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The College Walk

By Jasper Hicks | February 3, 2010

I cannot help but feel like Dartmouth is getting a bit bigger these days. Perhaps it is all these enormous numbers being thrown around by the College administration $100 million in budget cuts and $1.3 billion in fundraising for the "Dartmouth Experience." No one can comprehend such enormous figures. Or maybe I am getting this sensation because of all the recent talk about a potential increase in class size to help fund budget cuts ("Kim outlines College budget, potential cuts," Dec.

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Court of Political Opinion

By Raza Rasheed | February 3, 2010

During President Barack Obama's first State of the Union Address last Wednesday, the president made critical remarks about the Supreme Court's recent decision to overturn 100 years of case law and grant near-unlimited campaign spending privileges to corporations.

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Blue Moon

By Sam Buntz | February 2, 2010

Although I like to devote a minimum of my mental energy to politics, I was pleased to discover that President Barack Obama's new budget eliminates funding for future moon exploration.

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Dining Halt

By Leonard Lewis | February 2, 2010

It is hard to feel anything other than sympathy for College President Jim Yong Kim right now. His administration must make budget decisions that will have profound consequences for some members of the College community in order to close a $100 million structural budget deficit.

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Sweat-iquette

By Josh Kornberg | February 1, 2010

I am not a gym rat. My shoulders are sloped, my legs are spindly, my pectorals are nonexistent, my posture is poor and has caused slight lumpiness where my neck runs into my back, and my wrists are as thin and brittle as uncooked Ramen.

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The Catcher in the Sky

By Tom Mandel | January 31, 2010

J.D. Salinger died and what actually happened? He had drawn back from the public light so much that, at least to us, he was no longer a person, but simply a slim catalogue of amazing work and a Wikipedia page with a picture from 1950.

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Short Answer: Layoffs

By The Dartmouth Opinion Staff | January 31, 2010

Friday's Verbum Ultimum acknowledged the concerns surrounding imminent layoffs. How should the College balance any moral responsibility it has to the community with its bottom line concerns? If there is an easy way to close the $100 million structural deficit, then by all means let's hear it.

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DDS-topia

By Zachary Gottlieb | January 28, 2010

I'd like to express the range of feelings I have about Dartmouth Dining Services on a normal day, from the height of cynical fury to my inevitable return to resolved appeasement.

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Let's Talk About Sexting

By Spenser Mestel | January 27, 2010

When teenagers fall in love, as they sometimes do, it can get ugly. Made irrational by a potent blend of hormones, peer pressure and angst, teenagers routinely do things they later come to regret.

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Breaking Down the Bubble

By Ben Gonin | January 27, 2010

Dartmouth's sensational response to the crisis in Haiti led by Students at Dartmouth for Haiti Relief, has exceeded all expectations.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Union of Community

By Earl Sweet | January 26, 2010

Tothe Editor: Chris Talamo's column ("One Community,'" Jan. 22) offered good thoughts on the meaning of community at Dartmouth but misunderstood what the members of SEIU Local 560 are saying about layoffs. The staff is willing to help the College meet its challenges.

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Learning from Haiti

By Brendan Woods | January 26, 2010

Good job, Dartmouth. It's not over, but you've done well. According to the Partners in Health web site, you are currently leading every other college in giving to PIH's efforts in Haiti.

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Pro-Life Generation

By Peter Blair | January 26, 2010

This past Friday was the 37th anniversary of the infamous Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion in all 50 states.

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Cut to the Chase

By Ethan Wang | January 25, 2010

Every time our professors assign a major homework assignment, we know that we should probably start working on it early.

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Power from the People

By Blair Sullivan | January 24, 2010

The surprising election of Scott Brown, R-Mass., to the Senate seat vacated by Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., will have significant implications regarding health care policy.

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