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Two Separate Issues

By Alyssa Robins | January 17, 2008

To the Editor: In light of recent discussion surrounding the return of Beta Theta Pi to Dartmouth, I'd like to clarify that Alpha Xi Delta does not oppose Beta's reoccupation of its house.

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Open Beta to Men and Women

By Erika Sogge | January 17, 2008

Wednesday's two-page Beta Theta Pi Board of Trustees advertisement states that the organization has a history of being a "leading Greek organization on campus, respected by male and female students" and that it is looking to come back and "build a model Greek organization, one that respects the dignity of its members and the community at large." It appears that Beta has a strong desire to build a membership composed of respectful leaders from across campus.

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Daughters Before Dollars

By Erin McDonald | January 16, 2008

To the Editor: Where are our women? As a proud member of the Greek system and a proud woman of Dartmouth, I am still waiting to hear what the females on the Board of Trustees -- who represent all of the women of Dartmouth -- have to say about the unfair and blatantly inconsiderate decision to allow Beta back on campus. Sadly there are only three women on the 18-member Board of Trustees, but that means there are three powerful Dartmouth leaders who can step up and advocate for the women of the College on important issues like the one at hand. I truly hope that all of the Trustees, male and female, are closely monitoring the emotional response from Dartmouth students and alumni who oppose the College's decision to bring back Beta.

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XO, I Love You

By Brian Solomon | January 16, 2008

Optimism abounded when Nicholas Negroponte announced his goal to design the $100 laptop, an item that could improve learning for millions of poor children in developing countries.

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Strictly Business

By Christian Haines | January 16, 2008

The current cause-celebre in the ongoing debate about the roles of fraternities and sororities on our campus is the eviction of Alpha Xi Delta from the physical plant it has rented from Beta Theta Pi for the last ten years. As this incident includes many of the issues that are discussed whenever the pros and cons of the Greek system are debated, I feel that a fair amount of conflation is occurring. I would like to speak directly to the AZD-Beta issue, however, instead of injecting it with many of the other issues surrounding the Greek system. All talk of gendered spaces aside, at its heart, the AZD-Beta dispute is a legal contract matter: Beta leased its physical plant to AZD. I have no personal knowledge of this lease, but I assume that in this lease there are conditions under which Beta can renew it or evict AZD from the house. If Beta breached the contract, AZD should sue Beta.

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The Privilege to Prioritize

By Dan Chiu | January 16, 2008

"I personally think that society is responsible for a very significant percentage of what I've earned," investor-philanthropist Warren Buffet famously said.

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No More Sons of Dartmouth

By Sara del Nido | January 15, 2008

To the Editor: I could not agree more with Elise Waxenberg '08's opinion of what the College should do in response to Dartmouth Beta's return ("Reparations and Recognition," Jan.

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The Future of Fundraising

By Amie Sugarman | January 15, 2008

To the Editor: As a Dartmouth and Alpha Xi Delta alum, I would like to express my deep concern with the College's decision to allow Beta Theta Pi back to campus.

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Discrimination Against Beta

By Sal Sciretto | January 15, 2008

To the Editor: Seems like nothing has changed at my alma mater. Like my country, the U.S.A., Dartmouth always has me battling to endure the love-hate relationship that comes with the territory.

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Join the Dartmouth Beta-Blockers

By Kelsey Blodget | January 15, 2008

Correction appended The College didn't have to give Beta a second chance. But it did. Why, when frats already outnumber sororities on campus two to one, would the College make a move that will disenfranchise women even further?

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Republi-Can

By Zak Moore | January 15, 2008

Early in the 2008 primary season, intangible ideas seem to be most important to voters -- change and hope rather than policy or experience.

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Personality Contest

By Chris Talamo | January 15, 2008

Just when you thought we were safe from politically driven marriages and hemophiliac children, out comes Nicholas Sarkozy, President of France.

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Reparation and Recognition

By Elise Waxenberg | January 14, 2008

If you've been a Dartmouth student long enough, you've probably heard several of your peers -- male and female alike -- say something about how they would never send their daughters to Dartmouth.

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Don't Flush a Full House

By Victoria Fener | January 14, 2008

As both a woman of Dartmouth and an active, dedicated sister of Alpha Xi Delta sorority, I feel there are many points from Friday's article ("Beta seizes house from AZD," Jan.

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Ashes, Asches

By Caleb Ballou | January 11, 2008

In Tuesday's issue, The Dartmouth featured another piece from one of our esteemed alumni -- that strange, arcane population that seems intent on achieving some sense of maintained relevancy ("Zero Tolerance on Drugs, Too," Jan.

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