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VERBUM ULTIMUM: Oh Brother, What Art Thou?

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | May 27, 2010

Beneath the surface of this week's headlines which saw mentions of felony charges, harassment and arrests lies a greater and perhaps more important debate about the meaning of "brotherhood." The arguments go both ways: on one hand, a true brother wouldn't endanger or offend others by taking drugs in a common area, while on the other hand, a real brother shouldn't bring an internal problem to the public sphere particularly the legal sphere.

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Learning to Fail

By Emily Johnson | May 26, 2010

Aryeh Drager / The Dartmouth Staff Aryeh Drager / The Dartmouth Staff The other day, I was talking with my Israeli cousin about the difference between American and Israeli higher education, when he revealed something utterly shocking: he was in the midst of studying for 11 exams one for each of the 11 classes he was taking this semester.

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Without Question

By Ryan McClafferty | May 26, 2010

Since the epic 1987 struggle over the ideologically outspoken Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork, a troubling unwritten rule has evolved against candor in the confirmation process.

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Blind to Need

By Natalie Colaneri | May 25, 2010

It seems that the recent budget cuts have become a passing thought and our focus has shifted to other more important things graduation, internships and the appearance of up-and-coming rap artist Sam Adams, for example.

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Balancing Act

By Charles Clark | May 24, 2010

Yoon Ji Kim / The Dartmouth Yoon Ji Kim / The Dartmouth The recent announcement of the Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science has rekindled debate over the balance between preparing students for particular careers and Dartmouth's heritage as a liberal arts institution.

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Supreme Qualifications

By Brendan Woods | May 24, 2010

No matter how experienced, moderate or uncontroversial a Supreme Court nominee is, there will always be at least a few Senators and pundits who find something to disagree with.

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In Defense of the 10A-2A

By Andrew Clay | May 23, 2010

For my past three terms on campus, I have taken courses in both the 10A and 2A time slots. You might ask why would I do this to myself, and I would tell you that I don't mind it.

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A Greater Degree

By Owen Jennings | May 20, 2010

A few weeks ago, the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that approximately 70.1 percent of all 2009 high school graduates in America enrolled in college or university.

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Delivery of Creativity

By Emily Baxter | May 19, 2010

Frankly, there has been a lot of criticism about many of College President Jim Yong Kim's initiatives that focus heavily on the sciences and graduate studies.

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Distilling Memories

By Zachary Gottlieb | May 19, 2010

Aryeh Drager / The Dartmouth Staff Aryeh Drager / The Dartmouth Staff There's always been quite a buzz about "diversity" at colleges, and ours makes a concerted effort to cultivate a variety of experiences and viewpoints for its students.

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An "F" For Discussion

By Yunsieg Kim | May 18, 2010

I wholeheartedly agree with Julian Sarkar '13 that Dartmouth has long suffered from inflated grades ("Over the Median," May 12). In fact, Sarkar's article is only one in a long history of appeals for reform.

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Banking On Our Rankings

By Ethan Wang | May 18, 2010

Like most students here, I come across the Dartmouth homepage multiple times a day. And when I do, I almost always find some news blurb about how we were recently a top ranked college in some category or another.

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Seeds of Violence

By Katie Lindsay | May 17, 2010

Yoon Ji Kim / The Dartmouth Staff Yoon Ji Kim / The Dartmouth Staff "At [the University of Virginia], it's not so much that resources and advocacy about the dangers of dating violence don't exist; it's that students generally don't think the statistics apply to them," UVA graduate Mary Beth Lineberry wrote. On Tuesday, May 4 at 2 a.m., Yeardley Love, a senior lacrosse player at UVA, was found dead, allegedly beaten to death by her ex-boyfriend, also a senior lacrosse player at the school.

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A Torturous Argument

By Chris Talamo | May 17, 2010

This week on "24," I watched Jack Bauer continue his descent into madness and kill four people before violently torturing and killing a fifth.

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