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The Dartmouth
June 19, 2026
The Dartmouth
Opinion

Opinion

Maple Leaf Rag

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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.


Opinion

Zero Tolerance on Drugs, Too

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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.


Opinion

The Threat of a Message

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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?

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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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Striking for Civil "Writes"

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One of the earliest maternal wardrobe memories I have as a child is an old, faded, magenta shirt my mom had that read, "Behind every successful man is an exhausted woman." Outdated, presumptuous and slightly chauvinistic?


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Life, Really?

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In a recent episode of The Office, Dwight Schrute begins playing a computer game called Second Life as a way to escape the pain he suffers from a recent breakup.