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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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One "Community"

By Chris Talamo | January 21, 2010

I can't help but notice that there's been a lot of talk about Dartmouth's community over the past year and half, coincidentally the same time that we have been considering budget cuts.

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National Issue

By Jasper Hicks | January 20, 2010

In his column last Friday, Zachary Gottlieb '10 quipped about his fellow opinion staffers feigning expertise when writing about national issues ("Fouad For Thought" Jan.

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Stale Ideas

By Sam Buntz | January 20, 2010

The noted public intellectual Louis Menand recently authored a book entitled "The Marketplace of Ideas: Reform and Reaction in the American University." Menand argues that the 19th Century creation of the research university caused professors to seal themselves off from the world, retreating into their own abstruse interests.

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Timeout!

By Raza Rasheed | January 19, 2010

Earlier this month, Dartmouth men's basketball head coach Terry Dunn resigned amidst scandalous rumors that, for my money, are too absurd to be dignified in print ("Men's basketball coach steps down midseason," Jan.

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Be The Change

By Leonard Lewis | January 19, 2010

The word "change" is everywhere, as are people who claim to be "working for change." But is it possible for individuals and well-organized groups to improve the world or at least, Dartmouth?

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