheeler: Touch the Fire... If You Want To

By Katie Wheeler | September 17, 2012

On Oct. 27, roughly 1,100 freshmen decked out in Dartmouth '16 shirts and green face paint will march toward the Green.

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