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A Step Back

By Justin Murray '13 | October 12, 2009

Wow, it really has been three weeks since classes began. It seems like just this morning that Professor Monika Otter gave my Humanities 1 class our introductory lecture on tactful debate. "And when someone tells an idea," she said, "Entertain it for a moment.

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Looking Inward

By Jacob Batchelor '12 | October 12, 2009

Sitting amidst a sea of eager members of the Class of 2013, listening to College President Jim Yong Kim's speech, I thought back to my own convocation and utilized my newfound ability to reminisce on freshman year.

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Short Answer

By The Dartmouth Opinion Staff | October 11, 2009

Friday's Verbum Ultimum discussed the current transition in the Kim administration. How do you perceive this transition, and what should Kim be doing to ensure that the process runs smoothly?

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Nobel Abuse

By Raza Rasheed '12 | October 11, 2009

On Friday, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded President Barack Obama one of the world's highest and most distinguished honors, the Nobel Prize for Peace.

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Live Free or Die

By Julian Sarkar '13 | October 8, 2009

"Live Free or Die" New Hampshire's state motto is proudly inscribed on its license plates, echoing the state's libertarian history.

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VERBUM ULTIMUM: Head Hunting

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | October 8, 2009

This week, College President Jim Yong Kim unexpectedly announced that Provost Barry Scherr would be stepping down after more than eight years as Dartmouth's chief academic officer ("Scherr to Step Down as Provost," Oct.

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The Obama Effect

By Jasper Hicks '12 | October 7, 2009

When it was announced that College President Jim Yong Kim had been selected to be Dartmouth's next president, a stranger asked me in passing whether or not I agreed with the assertion that Kim seemed to call to mind President Barack Obama.

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Dartmouth Discontinuity

By Brian Solomon '11 | October 7, 2009

So much for institutional memory. Just three short months after Provost Barry Scherr announced he would remain in his current role through June 2011, he's jumping ship, in the latest high-profile departure from Parkhurst.

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Meet the Roommate

By Josh Kornberg '13 | October 6, 2009

"Joshua, based on the information you provided on your housing questionnaire, your suitemates(s)" I began to sweat like a galley slave on a Byzantine warship. For months, I'd been able to ignore my anxiety about a future roommate.

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Do Sweat the Small Stuff

By Peter Blair '12 | October 6, 2009

The world's youth have always been notorious for their political activism and passion. Such passion often spills into the opinion columns of The Dartmouth.

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Success is Optional

By Raza Rasheed '12 | October 5, 2009

Last Saturday, in the pouring rain, Dartmouth football dropped a heartbreaker to the University of Pennsylvania to extend its record losing streak to 15.

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Kegs Please

By Tom Mandel '11 | October 5, 2009

Whenever I read a party blitz that has the word "kegs" in it, I am always less excited to go to that party than I was before.

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Life, Liberty, Health Care

By Billy Zou '12 | October 4, 2009

For those who have been living outside the U.S. or in a cave, two health care reform bills have been proposed to universalize the American health care system.

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Short Answer

By The Dartmouth Opinion Staff | October 4, 2009

Friday's Verbum Ultimum called for the College urge Hanover Police to change their approach to arresting intoxicated, underage students transported to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center following Good Samaritan calls. What do you believe is the role of the College in enforcement of state alcohol policy?

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VERBUM ULTIMUM: To Serve (and Protect)

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | October 1, 2009

Despite recent and unsettling setbacks in College alcohol reform ("Spears says College will not adopt AMP," Sept.

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Healthy Cooperation

By Blair Sullivan '10 | October 1, 2009

In his column last week ("Time to Go It Alone," Sept. 22), Raza Rasheed '12 expressed his frustration with the current political system, pointing specifically to this summer's health care debate.

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The Sun God Also Rises

By Kevin Niparko '12 | September 30, 2009

"Vulgar." "Disrespectful." "He'd be a better fit at Brown." These were just a few of the grumblings I heard at last week's inauguration ceremony as College President Jim Yong Kim took the podium.

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The End of a Roman Holiday

By Chris Talamo '11 | September 30, 2009

According to the American social conscience, child molesters are the elite of all felons. Their crime is about the most evil thing one person can do, and the law dictates that these criminals be permanently removed from society with strict regulations of where they're allowed to walk, whom they're allowed to talk to and who must know about their dark past.

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Blame It on the Alcohol

By Phil Aubart '10 | September 29, 2009

"Blame it on the alcohol" this is the refrain of a popular Jamie Foxx song, and, dare I say, something Dartmouth students do far too often.

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No Such Thing as Free Learning

By Emily Johnson '12 | September 29, 2009

Harvard, Stanford, Duke and Oxford universities, along with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, may all be considered among the most exclusive universities in the world, but you no longer have to be a valedictorian, an All-American athlete, the founder of a successful not-for-profit or even a high-school graduate to attend one of their classes. Harvard is the most recent addition to the small but growing group of prestigious universities that are making some form of their course materials available to the general public, online and free of charge.