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AKA an Improvement

By Lee Cooper | February 8, 2008

The College's decision to permit Alpha Kappa Alpha -- a historically African American sorority -- to return to campus is a wise one, but not for the reasons that were predictably emphasized in Tuesday's article about the reaction to our latest Greek addition ("Students Weigh Social Impact of AKA's Return," Feb.

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The Paradox of Selectivity

By Evan Meyerson | February 7, 2008

Through watching my sibling go through the 2008 edition of the college crapshoot, it has become clear to me that I could not get in to Dartmouth with today's admissions metrics.

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Using Our Endowment...Get It?

By Jordan Osserman | February 7, 2008

From Saturday night party games involving a Frisbee and hallucinogenic research chemicals to dorm room doors equipped with homemade fingerprint detectors, even Alpha Theta's Dartcon can't hold a candle to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's nerd-dom.

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Death to the Penalty

By Sam Buntz | February 6, 2008

American machismo, in all of its zeal, has had quite a few shining moments. An example would be, say, dumping all that tea into Boston Harbor, or winning those two World Wars.

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See You in Hell

By Lucy Stonehill | February 6, 2008

It has been a few months at least since I've been driven to the point of passion about a religious topic or incident.

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Commencement Speakerbox

By Daniel Belkin | February 5, 2008

"To the members of the Class of 2008, you made it! On this great occasion that concludes your college career, take it from me, [to be determined], that your journey through life has only yet begun." These are the generic words that will echo across the Green on graduation this coming June.

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Now Help ROTC

By Phil Aubart | February 5, 2008

Congratulations to the administration and Trustees of this humble College for the excellent work done in the recent revamping of Dartmouth's financial aid program.It is inspiring to see how far Dartmouth has come now that it is able to offer many of the world's youth a free Ivy League education.

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The Power of Free Booze

By David Glovsky | February 4, 2008

The success of frats is, first and foremost, tied to one thing: Free beer. Without the ever-flowing tap of free libations, the popularity of fraternities at Dartmouth would plummet. Without free alcohol, underage students -- unless they know upperclassmen who will buy them alcohol -- will remain legally sober.

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What's Your Point?

By Fred Meyer | February 1, 2008

To the Editor: Mr. Ballou's editorial ("Tag, We're 'It'," Jan. 29) was pointless. He claims to have written about the increase in admissions applications to Dartmouth because "I have to write about something or other, and sorority rush inspires me even less." Mr. Ballou is a regular columnist for The Dartmouth, a responsibility he values "for the most part... as an opportunity to promote hate and dissent among the Dartmouth undergraduate population." Mr. Ballou's sarcastic tone cannot change the fact that he is failing in his role as an editorialist.

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Don't Tear Down the Choates

By Ming K. Lee | February 1, 2008

To the Editor: Nathan Bruschi's column ("RIGs, The Greek Replacement," Jan. 29) adds to a growing chorus of voices calling for the demolition of the Choates to create room for an extension of frat row.

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Verbum Ultimum: Admitting Character

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | February 1, 2008

Each year, getting into a college like Dartmouth becomes harder. Alumni who graduated decades ago laugh at the likelihood that they could be accepted to today's Dartmouth, just as current undergraduates repress memories of the efforts and energies they expended to get in two or three years ago. As Dartmouth watches its own admissions statistics sky-rocket -- applications for the Class of 2012 increased by 11 percent, and that was before the new financial aid policy was unveiled -- the College is part of a larger trend in higher education admissions.

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The Protest Games

By Denise Hotta-Moung | January 31, 2008

While excitement and anticipation usually precede the Olympics, threats of boycotts and protests are all that loom before this year's summer games in Beijing. The activist group Olympic Dream for Darfur hopes its protests will encourage China to help end the current regime in Sudan.

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The Underage of Reason

By Christian Kiely | January 31, 2008

I have a question for Mr. Tom Alciere, ("Legislation Under the Influence," Jan. 28): Are you serious? Mr. Alciere claims to represent an organization known as Underage Drinkers Against Drunk Driving.

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Tag, We're "It"

By Caleb Ballou | January 29, 2008

Applications to Dartmouth are up 11 percent this year! Crazily enough, I've decided to do a very small amount of research to investigate this statistic, primarily because I have to write about something or other, and sorority rush inspires me even less.

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RIGs, The Greek Replacement

By Nathan Bruschi | January 29, 2008

Last week a number of students delivered a signed petition to Parkhurst decrying the "lack of alternatives to a traditionally and historically male-dominated social scene." They cited the absence of prominent student-controlled social spaces where men and women can interact on equal footing in physical plants, although spaces like this do already exist in Collis and in the various residential communities. When students talk about social spaces, however, they really mean somewhere to play pong.

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