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The Dartmouth
April 11, 2026
The Dartmouth
Opinion
Opinion

The Octomom

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"Octomom" Nadya Suleman of California has become a media sensation since she gave birth to octuplets on January 26th.


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Voces Clamantium

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Trayf Arguments To the Editor: Tom Mandel ("Dining Like Capitalists," Feb. 17) claims that a student who chooses to keep kosher is hurt by the "absurdly high prices" at the Pavilion.


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Breaking up with Bipartisanship

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P resident Obama, one month into his presidency, finds himself torn between two opposing forces. During the campaign, he vowed to rid Washington of partisan strife, but now he must resort to one-party politics to revive the American economy.


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Queer Kissin'

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Last Friday the Cornell social group Direct Action to Stop Heterosexism sponsored a unique pre-Valentine's Day protest: a homosexual kiss-in.


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Trash or Treasure?

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Conventional wisdom on this Opinion page, and in the Dartmouth community in general, has recently been rooted in anti-bureaucracy, anti-administration rhetoric -- and no more so than in the recent debates over budget cuts.


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Dining Like Capitalists

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When I first read that the Courtyard Cafe at the Hopkins Center would not be open this summer, I wondered how I could ever go through my entire DBA during a term when Food Court and Collis, both with limited hours, were my only dining options.


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Short Answer: Academic Cuts

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Friday's Verbum Ultimum discussed the recently announced cuts to academic departments. Do you think any such cuts are permissible, and, if so, do you think the College is going about making them in the right way?


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A Carnival to Remember?

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Having just experienced my first illustrious Winter Carnival, I might be expected to conclude the weekend singing the praises of the Big Green, winter fun and the traditions I'll remember for a lifetime.





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Singing No Praise

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In a time of global depression and melting snow sculptures, it was life-affirming to listen to visionary director and Montgomery Fellow Peter Sellars lecture on arts in the age of Obama.


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Theism in Thought

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In his column last week ("Seeing Through the Shrouds," Feb. 5), Sam Buntz points out the lack of diversity in the Opinion section of The Dartmouth, arguing that "the reality is that we live in a homogenous environment where many people pick hors d'oeuvres from the same materialistic, postmodern boilerplate." Dartmouth is hardly unique in this respect; one of the greatest ironies of the modern Academy is that diversity is preached everywhere, but truly practiced nowhere.



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One More Time

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This will probably be the most difficult sentence I ever write. So many judgments (most of them probably negative) can be made of a person who ventures an opinion like the one that follows.


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Live Free and Drink

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With the recent introduction of a bill that would lower the state drinking age to 18 years of age("House holds drinking age debate," Feb.


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Waste and More Waste

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The details of Dartmouth's administrative overspending -- and where to cut waste from the budget -- are there for everyone to see, if you just know where to look.



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Aligning Our Incentives

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The New York Times reported last week that President Obama and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner '83 will propose amendments to executive compensation packages for companies receiving government aid, which include the likes of Citigroup, Bank of America, Chrysler, GM and AIG.


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VERBUM ULTIMUM: A Worthy Cause

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Two years ago, Bill Sjogren '67 launched the HealThy Self House initiative with the intention of creating "a safe space for students suffering from substance abuse and other emotional challenges," from both Dartmouth and Hanover High School ("HealThy Self House to aid student addicts," Mar.