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September 4, 2026
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Vox Clamantis

By Richard Crocker | November 10, 2011

To the Editor: College President Jim Yong Kim has called upon the whole campus to observe a moment of silence at 11 a.m.

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Francfort: In Favor of Fracking

By Kevin Francfort | November 9, 2011

It's no secret that the United States has an insatiable need for energy. We were the second largest energy consumer in terms of total use in 2010 and 86 percent of this energy is derived from fossil fuels.

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Yang: Raise the Bar

By Lorelei Yang | November 8, 2011

Observing the frantic urgency of the Occupy Wall Street movement in all of its sign-toting, street-clogging glory, I cannot help but think that the 99 percent is fixating on the wrong problem.

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Vox Clamantis

By John Pfister | November 6, 2011

To the Editor: I know I am hardly qualified to chime in on the debate around the new dining plan, but I am writing to take issue with last Wednesday's cartoon in The Dartmouth.

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Lott: Good for the Soul

By Roger Lott | November 6, 2011

Sweaty students and middle-aged alumni flail their arms as they jump up and down on a slippery floor cluttered by empty cups and beer cans.

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West: Dangerous Game

By Jonathan West | November 6, 2011

On April 15, I awoke still hazy from a full night of partying to discover that the U.S. Justice Department had shut down online poker.

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Crocker: Voices Crying in the Wilderness

By Richard Crocker | November 3, 2011

A very recent graduate wrote these words to me, which I share with permission: "I've been thinking a bit recently about positivity and Dartmouth and happiness ... Dartmouth (certainly my environment at Dartmouth, but I think it was pervasive) did not leave much room to be unhappy and rewarded positivity so much.

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Poddar: Missing the Journey

By Keshav Poddar | November 2, 2011

This past Sunday morning was, for me, a time of high frustration. I had awoken at five a.m. in order to drive a friend two hours to a half-marathon in North Conway, New Hampshire.

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Casler: Skipping Somalia

By Don Casler | November 1, 2011

The recent rash of violence in Somalia between Al Shabab Islamist militants and a coalition of Somali, African Union and Kenyan forces has raised questions about American intervention, particularly in light of Kenya's surprising military incursion into Somalia two weeks ago and the Kenyan government's close ties to the United States.

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Pedde: The Right Target

By Jonathan Pedde | November 1, 2011

The dismal state of the economy continues to cause many Americans significant hardship. Not even college graduates have been spared annual income for individuals with only a bachelor's degree fell by 3.5 percent last year.

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Kim: Let the Old Traditions Fail

By Yoo Jung Kim | October 31, 2011

According to Peter Carini, the College Archivist, the enduring tradition of ragging on freshmen during the Homecoming bonfire likely began in 1904, when upperclassmen chased first-year students around the bonfire.More than a century later, a small group of students rose to challenge this cherished custom. "This effort grew from many peoples' articulations that they would enjoy a more welcoming atmosphere at Homecoming, and many peoples' articulations that they cherished the tradition of heckling freshmen as a rite of passage," Farzeen Mahmud '12, the propelling force behind the movement to reform Dartmouth Night, said.

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