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The Dartmouth
June 24, 2026
The Dartmouth
Opinion
Opinion

VERBUM ULTIMUM: Oh Brother, What Art Thou?

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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.


Opinion

Learning to Fail

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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

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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

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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

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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.


Opinion

Supreme Qualifications

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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.



Opinion

In Defense of the 10A-2A

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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

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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

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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.


Opinion

Distilling Memories

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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.


Opinion

An "F" For Discussion

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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

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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.


Opinion

Seeds of Violence

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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.


Opinion

A Torturous Argument

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