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June 23, 2026
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Home for the Holidays?

By Josh Kornberg | January 6, 2010

As I settled into Baker Library, strung out on Red Bull and EBA's, furiously procrastinating the inhumane amount of finals work assigned to me by my masochistic professors, I yearned for winter break like Richard Simmons yearns for a new pair of spandex.

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Reform to Rebound

By Raza Rasheed | January 6, 2010

President Obama's first steps into serious policy-making were marred by mistakes and missed opportunities during the past year.

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Profiles in Haste

By Jasper Hicks | January 5, 2010

On January 4th, the United States government put into place a round of security measures that it hopes will be a "significant enhancement of our security posture." What these new measures call for is the screening of 100 percent of passengers from 14 countries deemed "terrorism-prone." On that list are countries such as Nigeria and Yemen where Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was respectively raised and trained along with other African and Middle Eastern nations, North Korea and Cuba.

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The Catcher in Cornish

By Sam Buntz | January 5, 2010

New Year's Day marked the birthday of literary legend, J.D. Salinger, now 91 years of age and author of the much beloved "The Catcher in the Rye" as well as other works that equal or excel its luster.

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Timeout, TSA

By Emily Johnson | January 4, 2010

I approve of government bailouts for too-big-to-fail banks. I sincerely hope that the final health care bill includes a public option.

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Left in the Dark

By Julian Sarkar | January 4, 2010

After arriving at Dartmouth this past fall, I received a number of invitations to join clubs, including one from the College Democrats.

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Aid That Kills

By Cameron Nutt | January 3, 2010

In late November, my government professor asked our Violence and Security class to identify the bloodiest armed conflict since the end of World War II.

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Residential Life and Death

By Isaiah Berg | January 3, 2010

On the first floors of residence halls across campus, you can see the names of past intramural champions displayed from days when residence halls fielded teams who casually excelled at everything from water polo to basketball.

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Sustainable Science

By Joe Indvik '10 | December 1, 2009

Jasper Hicks' critique of the "Cult of Sustainability" (Dec. 1) shows that he understands neither sustainability nor climate science.

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A Lost Opportunity

By Peter Blair '12 | December 1, 2009

Yesterday, Aaron Golas '07 published an editorial accusing a guest columnist of dismissing "a decades-old tradition of editorial cartooning and centuries-old tradition of satire." This comment was the latest chapter in a two-week long exchange in the pages of The Dartmouth. For those of you unfamiliar with the ongoing debate surrounding recent comics in The Dartmouth, let me give a quick synopsis.

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Compromising Health Care

By Emily Baxter '11 | November 29, 2009

It is hard to imagine from within the Dartmouth Bubble, but when we (hopefully) graduate in the coming years, the current health care debate in Congress could have a vast impact on our lives.

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War Is Not the Answer

By Raza Rasheed '12 | November 23, 2009

In his column last Friday, Chris Talamo '11 ("This War is the Answer," Nov. 20) made some interesting points about the worthiness of the War on Terrorism, concluding that "The world is much better off for America's actions no matter how belligerent." Ultimately, however, I couldn't possibly disagree more.

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An Unfair Advantage

By Blair Sullivan '10 | November 23, 2009

According to a New York Times blog post, a scientific study determined that athletes with lower-leg amputations who use certain high-tech prosthetics appear to have an advantage over ordinary competitors.

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Short Answer

By The Dartmouth Opinion Staff | November 22, 2009

Friday's Verbum Ultimum discussed College President Jim Yong Kim's approach toward streamlining the administrative structure at Dartmouth. Do you approve or disapprove of his approach, and why?

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This War is the Answer

By Chris Talamo '11 | November 19, 2009

It's not often in our country when transfers of power produce serious policy changes. The Obama honeymoon period significantly improved the nation's general foreign relations, but that was more of a product of our neighbors' thankfulness that they didn't have to put up with Bush, rather than a result of American pressure.

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