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Dartmouth's Singular Identity

By Isaiah Berg '11 | September 28, 2009

Singularity. It is a word that can refer to everything from objects that stand alone to those crazy spots in the outer reaches of the universe where the rules of space and time no longer seem to apply.

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Keg-Standing up for the Greeks

By Zachary Gottlieb '10 | September 28, 2009

Before continuing the current debate about the Social Event Management Procedures, we must acknowledge that Greek houses are out of necessity the unlucky hosts of the inevitable behavior of Dartmouth's ubiquitous daytime-scholarnighttime-socialite. It is easy to overlook the consistently virtuous behavior of Greek houses with respect to alcohol use.

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Short Answer

By The Dartmouth Opinion Staff | September 27, 2009

Friday's Verbum Ultimum discussed the administration's recent decision to shelve the Alcohol Management Policy and convene a student committee to reform the Social Event Management Policy. What course of action should be taken to reform the College's alcohol policy?

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A Fratty Ethnography

By Cameron Nutt '11 | September 27, 2009

In an admirable coordinated effort last week, most of Fraternity Row banded together to welcome College President Jim Yong Kim to his lovely new home in Hanover with the gift of silence.

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Passion and Practice

By Ben Gonin '12 | September 24, 2009

For his inaugural address, College President Jim Yong Kim chose to speak on passion, a fitting choice for a man who rose to such heights thanks to that attribute.

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The Human Canon

By Sam Buntz '11 | September 23, 2009

A typical feature of the conservative critique of modern universities is a defense of the "Western Canon" as literature of preeminent worth.

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In Praise of Orientation

By Tom Mandel '11 | September 22, 2009

William Shakespeare once wrote, "Friends, Greeks, freshmen, lend me your ears; I come to praise Orientation, not to bury it." Or at least he said something along those lines.

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Time to Go It Alone

By Raza Rasheed '12 | September 22, 2009

Years of hot air, sordid affairs, uncivilized shouting matches and general partisan rancor have conspired to lower our expectations for the political process to all-time lows.

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Storming Parkhurst

By Jacob Batchelor '12 | September 21, 2009

In the latest issue of Dartmouth Life, College President Jim Yong Kim spoke with Student Body President Frances Vernon '10 about the nature of student protest on Dartmouth's campus.

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The Myth of the Blank Slate

By Jasper Hicks '12 | September 21, 2009

Sitting on the steps of Robinson Hall during this year's DOC Trips, I heard yet another dean invoke the idea of the "blank slate" while speaking to a group of enthusiastic incoming freshmen. What he described was the chance for all students to hit the reset button, start over and begin anew.

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Hey Stranger

By Kevin Niparko '12 | September 14, 2009

This scenario happens to every Dartmouth student at least six times a week: You are on your way to meet some friends for dinner at Food Court.

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Welcome to College

By Zachary Gottlieb '10 | September 14, 2009

Since your tortuous journey here at Dartmouth started with the Admissions Office, so will I. This summer, I worked full time in McNutt Hall, welcoming prospective students and their parents and answering questions about Dartmouth.

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The Gospel of Eros

By Sam Buntz | August 24, 2009

This weekend, as I was buzzing through the work of the esteemed literary critic Harold Bloom, a sentence jumped out at me: "[Our] erotic livesare quite simply now our spiritual lives." It is startling to see something you felt you knew but couldn't express reflected back at you.

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Safety & Superiority

By Tom Mandel | August 17, 2009

In my mind, there are two types of Safety and Security officers. The first is the right type. These are the Safety and Security officers that acknowledge their role as protectors of students' safety and security, and act accordingly.

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