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Snow Patrol

By Kevin Niparko | February 6, 2009

Remember those winter mornings when your mother would come wake you up to inform you that school had been cancelled?

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Take the Money and Run

By Blair Sullivan | February 5, 2009

Back in December, President-elect Obama announced his nomination of former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and director of the new White House Office of Health Reform.

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Seeing Through Our Shrouds

By Sam Buntz | February 5, 2009

When I picked up the latest issue of the "Dartmouth Free Press," I was intrigued by the cover, stating that this was the DFP's "multi-faith" issue.

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Sky's the Limit?

By Brian Solomon | February 4, 2009

Until a few months ago, I, and many others, had been operating under the critically false assumption that the College was working with an essentially unlimited budget. The idea seems ludicrous now, in light of the impending $40 million in budget cuts, but, in my defense, the signs of boundless spending were everywhere.

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Delta Raw Deal

By Christian Kiely | February 4, 2009

In a now-infamous blitz to the Parking Office last spring, Niral Shah '08 decried his parking ticket, issued at 5:48 a.m., as "one of the many ways in which this college is a terribly unfunny joke." I've recently come across another way. On Friday, The Dartmouth reported that three Greek organizations had been placed on social probation and further sanctioned due to allegations of misconduct surrounding the houses' fall formals ("Five Greek orgs.

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Embracing Unaffiliation

By Nina Maja Bergmar | February 3, 2009

For unaffiliated girls who either missed out on fall rush or chose to drop out because of disappointing results, winter rush offered a second chance to join a sorority.

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Donation Revelation

By Jacob Batchelor | February 2, 2009

As I stood amidst a crowd numbering in the millions, I felt the collective joy and hope of a nation participating in the greatest democracy of our world.

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No Love Lost

By Brian May | January 30, 2009

I take issue with the claims made by Peter Blair '12 in his most recent column ("Love Beyond the Brain," Jan.

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The Real King

By Spenser Mestel | January 29, 2009

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stopped just short of calling the United States government a terrorist organization.

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In Defense of Science

By Chris Talamo | January 29, 2009

Science has been pretty good to us, don't you think? Granted, there have been some abominable developments thrust upon us, like nuclear weapons and Windows Vista, but let's face it: we like our iPods and televisions far too much to give them all up and start churning butter.

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Love Beyond the Brain

By Peter Blair | January 28, 2009

In her recent piece about the questionable scientific basis for love ("The Love Doctor," Jan. 27), Emily Johnson '12 argues, "I don't think the knowledge that oxytocin is a big part of the reason two people can look at one another with eyes full of love on their 50th wedding anniversary can lessen the beauty of their bond, nor detract from the meaning that bond gave their lives." After spending most of her article degrading love by attempting to convince us that it is reducible to physical processes, Johnson then tries to rescue love from the grave she has dug for it.

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Proceed With Caution

By Tina Praprotnik | January 28, 2009

As I watched Obama's inauguration last Thursday, I felt hopeful and moved (which I expected), but also a little concerned (which I did not expect). Before the inauguration, Brian Solomon '11 asked "what President Obama can say on this day that will ... ignite the passions of Americans" ("A Time (For Us) To Act," Jan.

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The Love Doctor

By Emily Johnson | January 27, 2009

Two weeks ago, Barack Obama's impending inauguration was filling 18-year-old me with a "now-I've-seen-everything" smugness.

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Reimagining Athletics

By Isaiah Berg | January 27, 2009

Did you know that if you Google search the term "student-athlete" on The Dartmouth's web site archives, you get over 110 article hits?

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Atheist Shout-out

By Nathan Bruschi | January 26, 2009

I was sort of stunned when he said it. No, I'm not talking about Dr. Joseph Lowery's humorous end to his profound benediction, or Chief Justice John Roberts's flubbing of the oath of office, or Obama's miscounting when he said, "44 Americans have now taken the presidential oath" (43 have). Nor am I talking about Obama's bluntness when speaking about our nation's dire situation or our role in its fixing.

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