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September 4, 2026
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Short Answer: Academic Cuts

By The Opinion Staff | February 16, 2009

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?

By Jacob Batchelor | February 16, 2009

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

By Mike Amico | February 12, 2009

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.

Opinion

Theism in Thought

By Peter Blair | February 12, 2009

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

By Chris Talamo | February 11, 2009

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

By Emily Johnson | February 10, 2009

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

By Joseph Asch | February 10, 2009

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

By Andy Kim | February 9, 2009

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

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | February 6, 2009

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.

Opinion

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.

Opinion

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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