Opinion

Short Answer

By The Dartmouth Staff | May 22, 2011

Friday's Verbum Ultimum discussed Student Assembly's failure to address issues that are important to the student body.

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Opinion

End the War on Drugs

By Jonathan Pedde | May 22, 2011

Over the past two weeks, tens of thousands of Mexico City residents took to the streets to protest their country's continuing drug violence.

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Opinion

Lott: Civil Discourse

By Roger Lott | May 19, 2011

Several community members have recently asked me if my columns for The Dartmouth are designed to be offensive.

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Opinion

VERBUM ULTIMUM: Inadequate Assembly

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | May 19, 2011

This term has seen the rise of two issue-specific student committees in response to administrative action and inaction.

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Opinion

Blair: "Glee"-ful Naturalism

By Peter Blair | May 18, 2011

Like most people of my generation, I have not managed to escape Fox's popular TV show, "Glee." Despite myself, I continue to watch it, mostly because of the music and Sue Slyvester's wicked humor.

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Opinion

Buntz: Illusions of Grandeur

By Sam Buntz | May 18, 2011

This may be the last column I write for The Dartmouth. A big thanks goes out to everybody editors, students, staff and citizens who lent their attention, in one way or another, to this rather ramshackle venture in amateur opinion writing. During my time here, I've occasionally worried that I wasn't taking advantage of the "Dartmouth Experience." I failed to rush and pledge a frat, failed to join an "A-Side" a cappella group (I can snap my fingers really fast, actually), failed to swim naked across the Connecticut river you know what I mean.

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Opinion

Poddar: The Freshman Change

By Keshav Poddar | May 17, 2011

The end of my first year at Dartmouth is rapidly approaching, and many of us freshmen are in disbelief that a quarter of our time at this school has already passed.

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Opinion

Wheatley: Keepin' It Private

By Louis Wheatley | May 17, 2011

The private lives of politicians have long been scrutinized in the American public eye. Last week's revelations of unsavory pasts and promiscuous escapades in the political world rekindled the debate over whether personal missteps are relevant issues during campaigns.

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Opinion

Barrett: The Student Beef with DDS

By Torrey Barrett | May 16, 2011

Food, sleep and shelter are the three things necessary for human survival. While most of us probably don't get as much sleep as we should, and some of us might not be very happy with this week's room draw results, it's the food thing that really concerns me. Since College administrators announced the overhaul of our current la carte dining plan, quiet grumbling has been heard around campus from students who saw their new options and weren't very happy.

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Opinion

Friedland: Commit to Counseling Access

By Zoe Friedland | May 16, 2011

When one of my closest friends died tragically and unexpectedly in a Paris apartment fire on April 14, I was irrevocably heartbroken.

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Opinion

From the Panhellenic Presidents

By Ellie Sandmeyer | May 15, 2011

Our last three years at Dartmouth have been characterized by an admirable upswing in the amount of campus concern regarding assault and its relationship with our Greek system.

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Opinion

Short Answer

By The Dartmouth Opinion Staff | May 15, 2011

Friday's Verbum Ultimum applauded the initiative of the eight Panhellenic presidents but raised concerns about the logistics of the policy's implementation.

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Opinion

VERBUM ULTIMUM: Panhellenic Progress

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | May 12, 2011

The eight Panhellenic presidents sent shock waves throughout campus on Wednesday when they announced that their sororities will begin canceling all social events with fraternities that fail to hastily initiate an internal adjudication hearing when one of their members assaults a female student ("Sororities announce new policy," May 12). The announcement has sparked a passionate debate about whether the policy is a wise course of action.

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Niparko: Greeks Announce New Policy

By Kevin Niparko | May 12, 2011

Yesterday evening, the Inter-Fraternity Council, Panhellenic presidents and co-ed organizations came together to address assault and violence in the Greek system.

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Opinion

Colaneri: Chasing Prestige

By Natalie Colaneri | May 11, 2011

Since College President Jim Yong Kim's arrival, there have been many changes made to improve the Dartmouth experience.

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Opinion

Baxter: The American DREAM

By Emily Baxter | May 11, 2011

One of the most interesting women I have ever met has spent 20 years of her life working with undocumented immigrants at the border of the United States and Mexico.

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Opinion

Pedde: Myth Busters: Tax Edition

By Jonathan Pedde | May 10, 2011

America is a low-tax country, with one of the least progressive tax systems in the world. In order to permanently close the federal deficit, all we need to do is raise marginal tax rates on the rich.

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Opinion

Kim: Dartmouth Dries Up

By Yoo Jung Kim | May 10, 2011

At First-Year Family Weekend two weeks ago, my normally teetotaler friend escorted his Danish relative to one of the Dartmouth frats to show her the archetypical American college drinking scene.

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Opinion

Talamo: Assembly of Apathy

By Chris Talamo | May 9, 2011

After four years here, one Dartmouth phenomenon I've never been able to fully understand is Student Assembly bashing.

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Opinion

Hicks: Serving It Bipartisan

By Jasper Hicks | May 9, 2011

In his commencement address last week at the University of South Carolina's College of Arts and Sciences, former United States Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman called on young Americans to give back and serve their country.

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