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Rebuild, Don't Rebrand

By Jasper Hicks '12 | May 27, 2009

I am perplexed. How can it be that someone is a "better" Republican than someone else? I never knew one's commitment to his or her political party could be measured, let alone ranked.

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Don't Hate the Greeks

By Zachary Gottlieb '10 | May 26, 2009

Student Assembly recently made one of the best decisions of its history: it decided to make use of the Food Court TVs by offering student groups a chance to advertise their events in high definition.

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Inside Job

By Jacob Batchelor '12 | May 26, 2009

In the 1902 room last Tuesday, I was checking out one of my favorite web site aggregators when I stumbled upon what I thought was an amusing Onion article.

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An Unrealistic Request

By John B. Daukas '84 | May 25, 2009

The Dartmouth Editorial Board's recent editorial criticizing the Board of Trustees for not accelerating alumni trustee elections ("Verbum Ultimum," May 22) misses several key facts.

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VOX CLAMANTIS: True Deterrence

By David Imamura | May 21, 2009

To the Editor: In response to Emily Johnson's assertion that there is no empirical evidence that the prospect of arrest serves as a deterrent to making a Good Samaritan call ("Short Answer," May 18), the facts show that her belief is completely untrue.

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King Kobe

By Raza Rasheed | May 21, 2009

Last Tuesday, for the seventh time in the last 13 seasons, the NBA's Western Conference finals arrived at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

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Stick to Your Guns

By Blair Sullivan | May 21, 2009

Correction appended Earlier this month, former Secretary of State Colin Powell gave a speech in Washington, D.C., during which he observed that the Republican Party was "getting smaller and smaller," and that this fact was "not good for the nation." In order to address this issue, Powell advised his Republican colleagues to move back towards the middle of the country's political spectrum. Powell's comments came shortly after long-time Republican Sen.

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Taking Responsibility

By Phil Aubart | May 19, 2009

One of the most common complaints here in our quaint little college town is the oppression of students by Hanover police and even Safety and Security in enforcing the alcohol policies of the state of New Hampshire and those of the College.

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The New Academia

By Chris Talamo | May 18, 2009

Students at Dartmouth certainly do enjoy discussing the diversity of course offerings here -- in fact, it seems like we can't go more than a single term without engaging in another lively debate about which departments should be expanded and expended.

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Short Answer: Hanover Police

By The Opinion Staff | May 18, 2009

Friday's Verbum Ultimum discussed the policies of Hanover Police, as they pertain to student social life at the College. Do you consider these policies to be problematic? Why or why not?

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Beyond Vanilla Sex

By Jordan Osserman | May 15, 2009

A few days ago, Dartlog (The Dartmouth Review's blog) pasted the text of the mass e-mail advertising "Bondage 101," a rope-tying workshop organized by a number of student groups on campus.

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After the Flu

By Tom Mandel | May 13, 2009

In retrospect, it's easy to lump swine flu in with avian flu, SARS and every other health scare that never really materialized over the past few years.

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