Opinion

The Academy, No More

By Peter Blair | November 6, 2008

There was a good deal of talk during the now-decided presidential contest about education, with the candidates often sparring over the best way to improve this country's education system.

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Opinion

Multitaskmastered

By Tom Mandel | November 6, 2008

Cole Ott 12 / The Dartmouth As I sit down to write this column, I'm halfway through my Chaucer reading, almost done catching up on Econ and doing my best to stave off the onslaught of Blitzes reminding me to vote.

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Opinion

The Change We Need

By Brian Solomon | November 5, 2008

It's time that the presidential search committee took a page out of Barack Obama's playbook and started looking for not just another College president who will continue the same policies of the last 10 years but one who embodies, quite simply, the "Change We Need." Thankfully, Dartmouth is not in nearly as bad shape as our federal government, and James Wright is certainly no George W.

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Opinion

No-No To Noro

By Kevin Niparko | November 5, 2008

Last month, a near epidemic spread across the Georgetown University campus. According to The Hoya, nearly 200 undergraduates fell victim to the norovirus.

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Opinion

Obama For President

By Brice Acree | November 4, 2008

The fate of our country rides on the decisions of the American people today. After eight years of misguided leadership and failed policies, our economy is falling into a deep recession at home and our reputation stands tainted abroad. Barack Obama has shown clear leadership to steer America out of these dangerous waters.

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Opinion

Vote McCain, Sununu

By Jennifer Bandy | November 4, 2008

Today Americans go to the polls to cast their ballots for the next leaders of our country in the White House and in the U.S.

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Opinion

An Indecent Proposition

By Jordan Osserman | November 3, 2008

For the past four years, progressive activists at Dartmouth and beyond have spent countless hours organizing to elect Barack Obama as president.

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Opinion

Barking Up The Wrong Tree

By Suzanne Lehrer | November 3, 2008

In all my years of assessing and experiencing gender relations at Dartmouth, I'll admit I've definitely taken a beating or two.

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Opinion

Time On The Bench

By Jacob Batchelor | October 31, 2008

A few weekends ago, I had one of my more memorable Dartmouth experiences -- I sat on a bench. When I left the warm fraternity basement and ventured out into the biting fall air, I'm sure the people I was with thought I was either lame or going to meet a girl.

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Opinion

In Support of (Quad) News

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | October 31, 2008

Earlier this week, Quinnipiac University garnered national attention once again for yet another attack on student journalism on its campus.

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Opinion

Silver In The Mine

By Chris Talamo | October 30, 2008

Earlier this month, I wrote about how Dartmouth students were forced to do too much reading in certain courses ("Learning To Read," Oct.

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Opinion

Thayer Throwdown

By Isaiah Berg | October 30, 2008

I consider myself a fairly reasonable person. I love women and hate sexism. Blitz me. However, I have to admit that I roll my eyes when Dartmouth Dining Services renames "Gingerbread Man" cookies "Gingerbread People." I also think that campus dialogue on gender equality shouldn't be mired in pointless debates over whether some '12 is a "freshman" or a "first-year." But I'd like to leave the political correctness issue to another columnist.

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Opinion

Frat = Fun

By Lee Cooper | October 29, 2008

I am glad that fellow Opinion columnist Tom Mandel '11 was able to "find a home" in a Dartmouth fraternity ("Frat Welcome Mat," Oct.

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Opinion

Touch The Candidate!

By Alice Zhao | October 28, 2008

I touched the fire. Well, sort of. Consistent chants of "Touch the fire!" hurtled by thousands of upperclassmen slowly dulled my judgment until I quasi-intuitively gravitated toward the bonfire.

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Opinion

Blitz Goggles

By Claire Murray | October 28, 2008

Have you ever checked your "Sent Msgs" folder after waking up on a Saturday just to make sure you didn't embarrass yourself when you came home and logged in at 3 a.m.? Me too.

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Opinion

Peer Rec?

By Emily Johnson | October 27, 2008

There are plenty of frightening things in the news these days -- from the economic crisis to Iran's nuclear ambitions to gang violence that catches innocent children in its crossfire.

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Opinion

The Treehouse Effect

By Sam Buntz | October 27, 2008

A recent Verbum Ultimum ("She's Nice, But...," Oct. 17) decried the cumbersone sororirty rush processes of thePanhellenic Council, which apparently don't work well in our community as they end up denying bids to 24 percent of the rushees.

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Opinion

A Reasonable RevAMP?

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | October 24, 2008

On Tuesday, the College unveiled a draft of its new Alcohol Management Program, intended to replace the current out-of-touch and convoluted Social Event Management policy.

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Opinion

The Taco Truck

By Spenser Mestel | October 24, 2008

Last Friday the student who sold me my grilled cheese sandwich on the lawn outside of Sig Ep had the courage to ask me how it tasted.

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Opinion

Gut Check

By Ben Gifford | October 23, 2008

In "Informed Enthusiasm," (Oct. 20), Peter Blair '12 picks up a gun intended for Dogmatism and aims it at Hope. Maybe I'm just a foolish and overly idealistic young'un, but to me the idea that it's somehow juvenile or ignorant to be markedly "enthused, energized, inspired" by a presidential candidate seems a bit ridiculous. I agree with Blair that it's dangerous to view "political figures as secular messiahs," even if he takes Obama's Superman reference completely out of context ("Context, Please," Oct.

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