Opinion

Hicks: Dinner for Two

By Jasper Hicks | March 28, 2011

The new dining hall renovations announced this winter have drawn a wide variety of objections from the student body.

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Opinion

Kim: Aid Beyond Borders

By Yoo Jung Kim | March 28, 2011

When I first learned of the Japanese earthquake, I didn't think much of it after all, seismic activity in Japan is as inevitable as snow in Hanover.

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Opinion

Kornberg: Wail to the Chief

By Josh Kornberg | March 27, 2011

I met College President Jim Yong Kim last spring. He's surprisingly tall, as perhaps many already know, with eyes that sparkle like obsidian and a soothing voice that sounds as if primed by the constant sucking of mentholated lozenges.

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Opinion

Pedde: Scrap the Subsidies

By Jonathan Pedde | March 27, 2011

Most first-world countries subsidize the heck out of their farmers. The United States alone spends about $20 billion per year on direct subsidies money taken directly from your pocket and given to farmland owners.

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Opinion

VOX CLAMANTIS: Race Matters

By Anise Vance | March 8, 2011

To the Editor: Who said anything about wanting a color-blind Dartmouth? First, let me be up front.

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Opinion

Blair: Lenten Lessons

By Peter Blair | March 8, 2011

This Wednesday you will probably see a lot of people walking around with stuff on their foreheads.

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Opinion

Colaneri: Appreciating Dartmouth

By Natalie Colaneri | March 8, 2011

Last year, the prospective student I hosted during Dimensions asked me the predictable question: "What do you like most about Dartmouth?" While it seems simple, an honest answer to this question actually requires a lot of reflection.

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Opinion

Wheatley: For the Love of the Language

By Louis Wheatley | March 7, 2011

A few weeks ago, I proudly announced to my roommate, "Guess what? I'm going to major in Romance studies!" He just started laughing.

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Opinion

Kim: Raising Awareness

By Yoo Jung Kim | March 7, 2011

For the first seven years my life, I lived in Korea, a country that has maintained its ethnic and cultural homogeneity for centuries.

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Opinion

Lott: Truly Color Blind

By Roger Lott | March 6, 2011

All the recent alarm about the resignations of three minority faculty members (See: "A Troubling Trifecta," Feb.

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Opinion

Short Answer

By The Dartmouth Opinion Staff | March 6, 2011

Friday's Verbum Ultimum discussed recently announced changes to the College's dining plan options.

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Opinion

VERBUM ULTIMUM: We Don't Buy It

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | March 3, 2011

Campus dialogue this Winter has centered on particularly heavy issues, from the intractable problems of sexual assault and binge drinking to rising concern about the administration's approach to diversity.

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Opinion

Overvaluing Diversity

By Ethan Wang | March 3, 2011

At Dartmouth, we seem to have a series of perennial issues that take turns as the focal point of campus discussion.

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Opinion

Rasheed: Counterproductive Cuts

By Raza Rasheed | March 2, 2011

The ongoing battle to reduce the United States' enormous federal budget deficit (roughly $1.3 trillion in this fiscal year alone) represents a shameful public policy failure and illuminates the depressing inability of policymakers Republicans and Democrats alike to honestly address the significant challenges facing our nation.

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Opinion

Solomon: A is for Average

By Brian Solomon | March 2, 2011

For the first time in Dartmouth history, professors now award more A and A-minus grades than all other grades combined. Think about that for a minute.

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Opinion

Pedde: Sowing Misunderstanding

By Jonathan Pedde | March 1, 2011

Last week, Montgomery Fellow Dan Barber gave a lecture on food ("Barber discusses food production," Feb.

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Opinion

Chemplavil: Why "Feminist"?

By Sapna Chemplavil | March 1, 2011

If you had asked me a year ago, I would not have considered myself a feminist. At that point, I had never given the label much thought, but I got the sense that it was an uncomfortably strong word with a vaguely negative connotation.

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Opinion

Talamo: Professorial Snobbery

By Chris Talamo | February 28, 2011

Over the past few weeks, I've been grappling with the question of whether or not I love Dartmouth.

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Opinion

Forfeiting Moral Legitimacy

By Robert Smith | February 28, 2011

As a representative of the campus pro-life group Vita Clamantis, I find Friday's Verbum Ultimum on Planned Parenthood to be woefully lacking in dispassionate reasoning.

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Opinion

Short Answer

By The Dartmouth Opinion Staff | February 27, 2011

Friday's Verbum Ultimum discussed proposed cuts to federal funding for Planned Parenthood and other family planning organizations.

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