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Schwartz: Social Relations and Technology

By Benjamin Schwartz | January 30, 2012

I remember first hearing about Facebook at dinner with a family friend who was then a professor at Vanderbilt University.

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Kim: STEMming the Flow of PhDs

By Yoo Jung Kim | January 29, 2012

This past winter, I attended a public thesis defense of a Dartmouth biology PhD candidate. Following the defense's successful completion, I asked the new doctor which institution she'd be off to next.

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Levin: The Secondhand Effects of Hazing

By Dani Levin | January 29, 2012

I am not going to talk about Andrew Lohse. We spend far too much time at Dartmouth as it is trying to discredit the messenger when we're uncomfortable with the message. The recent allegations regarding hazing ("Telling the Truth," Jan.

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Edsforth: What Is Capitalism?

By Ronald Edsforth | January 26, 2012

The current presidential campaign and the Occupy movement have many Americans discussing the character and causes of grossly unequal distributions of income, wealth and political power.

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Verbum Ultimum: The Importance of Accuracy

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | January 26, 2012

It is the responsibility of any journalistic publication to ensure the accuracy of the information that appears on its pages.

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Vox Clamantis: Get Up and Walk Away

By Max Hunter '13 | January 26, 2012

To the Editor: Hazing practices at any school from any student organization are undoubtedly a problematic issue.

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Johnson: A Response to Hazing Allegations

By Charlotte Johnson | January 25, 2012

As many of you are aware, I sent a message to the community yesterday regarding Andrew Lohse's column ("Telling the Truth," Jan.

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Ouellette: Intolerance at Dartmouth

By Torrese Ouellette | January 25, 2012

One night, my girlfriend and I were taking an evening jog. When we stopped to take a break in front of the Rockefeller Center, a group of male students walked by.

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Pedde: The Importance of Good Teachers

By Jonathan Pedde | January 24, 2012

It is no secret that good teachers can make a world of difference in their students' lives. Most people presumably would like to make sure that disadvantaged students have access to these good teachers.

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Lohse: Telling the Truth

By Andrew Lohse | January 24, 2012

We attend a strange school where a systemic culture of abuse exists under a college president who has the power and experience to change what can only be described as a public health crisis of the utmost importance: the endemic culture of physical and psychological abuse that occupies the heart of Dartmouth's Greek community.

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Batchelor: A Voice Against Progress

By Jacob Batchelor | January 23, 2012

Peter Blair's recent column ("Marriage Without Meaning," Jan. 20) makes a cowardly and logically unsound argument against gay marriage.

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Wang: The Path to Success

By Ethan Wang | January 23, 2012

Back when I was applying to colleges, I remember hearing horror stories about notoriously ruthless schools where students would constantly try to out-compete each other, even if it meant resorting to sabotage.

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Rubin: The Iranian Threat

By Alex Rubin | January 22, 2012

David Brooks's recent column arguing that the Republican presidential candidates' portrayal of Iran as a nuclear threat was solely based on their desire to win the nomination ("The Nuclear Reality" Jan.

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Bass: SOPA Threatens Internet Freedom

By Charles Bass | January 22, 2012

If you are like me and use the Internet to access information and connect with people as part of everyday life, you may have noticed the recent blackouts and protests of websites like Wikipedia, Google and Reddit in opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act.

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Blair: Marriage Without Meaning

By Peter Blair | January 19, 2012

There's a popular antipathy in the air right now toward social conservatism, among both Republicans and Democrats.

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Verbum Ultimum: Information Infringement

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | January 19, 2012

Over the past week, numerous factions of American society have joined in protest of the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act, currently being debated in the House of Representatives, and its counterpart in the Senate, the Protect IP Act.

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Yang: Inauthentic Entertainment

By Lorelei Yang | January 18, 2012

As a moviegoer, I'm eagerly anticipating the forthcoming live-action version of "Akira," a Japanese manga that was made into a groundbreaking animated feature film in 1988.

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Casler: Am I Doing This Right?

By Don Casler | January 18, 2012

Over break, I spent a lot of time D-Planning filling out Excel spreadsheets with every conceivable course of study available to me over the next two and a half years at Dartmouth.

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Vox Clamantis: Sweatshops and Progress

By Benjamin Powell | January 16, 2012

To the Editor: Annelise Orleck claims that, contrary to the lecture I gave last week, sweatshop labor is not good for workers or consumers ("The Truth About Sweatshops," Jan.

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Strauch: Instruments of Exaggeration

By Paul Strauch | January 16, 2012

Andrew Lohse's column ("Instruments of Tyranny," Jan. 9) harshly criticizing President Barack Obama's decision to sign the National Defense Authorization Act at the end of last year highlights a disturbing trend in American politics: the restriction of civil liberties in the name of national security.