Opinion

Short Answer

By The Dartmouth Opinion Staff | July 16, 2009

In his column earlier this week ("Bridge to Frustration," July 14) Tom Mandel referenced the presence of Tuck Bridge students on the Dartmouth social scene. Dartmouth plays host to a number of non-sophomores over the summer, from sports campers to SEAD students. How has this changed the dynamic of campus? Has it broken the "Dartmouth bubble"

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Opinion

Bridge to Frustration

By Tom Mandel | July 13, 2009

We've all seen them around the girls who wear handbags in frat basements, the guys who try to set up games of Beirut.

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Opinion

Looking Under the Hype

By Sam Buntz | July 13, 2009

In case you haven't heard yet, Michael Jackson is dead (cue hysteria and media overload). But in all the rush, between the grotesque spectacle of his possibly immoral private life and the high quality of his music, it is easy to miss the poignant reality of emotional conflict lying beneath.

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Opinion

Seeing Through the Polemic

By Isaiah Berg | July 9, 2009

While completing my geography major, I have spent a great deal of time studying the effect of discourse.

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Opinion

A Dip in the Legal System

By The Summer Editorial Board | July 9, 2009

The sentence handed down last week to Mohammad Usman, a former member of the class of 2010, left us concerned that Usman's crime was answered with little more than a slap on the wrist.

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Opinion

The Shape of Summer

By Denise Hotta-Moung | July 6, 2009

My perfect picture of sophomore summer has slowly begun to slip away. I once dreamt of sunny days, little to no workload and a smaller student body on campus.

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Opinion

A Forgotten Legacy

By Brian Solomon | July 6, 2009

Since our new president's introduction in March, Jim Yong Kim has repeatedly referred to former College President John Sloan Dickey as a great model even likening himself to the former President during his first address to the College.

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Opinion

Getting to Know You

By Tom Mandel | June 30, 2009

My basic plea for you, (newly inaugurated) President Kim, is to devote your first months in office to getting to know Dartmouth. The College will do well following the trajectory that President Wright set it on, at least for the foreseeable future, so you can keep his policies for now. Dartmouth, as an institution, is strong because of the people that love it so much.

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Opinion

Short Answer

By The Dartmouth Opinion Staff | June 30, 2009

The presidential transition provides a rare opportunity to reexamine the College. What swift steps can College President Kim take to enhance Dartmouth's greatest strengths and address its most glaring weaknesses? When President Kim begins his term he will be bombarded with requests from a number of departments hoping to make their concerns Kim's first priority.

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Opinion

Report or Re-Tweet?

By Chris Talamo | June 29, 2009

We really need to have a talk about this Twitter thing. I don't have a problem with the concept, but something has gone terribly wrong if CNN has started to think that Twitter is a substitute for hard reporting.

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Opinion

An Exorcism of Hate

By Spenser Mestel | June 29, 2009

A recently posted YouTube video shows church members in southern Connecticut performing an exorcism on a 16-year-old boy in order to remove the "homosexual demons" from his body.

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Opinion

Political Animals

By Sam Buntz | June 25, 2009

As enchanting as they find themselves, politicians are a maddeningly unreflective breed.

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Opinion

Summer's Struggle

By Isaiah Berg | June 25, 2009

Dear Dartmouth, I know we've had our rough times together, but I'm back for the summer. I want to make things right.

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Opinion

A Farewell to President Wright

By Phil Aubart '10 | June 1, 2009

Surprisingly, there has been very little written about the end of the era that we are now witnessing.

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Opinion

Confirming a Change

By Raza Rasheed '12 | June 1, 2009

That the Republican Party would strongly oppose U.S. Circuit Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court is not at all surprising.

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Opinion

Short Answer: OAC Reform

By The Opinion Staff | May 31, 2009

Friday's Verbum Ultimum discussed the proposed changes to the procedures and structure of the Organizational Adjudication Committee. Do you believe these changes are appropriate, and if so, why?

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Opinion

Never Collis

By Kevin Niparko '12 | May 31, 2009

I'm tired of having this debate. I received a blitz the other day: "Yeah, let's talk about it over lunch.

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Opinion

VERBUM ULTIMUM: Adjusting Adjudication

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | May 28, 2009

The reforms proposed by the Organizational Adjudication Committee Review Commission represent a positive step toward more consistent and just treatment of student organizations ("SA endorses OAC reform proposal," May 27). Whereas, under the current system, all but the most serious cases are often heard by a single dean, the commission's proposal calls for students to take the lead in making decisions in all cases thus allowing for true peer adjudication, fairness and, ideally, transparency. Under the proposed system, organizations accused of violations appear before a board composed of five students selected from a larger pool of 45 student adjudicators.

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Opinion

The BlitzMail Addiction

By Blair Sullivan '10 | May 28, 2009

According to a recent New York Times article, the rate at which teenagers are currently sending and receiving text messages is higher than ever.

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Opinion

VOX CLAMANTIS: Inconsistent Application

By The Dartmouth | May 28, 2009

To the Editor: Regarding the Editorial Board's recent piece ("Let's Put it to a Vote," May 22), one guesses that there will not be another election for alumni trustees until a full year from now.

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