Opinion

Iturrey: Counterproductive Change

By Alesy Iturrey | July 23, 2012

Last week, Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson announced harm reduction reforms concerning the Greek Letter Organizations and Societies' alcohol and intervention policies.

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Opinion

Koenig: A Scout Scorned

By Aaron Koenig | July 19, 2012

As a former Eagle Scout, I was shocked to learn of the Boy Scouts of America's decision to uphold discriminatory membership standards that exclude LGBTQ youth and volunteers from the organization.

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Opinion

Cipparone: Bottom-Up Accountability

By Charlotte Cipparone | July 19, 2012

When I matriculated at Dartmouth, I had never tasted alcohol. I was intimidated by the Greek scene and unsure about getting drunk.

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Opinion

Vox Clamantis: Adhering to Aims

By Lee Witters | July 19, 2012

To the Editor: I, too, find the College's refusal to establish a Violence Prevention Center difficult to imagine, as pointed out by theater professor Peter Hackett in his letter on July 17.

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Opinion

Rothfeld: Present Thought

By Becca Rothfeld | July 16, 2012

In March 2010, former College President Jim Yong Kim spoke at The Washington Post lecture series on leadership.

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Opinion

Kim: Classification of Disease

By Yoo Jung Kim | July 16, 2012

Imagine you develop a mysterious pain in the side of your neck. After months of trying to ignore the discomfort, you finally make an appointment with your primary care provide, then a specialist who combs through your medical history, your family background, X-ray images and MRI images and comes to a conclusion.

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Opinion

Wheatley: Sensationalizing Ideology

By Louis Wheatley | July 12, 2012

Every so often, high-profile figures veer off the beaten path of the lecture circuit to visit our campus.

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Opinion

A Chance To Get It Right

By The Summer Editorial Board | July 12, 2012

On July 2, Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson announced proposals for a revised alcohol policy that will permit random walkthroughs of all campus common spaces by Safety and Security at any time, require Greek houses to hire licensed caterers to serve hard alcohol and apply stronger punishments to organizations for serving "punch" at parties.

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Opinion

Iturrey: A True Art Form

By Alesy Iturrey | July 9, 2012

Art as a concept is hard to define. It is often reactionary, dealing with themes or conflicts of the era.

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Opinion

Yang: Silencing Students

By Lorelei Yang | July 9, 2012

Last week, the New Hampshire legislature overrode Governor John Lynch's veto on a bill requiring photo identification to vote in elections, thereby passing one of the most draconian voter ID laws in the United States.

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Opinion

Pedde: A Depressing Fallacy

By Jonathan Pedde | July 5, 2012

In its decision in National Federation of Independent Businesses v.

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Opinion

Sinclair: Back to the Future

By Katie Sinclair | July 5, 2012

I remember it like it was yesterday. Actually, that's not true I remember it like it was almost two years ago, a warm sunny day in September.

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Opinion

Pedde: Blame Yourself, Not the Court

By Jonathan Pedde | July 2, 2012

Correction appended About a week ago, I overheard a rather distressing conversation between several students.

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Opinion

Mehring: Live Free or Die?

By Adam Mehring | July 2, 2012

What do New Hampshire seat belt laws have to do with the Affordable Care Act? The connection may not seem apparent at first.

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Opinion

From the Summer Editorial Board: A Momentous Decision

By The Summer Editorial Board | June 28, 2012

The U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling on Thursday to uphold key provisions of the Affordable Care Act has sent shock waves through the public psyche.

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Opinion

Wheatley: Let Them Vote

By Louis Wheatley | June 28, 2012

Although I've only been of voting age for two years of my life, I haven't missed an election yet, either local or federal.

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Opinion

Casler: Merely a Means to an End?

By Don Casler | June 25, 2012

As I groggily emerged from my post-meetings slumber last Thursday, I hit the snooze button on my alarm and scanned through my blitzes.

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Opinion

Ramesh: Incestuous Myths

By Chandrasekar Ramesh | June 25, 2012

You support gay marriage, so you must be gay, right? A person asking this question would be laughed out of most conversations.

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Opinion

West: A Heavy Weight to Bear

By Ryan West | June 21, 2012

When I was in the Marine Corps, my issued weapon was an M4 carbine. It was light, compact, accurate and easy to handle.

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Opinion

Brooks: Focus on Policy, Not Politics

By David Brooks | June 21, 2012

As the summer progresses, the presidential election season will pick up steam. Battleground states will see ever more attack advertisements, and the American public can look forward to further swipes back and forth between the candidates, increased media scrutiny, the veepstakes and, of course, more debates.

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