Opinion
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Razavi: We Need to Stop Focusing on the Past to Save the Climate
By
Ava Razavi
| January 25, 2024
Focusing on past environmental mistakes prevents creating effective current policy.
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Letter to the Editor: Standardized Testing
By
Patrick Mattimore
| January 25, 2024
Standardized tests may be necessary, but they won’t improve diversity.
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Bryant: Free Trade Isn’t Free
By
Will Bryant
| January 23, 2024
International cooperation requires cultural change, not only economic persuasion — the United States must recognize this if it wishes to be successful in the Red Sea.
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Letter to the Editor: Legacy Admissions Do Not Advance Equity
By
Ahaan Jindal
| January 23, 2024
Keeping legacy admissions has its benefits but still hurts diversity and equity.
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Verbum Ultimum: Don’t Forget to Vote
By
The Dartmouth Editorial Board
| January 22, 2024
New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary is tomorrow, Jan. 23, and it’s imperative that everyone who can turns out to vote.
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Opinion Asks: Our Writers On Biden and the New Hampshire Presidential Primary
By
The Dartmouth Opinion Staff
| January 19, 2024
Due to controversy over New Hampshire’s law that requires it to hold the first presidential primary nationwide, President Biden is running as a write-in candidate and will not actually appear on the ballot. Our writers respond.
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Menning: The Primary Matters For Dartmouth and Beyond
By
Isaiah Menning
| January 19, 2024
In the upcoming primary, Dartmouth students can help Republicans embrace responsible positions on debt, international leadership and climate change.
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Alsheikh: Dartmouth Dialogues Is Not Enough
By
Ramsey Alsheikh
| January 18, 2024
The College administration needs to openly acknowledge the mistakes it made after Oct. 7 and take direct action to move forward, far beyond the limited scope of Dartmouth Dialogues.
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Dega: Dartmouth Students Can Help Save Democracy on Jan. 23
By
JJ Dega
| January 18, 2024
Dartmouth students can prove to the nation that our generation supports democracy by writing in Joe Biden in the New Hampshire Democratic primary.
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Muller: Standardized Tests Don’t Deserve Our Hate
By
Aidan Muller
| January 16, 2024
Though popularly demonized, standardized testing is a superior indicator of college success and can increase socioeconomic diversity across college campuses.
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Nelson: Why You Should Ignore College Rankings
By
Cooper Nelson
| January 16, 2024
College rankings like those by U.S. News are deeply flawed and cannot measure the student experience at universities.
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Verbum Ultimum: Free Skates
By
The Dartmouth Editorial Board
| January 12, 2024
Dartmouth should provide free skate rentals for students looking to use the ice rink on the Green.
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Moyse: Admin, Stop Union Busting
By
Eli Moyse
| January 11, 2024
Dartmouth’s administration has made every effort to prevent and drag out the unionization process for graduate students in a clear effort to protect their bottom line over student wellbeing.
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Lane: Interstate compacts are New Hampshire’s problem-solving ‘Goldilocks zone’
By
Thomas Lane
| January 9, 2024
A little-known legislative tool could enable New England states to work together to solve otherwise intractable policy problems.
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Jackson: How Language Can Kill
By
Peyton Jackson
| January 9, 2024
The way people talk about Palestinians keeps us from recognizing their humanity.
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Montalbano: Nelson Rockefeller ’30 Brought a Forgotten Force to Moderate Politics
By
Luke Montalbano
| January 5, 2024
Moderates, particularly those on the right, must take inspiration from Nelson Rockefeller ’30 and vocally counter the rise of extremism.
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Letter to the Editor: Divestment Now
By
Calvin George
| January 4, 2024
Statements from Dartmouth professors in regards to divesting the Dartmouth endowment from Israeli apartheid warrant objection.