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The Right Route To Respect

By Ming Keong Lee | October 1, 2008

Nina Maja Bergmar '11's "Peace, Love and Respect" (Sept. 29) is an exercise in self-righteous writing, succeeding only at browbeating and berating its audience into anything but agreement with the premises of the piece. Far be it from me to deny that sexism remains a problem at Dartmouth -- it is an urgent issue that needs to be addressed.

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Tripped Out

By Kevin Niparko | October 1, 2008

Upon arriving on campus for their DOC Trips, freshmen and parents are greeted by an unfamiliar sight.

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Vox Clamantis: Woman's right to choose

By Alessandra Necamp | September 30, 2008

To the Editor: In "Peace, Love and Respect" (Sept. 29), Nina Maja Bergmar '11 writes about male domination at Dartmouth, saying that "While it's quite logical that women are in charge at Smith [College], since they comprise 100 percent of the student body, it is illogical to me how much power men at Dartmouth have over women, despite their equality in numbers." Wait a second.

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The Unaffiliated Path

By Dmitriy Gutkovich | September 30, 2008

Even though most sophomore males have by now either decided to be unaffiliated or are choosing a house based on existing friendships, atmosphere or post-college benefits, there always exists a small portion of campus for which the really hard decision is whether or not to pledge.

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Understanding Americans

By Chris Talamo | September 29, 2008

Like every responsible American, I tuned into the presidential debate last Friday to watch the two people who aspire to lead our country do battle with proposals and plans.

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Peace, Love and Respect

By Nina Maja Bergmar | September 29, 2008

As I spent my summer in Northampton, Mass., a city renowned for its feminist movement and hippie culture, I came to understand the magnitude of sexism Dartmouth.

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Taking The Initiative

By Claire Murray | September 26, 2008

My distinguished colleague Zachary Gottlieb '10 recently wrote about Dartmouth as a protective parental figure, asking "When does this tireless parent teach us to fend for ourselves?" ("Dartmouth Man Needs a Maid," Sept.

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Everything's Bigger in Texas?

By Spenser Mestel | September 26, 2008

I love meeting Dartmouth students from my hometown of Seattle. We adamantly discuss how ridiculous umbrellas and those who carry them are, the hellish transnational flight to and from school, and how we can totally say the word "hella" without copying NorCal.

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A MADD Initiative?

By Sam Buntz | September 25, 2008

In 1980, Candy Lightner founded Mothers Against Drunk Driving, after her 13-year-old daughter was killed by a drunk driver.

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Freaks And Greeks

By Tom Mandel | September 25, 2008

Earlier this summer, I became curious about what kind of kids the incoming '12s would be. So I went to the best source of information for someone who wants to know what people are really like: Facebook.

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Roe v. McPalin

By Ben Gifford | September 24, 2008

There are plenty of legitimate reasons for fearing a Palin-McCain White House: One would be John's unwavering confidence, despite the ongoing Wall Street bank-domino, that "the fundamentals of our economy are strong" (of course, if by "the fundamentals of our economy," John really does mean "American workers," then I guess he's right -- but also an idiot). Another good reason to be scared of McPalin: Sarah's self-proclaimed foreign-policy credentials amount to her uncanny ability (and here I paraphrase) to "see Red people" from her backyard. However, despite these and others, there is one overarching reason why I am terrified of a Republican victory in the upcoming election: If Palin-McCain wins, chances are high that Roe v.

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Dartmouth Man Needs A Maid

By Zachary Gottlieb | September 24, 2008

In a recent New York Times article, Arlene Spark, associate professor of nutrition at Hunter College in New York, wished that people would consider eating more wholesome foods.

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Serve Yourself (Liberally)

By Ben Gifford | August 19, 2008

At the end of his most recent rant ("Consider This," August 15), Zachary Gottlieb '10 concludes that we Dartmouth students are "a bunch of jerks" who have supplied "no evidence to contradict" his belief that our campus is plagued by a "lack of consideration for property, academics and most importantly, people." Gottlieb's argument, which is reminiscent of his previous column's ("Passing the Buck," August 1) criticism of the average Dartmouth student's "numbing apathy", begins with the initial claim that we are all "self-serving, destructive people." This claim is later developed through the use of tragic, firsthand stories of Dartmouth's antisociality: In one, Gottlieb is unable to leave his row during a quiz because his classmates won't pull their legs in; in another, first-comers to a free-pizza event take whole pies, leaving subsequent pizza-hopefuls unsatiated. While there is truth to Gottlieb's argument -- the theft and vandalism that he denounces, as well as other unmentioned forms of abuse (both physical and emotional), are very real problems, even within our "Dartmouth bubble" -- he is misguided both in targeting the "self-serving" aspects of our student body's alleged personality, and in lumping these aspects together with the "destructive" ones.

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Consider This

By Zachary Gottlieb | August 15, 2008

The summer is dead. Long live the summer! At some point we'll have to face facts and acknowledge the restful passing of a great term.

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Reject Ridiculous Rankings

By Sam Buntz | August 12, 2008

Dartmouth was recently ranked at number 18 on The Princeton Review's list of "Students Dissatisfied with Financial Aid," a part of the group's 2009 edition of the Best 368 Colleges.

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