Opinion

Weinberg: An Effort to Reach Out

By ETHAN Weinberg | April 25, 2012

While I look forward to Pride Week every year, I cannot help but wonder why we frame the event the way we do.

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Pedde: In Need of a Few Ground Rules

By Jonathan Pedde | April 25, 2012

It is no secret that, three years since the official end of the recession, many of the world's economies are still in terrible shape.

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Wheeler: Defining True Diversity

By Katie Wheeler | April 24, 2012

The other day, a prospective student asked me about diversity at Dartmouth. I recalled some statistics that the Admissions Office had once thrown at me.

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Opinion

Wildes: A Crisis of Respect

By Sarah Wildes | April 24, 2012

We, the Panhellenic Council, feel it is necessary to take a public stance against the demeaning language in the alleged "pledge notes" distributed over the weekend.

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Opinion

Brooks: A Moment of Appreciation

By David Brooks | April 23, 2012

Sometimes, we have to stop and take the time to appreciate what we have. When I was younger, I wanted a job badly.

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Chang: Inequity in Our Backyard

By Lulu Chang | April 23, 2012

For some, part of Dartmouth's charm is largely contingent on the existence of "the Dartmouth bubble." Being in the middle of nowhere, it becomes easy to forget that the world does, indeed, exist beyond our campus.

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Opinion

Blair: Unproductive Accusations

By Peter Blair | April 22, 2012

Last Friday, Andrea Jaresova published a column criticizing Vita Clamantis' "Cemetery of the Innocents" display ("Unproductive Discourse," April 20). Jaresova's piece is a masterwork of misunderstanding, willful ignorance and fallacious reasoning.

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Opinion

Zehner: Sacre Bleu

By Nicholas Zehner | April 22, 2012

While most Dartmouth students were likely preoccupied with the continuing roller coaster ride that is the Bruins-Capitals series or our men's soccer team's triumph over Cape Verde, the eyes of economists and political commentators were settled on France. In yesterday's French presidential election, neither President Nicholas Sarkozy nor his socialist challenger Francois Hollande could muster an outright majority of the vote, and the two candidates must proceed to a runoff election on May 6.

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Opinion

Verbum Ultimum: Continuing to Move Forward

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | April 19, 2012

The Board of Trustees' decision to appoint Provost Carol Folt as interim College president was no doubt an expected and logical move.

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Jaresova: Unproductive Discourse

By Andrea Jaresova | April 19, 2012

This Wednesday, when I stepped out of my dorm in the Gold Coast cluster, I was shocked and dismayed.

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Schwartz: Missing the Murder Ballad

By Benjamin Schwartz | April 18, 2012

Beginning with the folk music revival in the 1940s, a genre of traditional songs from England and Scotland known as "murder ballads" began insinuating themselves into the national consciousness.

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Vox Clamantis

By Andrew Dete '09 | April 18, 2012

To the Editor: In his recent column ("Through the Looking Glass: Transcending the Hyphen," April 13), Garrett Wymore '13 cites a number of conflicts to support a central thesis that the culture of athletics, and specifically football, is in conflict with the mission of Dartmouth and the liberal arts.

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Opinion

Francfort: Digging the Debt Hole

By Kevin Francfort | April 18, 2012

A few weeks ago, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner '83 made a statement during a congressional hearing that ought to have made us all a little apprehensive.

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Opinion

Feiger: Taking Back Dartmouth

By Leah Feiger | April 17, 2012

Internalizing the idea of community at Dartmouth is difficult, to say the least. We are exposed to so many communities every day, from Greek organizations to sports teams to residential halls.

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Colaneri: Addressing Adderall Abuse

By Natalie Colaneri | April 17, 2012

Recently, we have devoted much attention to binge drinking, sexual assault and hazing on Dartmouth's campus.

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Rubin: Reintegration Requires Reform

By Alex Rubin | April 16, 2012

This past weekend, President Barack Obama traveled to Cartagena, Colombia to attend the Summit of the Americas hosted by the Organization of American States.

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Yang: A Stranglehold on the Bank

By Lorelei Yang | April 16, 2012

After what was the only seriously contested World Bank presidential selection process in history, College President Jim Yong Kim was elected as the new World Bank president yesterday.

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Opinion

Verbum Ultimum: Vote Tanenbaum, Dildine

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | April 15, 2012

This year's Student Assembly elections have certainly been exciting, featuring far more candidates for both president and vice president than in recent years.

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Opinion

Batchelor: Doing No Evil

By Jacob Batchelor | April 15, 2012

This past winter, hundreds of thousands of people banded together to strike down the Stop Online Piracy Act before it became law.

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Opinion

Danford: Vice-Presidential Candidate Statement

By Julia Danford | April 12, 2012

Nathan Yeo / The Dartmouth Senior Staff My name is Julia Danford, and I'm running for Student Assembly vice president on an official ticket with friend and presidential candidate Suril Kantaria. I'm a member of the Class of 2013 from Rollinsford, N.H.

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