Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Addressing Antisemitism at Dartmouth Requires A Focused Response

By Oren Poleshuck-Kinel | March 1, 2024

The administration only needed to condemn antisemitism in their response to the recent threats specifically targeting Jewish students and professors.

---

Opinion

Banta: Anti-Trans Rhetoric in the New Hampshire Legislature

By Haley Banta | February 29, 2024

Discriminatory misinformation concerning gender-affirming healthcare is written into legislation currently moving through the New Hampshire state Senate. 

---

Opinion

Letter to the Editor: As a Jew, ‘From the River to the Sea’ Is Not Antisemitic

By Jordan Narrol | February 29, 2024

Standing up for equal rights is disavowing, not condoning genocide. 

---

Opinion

Weinstein: The Ice Sculpture Contest and the Limits of Brave Spaces

By Jackson Weinstein | February 27, 2024

Vandalism aside, the Al-Nur ice sculpture presented at Winter Carnival invokes serious questions about the College’s role in monitoring dangerous rhetoric. 

---

Opinion

Poleshuck-Kinel and Hirsh: Discourse on Ice

By Oren Poleshuck-Kinel and Samuel Hirsh | February 27, 2024

Dartmouth can do better than vandalism and dangerous speech. 

---

Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Dartmouth Track and Field Alumni Support Ronald Shaiko

By Jonathan Gault ’13 | February 27, 2024

Shaiko was a beloved, respected volunteer who deserved better treatment from Dartmouth Athletics.

---

Opinion

Verbum Ultimum: Hanover Rental Housing Rules Need Renovations

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | February 23, 2024

The Town of Hanover should promptly implement and expand on rental housing policies to ensure quicker improvement of abysmal rental housing conditions. 

---

Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Questioning the Basketball Team’s Unionization Push

By William Pierce ’62 | February 23, 2024

Should the basketball team’s performance be taken into account?

---

Opinion

Bryant: Dartmouth Needs Clean Construction

By Will Bryant | February 23, 2024

Concrete is a heavy emitter of carbon dioxide. Investment in low-carbon concrete, from Dartmouth and at the federal level, will significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

---

Opinion

Amidon: Dartmouth Must Consider State Diversity in Admissions

By Noah Amidon | February 22, 2024

State residency should be included as an admissions criterion to enhance the spectrum of perspectives on campus. 

---

Opinion

Roodnitsky: Intergenerational Friendships are an Undervalued Gem

By Anna Roodnitsky | February 22, 2024

While it’s natural to connect with those who are close to us in age, Anya Roodnitsky ’25 offers insight into the importance of cultivating intergenerational friendships. 

---

Opinion

Razavi: The Humanities Are Still Worth Studying

By Ava Razavi | February 22, 2024

Despite some popular beliefs, there is still value for college students in pursuing degrees in the humanities.

---

Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Understand the History of Climate Change, Don’t Forget It

By Aidan Muller | February 20, 2024

Aidan Muller ’27 responds to calls to move on from the past in addressing climate change. 

---

Opinion

Moyse: The Best Way To Create Brave Spaces

By Eli Moyse | February 20, 2024

If Dartmouth wants to lead the way on free speech issues in the coming decades, the school must embrace a policy of institutional neutrality to let students and faculty speak freely.

---

Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Birthright Is Designed To Obfuscate, Not Educate

By Joe Fausey | February 16, 2024

While supporters of Taglit-Birthright advertise it as an apolitical and educational program, in reality it propagates an incomplete and misleading image of Israel. 

---

Opinion

Saeedi, Alsheikh and Akmehmet: In Response To the Vandalization of Al-Nur’s Ice Sculpture

By Tuna Akmehmet , Modaser Saeedi and Ramsey Alsheikh | February 15, 2024

The vandalization of the ice sculpture of the Muslim Student Association was a hate crime, and more needs to be done to ensure the safety of Muslim and Palestinian students at Dartmouth. 

---

Opinion

Klüger: Bring Back the Swim Test

By Elan Kluger | February 15, 2024

President Beilock should reinstate the swim test graduation requirement for the safety of Dartmouth students and because physical readiness is a moral value.

---

Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Replace the Human Admissions Factor

By Patrick Mattimore | February 15, 2024

Dartmouth should admit students using a computer algorithm. 

---

Opinion

Carrasco, Abrego and Tilahun: Reinstate the Test-Optional Policy

By Olvin Abrego Ayala , Hosaena Tilahun and Alejandra Carrasco Alayo | February 13, 2024

Dartmouth must take actionable steps in conversation and consultation with BIPOC and a diversity of students when crafting relevant policies affecting underrepresented minorities.

---

Opinion

Paolini, Pehl and Caldwell: In Conversations About Standardized Tests, Don’t Forget Disability

By Samantha Pehl , Marion Caldwell and Clark Paolini | February 13, 2024

By ignoring student voices, President Sian Leah Beilock completely failed to consider disabled students.

---