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A Tale of Two Conflicts

By Daniel Belkin | January 10, 2008

"Out of Iraq, into Darfur!" has emerged as the rallying cry for war critics lobbying Washington to bolt from its unpopular quagmire in the heart of the Middle East and set its sights on a much less contentious objective instead: halting the genocide in war-tattered Sudan. In reality, with a more critical eye social justice"seeking students should consider singing another tune -- Iraq is the new Darfur. It is a tale of two conflicts.

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The Tourism Catastrophe

By Nina Maja Bergmar | January 10, 2008

As tourists' morbid curiosity about our world's natural disasters increases, tourism itself runs the risk of becoming an additional threat to our faltering planet. A rising number of tourists take pleasure in other people's misery as they keenly follow ongoing news reports of natural disasters hitting remote parts of the world.

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Maple Leaf Rag

By D'Arcy Danychuk | January 9, 2008

As a Canadian, I have been making haphazard predictions about things Americans actually care about (like politics) and defend, which is why I predict Hillary Clinton will win your next federal election. I'm going with the Democrats for the simplest of reasons.

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Zero Tolerance on Drugs, Too

By Joseph Asch | January 8, 2008

And you thought nothing could be more wrongheaded than Dartmouth's policy on alcohol? During the 2004-2006 period, the Dartmouth administration had 75 students charged with drug infractions.

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The Threat of a Message

By Phil Aubart | January 8, 2008

Osama bin Laden is at it again. A month ago Al-Qaeda released another new bin Laden tape, following a flurry of Osama videotape releases about two months ago.

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I Heart HuckObama

By Lee Cooper | January 7, 2008

As I write from Asuncion, Paraguay, I should be calculating the probability that there is a "Hooters" restaurant showing the NFL playoffs within a mile of my apartment. Instead, I am attempting to catch up on North American news via the web, kicking myself for forgetting to register at the Town Hall of Hanover as an absentee voter for the presidential primaries -- and I am not even one of those politically obsessed students who has been canvassing my hometown for local campaigns since age nine. This election cycle is destined to be one that students of American history will be citing in midterms and senior theses down the road.

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Barack the Vote

By Mark Brzezinski | January 7, 2008

What is it about Senator Barack Obama that makes him a particularly timely and relevant candidate for America at this stage in our relationship with the world?

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Booting the Bill

By Nathan Bruschi | December 4, 2007

From: [Community Director] Subject: Damages in [the cluster] To: (Recipient list suppressed) "I am sorry to report that over the weekend there was considerable damage done to the Men's Public Bathroom in [redacted communal space] in the form of vomit on the floors, toilet and walls .... If no one comes forward to accept responsibility for the damages, I will have to charge all of [the cluster] for these damages." It was not the first time I had gotten such an e-mail.

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Over-involved Alumni: Get a Life

By John Eldredge | December 4, 2007

To the Editor: My father, Newc Eldredge '50, forwarded me the story from your Nov. 26 issue regarding Trustee Todd Zywicki '88's comments characterizing former College President James Freedman as a "truly evil man" ("Zywicki draws fire for remarks"). I find Zywicki's comments to be very unfortunate and regrettable.

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'Christmas' at the College

By Richard Crocker | December 2, 2007

To the Editor: Each year, as the Christmas tree takes its place on the Green, I receive expressions of concern from members of the community who wonder if it is appropriate for a religious symbol to be given a place of such prominence at the College.

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Questioning Zywicki's assumptions

By James Adler | December 2, 2007

To the Editor: Others have effectively raised a number of pertinent questions regarding the tone and content of Trustee Todd Zywicki '88's remarks at the Pope Center Conference held on Oct.

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... Assess the Blame Down in Africa

By Nina Maja Bergmar | December 2, 2007

In his lecture at Dartmouth last Friday, "The War on Terror and the Terror of War: Somalia and the Horn of Africa," professor Abdi Samatar from the University of Minnesota explained why popular opposition to Somalia's martial law depicts South African President Mbeki as the Quisling of our time.

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Do U Txt Msg 2 Much?

By Daniel Belkin | November 29, 2007

E-mail is the new "snail mail." And using cell phones to make actual phone calls is so 2005. Receiving their AOL Instant Messenger screen names well-before their drivers' licenses, members of this generation have been raised accustomed to easily communicating with each other.

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