Opinion

Schwartz: Debate Frenzy

By Benjamin Schwartz | February 5, 2012

Adrenaline-pumping music pulses in the background. Cameras pan around the room, capturing the gaudy red, white and blue graphics projected on the walls, zooming in and out on the applauding audience, sweeping across the candidates as if running down a high-five line, the same shot used to build excitement at the beginning of basketball games.

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Opinion

Miller: Occupy the NBA

By Zack Miller | February 5, 2012

The National Basketball Association is heading for trouble and, structurally, it's the same kind of trouble our nation is in today.

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Opinion

Dobell & Harrison: An Unspoken Stigma

By Kathleen Dobell and Graylin Harrison | February 2, 2012

A few months ago, Dartmouth's Eating Disorder Peer Advisors celebrated "Love Your Body Day." Dedicated to the celebration of our bodies and the promotion of a positive body image, the event attracted a large number of visitors eager to implement these basic EDPA philosophies.

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Opinion

Verbum Ultimum: Breaking the Code of Silence

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | February 2, 2012

Since the publication of Andrew Lohse's recent column ("Telling the Truth," Jan. 25), members of various groups in the Dartmouth community have come forward to participate in the dialogue about hazing at Dartmouth.

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Opinion

Yang: Rethinking Fairy Tales

By Lorelei Yang | February 1, 2012

As French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr once wrote, "The more things change, the more they stay the same." The literary tradition's unfortunate encouragement of toxic relationships is a prime example of this.

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Opinion

Ouellette: A Tactic of Deception

By Torrese Ouellette | February 1, 2012

Following the publication of Andrew Lohse's recent column ("Telling the Truth," Jan. 25), many critics decided not to focus on his actual arguments or experiences but instead chose to rehash the mistakes he made in his past or attribute the abuse he claimed to suffer in the Greek system to his own weakness of conviction.

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Opinion

Niedbala: Finding Common Ground

By Anna Niedbala | January 31, 2012

Serrin Foster, president of the pro-life organization Feminists for Life, declares in her landmark speech "The Feminist Case Against Abortion" that "abortion is a reflection that our society has failed to meet the needs of women." Let me set something straight.

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Opinion

Pedde: Buffett's Taxes

By Jonathan Pedde | January 31, 2012

During his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama stated that "Warren Buffett pays a lower tax rate than his secretary." This statement echoed an op-ed that Buffett wrote in The New York Times last August.

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Opinion

Francfort: Looking for a Leader

By Kevin Francfort | January 30, 2012

Over the last few years, our society has been hard-pressed to find leaders that do not disappoint us in some way.

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Opinion

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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Opinion

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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Opinion

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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Opinion

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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Opinion

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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Opinion

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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Opinion

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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Opinion

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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Opinion

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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