Opinion

Short Answer

By The Dartmouth Opinion Staff | September 26, 2010

Friday's Verbum Ultimum argued that Dartmouth athletics are finally on the upswing again. Are the recent changes enough to rejuvenate sports, and does it matter in the long run? Whether or not the newfound excitement about Dartmouth sports is here to stay depends on whether our teams can maintain their winning streaks especially against more challenging opponents.

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Opinion

Verbum Ultimum: For the Love of the Game

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | September 23, 2010

Recent years have brought Dartmouth athletics some of its most painful seasons. Losses piled up for many of the high-profile sports teams, with game attendance and overall campus enthusiasm dropping to what felt like record lows.

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Opinion

Too Young to be Old

By Owen Jennings | September 23, 2010

The concept of "emerging adulthood" can best be described as that transitional phase of human life nestled right in between adolescence and adulthood.

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Opinion

Too Young to be Old

By Owen Jennings | September 23, 2010

The concept of "emerging adulthood" can best be described as that transitional phase of human life nestled right in between adolescence and adulthood.

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Opinion

Mr. Davis' Ring

By Emily Baxter | September 22, 2010

Somewhere between losing my Dartmouth ID card for the second time in a week, blitzing an old internship boss for a letter of recommendation, meeting to discuss the Dartmouth Rude Mechanical's fall show and worrying that this term has become too crazy before classes even begun, I went to check my Hinman Box.

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Opinion

Culture Shock

By Julian Sarkar | September 22, 2010

My summer in China revealed many pleasant surprises. After listening to the American media's often damning portrayals of the nation, I thought I would face the most bizarre of cultural norms and a tremendous absence of human rights.

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Opinion

Time for a Change

By Chris Talamo | September 21, 2010

As I have grown older, I have come to the realization that politics in America circles through the same vices year after year in a way that makes NASCAR look novel and exciting.

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Opinion

Dazed and Confused

By Emory Coxe | September 21, 2010

Freshman Fall is a frantic term, and things may feel like they're flying by so quickly you don't have even a minute to stop and reflect by yourself.

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Opinion

Dazed and Confused

By Emery Coxe | September 15, 2010

Freshman Fall is a frantic term, and things may feel like they're flying by so quickly you don't have even a minute to stop and reflect by yourself.

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Opinion

Time for a Change

By Chris Talamo | September 15, 2010

As I have grown older, I have come to the realization that politics in America circles through the same vices year after year in a way that makes NASCAR look novel and exciting.

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Opinion

Our First Frat

By Sam Buntz | September 14, 2010

The desire to escape the prison of our minds is universal. Since this is the "Senior Giving Sage Advice to Freshmen" column, I thought that would be a good opening sentence.

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Opinion

Turning the Page

By Josh Kornberg | September 14, 2010

Within the last several months you've invariably heard many people remark, "college is the time to reinvent yourself." Usually said to inspire introspection, evoke possibility and kindle metamorphosis, this advice is instead underwhelming, overblown and vague the Chinese democracy of adolescent pity. I understand their point.

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Opinion

Are We Grown-Ups Yet?

By Andrew Clay | August 23, 2010

It's the end of Summer term and for fellow sophomores like myself, the halfway point in our Dartmouth careers.

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Opinion

Sempiternal Summer

By Jacob Batchelor | August 23, 2010

We're about to be juniors in college still '12s, yes, but juniors. I don't think we use that terminology enough.

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Opinion

A Republican Responsibility

By Raza Rasheed | August 19, 2010

Republican lawmakers have spent the past two years relentlessly obstructing every facet of President Barack Obama's agenda, a strategy that they unfortunately appear poised to capitalize on in the November midterm elections.

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Opinion

Teach for Educational Opportunity

By Fabeah Adu-Oppong | August 19, 2010

Over the next few weeks, 8,200 Teach For America teachers, also known as corps members, will start the school year in classrooms in 39 urban and rural regions around the country.

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Opinion

Misplaced Priorities

By Matthew Stumpf | August 16, 2010

A fiery debate has been raging throughout the country about the planned construction of a mosque and cultural center within blocks of the former site of the World Trade Center.

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Opinion

Over-citing up a Storm

By Kevin Niparko | August 16, 2010

Here is one truth you will never hear a librarian, professor or college administrator admit: the difference between plagiarizing and not plagiarizing is, in fact, a vast, bottomless chasm of gray area that students underprepared, unequipped and unfamiliar with the treacherous terrain are rarely able to successfully navigate. Let's begin with two examples.

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Opinion

Return to Glory

By THE DARTMOUTH SUMMER EDITORIAL BOARD | August 12, 2010

Last week, College President Jim Yong Kim appointed Harry Sheehy as the College's new Athletic Director, filling a position that had been vacated by former Athletic Director Josie Harper more than 19 months ago ("Sheehy appointed as new Athletic Director," Aug.

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Opinion

BlitzMail (1987-2010)

By Jessica Tory | August 12, 2010

After a long and protracted battle with newer e-mail technologies, the ground-breaking Dartmouth e-mail system, BlitzMail, has passed away in Hanover, N.H.

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